Feels like the only sensible thing to do today is sit and read from 9 to 5… - Michael
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linguist (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin, Arabic, Basque/Euskera, British Sign Language). Recognise a few other languages. Read Lots: Law, history, Fantasy (Pratchett), human Library. A bit sweary, in any of those languages
A life of many colours RIP Dolly Parton One of the Good Ones
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
141,000 people have so far been evacuated from the Gironde and Landes regions which lie close to Bordeaux. We’re waiting for our train to take us out of Bordeaux.
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2mo agoHoliday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
Springwatch icon, humanist, and probably the UK's best-loved birdwatcher, Bill Oddie, has died aged 85. Very sad. Thank you for a lifetime of helping us understand nature.
I just finished this complete gem of a book. A novel about maths, chess, family, philosophy, academia, ambition, and how much any of us can ever know or understand. Sounds like a lot for 200 pages? It is. In a good way. Strongly recommended.
Just be grateful for Donarrhea's astonishing incompetence.
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
Next Saturday (July 25th) is Notts Pride and we hope you will join us to march proudly along with our community. Look out for our friendly volunteers who will be cheering loudly and marching along 🌈🎉 #nottingham #nottinghamshire #nottslgbt #pride #queer #Notts #lgbt #lgbtqia #nottspride #NottsLGBT
"Freedom" in the US of A.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo agoProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA
Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."
AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.
I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.
Discussed this with friends recently. Two of them have spouses who claim to have never read a book in their lives. The families have bookcases in every room except the bathroom. Everyone reads, and talks about reading, except the ones who don't read. Self-imposed isolation.
Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat@rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4mo agoListen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock in them. Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word.
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock in them. Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word.
If you want to follow Farage and leave the ECHR, which of these rights do you want to give up for yourself and your family? Just asking as most of you seem to think this will only affect foreigners..
So if for £80 Farage would do a cameo supporting the IRA who murdered civilians, police & soldiers & film a personalised message for convicted pedo Ian Watkins saying he was a "good man" who “loved his children".. What did he really do for £5,000,000.00 🤔 Just asking the question that’s all 🤷🏼♂️
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I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.
How the murder of Henry Nowak is being exploited by the far right - The Latest
How the murder of Henry Nowak is being exploited by the far right - The Latest
Politicians and community leaders have called for calm after violent disorder in Southampton sparked by the murder of student Henry Nowak. Lucy Hough speaks to community affairs correspondent Aamna Mohdin
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If a person can't fit between the arm rests, and there's room on the flight, that person gets a free extra seat. Ouf.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo agoSouthwest Airlines, which received backlash from the plus-size community earlier this year when it tightened its extra-seat policy, has loosened restrictions on securing a second adjacent seat. The amended rule goes into effect immediately.