Brilliant thread, and replies, thank you! I've just added about 932 books to my reading list...

For his 80th birthday, my dad asked for the gift of time. What we gave him will last generations | Ranjana Srivastava My father was more thrilled with his present than the times we gave him lovely photos, swanky dinners and a fancy laptop I waited until I was 15 years old to have my first major disagreement with my physicist dad. We were living in India, and I had just…

For his 80th birthday, my dad asked for the gift of time. What we gave him will last generations | Ranjana Srivastava

The Rubery Prize - international book award seeking the best books by indie writers, self published authors and books published by independent presses.

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Leicester man who assaulted girlfriend then slept as she died sentenced to life Raj Sidpara, 50, given minimum 21-year sentence after punching, kicking and stamping on Tarnjeet Riaz

Man who killed his girlfriend 'had 24 previous convictions for various different offences, including for violence, threats to kill, and harassment and assault of previous girlfriends'
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Bloody hell. That advert for The Entertainer is really traumatic.

@iandunt.bsky.social One of probably 94 messages saying 'Ooh! You've just been quoted on The Last Leg'! Happy Friday

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

🔴Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world, @mc00.bsky.social reports

Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds Researchers say supermarket customers are more likely to buy a piece of fruit labelled as a ‘sad single’

Banana news: 'Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas' 🍌
(sweet story, AND includes intel on a simple way to help the planet!)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A cover of Herr Dumpidump by Roger Hargreaves that says "Herr Dumpidump by Roger Hargreaves" and with an illustration of Herr Dumpidump looking especially dumpidumpish (forgive me but I can't stop repeating the word dumpidump... DUMPIDUMP!)

My six favourite European Mr Men character names...

6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump

What a carve up! Playful, intricate Japanese leaf art – in pictures Each day, artist Lito draws an image on to a leaf before cutting it out and posting a photograph to social media

These are lovely:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Oof. Someone get those gals some sports bras!

I just learned that Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. An alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform (and yes it's really easy to transfer your lists from Goodreads to StoryGraph). You know, while we're moving things.

This is very calming content! Looks lovely.