Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...

Immensely grim how the NATO fracture point is less likely to be a Russian provocation in the Baltics that dares Western Europe to respond and more likely to be the US taking the side of Israel over a NATO member in the Middle East

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 9h ago

So Israel just bombed Syria because — Bibi said —Turkey may use an airbase there. That would be the same Turkey that is a member of NATO and that has never attacked Israel. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/w...

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A deliriously joyous bit of funky filth.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 8h ago

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Bette Davis was the only white performer who agreed to be part of Hattie McDaniel's performing troupe to entertain Black servicemen during WWII. www.tumblr.com/themidcentur...

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1.67 km of range per second of charging (based on time charging in the video) That’s a bit over a mile per second, or 400 miles of range in 6.4 minutes ! Absolute game changer

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19h ago

Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with gas. Original post

Staring at the sky and my weather app in vague hope.

Jamal Musiala took to Instagram to reassure fans that he is doing well, revealing that he is currently dealing with seizures caused by a neurological dysfunction. The Bayern Munich star shared the update after collapsing on the pitch for the second time in four days.

String of really nasty offences detailed in Clacton and Frinton and Essex. Surprised Nigel hasn't called them all out. Wonder why that is. www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/2646426...

Essex criminals jailed for sex crimes, domestic violence and burglaries

Eleven criminals have been put behind bars across Essex so far this month, from domestic abusers and burglars to dangerous drivers and serious…

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BREAKING: It made the final cut. Congratulations, Michigan, you might have the best voting sticker of 2026.

Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

One man’s fight against his name.

Bless him, Terry Pratchett was talking about this phenomenon thirty years ago.

This is a great, succinct, stinging piece

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 19h ago

There are specific institutional failings that are shared with Cambridge's broader approach to descent - but too much of the coverage, both before and after his tragic death, has had too much of a 'a black person can't be a successful fabulist!'

Another large fire at Bermondsey recycling site which saw similar back in June. Rail disruption as a result. 100 firefighters on scene www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2026/08/18/m...

Looks like there’s an absolutely massively fire in London at one of the recycling centres near Millwall’s ground… again.

RIP, Frank Beard of ZZ Top.

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's hard-shuffling drummer who performed with the group for more than 55 years, has died at age 77.

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Chelsea’s boardroom rift: if Boehly goes who will Clearlake have left to blame? | Sam Cunningham

Chelsea’s boardroom rift: if Boehly goes who will Clearlake have left to blame? | Sam Cunningham

Despite another reset with a new manager and fresh strategy, the boardroom drama persists at Stamford Bridge Perhaps, in hindsight, it was always going to end this way. As some of the world’s wealthiest investors scrambled to find funds after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine set a series of dominoes toppling that forced Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, it threw together some unexpected allies. Todd Boehly became the public face of the winning bid, convincing US sports mogul Mark Walter and Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss to join as 12.8% minority investors. Private equity firm Clearlake Capital put in 61.6% , bringing owners Behdad Eghbali and José E Feliciano, who made their fortunes investing in tech, into the leadership fold. Continue reading...

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Pre-conquest graves carved into the natural bedrock, near St. Patrick's Chapel at Heysham in Lancashire. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Heysham #Lancashire

📰 Rare example of a rune stone discovered in the Faroe Islands may be an ancient grave marker 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via Popular Mechanics www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...

Archaeologists Found a Floor Stone Covered in Runes—and It Might Be a 1,000-Year-Old Tombstone

A grave marker’s cryptic message could reveal a lost chapel’s secrets.

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Eiffel Tower under construction, Gustave Eiffel, Paris, 1889, photo Roger Viollet.

29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!

😂😂😂😂 The old 'king's wicked advisors must be to blame' rubbish. What an absolute mug. Farage is thinner skinned than a bubble.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 15h ago

Tim Montgomerie videoclip - he was told the process was confidential, but says party leaked it to the Guido Fawkes website. - he has a right to appeal, so will exercise it - he still thinks "the Conservative Party is broken" - believes "Farage did not know about my suspension" x.com/montie/statu...

The nonce goggles being used exactly as Zuckerberg intended. Ban the bloody things.

Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 15h ago

Convicted sex offender charged as Meta-perv for using camera glasses to photograph children at the Frog Pond www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/c... #Boston #BostonCommon #crime

Convicted sex offender charged as Meta-perv for using camera glasses to photograph children at the Frog Pond www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/c... #Boston #BostonCommon #crime

How dare someone insinuate a powerful married man has an inappropriate relationship with one of his staffers