Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague
Barn owl baby boom welcomed following mouse plague
Clutches of barn owl chicks found inside a grain silo and cockatoo boxes indicate a "smorgasbord" of food, experts say.
abc.net.au
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When your SpaceX rocket hits the moon like a big piece of junk and you don't give a shit, you're a moron.
Murky brew: Guinness found on 162-year-old shipwreck inspires divers with ‘Project Jurassic Beer’
Murky brew: Guinness found on 162-year-old shipwreck inspires divers with ‘Project Jurassic Beer’
Divers aim to scientifically ‘rebrew’ old stout to ‘unlock a form of liquid time travel’
irishtimes.com
When we play the MCC from 14-16 August, the matches will be played at Tungubakkavöllur, Mosfellsbær. If the MCC beat us, we will ask their squad to pronounce the venue, and if they do not do a satisfactory job, we will declare 'a moral victory'. We will judge them fairly.
Top tourist tip: Iceland is an excellent place to travel by train because they are never late and totally free.
Retro Wheels always brings out the unexpected! Wooden bicycle, anyone? Sinclair C5? Circus bike?
Y'all. Take a doom break and scroll his shop. Puffins! ❤️ www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
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Carl Bovis@carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 5d agoHi everyone. My sales have been woeful this month. 😔 Can I ask a favour please, can you visit my shop & browse. 🙏 No need to buy anything.. I'm putting this request on all my socials to see where the visits mostly come from. ❤️ Here's my shop; www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦
on the a "financially and politically incestuous set of relationships" around Nigel Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
theguardian.com
In just two weeks, our three match series against Marylebone Cricket Club will be underway in Reykjavík. Will it be a victory for Lord's or the fjords?
Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater
Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater
Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules
irishtimes.com
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
One of my favourite places, just down the road
Amberley Museum@amberleymuseum.bsky.social · 6d agoWe took an almost arty photo! We can never get enough of our own in-house roof tiles. These were made by the company that used to own the site when we were a Proper Business, called Pepper & Sons. The tiles are made of concrete and interlock apart from the ones in the middle which are made of glass.
It is two years today since this dimwit gave us the most hilarious demonstration of karma in history.
Some of you may remember Sir Clive Sinclair, who invented both the ZX81 computer and the C5 tricycle. Today would have been his 86th birthday, had he not died in 2021. We will have our C5 out and running about this weekend for our Retro Wheels days!
Helium produced in Australia for first time in three years amid global supply shortage
Hopes for renewed Australian helium production after SA extraction
Helium has been produced in Australia for the first time since 2023, on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
abc.net.au
Neil the seal's Tasmanian damage bill and management costs revealed
Neil the seal's damage bill and management costs revealed
The cost of managing Neil the seal's biannual visits to Tasmania is in the tens of thousands of dollars, the environment department has revealed.
abc.net.au
Shout out to the man on the train calling his bank about ID theft and who has read his name, postcode, and the long number on his card to the whole carriage.
US school pauses plan for humanoid robot after concerns about sexbot sister company
School pauses humanoid robot plan after link with sexbot company raised
A school in rural upstate New York has puts its plans for a humanoid robot on hold, after concerns were raised about the maker's links to a company that produces sexbots.
abc.net.au
German chancellor in Dublin denies Daniel Tatlow-Devally is facing ‘show trial’
German chancellor in Dublin denies Daniel Tatlow-Devally is facing ‘show trial’
On sanctions for Israel, Friedrich Merz said ‘we don’t want to, we won’t do it, we cannot do it’
irishtimes.com
Aughinish Alumina will have to prove its products are not supplying Russian army
Aughinish Alumina will have to prove its products are not supplying Russian army
Aughinish to hire Swiss firm to travel to Russian smelters to ensure Irish alumina is being used solely for civilian and export markets
irishtimes.com
The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process
The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process
Worrying gap between Minister’s statement and what is actually in report
irishtimes.com
Count Binface reveals full manifesto ahead of Clacton by-election #Essex #Chelmsford
Count Binface reveals full manifesto ahead of Clacton by-election
Count Binface has revealed his full twenty-point manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election, including standing in at Eurovision.
chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk
European Commission will not rush into decision on possible Aughinish sanctions
European Commission will not rush into decision on possible Aughinish sanctions
Negotiations in Brussels about whether to sanction exports of alumina to Russia likely to gather pace in September
irishtimes.com
Another of our 'completely irrelevant but has to be seen' posts.
Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2w agoYou can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
More Australian parents refusing vitamin K for newborns amidst online misinformation
'RFK Jr spillover effect' seeing less newborn babies getting crucial vitamin K
Rates of parents consenting to vitamin K injections for newborns are dropping, as misinformation spreads among anti-vax communities on social media.
abc.net.au
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
