This fountain has a statue of a cherub holding a fish; a trickle of chalky water comes out of the fish's mouth. The passing decades have almost hidden the statue under a cloak of tufa (limescale) and moss. The owners like it mossy but I was allowed a sample to ID. #moss #bryophytes

I love it when people say they are going to vote Reform because its "time for a change" or "to let someone else have a go". Which is like saying "I tried putting this fire out with water and it hasn't worked yet, so I'm going to try petrol instead".

Letting the population of Iran die of thirst to achieve the declared war goal of freeing them from their regime seems suboptimal to me. But I'm not as smart as the President of the United States, of course.

The hard part about propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo ago

Trump: "I didn't guarantee no war." Trump guaranteeing no more wars:

Rewrite great speeches for Trump: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what your country can do for me."

Romania isn't really a country anyway.

In two weeks, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine will have lasted as long as the entire World War I.

Forgot to wish city of Kiev happy 1544 birthday. This is what Moscow looked like 1544 years ago.

My strategy seems to be to hope Ukraine has fewer hospitals, apartment blocks and schools than Russia does oil terminals & weapons factories.

202 years ago today, this stork was shot in the village of Klütz in northern Germany. It already had a 30-inch arrow in its neck. The arrow was made of African wood, and this first ‘Pfeilstorch’ (‘arrow stork’) played a pivotal role in the understanding of bird migration.

Looking for slime moulds, found newt.

The toughest part of the 3 day "special military operation" is the first 5 years

The word "might" is doing *a lot* of lifting here.

Yesterday they were just lumpy white blobs on a log. Today, weird structures from the world of slime moulds.

Never in the field of human endeavour has so much been fucked up for so many by so few.

Golden sneakers. Scam phones. Red caps for asshats. Making China's Manufacturing Industry Great

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OTD in 1955 the Warsaw Pact was formed. A Russian led ‘defensive' alliance that repeatedly attacked itself, its members mysteriously left as soon as they could.

There were more Russian vehicles in Kiev than at Moscow #VictoryDay parade. This means we are winning.

Day 1537 of my 3 day war. From this day forward, the Moscow Victory Day Parade will take place only by the consent of the President of Ukraine. I remain a master strategist.

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Remember, vote Reform for an entitled prick who doesn't pay his tax and a grifting charlatan who is bought and paid for by a crypto billionaire.

"Dear Diary, I was due to be on the Laura Kuenssberg show today, but pulled out because my blend of hot air, lies, corruption and fantasy bollocks would collapse under even the mildest scrutiny"

I'm at the stage of wondering if we have more oil tanks than Ukraine has drones.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You’re going to laugh, but it's Tuapse again. It was struck last night for the 4th time.🔥🔥🔥

OTD in 1941 the Soviets held a May Day parade in Moscow. So they invited their Nazis allies cos it would be rude not to.

The more I travel outside of the UK and speak to other countries’ locals the more I realise how damaging the years of insane small boats media rhetoric has been for the UK. It has been totally over-inflated, portrayed as if we are a tiny island that has been overrun by a huge “invasion”

I justified the £5 million donation from a crypto billionaire in Thailand by saying it was for security because my house had been fire-bombed. The arson attack happened the year AFTER I got the donation, but why let that spoil a good lie.

Gerrymandering for dummies.

Day 1528 of my 3 day war. OTD in 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself. A madman with unjustified historical grievances & territorial demands, he started a genocidal war & lost against a determined enemy. He spent his last days isolated in a bunker, detached from reality...