Phil Hare's Ghost
@mrlepus.bsky.social
Idiot. Dog lover owned by a cat. NHS superfan. Harassing Tories. Lego. Religiophobic Humanist. Occasional #Wülferhampton mud slinger.
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Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars
A 10-year-old student from Japan has captured worldwide attention after his fascination with butterflies led to a remarkable scientific study that is challenging long-held assumptions about insect mem...
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This is weird; a Traffic Commissioner essentially carrying out the duties of the Insolvency Service, in a limited capacity at least. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Furniture firm’s operator licence application refused over “classic Phoenix Syndrome” concerns
A North West furniture manufacturer has been refused an HGV operator’s licence after a Traffic Commissioner found that the company’s sole director had been involved in a repeated pattern of business f...
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Dear BBC: how about you let the humble comma into your lives? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peterborough man abandoned as a baby finds birth family
David Stevenson was found in a London building in 1960, before being adopted.
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Earlier today, the discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket impacted on the Moon. As part of a coordinated observing campaign, our Very Large Telescope detected spectral lines of sodium and lithium gas in the impact plume lasting for 5-10 minutes after impact. 🔭 🧪 📷 ESO/C. Schmidt et al. 1/4
Right. So, just to check; the data for this study was gained by giving questionairres to 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds
UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’
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The group in question, Radis, have a turnover somewhere in the region of £100 million, with an annual profit of between 25-30%. In 2024 they 'restructured' many of their contracts on the grounds they were unprofitable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Care worker mistakenly fed Portsmouth woman dog food - report
The incident was among "abysmal failures" of care by a council contractor, an investigation finds.
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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.
Interesting. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/social-value...
Social value weighting doubled in government contracts
Companies bidding for central government contracts will be scored twice as heavily on the local benefits they deliver, with the social value weighting rising from 10% to 20% for contracts worth £5 mil...
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I'm guessing this means a 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 remake is definitely off the cards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saudi-led group completes $55bn purchase of gaming giant EA
The deal takes the maker of titles including The Sims and EA FC into private ownership - and loads it with debt.
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Obviously Facecunt doesn't make enough money any more. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
In 2016, Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan founded a school; 10 years later and after more than $125 million in funding, board voted to close it - The Times of India
The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...
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"The BBC has approached Madeley parish councillor David Whitmore who admitted to painting the post and bench, but he declined to comment further." For example, he 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 say "it was a brilliant idea at 3am on Saturday morning after the pub kicked me out..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bench makeover sparks village debate in Madeley
Painted village sculpture sparks row as residents clash over colourful makeover of tree artwork.
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Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
No cheating, post tour lock screen.
El Squigg@psychicsquirrel.bsky.social · yesterdayNo cheating, post your lockscreen.
I just... there aren't enough dried frog pills in Ankh-Morpork for her. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
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I did not work countless hours in an ICU full of proned patients and go back to my hotel crying because we lost more patients in a day than a typical week to hear a moron with a worm in his brain say that the ICU's were empty. I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Not only are they out of their high end missiles, they're out of ideas Don't know which is worse for our biggest NATO ally
Daily Kos@dailykos.com · yesterdayAfter declaring war on "woke," the Pentagon is now crowdsourcing creativity.
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Daily Blessings
ALT: Daily Blessings
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c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · yesterdayIf you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
I have no doubt the engineers behind this would argue that there are myriad technical reasons these are being flushed out to sea, but ultimately the reason is this: it would cost money to make sure they didn't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hartlepool nuclear station cleaning balls on beaches
A man is shocked to find 41 of the taprogge balls during a short walk along Redcar beach.
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Rather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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I'd add: The Mars Challenge by Wilgus & Yates, about the practical challenges of getting to/from Mars (in a cute comic book format). And the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, which (though hopeful fiction) also describes (some of) the challenges in creating a just society on a toxic planet.
The Mars Challenge: The Past, Present, and Future of Human Spaceflight by Benjamin A. Wilgus
Travel to deep space and back again with The Mars Challenge, a nonfiction graphic novel for teens...
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I can't remember who was talking about 'girly' films yesterday but this is another one that I grudgingly admit to enjoying. Scream meets Groundhog Day meets Clueless. But I'm sure you all knew that.
Yet again, in the name of the reality check I feel everybody needs regarding the Red Planet, read this:
Phil Hare's Ghost@mrlepus.bsky.social · yesterday*sɪɢʜs* spacedaily.com/t-mars-is-us...
