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This piece is worth a close read: the connection between language and war and the connection to war. I have an unexpected connection to this war through my Ukrainian daughter in law, my son is also learning Ukrainian. #Ukraine www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
The long read: Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected
theguardian.com
Photo: February 2022, playing checkers with molotov cocktails in Kyiv, waiting for the Russians... Sainsbury Centre, Playpower exhibition. Didn't get the details of photographer because it hit me like a train seeing it.... #Ukraine
I stumbled across my copy of 'The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner: a dystopian SF novel about environmental collapse in America. The smoke from burinng cities everywhere and after famine and unrest become rampant, the government scapegoats Honduran rebels and puts the US under martial law
I can't find a photo identified as Farage's daughter's house. Tagging Alex Massie who I believe denied the Times did show it on an X post. @alexmassie.bsky.social #Farage
#climate Today in comments on online article about wildfires sweeping Europe one person claimed the government was planting inflammable brush to create fires to con people climate change was real and another that the WEF was setting magnifying glasses up in fields for a similar scam.
M13.00 Friday 26th, Germany produce 71GW of electricity from solar! #Renewables www.sma.de/en/company/p...
PV electricity produced in Germany | SMA Solar
What is the current status of photovoltaics in Germany? This is an interesting question, and one to which you will receive a clear answer on this website based on daily updated information.
sma.de
There Is a Government Website That Names Reporters as Enemies. Most Americans Have No Idea. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...
There Is a Government Website That Names Reporters as Enemies. Most Americans Have No Idea.
Right now, on an official United States government website funded by taxpayers, there is a page that names American reporters and brands them as offenders.
open.substack.com
#Art #Hockney A lovely article on Hockney, which reveals something of how he created his art. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘His last kiss to the world’: David Hockney’s return to Yorkshire triggered a glorious reawakening
When the artist came home from LA, it seemed like a retirement. But it heralded an astonishing new chapter. Our critic remembers their thrilling dinners together – and the dazzling new works that arri...
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Miss the evening news and you can miss a whole cycle of 'a beautiful deal is coming', 'their military is dust', 'we will strike them hard' and back to 'a beautiful deal is coming tomorrow'. #Trump
Late Roman sarcophagus recut with Christian symbols... I love the headstanding doves! #SarcophagusSaturday
On flags... I was in part of West London yesterday and noticed Union Jack flags all along the high street... But wait: these were labelled 'Battle of Britain 85' and obviously put up by the council. They replace England flags put up by local 'Crusaders' I take my hat off to Hillingdon Council!
I noticed the Pride flags are up again in my small corner of England: the Council puts them up across the county every year. They also put up England flags on sporting occasions, so when the World Cup starts they'll alternate Pride flags with England flags. Pride flag, England flag... I like that.
Here's a good news story, full of love and care for others. A 'light for all the overdarkened ways made for our travelling' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: we found a baby on the subway – now he’s our 26-year-old son
I was rushing towards the turnstile when I noticed a bundle of clothes in a corner. I walked over, peeled back a dark sweatshirt, and saw him
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"Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, reaching 11.2GWh of cumulative storage capacity in less than a year since the scheme launched." www.energy-storage.news/australia-hi... via George Heynes 🔌💡
Australia hits 400,000 home battery installations with 11.2GWh capacity in under a year
Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government's Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
energy-storage.news
Hormuzapan for what ails the President. DM cartoon by Stephen Francis and Rico
Dire straits
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A whole section of the Naples Museum is floored with mosaics from Pompeii... you can walk on them, but you have to put on overshoes! #MosaicMonday
