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Enough, already!
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I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
The first time you came into my hospital, shards of glass shredding your tiny body, I saved you. The second time I failed As news of the ceasefire ripples my way, my memory mocks me. Your face glides into focus from my mind’s abyss, where I had buried…
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

If you could, please help us regain our following
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Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Arguably the most beautiful jali screen in the world: Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, 1573-3, Ahmedabad
December 8, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Does HS2 have a future?

And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Last time I wrote about HS2, I mentioned there was a government document that had turned my sense of what to do with HS2 on its head

Time to stop teasing. Here it is
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...

And this is what it says, in a picture (plus my thoughts)

But you need context
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Today’s poem is called ‘First Date’.
November 22, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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My girls, adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions, apart from a box of books they'd each been given by @Booktrust. These books, read together, became our first shared memories. Spread the joy of reading by donating this Christmas:
www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM