gilberts1950.bsky.social
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literature, cinema, art, life and socialism are my hobbies
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
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
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
snd there is a great exhibition mentioned

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Scientists Say We Might Have 33 Senses. Here's the Breakdown
Think you have just five senses? The true number could be much higher.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:07 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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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
Irresponsible or dangerous?

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What RFK Jr.’s Unproven Autism Treatment Could Mean for Autistic Patients and Their Families
RFK Jr. has stated leucovorin will help
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February 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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
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
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 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
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
... 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
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 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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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