Perhaps we could use them for insulation as part of the government's Warm Homes Plan.
The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2d agoMore than 200,000 print editions and audiobooks of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be donated to schools, libraries and hospitals across the UK, US and other territories worldwide. Read more 👇
1. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours.
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
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.
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"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
Tenatively suggest it might be better to do this in a different order.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBessent calls on Iranian soldiers to lay down their arms and overthrow the regime 🙃
The Bucket of Infinite Owlets is an underrated magic item in D&D
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · last wk.And for a quick hit here’s one from my personal library of obscurely comforting TikToks.
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
"Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician." Dorothy Parker August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967 American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Julie's novel Ambition came out when I worked at Claude Gill books 400 years ago and we used to read bits out to each other in the staff room and piss ourselves laughing because it was so bad.
Aidan McGlynn@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · last wk.Giddy vice-signalling. These are just the worst people.
Recklessly listen to The News Agents but find I can tolerate less than 90 seconds of Mr Sopel shouting at the top of his lungs the most humdrum conjectures imaginable as if they were earth-shattering discoveries, which to him they apparently are.
This is how Davros ended up in Genesis of the Daleks, entombed in a bunker protected by his personal army of autonomous weapons. After he'd murdered everyone else including his own people, I should add.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump on his ballroom: "It's going to have a drone-proof roof. And you're going to have on top of the roof drones, many drones, which will protect Washington DC and will protect the White House. Very important."
Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o
Even the fact that I referred to it as the benefits system is a result of a concerted shift in language. When we called it social security it implied the fact that we are part of a society that values / should value supporting those who need help.
Here we are. Having direct personal experience of something, in order to refute a sweeping claim, based on one example, made by someone who apparently does not have such exp, is "credentialism"
Am struck by rapidly increasing resemblance of Reform’s Lee Anderson to Pat Butcher from Eastenders, who is pictured here being interviewed on GB News, apparently by Larry Grayson.
It’s truly incredible to watch a political/media class packed full of crackpots and wingnuts - people who inflicted Boris Johnson *and* Liz Truss on Britain as PM - angrily insist that they cannot tolerate one black bullshitting man sullying their perfect system for rewarding merit and ability
🏜️ NEW EPISODE: No Drought About It Join us to discuss: 🌽 - the impact on farming 🇪🇺 - trading our way to food security? 🫰 - food inflation and shortages 🥵 - changing national food habits And much, much more! KFP anyone? 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0gRF... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
No Drought About It
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 13 August · 1hr 3min
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