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Some absolute gems showing off the best of the Anglo-Cymric borderland, even if deep pockets are needed for a couple of stays!
10 of the most romantic hotels, pubs, cabins and cottages for a cosy UK getaway
It’s an ideal time of year for snuggling up on a countryside break. We pick accommodation from shepherds’ huts in Somerset to a chateau in Wales
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old!

Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.

Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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all of this has happened before
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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“You realize it’s an hour and a half until dinnertime and you don’t need to sit there the whole time and stare at me, right?”
“I got nowhere to be”
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Luft ist unser wichtigstes Lebensmittel. Im Vorjahr war aus Gesundheitssicht zu viel Feinstaub & Stickstoffdioxid in der Luft. Die Grenzwerte wurden zwar eingehalten, sind aber zu lasch. Ab 2030 gelten EU-weit niedrigere Grenzwerte. #Verkehrswende reduziert Abgase, verbessert Luftqualität 1/2
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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Huge congratulations also to @christopherewing.bsky.social and @sebboo.bsky.social and all their amazing authors for putting this volume together! I am so looking forward to reading more of it and was already delighted to see that there is on article engaging with @queermuseumvienna.bsky.social !
This has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day!

A little love token ❤️

Objects like this little silver-gilt love heart would've been traditionally presented as a love token and would've contained scented vinegar or spices to 'revive the senses'.

❤️ Vinaigrette, Denmark, about 1780, Silver-gilt, 4.4 cm high. WA1899.15
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Games industry dot biz is asking how you are using AI, do your thing!

survey.alchemer.com/s3/8679343/b...
GamesIndustry.biz AI Survey
survey.alchemer.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for the full recognition of trans women as women!!!

greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/13/e...

(took me a while to find news on this that's not on fucking Substack)
greekcitytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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somehow there's an update... and it's not a great look. it shouldn't be the case that the admin react when there's an outcry then just don't change whatever system they've got in place anyway.
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Post a tree you photographed
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I miss doing HEMA in general, but I especially miss the part where we'd spar with foam weapons. Best cure for social anxiety there is. BONK
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Social anxiety through the roof recently. What do you mean I'm a grown adult and being stuffed into a crowded train car makes me want to scream
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.

www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Ausgezeichnet.
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
WHAT IS THIS WHITE ORB IN THE SKY. WHAT IS THIS BRIGHTNESS
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Some good news for anyone depressed about the world right now: the kakapo are getting it onnnnn thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
Good news: It’s kākāpō fuck season
The world is going to hell in a handbasket but at least the kākāpō are going hog wild.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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"If someone can invent a new Olympic sport by stacking one guy on top of another guy, surely someone could invent another Olympic sport by stacking yet one more guy on top of the aforementioned guys."

Important work from @sabs.bsky.social:

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High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...
defector.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Happy birthday, Chuck.

Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Just about all the people I know and have met involved with cultural heritage preservation in Europe are on the left side of the political spectrum

I think about that a lot whenever I hear chuds proclaim they're going to save 'our' culture
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM