I know none of them are on here but to everyone who responded to the Covent Garden stabbing with “what colour is she”/“Khan’s London“/"Diversity again” etc, a heartfelt “fuck you”.
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Burning fossil fuels makes wildfires more frequent and more intense. Of course those who have made record profits causing the problem should pick up the bill.
This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?
"A total of 450 firefighters, 22 forest commando teams and 125 fire engines are battling the flames, while 12 helicopters, including two for aerial coordination and 11 aircraft, are assisting from the air." For similar(?) area in Gironde, France had 1200 firefighters and 1.5K military personnel
Eleni Stamatoukou@aheleni.bsky.social · 2d agoGreek #firefighters on Monday battled for a fourth day a #fire that started in Central #Greece and expanded to Western Attica, burning homes, livestock and farmland. The fires in Greece have so far claimed the lives of five firefighters. balkaninsight.com/2026/08/03/w...
Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires Fire department says two-person crew of one aircraft killed in incident during gale-force winds to west of capital Helena Smith in Athens and agencies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires
Fire department says two-person crew of one aircraft killed in incident during gale-force winds to west of capital
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I should really do an episode about these herbs/medicine/herbal teas and their folklore myths and history and use!
maria@theliminalcompass.bsky.social · yesterdayThe herb ironwort, sideritis, shepard's tea or mountain tea, is indigenous to the Mediterranean and the mountains of the southern Balkans. She is, to me, a matriarch of the mountain, a spirit of place, a protector of her domain. 🧵 1/5 #plantsky #herbsky #witchsky
if you took my phone away I would miss geotagged photos for iNaturalist, but I kind of liked printing directions or charting a course on a map. I would miss texting and group chats, and that’s a harder fix. I wouldn’t like it long-term, but as a little vacation, hell yeah, let’s go.
Instagram is such a shitty platform every other thing is an ad and the latest one i got is of nigel fuckface farage fucking frogfaced fascist ... I hate so much
Cobblers.Trump is as American as it gets. He is the pustule at the top of the systemic infection that’s been rotting away under the surface for pretty much ever. And Europeans have no trouble understanding that.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 5mo agoTl;dr: Americans have trouble understanding there is ~nothing unique about Trump. He is part of the broad wave of far right parties/politicians since 2008 across rich democracies. Our institutions just suck more. Europeans have trouble understanding there is ~nothing unique about Trump. See above.
Worth remembering how mind-bogglingly recent the Magdalene Laundries were. The last one closed down on 25th September 1996, which means the Magdalene system outlived Tupac by two weeks.
Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin@miseryvulture.bsky.social · 11h agoThe last Magdalene laundry closed in my lifetime. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland in my lifetime. Access to condoms without a prescription in Ireland only came in 1985. We repealed the 8th. There's a lot of ways in which Ireland is still bad, but it is an entirely different country.
Can't get your hands on Emily Wilson's translation of the #Odyssey? We've got stock of her brilliant new book #CrossingTheWineDarkSea, a playful and fascinating voyage into the promise, possibility and constant renewal of ancient literature 🌊 Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/WineDarkSeaEmilyWilson
High demand creates supply issues for Emily Wilson's The Odyssey
Emily Wilson’s translation is out of stock at its British distributor John Wiley, with publisher WW Norton awaiting shipment from its US parent company.
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This story is alarming because of the sum involved I know the bins outside Waterloo station - they are almost always overflowing! This does suggest enforcement officers are hanging around waiting to catch people out Either hang onto your rubbish or make sure it is properly inside a bin
I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin
Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London
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I can’t think of many rural terms I like more than “witches’ knickers” - to describe black polythene snagged in fences, hedgerows and trees.
As someone living in Kyiv, I’m begging you: Please help us stop this. Almost every night, russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, hitting civilians, homes, and warehouses. We can’t stop these missiles because we don’t have enough Patriot systems. People are dying.
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have George Monbiot As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Stupid, pointless continent. We need to hyper-Balkanise the entirety of Europe and place every territory under the Suzerainty of a state in the Global South until Europeans learn to behave like normal, civilised human beings.
Sounds delicious. In Amsterdam meatballs of minced pork and minced prawns used to be made in the Jordaan neighbourhood. They did this because prawns were cheaper than pork or beef in those days, and people just went to the beaches to collect them. The Jordaan neighbourhood used to be very poor.
Oh and I have a few ancient greco-roman inspired recipes on this website of Maltby and Greek. www.maltbyandgreek.com/recipe/stuff...
Stuffed Vine Leaves with Pork Mince & Prawn
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In the interior of the Peloponnese, where fresh fish was rare, (probably still is!Lamb and feta cheese far more common) dried fish such as cod became staple. (...) www.patreon.com/posts/118593...
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Here we talk about the top 5 must try dishes, that anyone who loves food should try. Foods from the heart of the Balkans. Such as cevapi, ajvar, dolma/ sarma, bourek, and tres leches revani! Yes...! Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/4Vmv... #podcast #foodpodcast #traditionalfood #foodtraditions
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