When it's not stoking hatred of immigrants, BBC News is campaigning hard against solar farms. Here's a project that was just unanimously approved by a local council - yet the reporter quotes no less than six voices opposed, and zero who support it.
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Cycling, Lotto CT, UK juniors & U23 & Rayner Fdn & Pedal Potential, caravans, #Breizh (Aodoù an Arvor) & #poetry. Failing to avoid politics. Suffering Kingstonian FC & Dewsbury RL fan: post not all in English #NonLeague pack https://go.bsky.app/5ZmrY8K
Imagine describing a willingness to apologise for the transatlantic slave trade as a “shock stance”. Not the enslavement nor the exploitation. Certainly not the millions of lives devastated. No, no - the suggestion that perhaps we should say sorry. Extraordinary editorial priorities.
Show me the most Brusselaar thing you have on your phone. Here is my offering: (Clichéd I know)
Pinkdwarf@pinkdwarf.eurosky.social · 13h agoShow me the most Bruxellian thing you have on your phone. Here is my offering:
Antwerp has 2 electric mobile harbour cranes in service, with 4 more ordered. Together they're expected to avoid up to 500,000 litres of diesel a year. More important, they can handle cargoes that survive the decline of fossil bulk. briefing.tfie.io/p/the-crane-...
We need to talk about this recent news piece by good morning Britain where they spend most of the time talking about dangerous cycling, and give almost no time mentioning the ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. Watch their shortened version on youtube: youtu.be/7TPweWkVTro?si=DCW...
Everywhere you look in a healthy Irish rainforest, there's a fantastic diversity of life.
Meanwhile Kingston Council continues to host a gaudy gold statue of a woman with no connection to the borough at all (unless you count being born and raised in neighbouring Richmond as that link) who made a lot of money from the slave trade Isn’t it time to think about the Queen Anne statue?
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4h agoExactly that point. The "History Reclaimed" leaning right constantly boasts that Britain ended slavery... while simultaneously insisting that modern Britain has no responsibility for the past. Which is it, Suella?
As I write, I have about five unfinished drafts waiting for the attention they deserve - each of them going lower down the priority list because yet another scandal has overtaken them. Political news has become overwhelming - and I have to ask the question, was that the plan all along?
Flooding the Zone with S&*t: The End Stage
Five unfinished columns, one exhausted bear, and the political cost of never getting to the bottom of anything.
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Negotiated and signed by the Conservative Party PM John Major
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 4h agoThe day the EU, as we know it today, was born. 🇪🇺 On 1 November 1993, the Maastricht Treaty entered into force, officially establishing the European Union, formerly the European Communities. Happy birthday to us! 💙
Put your hands up if your team climbed out of the relegation places today 🟡🔵
Felicity Jones: Raising Hand in 'On the Basis of Sex'
ALT: Felicity Jones: Raising Hand in 'On the Basis of Sex'
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#OnThisDay in football, 1 Nov 1884 - Leicester Fosse (now City) played its first match 🦊 1896 - First 11-a-side match in Hungary 🇭🇺 1897 - Juventus founded 🇮🇹 1908 - Huracán founded 🇦🇷 Born: 1963 - Mark Hugues 🏴 1972 - Paul Dickov 🏴 1979 - Rachel Yankey 🏴 1994 - James Ward-Prowse 🏴
Please don't leave Halloween pumpkins to rot in your garden, or dump them in the countryside. Eating mouldy pumpkins can make hedgehogs, birds and other animals poorly. Instead, dispose of pumpkins in a covered compost bin or council food waste bin. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
The top 11 places to see what remains of the wall www.visitberlin.de/en/blog/top-...
The top 11 places to see what remains of the wall
What was left of the wall
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Trabant Finally Got A 4-Cylinder Engine Just As East Germans Could Buy Western Cars www.aol.co.uk/articles/tra...
Trabant Finally Got A 4-Cylinder Engine Just As East Germans Could Buy Western Cars - AOL
Trabant dominated the roads of East Germany back when the Berlin Wall was up. But it wouldn't even last for a year by the time its engine got four cylinders.
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FC Magdeburg: The East German club that shocked AC Milan onefootball.com/en/news/fc-m...
FC Magdeburg: The East German club that shocked AC Milan and defied the regime
Harry Kane’s first opponents after winning the Ballon d’Or may not have the same trophy cabinet as Bayern Munich, or anything close to it.Now playing in…
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Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse, 27 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin
Une enquête pour provocation à la haine raciale ouverte à la suite d'appels sur les réseaux sociaux à agresser des livreurs noirs ou d'origine arabe "La plateforme Uber indique avoir envoyé des messages de prévention à tous ses chauffeurs et livreurs." www.franceinfo.fr/societe/raci...
Une enquête pour provocation à la haine raciale ouverte à la suite d'appels sur les réseaux sociaux à agresser des livreurs noirs ou d'origine arabe
La plateforme Uber indique avoir envoyé des messages de prévention à tous ses chauffeurs et livreurs.
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As October comes to a close, it's time to vote for your North Ferriby Player of the Month. Here's our #FerribyFanzine shortlist. Usual 4 cans for the winner 🍺🍺🍺🍺. Who's been frighteningly good? Reply to vote 💚 Charlie Carlisle Charlie Dunkerley Benn Lewis Brandon Murillo
De la Guerre de 1870-1871 en #Lorraine Talonnée par les Prussiens, la première partie de l’armée française, placée sous le commandement du Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, se replie vers l’Ouest. Elle est finalement battue à Sedan, le 2 septembre 1870. www.blelorraine.fr/2021/03/de-l...
De la Guerre de 1870-1871 en Lorraine
Quand il pleut fort, quand on a droit à ce qu’on appelle, en Lorraine, une bonne chaouée, il n’est pas rare d’entendre quelques personnes dire que « ça tombe comme à Gravelotte ». L’expression, à
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Much of the media hate that the Green Party want to tax the super rich & stand up for peace around the world. They hate that we call out vast majority of media owned by a few billionaires who constantly distract. One of the best things you can do? Join.greenparty.org.uk
The humble dachshund is taking center stage in a new exhibition in Germany that explores the history of the sausage dog in art.
The dachshund is the muse in an exhibition showcasing the sausage dog's history in art
The humble dachshund is taking center stage in a new exhibition in Germany that explores the history of the sausage dog in art.
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Vignette in Belgium How will it be policed? How much can you be fined?
La Voix du Nord@lavoixdunord.fr · 17h ago🇧🇪 À partir du 1er mai 2027, la Belgique imposera une vignette numérique aux automobilistes, avec un contrôle en trois phases basé sur les caméras ANPR, qui reconnaissent les plaques d’immatriculation.
New Article: The Debenhams Cup Who remembers the Debenhams Cup? It was a short-lived cup contest in England with a complicated format. But it became known more so for the way in which the trophy mysteriously vanished. Words: Chris Kelly Available to read on our website ⬇️
I don’t think I’ve seen a single article about how Muslims in Michigan feel about all this
Jackson 🍂🎃🍂@json95.bsky.social · 22h agoAnd you never will, despite Michigan having roughly twice as many Muslim people as Jewish people 🤔
Forget solar car parks. Solar bike racks is where it is at.
