FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!

It’s funny how it’s hard to find British resident donors but easy to find foreign donors for a movement that wants to destroy the UK on behalf of foreign powers.

OPINION: "A longing for “digital detox” is a part of why print books are Gen Z’s top preferred reading format. Perhaps that’s because printed books don’t ping or track you. …These physical qualities actually make books more alluring than they were in the days before the internet," the authors write.

Opinion | Gen Z Reading Habits Aren’t Dying. They’re Changing.

Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda write that Gen Z reading habits are including more digital platforms than ever before.

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Never underestimate the healing powers of having the house to yourself.

These long chains with hard wooden bars were called “ the Strides”. Aged 6 & 8 my sister & I loved running & being whirled up high into the air on this dangerous iron & wood maypole. When kids jumped off their chain & wooden handle flew around knocking out teeth & bashing people. Concrete under it.

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Canadian Olympian Alysha Newman cleared 4.85m for pole vault bronze in Paris 2024, a new national record after years of Diamond League consistency.

🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...

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Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.

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🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...

Sign the petition to hold politicians to account

Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.

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The UN voting to update maps to show the REAL size of Africa! Mercator’s maps show it as much smaller than reality. You could fit the United States, China, India, Japan, Mexico and much of Europe into Africa and still have land to spare,” says a petition on Change.org for the #CorrectTheMap

The Iranian Embassy in Zimbabwe posted this brilliant video: “American democracy every four years”.

Nandaskid@nandabel23.bsky.social · 5d ago

A embaixada do Irã no Zimbabwe publicou esse vídeo genial: “American democracy every four years”

No child should go hungry at school in one of the world’s richest countries, which is why we must work towards free school meals for every child. [2/2]

Proof of Delivery

Can we get Wes Streeting out of our politics now please and Palantir out of our country?

Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?

The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) at Petra, Jordan, is roughly 2,000 years old. Archaeologists believe it was carved into the sandstone cliff in the 1st century AD (around 9 BC to 40 AD) during the reign of the Nabataean King, Aretas IV. IG: @geduardorozco

Hundreds of firms named and shamed by Government for paying less than minimum wage www.lbc.co.uk/article/firm...

Hundreds of firms named and shamed by Government for paying less than minimum wage | LBC

Around £4 million in wages has been repaid to more than 27,000 workers

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Spent the afternoon exploring some local boulangeries in Saint-Germain.

Had some Crepes here. #ParisAug26 #Photography #TravelPhotography #Paris🇫🇷📷📸

On the way to our next specific shop now, walking the streets on inner Paris is lovely.. #ParisAug26 #Photography #travelphotography #Paris 🇫🇷📷📸

A flat tyre can leave you completely stuck when your wheelchair is your independence. This person could’ve of carried on, but instead he stopped to pump up the tyre and help a disabled person get moving again. No fuss. Just kindness in action. 💛♿ #Kindness #Empathy #Humanity #Compassion

Respect for Paris

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 2d ago

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Original post

I had such a lovely evening last night in York - in conversation with wonderful Joanne Harris - author of Chocolat etc! Thank you to every one of the 500 strong audience who came to that launch event! I’m speaking about The Goddess Queen again TONIGHT in London: www.waterstones.com/events/alice...

Try not to think of the price of stamps as criminal. Try to think for 91p a little piece of you in pen and paper format can travel the length and breadth of the country to bring untold joy to an unsuspecting recipient. It’s just down to how it’s presented really. ☺️🐧✉️👍

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Parliament to introduce small animal warning road signs in areas with high hedgehog populations. This would help to save a species who are already on the IUCN red list as a near threatened species.

Today, four Oxford University researchers have been awarded prestigious @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million for a period of up to five years. Read more ⬇️ #ERCStG https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-08-25-exceptional-early-career-researchers-awarded-2026-european-research-council

Hamilton on owning his dream car, the Ferrari F40: "I wanted one with low mileage. I came across one the owner bought, drove from Maranello to his home (69 kilometres), then parked and never started again. When we took the engine out, it was engine number 44 - I couldn't believe it." #F1 #ItalianGP

Sighthounds carry an ancient elegance that recalls deserts, steppes and open plains. Early Holocene rock art from Tassili n’Ajjer already shows hunting #dogs. But what were those animals, and how do they relate to modern #sighthounds? #Ancientdna #genetics #archaeology

Sadiq Khan's 5 Step Plan to Rejoin the EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

A Colombian teenager created “Wings of Inclusion,” a device that transforms birdsong into vibrations. The project offers people with hearing loss another way to experience nature and received international recognition in 2026 among hundreds of submissions.