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Seurat’s paintings are full of things – light, colour, objects and atmosphere and a sense of place, but what he has most of all is a wonderful feel for emptiness
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The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review
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The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review
The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review
Courtauld Gallery, LondonThis quietly tremendous exhibition gathers more than half of the pointillist painter’s works, all depicting the Channel coast and sea, full of blizzards of light and a quiveri...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Seurat’s paintings are full of things – light, colour, objects and atmosphere and a sense of place, but what he has most of all is a wonderful feel for emptiness
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review
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The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review
Monstrous behaviour and criminal to boot - and guess who supplied the weapons in full knowledge of how they were to be used?
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Monstrous behaviour and criminal to boot - and guess who supplied the weapons in full knowledge of how they were to be used?
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
"They need to unscrub the FBI files so we know who the rich and powerful men are who raped underage girls."
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US lawmakers accuse justice department of 'inappropriately' redacting Epstein files
Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna say the DOJ is not complying with their transparency law.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"They need to unscrub the FBI files so we know who the rich and powerful men are who raped underage girls."
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I had great hopes for 2.0 voice assistants but AI seems to be dumbing them down
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New Voice Assistants Are Officially a Whiff (for Now)
Even with the full rollout of Amazon's Alexa+ and Google's Gemini for Home, it feels like we're still shouting into the void.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I had great hopes for 2.0 voice assistants but AI seems to be dumbing them down
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deary me - the weather systems are seriously fucked - thanx a lot industrialisation
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Spain and Portugal reel from the impact of Storm Leonardo
A blocked weather pattern has been bringing persistent heavy rain to the Iberian Peninsula. As Darren Bett explains, that's not the only type of extreme weather affecting Europe at the moment.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
deary me - the weather systems are seriously fucked - thanx a lot industrialisation
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a magic realist life he lives - edition.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president | CNN Politics
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. Ibrahim was unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to dea...
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February 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
a magic realist life he lives - edition.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
The Zionist axis is becoming clearer and its extent is worrying
Mandelson had two deputies at the time, assisting him in his work: David Lammy and Pat McFadden.
Mandelson helped 'dump' Labour candidates before 2024 election www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Mandelson had two deputies at the time, assisting him in his work: David Lammy and Pat McFadden.
Mandelson helped 'dump' Labour candidates before 2024 election www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Mandelson was involved in 'dumping' Labour candidates before the 2024 election
A Labour Party whistleblower has confirmed to the Canary that Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney helped to vet Labour candidates
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February 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Zionist axis is becoming clearer and its extent is worrying
Mandelson had two deputies at the time, assisting him in his work: David Lammy and Pat McFadden.
Mandelson helped 'dump' Labour candidates before 2024 election www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Mandelson had two deputies at the time, assisting him in his work: David Lammy and Pat McFadden.
Mandelson helped 'dump' Labour candidates before 2024 election www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
For this position, the party owes much to its opponents, among them Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana and their genius advisers for so swiftly turning Your Party into a sparsely attended wake.
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The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point - and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty
At a party event in a school hall in Lewisham, people told me how disillusionment with Labour has led to this moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
For this position, the party owes much to its opponents, among them Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana and their genius advisers for so swiftly turning Your Party into a sparsely attended wake.
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... and yet Marina manages herself not to mention the young boys, some as young as 13, also abused by Epstein and his entourage of rich and evil men
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
... and yet Marina manages herself not to mention the young boys, some as young as 13, also abused by Epstein and his entourage of rich and evil men
Isn't it revealing that they do not redact victim names as they legally should but they comprehensively DO redact every single reference to probable abusers and co-conspirators? Trust me that ain't a mistake that is a tac-tic
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Thousands of Epstein documents taken down after victims identified
The US Department of Justice faces criticism from victims after names and unredacted images included in latest release.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Isn't it revealing that they do not redact victim names as they legally should but they comprehensively DO redact every single reference to probable abusers and co-conspirators? Trust me that ain't a mistake that is a tac-tic
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