Believe @davidmuttering.bsky.social may be living with a British Shorthair. fao Michael
Zeublai@zeublai.eurosky.social · 21h agoAllez, avec le ALT, que tout le monde puisse en profiter. Mettez des ALT, ça rend le poil soyeux !
Zeublai@zeublai.eurosky.social · 21h ago
How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe
Old photograph, taken as the van passed. Plasterer with a sense of humour...
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
Yan, tan.. Yan, tan.. (Socks off) Yan, tan.. 999, Police! Daft lot of publicity stunt chasers need learn to count 🙄🙄
The Scottish Farmer@thescottishfarmer.bsky.social · 3w agoJeremy Clarkson's missing sheep case has been resolved after police confirmed an unexpected error, with all animals accounted for.
Nuffield Trust senior policy analyst @sallygainsbury.bsky.social "The health benefit the population as a whole gets from spending on new branded medicines is only half what it would get if the same spending was used to extend existing services such as GP care or operations from the waiting list."
Sara Paretsky@saraparetsky.bsky.social · 3w agoUK and US Big pharma have agreed to zero tariffs on drugs the UK exports to the US. In exchange, British patients will pay 25 % more for such drugs in the NHS. I hope I misunderstood this story, because it's one more outrage in the daily horror of trmp's America pharmaphorum.com/news/mps-see...
Catherine looked for what wasn't there - hardly any records or documents. She persevered, asked genuine questions & had the confidence when others suggested they were Famine bones. It’s about listening to people in the right way. She didn’t dismiss information she got, kept at it & didn’t let go.
Martine Brennan@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Lost Children of #Tuam #speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
In Großbritannien werden Seenotretter von RNLI immer häufiger persönlich bedroht und auch körperlich angegriffen und verletzt. Eine Statue für im Einsatz gestorbene muss extra geschützt werden. Das Ergebnis von Hasskampagnen der extremen Rechten. Wer Lebensretter bedroht ist Menschenfeind!
Nicola Kelly@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 3w agoI have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
Birds of Poole Harbour@harbourbirds.bsky.social · 4w agoWhilst out waiting to count migrating passerines this AM at Ballard Down, we had this magic moment when a Roe Deer stepped out on the headland just as the sun was rising, creating a perfect silhouette against the sea. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
This is an interesting plan & something that looks like it will create better micro sites for wildlife, reducing rainfall hitting the drains, as well as, helping create a better place for people to live @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn Amsterdam, residents can apply for the city to remove the pavement stones and prepare a narrow planting bed helping Dutch streets become greener, cooler and better prepared for heavy rain. #ActOnClimate #Smartcities #ClimateActionNow
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
Tha. Tha sin ceart gu lèor.
Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · last mo.Word of Mouth: Gaelic Currently on BBC Sounds: Michael Rosen in conversation with Roddy Maclean about Gaelic in Scotland. Michael learns that Gaelic has no single word for Yes or No & that the landscape of the Highlands can be better understood through Gaelic placenames www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
'Engagement events' is a term we use to describe different ways committees engage with stakeholders other than public evidence sessions. In this case, we're keen to hear from people who have experienced jury service. Please do sign up if you'd like to take part! (3/3)
Notes will be taken and published, but all participants will be anonymised, and the notes will be shared with participants to approve before they are published. (2/3)
Hi Moira! Thanks for the question. The roundtable will take place via teams, with ex jurors and members of the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee discussing the ex jurors' experiences and ideas. This will be in private. (1/3)
I paid my respects to the Bronze Age Egtved Girl in Denmark this week. Around 17 years old and 160 cm tall, she was buried one summer's day in 1370 BC. I went to the National Museum in Copenhagen, and there she was. Or wasn’t, since hardly any of her remains survived.
Help please? A friend has a late 1990s metal-framed Futon chair, in pieces and with no assembly instructions. It has defeated us. Can any kind person provide a link to a manual for this? #futon #manuals #futonmanuals
Also serious reminder that if your kid DOES fail to get the results they need: 1) don't panic. 2) IT'S FINE. Don't rush. Ring unis. chat to them. Our phone line people are trained to help. 3) Consider Greenwich. Our entire thing is helping kids master study skills and become their best selves.
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 2mo agoanyway Bluesky, if your kids do shit at their a-levels you can now blame it on malevolent gods, thanks to the eclipse. Also don't worry. There's places available in Clearing.
"The King's Highway" Protest, freedom of expression and the public-private law divide How the UK Supreme Court decided a fundamental rights case without using human rights law New, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
North British Hotel (now the Balmoral), Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1958, photo by Allan Hailstone.
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping ~ Mr Rogers Kyiv Zoo continues their visits to the patients of the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialised Hospital zoo.kyiv.ua/en/supportin...
Extremely niche--anyone know if in ancient regime France the day of a nun's profession might be termed her 'journee?' (Script is clear, abbreviations not an issue, inscription grammar is often...condensed.. so I'm brainstorming)
Sheep farmer had hydatid disease from tapeworm parasite for years
Sheep farmer had hydatid disease from tapeworm parasite for years
A farmer living with slow-growing cysts caused by a tapeworm says he had no idea anything was wrong.
bbc.co.uk