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voyeur of blue skies, simply looking for history, art, science, engineering, amusement and data… …no relation to the other guy!
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Americans who sound like Carabao Cup ties

Minimum safe distance to view a dangerous wild animal (by YouTube creator The Brain Maze) www.youtube.com/shorts/KulVz...

Last One Laughing on Amazon Prime is stand out funny... cannot recommend it highly enough (if you have it) and it's a reminder of the outstanding comedy talent we have here... you just want to see these people in something more than just game and panel shows.

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please retweet. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Right to Left: My son Tom, his Uncle Ben and Ben’s son, Tom’s cousin Alex. Alex and Tom are running tomorrow’s Cambridge Half Marathon in memory of Ben, who we sadly lost last year. www.justgiving.com/page/tom-sta...

I learned all I know about art from Tony Hart. And I learned all I know about architecture from Tony Harchitecture

"Imagine if, for a New Year’s Resolution everyone started to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"

Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.

All born on Christmas Day: Humphrey Bogart (1899), Kenny Everett (1944), Annie Lennox (1954) and Shane MacGowan (1957).

“Have you watched that new Ifor Williams documentary?” “No, but I’ve seen the trailer.”

Something that means an incredible amount to my son Tom, and I am immensely proud of him doing… www.justgiving.com/page/tom-sta...

IMPORTANT: We need immediate action from Wes Streeting to safeguard lives and support NHS staff. Please click to sign, and then please share!🚨💙 👉https://bit.ly/CallOnWesToSaveTheNHS

When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS. This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨

Officers and men of the motor torpedo boat M.T.B. 463 of the Canadian-manned 29th Flotilla, Royal Navy, Ramsgate, England, 19 May 1944. (LAC a176739-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

#OTD in 1942. ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) Corporal Vivian Ashby was engaged on the plotting of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the Channel action. #WW2 #HISTORY

#Seaside Alphabet #AdventCalendar 8th December H is for Hastings! But of course... I love JWM Turner's atmospheric paintings of a pre-seaside Hastings with moody skies and seas. Boats and fisherfolk characterise this era. Also a Very Good Boi in this one- The Fish Market at Hastings Beach, 1810.

Make your Christmas party go with a bang with the aid of this cartoon from 2008

Your Drs are being stolen from you. Across the NHS, a role taught 2 years of "PA studies” is substituting for Drs trained for 10 to 15 years. This is about cutting training and safety. It is not about care.

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.

Express poll needs more input. Link takes you directly to the poll, bypassing the Express website, so you won't boost their ad impressions. (Note: ignore the bit where they ask for your email address. It's optional.) xd.wayin.com/display/cont...

If it makes you happy that Tommy Robinson is in prison and that Andrew Tate will soon be joining him. Share it.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. John F Kennedy lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC (1963). 📷 George Mobley

Emma Thompson & Ruth Wilson are to star in a new Apple TV+ thriller "Down Cemetery Road" set in an Oxford suburb, which will act as a “companion piece” to MI5 drama Slow Horses. The show is based on another of Mick Herron's novels of the same name #MickHerron #EmmaThompson #RuthWilson #SlowHorses

Who are the real heroes?… …bald men cleaning the shower trap in the family bathroom! #Altruism #Selfless #Hero

Before he wrote novels Charles Dickens worked as a journalist in the midlands, primarily in two local papers. It was the Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times

Watching “Cross” on Prime and final episode has the best line from the entire series/season: “You had me at Motherfucker!” #contextiseverything

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The Moon as seen from the International Space Station

Earth seen from the ISS