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Byzantium, Renaissance humanism, battery materials, apiculture...or any combination of the above.
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Half Goebbel, half gerbil
JD Vance on the killing of Renee Good: "The reporting over this has been one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen in media. I've never seen a case so misrepresented and misreported."
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
UK might learn something from this, not least in the matter of insulation standards (somewhat relevant at the moment).
Nous avons lancé l’agence Maisons Canada l’automne dernier, et celle-ci contribue déjà à accélérer le rythme de la construction résidentielle : des milliers de nouveaux logements sont en cours de construction.
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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We sometimes forget the value of having a NHS that is free at the point of use.
youtube.com/shorts/MlFL8...
My Personal Experience using Universal Healthcare for my daughter as an American living in the UK
YouTube video by JayVail
youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I love that someone has that job title
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Move over, Jeffrey Archer...
Not sure about the latest Trump Plaques

Donald Trump - winner of the Olympic 100 & 200m sprint, Decathlon, Long Jump, 1500 metres 1948-present

Played James Bond in all 25 movies

Mr Universe (current)

Invented The Jet Engine, Penicillin and Cheeseburger
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Looking for climate experts at #AGU25 right now who can comment on these administration plans to break up UCAR. DMs open.
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@profontography.bsky.social

ICYMI

in re: M R James
Are you aware that he was called in to oversee the plan for putting the pre-reformation stained glass at Malvern Priory back together?
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I have a subscription to Private Eye. I never read the thing; I just consider it my charitable duty to help to prop up pretty much the only news-related publication which occasionally prints truthful items rather than the blatant lies which fill all other "news" publications.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.

I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.

Sign and share.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just love that they choose to put this above a toilet, of all places

(at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague)
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is a piece worth pondering. On how Averil Coleridge-Taylor had to grapple with her identity, having been brought up so comfortably that she didn’t have to.

The dilemma of parenting - you can’t ever fully shield your kid & if you do it causes its own issues
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard
The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A counterclaim might be an interesting idea
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Like waste plumbing and banking - if it's exciting someone's about to get covered in shit.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@ftweekend.com

Robin Lane Fox writes this weekend of tulips:

"Now that prices have risen, shop around, order fewer and plant in groups, not regimented armies: less, in tulip bedding, is often aesthetically more."

But this is the FT. Is an article on rising tulip prices a metaphor?
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM