@allthingsquiz.bsky.social Did my ears deceive me, or did Mastermind claim Desperate Dan was in the Beano?

Some juicy coalition preference data for @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social!

Pine martens breeding in national park again after going extinct there 100 years ago www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Pine martens breeding in national park again after going extinct there 100 years ago

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If replicated in a General Election, this poll would see Labour fall just 18 seats short of an overall majority.

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 5d ago

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 28% (+5) RFM: 23% (-4) CON: 20% (=) LDM: 10% (-1) GRN: 10% (-3) SNP: 3% (=) Via BMG Research, 28-30 Jul. Changes w/ 23-25 Jun.

I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie

Visa for Gaza students

I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?

my.uplift.ie

Palin isn't a fan of late-stage Cleese either. Cleese was always jealous Palin successfully pivoted to presenting. As Palin said after one of Cleese's public outbursts, saying Palin had always been boring: "I've always been quite popular because I get on with people." which is a beautiful quiet 🔥

Prepare to disappear down a rabbit hole, as the digital archive of the Irish-Argentinian newspaper, The Southern Cross, is now free to browse online: hemerotecadigital.bn.gob.ar/collection/0...

So Irish Examiner journalist Alison O’Reilly hears a solicitor, Gavin Booth say that the suspect in the car bomb case ‘spent time in Saoradh.’ She, being kind, misheard him and reports it as time in Syria. The misreporting (still up, btw) goes around the world and media shrugs. Bizarre

#OtD 25 Jul 1927 a two-day conference of about 20 anarchists from across the Iberian Peninsula began in Valencia, leading to the formation of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI), which played a major role alongside the CNT in the Spanish Civil War stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9749...

Palestinians in the West Bank are subjected to daily Israeli terror. From arbitrary arrests and settler terror to extrajudicial killings, the Israeli occupation has turned daily life into a battle for survival.

Not particularly - the leader of our largest Irish centre-right party is an avid user of TikTok, but if it's just superficial use of the medium for style points, and not delivering much in terms of policy on the platform, then it's counter-productive.

Chris Dillow@chrisdillow.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't remember Burnham having this relaxed communication manner in his 2010 or 2015 Labour leadership contests. Which shows he can learn - & if he can learn this he can learn other things too. This alone elevates him above his recent predecessors.

@damianstack.bsky.social Jack O'Connor acknowledging piseogs by moving David Clifford to 14?

Not a fan generally of putting national figures on Euro banknotes, and seems to be a good variety of bird species in the designs. That said, more nature options would have been welcome: surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...

A former asylum seeker who arrived in Wales without knowing the country had its own language is celebrating his graduation from Swansea University with a master’s in Welsh

Former asylum seeker graduates with Welsh master's just eight years after arriving in Wales

Nation.Cymru staff A former asylum seeker who arrived in Wales without knowing the country had its own language is celebrating his graduation from Swansea University with a master’s in Welsh.…

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Losing my mind at this Murder, She Wrote promo

Fantastic news for lynx in Sain! www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...

Iberian lynx snapped in Basque Country after 100 year absence

A farmer's camera trap set up to watch wildlife visiting his land in Campezo, Alava, caught the radio-collared cat, thought to have travelled from the south.

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Spain is the 2026 FIFA World Cup champion. But beyond football, Spain has also become one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Palestine. From recognizing the State of Palestine and calling for greater accountability over the war in Gaza to millions marching in solidarity with Palestine

Y la roja volvió a lo más alto. Volvimos a vibrar, a cantar el gol con una misma garganta. El sueño de 2010 se repite 16 años después. Cada segundo peleado ha merecido la pena. VOLVEMOS A GANAR EL MUNDIAL. HOY TEJEMOS LA SEGUNDA ESTRELLA ⭐️ ⭐️

Today is Duodi the 2nd of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate common mullein. #JacobinDay See today's page

VAMOS!!

This is one of the worst football matches I have ever seen, and I support SWINDON.

#OtD 18 Jul 1912 four suffragettes attempted to set fire to the Theatre Royal in Dublin, Ireland, during a packed meeting due to be addressed by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8991...

Two Kerry wins over Dublin teams in a week - what's not to like! 😀

Dinamatero, bomb thrower, June 1937, Carabanchel, Madrid front. Gerda Taro, killed a few weeks later at Brunete, the first woman photo journalist to die in action ICP / Magnum photos.

#OtD 17 Jul 1936 the Spanish Civil War began with a coup in Morocco as right wing generals rose up against the Republican govt. The coup was smashed by the working class, and full-scale revolution would break out in the coming days. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...

We've seen data centres use up as much electricity as all the houses in the country... when does Ireland get on the moratorium bandwagon (or even just charge them the price residential users pay so we're not subsidising the cost ) #speirgorm

Susanne 25th for 47@momoftwo.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good. Good. Good. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat

The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey

theguardian.com

The Binface Redemption - 21st Century Ceefax! nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...

Not enough england players have been fouled in the first half.