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The people running the most powerful country in the world don't even know there are no penguins in the arctic.
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The people running the most powerful country in the world don't even know there are no penguins in the arctic.
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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For the avoidance of doubt, this is part of the scene that I described to the Police.
I had seen a tired Hare go past earlier.
Hunting with Bassets is a long terrifying process for the hare. They slowly wear it's strength down field after field.
Hunting at its most barbaric.
@markavery.bsky.social
I had seen a tired Hare go past earlier.
Hunting with Bassets is a long terrifying process for the hare. They slowly wear it's strength down field after field.
Hunting at its most barbaric.
@markavery.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
For the avoidance of doubt, this is part of the scene that I described to the Police.
I had seen a tired Hare go past earlier.
Hunting with Bassets is a long terrifying process for the hare. They slowly wear it's strength down field after field.
Hunting at its most barbaric.
@markavery.bsky.social
I had seen a tired Hare go past earlier.
Hunting with Bassets is a long terrifying process for the hare. They slowly wear it's strength down field after field.
Hunting at its most barbaric.
@markavery.bsky.social
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'Two Gourds.' (1969) Eliott Hodgkin spent the better part of his life striving to create the perfect still life, an unfashionable thing to do in the first half of the 20thC. Very few artists are so single-minded, even fewer paint with such virtuosity, subtlety and individuality.
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
'Two Gourds.' (1969) Eliott Hodgkin spent the better part of his life striving to create the perfect still life, an unfashionable thing to do in the first half of the 20thC. Very few artists are so single-minded, even fewer paint with such virtuosity, subtlety and individuality.
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French forces raided and seized the Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Grinch this morning.
The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.
The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
French forces raided and seized the Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Grinch this morning.
The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.
The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.
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Absolutely ludicrous that Trump has invited Putin and Netanyahu to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza - the future of Gaza must be decided by Palestinians, not lorded over by foreign leaders with no respect for international law.
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Absolutely ludicrous that Trump has invited Putin and Netanyahu to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza - the future of Gaza must be decided by Palestinians, not lorded over by foreign leaders with no respect for international law.
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Donald Trump has said he’s reached an agreement with NATO on a Greenland framework and will not be imposing planned tariffs on European allies.
Read the story: politico.com/news/2026/01...
Read the story: politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
TACO
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Thank goodness I'm not Angela Raynor, otherwise the press would have hounded me out of office.
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Thank goodness I'm not Angela Raynor, otherwise the press would have hounded me out of office.
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Goldfinch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Goldfinch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Goldfinch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Goldfinch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
Interesting tactical voting.
Horsley (Derbyshire) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 43.6% (+16.7)
➡️ RFM: 35.5% (+0.6)
🌳 CON: 13.9% (-9.0)
🌹 LAB: 3.8% (-6.5)
☑️ ADV: 1.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.4% (-2.0)
No Ind (-1.7) as previous.
Green GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
🌍 GRN: 43.6% (+16.7)
➡️ RFM: 35.5% (+0.6)
🌳 CON: 13.9% (-9.0)
🌹 LAB: 3.8% (-6.5)
☑️ ADV: 1.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.4% (-2.0)
No Ind (-1.7) as previous.
Green GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Interesting tactical voting.
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U.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban.
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
January 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
U.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban.
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
I don't know which is more worrying - that thought that he might be mentally unwell or the thought that he isn't!
January 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I don't know which is more worrying - that thought that he might be mentally unwell or the thought that he isn't!
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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A big welcome to Reform for Thomas Skinner! Reform UK needs people like Tom – people who cheat on their wives and get convicted for handling stolen goods. Bosh!
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A big welcome to Reform for Thomas Skinner! Reform UK needs people like Tom – people who cheat on their wives and get convicted for handling stolen goods. Bosh!
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Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
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A sanctions loophole that allows British planes to fill up with jet fuel made using Russian oil must be closed without delay, a senior U.K. MP has warned.
Britain ‘writing the Kremlin cheques’ with Russian oil loophole
The U.K. has imported £4 billion of oil products, like jet fuel, made in Indian and Turkish refineries run on Russian crude oil, analysis reveals — but a promised ban is still months away.
www.politico.eu
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
A sanctions loophole that allows British planes to fill up with jet fuel made using Russian oil must be closed without delay, a senior U.K. MP has warned.
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The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
Tidligere forsvarssjef om Trumps USA: – Neo-fascistisk bananrepublikk (+)
Tidligere forsvarssjef Sverre Diesen mener USA er blitt «en normløs og fiendtlig innstilt stormakt», og advarer samtidig mot å feste vår lit til Europa. Harald Sunde mener det haster med en plan B.
www.dn.no
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
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Vladimir Putin, a war criminal and dictator, has reportedly been invited to join the Board of Peace for Gaza - a sheer mockery of the horrific situations in Gaza and Ukraine, where the paths to peace remain fragile at best and countless lives hang in the balance.
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
Vladimir Putin invited to join 'Peace Council' for Gaza, Kremlin says
Donald Trump is to head a Board of Peace for Gaza, which also features Sir Tony Blair on the executive committee. But separately, the US president has asked 60 world leaders to become members.
news.sky.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Vladimir Putin, a war criminal and dictator, has reportedly been invited to join the Board of Peace for Gaza - a sheer mockery of the horrific situations in Gaza and Ukraine, where the paths to peace remain fragile at best and countless lives hang in the balance.
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
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After careful consideration, we accepted Andrew Rosindell into Reform on the strength of his record of voting against LGBT rights, including same sex marriage and scrapping section 28. Reform needs more homophobes.
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM
After careful consideration, we accepted Andrew Rosindell into Reform on the strength of his record of voting against LGBT rights, including same sex marriage and scrapping section 28. Reform needs more homophobes.
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I'm pleased to welcome Andrew Rosindell to Reform. With any luck most people will have forgotten he was a Tory MP, because he didn't come into Parliament for nearly two years while he was being investigated for sexual assault and rape.
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I'm pleased to welcome Andrew Rosindell to Reform. With any luck most people will have forgotten he was a Tory MP, because he didn't come into Parliament for nearly two years while he was being investigated for sexual assault and rape.
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Pete' disappears in Cumbria raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier ‘Pete’ disappears in Cumbria
A satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Pete’ has ‘disappeared’ in Cumbria, according to a Natural England spreadsheet. Pete was tagged as a nestling in Cumbria in 2021 (Tag #…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Pete' disappears in Cumbria raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...