tom t
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I can see why Starmer can't come out as strongly as this, but I think he needs to push the International law aspect much more. This action by Trump makes the World a far less safe place for many.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I can see why Starmer can't come out as strongly as this, but I think he needs to push the International law aspect much more. This action by Trump makes the World a far less safe place for many.
This puts it all very clearly...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Yes, the US wants Venezuela's oil but that's not all
www.rte.ie
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This puts it all very clearly...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
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Well that definitely works and that's without points on the electrodes!🧪
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Well that definitely works and that's without points on the electrodes!🧪
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To watch friends aging is to watch yourself aging without the veil of denial.
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
To watch friends aging is to watch yourself aging without the veil of denial.
Hard to believe that (just about) in living memory, we've gone from no radio to radio for mass entertainment to TV to multi channel satellite TV and then to the Internet.🧪
January 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Hard to believe that (just about) in living memory, we've gone from no radio to radio for mass entertainment to TV to multi channel satellite TV and then to the Internet.🧪
If New Years songs got the plays that Christmas songs get, this would have been a great retirement package - but it's still a great song!
youtu.be/FmuswTEGF-U
youtu.be/FmuswTEGF-U
This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
YouTube video by hatleman2
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If New Years songs got the plays that Christmas songs get, this would have been a great retirement package - but it's still a great song!
youtu.be/FmuswTEGF-U
youtu.be/FmuswTEGF-U
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Tonight’s sunset. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tonight’s sunset. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
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365 Challenge No. 1 - 2025 publish daily old unpublished pics
Day 362 - Church on the hill in the snow, Vik, Iceland 2015
More at fotosbyfaj.com
#fotosbyfaj #365challenge2025 #photography #photography📷 #iceland #vik #church #selectivecolor #selective
Day 362 - Church on the hill in the snow, Vik, Iceland 2015
More at fotosbyfaj.com
#fotosbyfaj #365challenge2025 #photography #photography📷 #iceland #vik #church #selectivecolor #selective
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
365 Challenge No. 1 - 2025 publish daily old unpublished pics
Day 362 - Church on the hill in the snow, Vik, Iceland 2015
More at fotosbyfaj.com
#fotosbyfaj #365challenge2025 #photography #photography📷 #iceland #vik #church #selectivecolor #selective
Day 362 - Church on the hill in the snow, Vik, Iceland 2015
More at fotosbyfaj.com
#fotosbyfaj #365challenge2025 #photography #photography📷 #iceland #vik #church #selectivecolor #selective
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It's illegal to call something a sausage if it doesn't contain meat but you can call a sausage a cocktail even if it doesn't contain gin.
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's illegal to call something a sausage if it doesn't contain meat but you can call a sausage a cocktail even if it doesn't contain gin.
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One of my favourite Christmas stories.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of my favourite Christmas stories.
You know, all those jokes about getting slippers as a present for Christmas miss the fact that slippers are a really good present!
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You know, all those jokes about getting slippers as a present for Christmas miss the fact that slippers are a really good present!
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This is the most beautiful Christmas story.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is the most beautiful Christmas story.
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Pelican in flight, Anna Maria Island in Florida. #photography #birds
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Pelican in flight, Anna Maria Island in Florida. #photography #birds
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Random memory from the year. I knew my grandmother lived in the US from 1920-1927, and a cousin came across her immigration record from #EllisIsland...
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Random memory from the year. I knew my grandmother lived in the US from 1920-1927, and a cousin came across her immigration record from #EllisIsland...
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You need the equation of time. Here is a copper printing plate of a watchpaper one from before 1750 that is in my collection. (reversed pic)
This is the Julian calendar but you can find lots of watch papers with Gregorian calendar versions. Then you can set your pocket watch by your sundial.
This is the Julian calendar but you can find lots of watch papers with Gregorian calendar versions. Then you can set your pocket watch by your sundial.
December 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
You need the equation of time. Here is a copper printing plate of a watchpaper one from before 1750 that is in my collection. (reversed pic)
This is the Julian calendar but you can find lots of watch papers with Gregorian calendar versions. Then you can set your pocket watch by your sundial.
This is the Julian calendar but you can find lots of watch papers with Gregorian calendar versions. Then you can set your pocket watch by your sundial.
🧪So...today is the shortest day - but not the earliest sunset or earliest sunrise, and I've been trying to figure out why....
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Latest Sunrise/Earliest Sunset/Shortest Day
I've been trying to wrap my head around something that I'm sure most readers here already understand, but that has always confused me - which is why is the shortest day not also the latest sunrise and...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🧪So...today is the shortest day - but not the earliest sunset or earliest sunrise, and I've been trying to figure out why....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
Hope you all have a lovely 🧪solstice!
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
Latest Sunrise/Earliest Sunset/Shortest Day
I've been trying to wrap my head around something that I'm sure most readers here already understand, but that has always confused me - which is why is the shortest day not also the latest sunrise and...
www.physicsresourcebank.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hope you all have a lovely 🧪solstice!
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/latest-...
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There was one thing that none of my mentors told me about life in a large bookshop....
The pages of 45000+ books slurp a lot of water out of the air 📚
The humidity in here is currently 25%. When the temperature drops, it can get down to 20%.
Nobody warned me I'd need gallons of moisturizer 🙄
The pages of 45000+ books slurp a lot of water out of the air 📚
The humidity in here is currently 25%. When the temperature drops, it can get down to 20%.
Nobody warned me I'd need gallons of moisturizer 🙄
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There was one thing that none of my mentors told me about life in a large bookshop....
The pages of 45000+ books slurp a lot of water out of the air 📚
The humidity in here is currently 25%. When the temperature drops, it can get down to 20%.
Nobody warned me I'd need gallons of moisturizer 🙄
The pages of 45000+ books slurp a lot of water out of the air 📚
The humidity in here is currently 25%. When the temperature drops, it can get down to 20%.
Nobody warned me I'd need gallons of moisturizer 🙄
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
For teachers of 🧪physics in Ireland....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...
New Physics Powerpoints - in Irish and in English
We have been continuing to upload some of the PowerPoints designed around the new specification by Richard Downey. You can see what we have already at • waves | PhysicsResourceBank, and • mechanics |...
www.physicsresourcebank.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For teachers of 🧪physics in Ireland....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...