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I would only trade our Devon lifestyle for a palazzo in Venice, or a Villa on the Venice Lido.
Dough Ray Mears Fat Solar Tito. Our book trolleys are alive with the sound of music.
'Something 'bout you hit me like a freight train to the chest The day we met, my loneliness Left the room the second that you walked in' - 'Fever Dream' by Alex Warren (2026) - 📷 Location, date & taker all unknown (other than somewhere in the USA) but would love to learn more
My newsletter turns five years old this month. It's time to take stock of where the climate is, and where the fight is. billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
Take Five
The Crucial Years at the halfway point
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Russia has attacked the Chornomorets Stadium in Odesa. Several people were injured. What do you say to that, Infantino? Still want to allow russians back?
The summer of 1540 was an extreme summer at the time and formed part of an 11 month drought with frequent heatwaves across Europe. Here’s how both June & July compare to what, at the time, was a catastrophic weather event.
Well, aren't we a fickle lot. Remember this, and it was probably true ? -
Well here's a comparison that certainly doesn't work for me, from Prospect - '... our oceans have absorbed 90 per cent of the heat generated by anthropogenic climate change. That’s equivalent to pouring 7.6bn mugs of tea into the ocean' What's that in steam train boilers ?
Llongyfarchiadau i dîm Cymru 🏴🏅👏 We’re so proud of each and every single athlete who represented tîm Cymru in the Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Diolch i’r holl athletwyr am gwneud ein cenedl mor browd, ac am ysbrydoli’r genhedlaeth nesaf. 🏴💫
British children in Nijmegen to visit the graves of fathers killed during the war, #OTD 6 August 1955. Katrina Coombs, 10, of Redcar, Barbara Janik, 12, of Burnley, Georgina Price, 10, of Ludlow, James Smith, 13, of Kirkcudbright, & Geraldine Greenwood, 12, of Bradford. (Daily Mirror via Findmypast)
Pretend you’re a data centre by drinking 68 glasses of water whenever someone asks you to spell GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS.
It should be pretty obvious from Meg's images that this Lunula alone is very much worth a visit to the splendid @penleehousegallery.bsky.social when you are next out very west. I fully recommend the entire gallery.
Meg@roaringmeg.bsky.social · yesterdayPenwith Lunula c2500 BC. A rare crescent shaped gold collar discovered near Gwithian in the Penwith area of #Cornwall in 1783. On display at Penlee Gallery #Penzance
"If Count Binface were elected as the MP for Clacton, it would become one of the biggest political stories on Earth. Television networks, newspapers, YouTubers, podcasters and comedians from around the world would descend on the town ... You cannot buy publicity on that scale." via Raymond James
🚨🚨The #EU has collected €1.4 billion in revenue from immobilized #Russian central bank assets and will channel the proceeds to #Ukraine, @ec.europa.eu announced yesterday. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/russ...
EU to transfer €1.4B in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
The latest transfer follows another deadly night of missile attacks on Kyiv.
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Rhys Carr MSP has defect led from Reform UK to the SNP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Under-investigation Reform UK councillor in Wakefield defects
Rhys Carr joins the SDP just three months after being elected as a Reform councillor in Wakefield.
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Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2mo agoBREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
This is.. bad. Recent ECM forecasts are suggesting a “very extreme” wildfire risk for next week as heatwaves return. Extremely dry vegetation will allow any fires that do get started to spread extremely rapidly. This is about as high-end extreme as it gets for the UK.
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
Asked if King Charles is a “white Briton”, Rupert Lowe tells the Today programme “many people have different interpretations of that, we can split hairs…you try and whitewash all of the things that are happening.”
Investigation: Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
Investigation: Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
Emily Price An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and…
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👀Rydym yn chwilio am bobl i sefyll fel ymgeiswyr yn yr etholiadau lleol nesaf Nid oes angen profiad gwleidyddol - dim ond angerdd dros wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn yn eich cymuned ac awydd i helpu i lunio dyfodol disglair i'n cenedl 🏴 Dysgwch fwy 👉 plaid.cymru/sefyll2027
