These warnings about food security are happening almost weekly now
But does anyone think the government is taking a blind bit of notice
The UKs 3 worst harvests have been in the last 5 years
By 2050, the number of calories per head globally could be halved
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I see racists have come to Edinburgh to exploit fears and whip up hate following the knife incident in the Calders. Worth noting Scotland sees over 4,000 serious knife crimes a year, the vast majority of which are committed by white people of British ancestry. Don't let the hatemongers mislead you.
you're not prepared for where this is going
5000 users on Eurosky
💥 The number of @eurosky.social users increased by 1,000 in just under 27 hours 🎉
For the record: it took a couple of weeks to reach the first 1,000 accounts. The 2,000 mark was reached 72 hours later, the 3,000 mark 31 hours later, and the 4,000 mark 37 hours later.
The English word "shark" was two different meanings: a predatory cartilaginous fish and a predatory scoundrel. We sometimes understand the predatory scoundrel to be by metaphor from the predatory fish, but evidence suggests these two meanings have entirely separate origins—German … and Maya??
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The Sheriff said, "It's somewhat ironic that your claimed motivation for being there was concern about public safety. You have an extensive record yourself. You seem to be the risk to your community..."
Anti-immigration protest organiser in court
#Falkirk
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Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida After the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party created the chat for college students, it devolved into slurs against Black and Jewish people.
damn it’s crazy how the slurs filled the chat all by themselves. couldn’t be helped i’m sure. chats are always devolving of their own accord
A 26 1/2 waymarker stone with a penis and balls drawn on.
And, on the topic of unverified claims on the Union Canal.
Two informational signs on a railing: Making a soliton wave In 1834, while investigating how to make canal boats run faster, young engineer John Scott Russell was watching two horses pulling a barge. When they suddenly stopped, the wave created by the vessel's bow continued to move forward. Chasing the wave The wave created by the boat travelled at over eight miles per hour, so fast that Russell had to follow it on horseback. The wave kept its shape and speed for over a mile! There is a website link to unioncanalunlocked.org.uk
A canal aqueduct with tow path and metal railings. There are trees at either side of either end.
A view from the canal aqueduct over the metal railings to six lanes on traffic.
In tribute to @ncdominie.bsky.social's work on John Scott Russell, I made a pilgrimage to the site where a solitary wave Definitely Actually Happened.
So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.
Birnie Kirk south of Elgin in Moray. The image shows a plain stone church from its side with the larger nave to the left and the choir to the right. There is a bellcote on top of the left-hand end of the roof. There are gravestones in grass in the foreground, mainly lying flat on the ground or lifted off it. The church is in sunlight.
Birnie Kirk south of Elgin in Moray, built around 1140 on the site of an earlier Celtic church. Birnie Kirk served as the first cathedral of the Bishops of Moray and it is one of the oldest churches in continuous use in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Moray
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Marsupial aye-aye just dropped!
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Mass stranding of whales on Scottish beach caused by loyalty to their pod, report finds
this post deserves to be presented to you by having an index card moved down word by word with photos taken of your face after every new reveal
I have a question. Without intending to sound conspiratorial or prejudiced, did people in England celebrate New Year's Eve with fireworks before the 21st century?
Yellow background with black and white photo of kangaroo Text: Look again... make sure you're eligible before claiming work expenses
Thought this FB post from HMRC was the cover of a programming language textbook
Just completed my migration to @eurosky.social :)
One more step away from America. I'm also moving my email, photos, calendar etc to @proton.me
Really interesting reading.
PROSPER PLENTY WILL BE RETURNING IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY!
Smoky jungle frog, Guyana
It's hard to get a sense of scale from this, but the smoky jungle frog is the largest amphibian I've ever seen. We first saw it in Ecuador 20 years ago (my wife still refers to it simply as the "Hypnotoad"), and I had a chance to nab this photo this January in Guyana.
(Guinea pig-sized, I'd say.)
This just isn't true. The 1951 convention requires state parties to facilitate the integration and naturalisation of refugees because the people who drafted it weren't moral vacuums or stupid enough to think that persecution that made people flee for their lives would magically go away in a year.
I mentioned this yesterday but I genuinely think it might be worse than The Tay Bridge Disaster originalpoems.com/poem?id=32222
A large square shaped tooth protruding from a chunk of bone, placed on a shelf or window sill. Underneath is the text "What do you think of this that I found under my gooseberry"
Slightly obsessed with this magical cursed image I spotted on Facebook.
If your economy is being kept afloat by an AI bubble, one thing you can do to keep it ticking is have a war to make AI look really useful for profitable things that you love doing - such as bombing countries.
Today is St Piran's Day, feast day of the patron of tin miners and of Cornwall herself.
So, we go out west and hear a story of Jan Tregeagle, Cornwall’s own Faust, who rose from doing penance for his sins in Dozmary Pool, with hellhounds on his trail.
Read our 5th #darkspringtide below
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