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"Peace is the Only Battle Worth Waging."
- Albert Camus
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Here’s The S*n’s pathetic, microscopic apology for one of the biggest lies in modern British politics - the “benefits tourism” fairy tale that conned millions and helped drag us into Brexit. They poison democracy with front-page lies, then whisper “sorry” in tiny print.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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A new episode of Instant Classics Bookclub has dropped. We're reading the Odyssey & have reached Book 4. Helen 'of Troy' is back in Sparta with Menelaus whom she abandoned so causing the Trojan War. Domestic bliss? Join the Bookclub with access to back episodes too: instantclassics.supportingcast.fm
Instant Classics | Instant Classics
instantclassics.supportingcast.fm
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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This is our world, can't you see? Everybody wants to live and be free. 👏👏👏🙏
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Col. Nicole Mann (USMC) is a pilot & NASA astronaut. She is the first #NativeAmerican woman to go into space & to go on a spacewalk.

US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: It’s being reported that the CDC in the US is ending its experiments on monkeys! Approximately 200 macaques currently used in harmful research will be affected; future research on primates will also be discontinued. 🐵 🙌🏼
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Good morning 😊
A quieter day ahead but a couple of big meetings and I’m being observed teaching - that’ll keep me on my toes 😂. Also, lunchtime duty 🥶
Have a great day people ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Another example of what we call "hunter- gatherers" being much more: rather landscape and #biodiversity managers

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans
Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans.
phys.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Good morning , your #FoxOfTheDay from Karin Tearle ( @bellegreenwich ) today - thank you Karin !
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Thanks to Jane Dodds MS for citing our research in a Senedd debate on wealth taxation yesterday 👇

📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards.

🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Is Britain broken? Jack Jeffrey, Senior Researcher at the Fairness Foundation, argues that progress depends on an honest recognition of the problems with Britain's economic model www.faircomment.co.uk/p/is-britain...
Is Britain broken?
Jack Jeffrey, Senior Researcher at the Fairness Foundation, argues that progress depends on an honest recognition of the problems with Britain's economic model
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.

A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:

A 6–8% hit to GDP

That's £180bn-£240bn a year

It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.

Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Sketchbook. Respect.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The former Scottish Green leader, Patrick Harvie MSP, accused the MoD of making a “totally inappropriate intervention” in an attempt “to cover up and distract from what were very serious failures”
www.theferret.scot/n...
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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While lower levels of fat deep in the abdomen also help to keep the brain youthful, maintaining muscle appears to be a crucial contributor to cerebral health, according to the research. on.ft.com/4odFfPy
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Very disappointed to hear that Dyson will be a guest editor of Today over the Christmas period.
A more vile example of 'British' businessmen would be difficult to find
#Brexit broke Britain
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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‘The actors completely broke down’: Narges Rashidi on playing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe trib.al/mQtuFdK
'The actors completely broke down': Narges Rashidi on playing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Dramatising the story of a mother's imprisonment in Iran was intensely emotional for all involved
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I've had a busy 2025 and this is why! My first public mural in collaboration with Becky Carrozza. On Friday, we presented all 10 panels to the public. 110 species included in this continuous landscape.
So many people to thank. Especial thanks to
@kitenet.bsky.social and other ecologists.
So thrilled to witness this 10 metre long artwork by Anna Dillon and Becky Carrozza at the launch of the Springline Project. Absolutely mesmerising artwork of the very highest standard. Proud to have been involved and also to have pulled the sheet off!
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Off to feed the ducks and geese peas, kibbled maize, red dari, and wheat. Strictly no bread! I've got a 2 hour feed through my nose when I get back.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Good morning . Thank you to @Chrischalkphoto for today's #FoxOfTheDay
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM