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The 3 Bridgets of the Black List
One of our volunteers looks into the lives of three women with the same name from the 1905 Inebriates Black List
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Hello. As a volunteer with the Dundee City Archives I get to look at some really interesting documents and subjects and was given the opportunity to research some of the folk on the Dundee Blacklist of 1905. If youre interested here is my write up.
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Temptation of St Anthony
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Temptation of St Anthony
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Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland.
His envoy says a deal to take over the island “should and will be made”
He wants to sanction NATO countries.
When will Europe recognize that US is no longer an ally?
His envoy says a deal to take over the island “should and will be made”
He wants to sanction NATO countries.
When will Europe recognize that US is no longer an ally?
Trump threatens tariffs against those who oppose him taking Greenland
President raises pressure on European allies as US envoy says deal to take island ‘should and will be made’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries that do not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland.
His envoy says a deal to take over the island “should and will be made”
He wants to sanction NATO countries.
When will Europe recognize that US is no longer an ally?
His envoy says a deal to take over the island “should and will be made”
He wants to sanction NATO countries.
When will Europe recognize that US is no longer an ally?
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It's grey and damp in the Blue Mountains again today, with the temperature to be just 1°C above average. Right now we're inside a cloud but there's likely to be proper rain and a thunderstorm later.
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It's grey and damp in the Blue Mountains again today, with the temperature to be just 1°C above average. Right now we're inside a cloud but there's likely to be proper rain and a thunderstorm later.
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me, the child of anti-vaxxers, collecting vaccines like Pokémon cards:
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
me, the child of anti-vaxxers, collecting vaccines like Pokémon cards:
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“Anti-vaxxers’ arguments have evolved over the years, since their reinvigoration in the late 1990s, mutating in order to survive, like the viruses they ultimately foster.”
Herd Immunity | Ann Neumann
The current measles epidemic provides us with a master class on the catastrophic breakdown in our understanding of what we might call the social contract.
thebaffler.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“Anti-vaxxers’ arguments have evolved over the years, since their reinvigoration in the late 1990s, mutating in order to survive, like the viruses they ultimately foster.”
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Committed Labour Party members had to go through 14 years of Tory lies corruption and disaster. But we stuck it out. Many of us have left the party due to Starmer and front bench support for Israel. But Starmer continues with no direction or strategy. He needs to be replaced ASAPor Labour is dead.
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Committed Labour Party members had to go through 14 years of Tory lies corruption and disaster. But we stuck it out. Many of us have left the party due to Starmer and front bench support for Israel. But Starmer continues with no direction or strategy. He needs to be replaced ASAPor Labour is dead.
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A group of Epstein survivors just formally demanded that the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation into how the heavily redacted Epstein files were released. They’re demanding action now to release the files and we stand with them.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
A group of Epstein survivors just formally demanded that the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation into how the heavily redacted Epstein files were released. They’re demanding action now to release the files and we stand with them.
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This digital painting by Carlos Fama showcases the bold colours hidden within the soul, reminding us that imperfections and flaws add to beauty instead of subtracting from it.
#art #beautifulbizarre #carlosfama #digiatlart #portraiture #realism
#art #beautifulbizarre #carlosfama #digiatlart #portraiture #realism
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This digital painting by Carlos Fama showcases the bold colours hidden within the soul, reminding us that imperfections and flaws add to beauty instead of subtracting from it.
#art #beautifulbizarre #carlosfama #digiatlart #portraiture #realism
#art #beautifulbizarre #carlosfama #digiatlart #portraiture #realism
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Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform after begging Tories for peerage.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform ‘after begging Tories for peerage’
Former MP and minister sacked as Tory Party chair in 2023 after he breached ministerial code over his tax affairs
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform after begging Tories for peerage.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,
Must feel at home with Reform.
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The BBC is attempting to dismiss the US president lawsuit over its editing of a 2021 speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.
BBC seeks to have Donald Trump's $15b defamation lawsuit dismissed
The BBC is attempting to dismiss the US president lawsuit over its editing of a 2021 speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
The BBC is attempting to dismiss the US president lawsuit over its editing of a 2021 speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.
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OTTAWA – Federal officials briefing reporters ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China say there might be relief coming soon on Chinese tariffs, but not a total end to the dispute with Beijing.
Officials say Canada unlikely to get Chinese tariffs dropped but can expect progress
OTTAWA – Federal officials briefing reporters ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China say there might be relief coming soon on Chinese tariffs, but not a total end to the dispute with Beijing.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
OTTAWA – Federal officials briefing reporters ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China say there might be relief coming soon on Chinese tariffs, but not a total end to the dispute with Beijing.
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‘Starmer is only repeating the pattern established by Britain’s post-Brexit leaders. Each takes office lauded by the press as offering a new vision for British politics only to collapse on contact with reality.’
James Butler on Britains misery and Labour’s challenges.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Butler on Britains misery and Labour’s challenges.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Butler · Short Cuts: Labour’s Complacency
Only a terminally blithe technocrat could imagine that Reform will be punished for failing to grasp how the system works...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
‘Starmer is only repeating the pattern established by Britain’s post-Brexit leaders. Each takes office lauded by the press as offering a new vision for British politics only to collapse on contact with reality.’
James Butler on Britains misery and Labour’s challenges.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Butler on Britains misery and Labour’s challenges.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Garden of Earthly Delights
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Garden of Earthly Delights
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We are going to be like Germany in the 1930s.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
We are going to be like Germany in the 1930s.
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The Zack Attack continues from all angles.
Misquote Farage and you are threatened with lawyers but it seems that the media will try and twist Green Party interviews until the cows come home.
Misquote Farage and you are threatened with lawyers but it seems that the media will try and twist Green Party interviews until the cows come home.
Not sure why John has made up that I have a "first preference."
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
Zack Polanski thinks he can dictate who should be Labour leader www.independent.co.uk/voices/ed-da...
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The Zack Attack continues from all angles.
Misquote Farage and you are threatened with lawyers but it seems that the media will try and twist Green Party interviews until the cows come home.
Misquote Farage and you are threatened with lawyers but it seems that the media will try and twist Green Party interviews until the cows come home.
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I tried a more realistic colored pencil drawing for today's Birbfest bird, the Indian Paradise-flycatcher. 🪶
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I tried a more realistic colored pencil drawing for today's Birbfest bird, the Indian Paradise-flycatcher. 🪶
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“Soaring rents were locking people into renting for decades, forcing older people to live in homes unsuitable for their needs and damaging to their health, while pushing some into homelessness,” observes chief executive of Generation Rent
@bentwomeyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
@bentwomeyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Growing numbers of over-60s facing homelessness, charities warn
Housing crisis reaches UK’s oldest generations as high private rents and lack of social housing hits pensioners
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 AM
“Soaring rents were locking people into renting for decades, forcing older people to live in homes unsuitable for their needs and damaging to their health, while pushing some into homelessness,” observes chief executive of Generation Rent
@bentwomeyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
@bentwomeyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
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“As for Montreal, let Zohran Mamdani inspire us. Let’s pay attention to his proposals and see how they work. Because we can never sit out an election again: just like the rent, the stakes are too damn high.”
#polmtl
#polmtl
Montrealers: Let Zohran Mamdani inspire us
The victory of NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is an inspiring turn of events for Montrealers and Canada’s left-leaning political parties.
cultmtl.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“As for Montreal, let Zohran Mamdani inspire us. Let’s pay attention to his proposals and see how they work. Because we can never sit out an election again: just like the rent, the stakes are too damn high.”
#polmtl
#polmtl
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Happy World Braille Day!
Each January 4th, the birthday of Louis Braille, the day aims "to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind & partially sighted people."
#WorldBrailleDay #Braille #Blindness #Accessibility
Each January 4th, the birthday of Louis Braille, the day aims "to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind & partially sighted people."
#WorldBrailleDay #Braille #Blindness #Accessibility
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Happy World Braille Day!
Each January 4th, the birthday of Louis Braille, the day aims "to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind & partially sighted people."
#WorldBrailleDay #Braille #Blindness #Accessibility
Each January 4th, the birthday of Louis Braille, the day aims "to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind & partially sighted people."
#WorldBrailleDay #Braille #Blindness #Accessibility
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People don’t trust Farage for his competence or sage leadership, you’re either in the cult or you’re not. The entire west is falling
One thing that perhaps hasn’t been factored enough into UK political predictions is how much an increasingly off-piste, lame duck Trump could harm Nigel Farage, both in terms of their closeness and voters being perhaps less minded to try a government of novices amid global chaos.
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
People don’t trust Farage for his competence or sage leadership, you’re either in the cult or you’re not. The entire west is falling
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Zack Polanski nails Keir Starmer
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Zack Polanski nails Keir Starmer
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Thinking about that Chinese evangelical who believes Trump was sent by God to bring down America
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Thinking about that Chinese evangelical who believes Trump was sent by God to bring down America
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UK govt should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union
RMT estimates six cleaning, security and catering suppliers made £150m profits last year
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
UK govt should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
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We have insane volumes of these in our local park, Brockwell.
If you want a true spectacle, head to the middle of the park just before dusk and you’ll witness them all flying back to a small group of trees to nest for the night. Literally thousands of them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you want a true spectacle, head to the middle of the park just before dusk and you’ll witness them all flying back to a small group of trees to nest for the night. Literally thousands of them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern
Bird organisations say more research on the species needed to control impact on other wildlife
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
We have insane volumes of these in our local park, Brockwell.
If you want a true spectacle, head to the middle of the park just before dusk and you’ll witness them all flying back to a small group of trees to nest for the night. Literally thousands of them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you want a true spectacle, head to the middle of the park just before dusk and you’ll witness them all flying back to a small group of trees to nest for the night. Literally thousands of them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...