Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
This was really interesting. Especially the amount of 'modern' complaints from the 1700s. This is what keeps me company while I'm stripping wallpaper...
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · last mo.On Untitled History Podcast this week, @gregjenner.bsky.social joins me. We talk about the history and definition of "celebrity". From 18th Century theatre to micro-celebrity and being "Pony Famous" Find on your pod app, YouTube, or on Spotify below: open.spotify.com/episode/2GlV... #history
So many better options “Breturn”: Breversal Bregret Brestore Breconcile Breunite Brekindle Any other ones I missed?
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · last wk.no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up
Id love to imagine the meetings the architect had: "we cant agree on a single design, why not just put a bit of everyone plan together. Everyone's going to love it!"
a3minutewonder.bsky.social@a3minutewonder.bsky.social · 2w ago#urbangaze When you have lots of bits left over from other buildings. Vauxhall
If anyone is looking for fabulous and quirky accommodation near lake #bled in #slovenia, I'd highly recommend Garden Village Bled share.google/kVkaMmxmH3xI... We stayed in a river side tent. Plus there was a natural pool, bar, restaurant and bikes to borrow to ride round the lake.
Current project... Yorkshire Wolds Way. 79 mile multi day walk. We have spent a couple of weekends doing sections. Looking forward to fish and chips when we get to Filey
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
Designing safer public spaces starts with listening to women and girls. Our new £15.6 million fund will put their voices at the heart of decision-making, building on the record-breaking £318 million we’ve already invested into tackling violence against women and girls.
London is getting a £15.6M fund to make public spaces safer for women and girls
One of the best things about living in London is the sheer amount of things to see and do, but for many women and girls, feeling safe within those spaces, as well as travelling to and from them is, un...
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Good news! 👏 👏 BBC News - Ilkley library to reopen after seven-month refurbishment - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ilkley library to reopen after seven-month refurbishment
The library and visitor information centre is moving back into the Victorian building in Ilkley.
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Sandra can you open the [freakin] door we kinda got a situation out here...
His music isn't really my vibe, but I'm fairly shocked if he got dropped for this stance. Waiting for a statement from Ed.... 🤞 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium show
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BBC News - Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... You're in a dark place where you see attacking the #RNLI as a legitimate option. (Maybe rethink your decision making paradigm chaps ...) 🙄 But donations to the RNLI have rocketed since 💕👏
Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Amazed that PETA aren't all over this. When will these inhumane practices end.
I went to #Cologne last winter; stunning cathedral. With the 'relics' of the wise men. The Christmas market is pretty fab; best for hungry people, who love cheese, bread, chocolate and #gluhwein. Salad lovers are poorly catered for.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · last mo.Cologne Cathedral Germany 🇩🇪
These are known as #Crinkle-Crankle #walls. Growing up in #Suffolk, I passed one quite regularly. This wave shape, gives the wall stability, and uses fewer bricks than a standard straight wall. They are more usual in Suffolk and were a response to a brick tax between 1784 and 1850.
I learnt very recently that #clouds can weigh up to 500,000 kgs!! I was astonished!! They are #beautiful, and weighty. I lesson for us all there. If clouds can do it, we can too 💪😉
Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · last mo.Happy #CloudAppreciationDay! ☁️✨ Today is the perfect excuse to look up and admire the skies above us. From fluffy fair-weather cumulus clouds to towering, dramatic cumulonimbus, they do more than shape our weather. They spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and connect us to the natural world.
BBC News - 'Everywoman' statue unveiled in Trafalgar Square www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Congrats to the female artist for this commission in #trafalga 👏 While I'm by no means any authority on #art, #sculpture, or even fashion for that matter! I'm not sure; maybe it'll grow on me.
'Everywoman' statue unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
Tschabalala Self's Lady in Blue will sit atop the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for the next two years.
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www.decanter.com/wine-picture... Adding 'Vineyard with sheep', to the list of things to do if I become a millionaire. #vineyard #sheep #babydollsheep
Gallery: Vineyard animals – Unlikely helpers
As growing numbers of wineries around the world consider the merits of organic and biodynamic principles, many are deploying vineyard animals to help fight weeds and pests without the use of chemicals...
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Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, California