In the North of England we carried lanterns made of hollowed-out turnips with a candle in them. They smelled terrible & you inevitably got a burn from carrying them by their string handle. They were v hard to carve out, a job for the adults. No trick or treating! 1/2
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... No, Trump, YOU are the disgrace. A traitor and an evil Fascist. Consorting with Putin and betraying your country’s promises in the Budapest Memorandum.
Trump calls Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a ‘disgrace’
US president describes Zelenskyy as ‘more difficult to deal with than Putin’ after so-called energy ceasefire collapses
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Trump is vile and completely lacking in any sensitivity, pity, taste, or in fact any human emotion. This has to be a new low, even for him. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Family of man killed by tiger criticise online content after Trump reposts video
Relatives of William Chapman say footage of attack shared online ‘deeply offensive’ and causing them ‘severe distress’
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Attention: H5N1 symptoms showing in over 27 farm workers in Missouri. RFK,Jr. has ordered the CDC not test them and not publicize it.. Short blurb attached.. open.substack.com/chat/posts/b...
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Just spoke with my CDC sources. They said over 27 farm workers are showing symptoms of H5N1 in Missouri. RFK Jr. has ordered that they not be tested and that the symptoms not be publicized. Pandem...
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This is treason, without question. And extortion. This needs to stop!! Congress, do your job and remove him and his regime for treason!
Another example of Trump’s total derangement, thinking that he, who started an illegal war against Iran that has caused deaths & global supply chain crises, as well as his belligerence towards Venezuela, Cuba, & Greenland, should win the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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America is a sick country. This is viscerally repulsive. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Result! This seems to have been a murky episode but if the USA is no longer using the UK as a base from which to bomb Iran, that’s a good thing! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US bombers pulled from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot
Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London
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Visited the New Place Shakespeare garden in Stratford-upon-Avon yesterday and in among the beautiful sculptures and knot gardens was this delightfully human selection of flowers.
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
Ffs! This is beyond ludicrous! I suppose it’s what you get from a demented narcissist with extreme megalomania. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump claims triumphal arch will serve as a ‘top grade military complex’ to store weapons
US president on Truth Social claims his new plan for the 250ft arch comes at the ‘strong request’ of the US military
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Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post
Rupert Lowe-Life is spitting teeth.. ohh he’s mad.. incandescent with rage about the state marking “its own homework” on Covid.. Fun fact — During Covid Lowe’s company took £100,000 in taxpayer funded furlough despite making a massive £7.9 million profit. He wasn’t so angry about that eh❗️
Has there ever been an ego as big as Trump’s? Not only is he the self-proclaimed expert on everything but now he claims he is the only guardrail against the uncontrolled evolution of AI.
Little old ladies get sent to prison for marching against genocide in Palestine but no one stops these fascist monsters from terrorising refugees and communities. Something’s very, very wrong.
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com