Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time
Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time
The Dutch with their usual subtle take on things π
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DOGE βseemed unsureβ of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. βThis is the opposite of a careful review."
global newspaper headings
Papers worldwide condemn Trump, in addition Trump has lost the Daily Mail. When you lose the Daily Mail you are a global pariah.
βTrump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.β "A spectacle to horrify the world"
Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.
We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraineβs largest supporter.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
Thames among England water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action.
Β£510m damages sought.
Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
www.cityam.com/thames-among...
βAmericans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profitβ
President Joe Biden
β οΈ Iron Age OPEN ACCESS research klaxon alertβ οΈ
Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article
*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*
published in @nature.com today can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Keir Starmerβs Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by βMalign Actorsβ
Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties π
@adambienkov.bsky.social
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Thoughts from our Vice President, Dr Rachel Pope-
www.science.org/content/arti...
In the background is a large modern building - Meta headquarters in the UK. In the foreground is a flatbed electric truck with a sign that reads: We fact check the Zuck out of our news.
So Channel 4 (UK) drove this flatbed truck to Meta headquarters in response to their axing fact checkers. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant
Taken from a diagonal angle a line of 6 ceramic bowls with a slight pedestal feet. The closest one is decorated with zigzag-swiggly lines made by incising through the white slip so that the darker reddish body of the ceramic shows through. Splashes of green and brown paint on top give additional colour. All the bowls have variations on this colour scheme with different floral, or geometric decorative patterns.
Here are a few @romtoronto.bsky.social Byzantine period bowls from Cyprus pulled for potential loan. It must have been fun to make these post-slip incised lead-glazed wares, all the zigzags, leaf, and floral patterns, with splashes of colour!
#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics πΊ
Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/roles-medieval-monastery/ #HistoryBuff
Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire to write the history of the adjacent parishes of Acton Turville and Tormarton
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians ποΈwww.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...
In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
The wind gusts are devastating. Truly a hurricane of fire.
Video: @stuartpalley.bsky.social
Trump 'ill-informed' to attack
'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
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π₯ Well said, Ed Davey -
Muskβs bizarreness continuesβ¦
β¦because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.
Our next Local History How-To session is on 'Ownership and Government' on 13th Jan with @markforrest.bsky.social, Francis Boorman, John Chandler, and @lrylandepton.bsky.social. It will feature a fun reenactment of a manor court.
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The rich bribe politicians, disguised as donations, to get their way, limit public choices.
50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.
Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.
Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
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π¨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPRβ€οΈπ
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Letβs be readyπ
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
Passage from Carl Saganβs A demon-haunted world book.
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
Former Business Secretary Badenochβs dept wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over tax breaks.
The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.
Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.
Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Major poll shows what most Brits believe should be PM's top priority - and it's not the economy.
64% of people put fixing the health service in their top three priorities - ahead of money worries, immigration & crime.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
When medieval tournaments go wrong! https://www.medievalists.net/2020/12/medieval-tournaments-wrong/ #Jousting #History #Tournaments
Wooden fishing boat on a pebbled beach, surrounded by rusting winches, rail lines and other debris
Abandoned fishing boat, Dungeness during the golden hour. Taken with a vintage Leica and Kodak Ektar film.