This post amused me well enough in and of itself but there’s optometrists and costumers getting involved and medieval cow expertise going on too.
Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · 22h agoYou can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
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Politics latest: Convicted antisemite withdraws as Tory councillor candidate - but will advise party on tackling extremism
Joshua Bonehill-Paine - who was once convicted of abusing former Labour MP Luciana Berger - has announced he will no longer stand as a Conservative council candidate. Follow the latest below.
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Folding like a cheap umbrella? The US has removed Iran-related sanctions, according to the US Treasury's website, Reuters reports.
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I struggle with this tbh. I got severe allergies late on in life - having literally grown up around dogs, cats & various other animals. Would I like to have a pet? Sure. But would I want a genome engineered one? Doesn’t feel right. That’s a product.
Emily Mullin@emilymullin.bsky.social · 5h agoMatt Walker always wanted a dog, but he had allergies. So he started a biotech company and engineered pups to lack a major dog allergen. One of the dogs lives with him now, and Walker has never had an allergic reaction. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/gene-e...
The European Commission announced that the EU will transfer €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
just had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down
I think the Tories need to recognise that the Labour antisemitism problems under Corbyn cut through to the general public and were a factor in their loss in 2019. Non-political family members are now messaging me about the "former" neo-nazi being Tory candidate for Crewkerne South.
The Conservative Party tried to turn the reformed Neo-Nazi saga around onto Jewish communal organisations by suggesting that they could facilitate a meeting between him and them. The Board of Deputies and the JLC have rightly told the Tories where to go. www.jewishnews.co.uk/board-and-jl...
This is just another classic case, of people not standing up for Jews when it actually matters. Politicians like Kemi and Zack love to pay lip service to how much they stand for Jews and are our allies. But then* won't stand by us and just say what needs to be said: A Nazi should not be standing.
Zack Polanski really is a fucking charlatan Joshua Bonehill-Paine was a neo-Nazi. He led a campaign of online harassment against Jewish public figures. It's absolutely OK to push Nazis out of public life. I'd argue it's also OK to push their enablers, too.
Hands up if you just knew Polanksi was going to wade in on this one and stick up for the guy jailed for a prolonged campaign of antisemitic harassment against a Jewish MP
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 6h agoWhy are you commenting if you don’t know the specifics of the case!!!!!
How soft in the head would you have to be to answer "no".
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 12h agoI have one answer.
The northern half of the UK will remain under the influence of fresh air from the Atlantic over the next few days Meanwhile southern parts will once again briefly tap into some hot air from the near continent 🌡️📈
Soft resistance in this case would mean males deliberately entering female toilets and changing rooms despite being explicitly told not to. I would very, very strongly advise people not to do this, it will have tremendous negative consequences for everybody.
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That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.
Oh god, this means I’m only weeks away from my Meldrew Point.
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Meldrew Point@meldrewpoint.bsky.social · 11h agoHappy Meldrew Point Day, Kate Thornton! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!
5 August 1874 | A Polish Jew, Majer Tepper, was born in Mrzygłód. A farmer. In #Auschwitz form 16 April 1942. No. 29748 He perished in the camp on 31 May 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
5 August 1907 | A Pole Adam Kopyciński was born in Osielec Podhalański. In #Auschwitz from 8 January 1942. No. 25294 He played piano & lyre in the camp orchestra. In May 1944, he became its conductor. Liberated in Ebensee. After the war the director of the opera in Wrocław.
This is just such a mental incident? It's one thing for him to slip through the cracks, another for the party leader to actively support him??
Liam Hoare 🇺🇦@liamhoare.com · 11h agoIt doesn't say much for the Conservative Party that this is the quality of candidate who wants to stand for them now—and that they're willing to defend his selection.
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