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1825: I have waited 3 weeks for a new proof of the Shepherds Calendar & nothing has come which was to be in 3 days - I have sent for some rough copys of Poems which I sent up to Taylor when the 'Village Minstrel' was in the press & I have not got them yet & never shall I expect - I want them to...

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1776: Tulips bud. Polyanths, sown last year, blow very finely. Swallows, several. Black snails.

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1776: First swallow at Fyfield. Swallows. Young turkies. House-martin appears.

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1825: Took a walk in the field a birds nesting & botanizing & had like to have been taken up as a poacher in Hillywood by a meddlesome consieted keeper belonging to Sir John Trollop he swore that he had seen me in act more than once of shooting game when I never shot even so much as a sparrow in...

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Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

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1776: Swallow appears at Selborne. Cucumbers swell.

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What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to accompt?

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total clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4c4b...

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In Hitler's last will and testament, dictating hours before he committed suicide, 80 years ago in April 1945, he insisted that no one had wanted war in 1939. It had been forced on him by 'international Jewry and its helpers.'

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Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

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The NHS is already dead... The waiting time at Lewisham A&E is currently 15 hours and 14 minutes... FIFTEEN HOURS. Beyond insane... #NHS #UKLabour #WesStreeting #14YearsOfTory

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I wonder how the Supreme Court feels about granting Donald Trump immunity for official acts now that one of those official acts is telling the Supreme Court to shove their ruling and fuck the fuck off.

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So home and walked upon the leads with my wife, and whether she suspected anything or no I know not, but she is quite off of her going to Brampton, which something troubles me.

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Being weary last night I lay very long in bed, talking with my wife, and persuaded her to go to Brampton, and take Sarah with her, next week, to cure her ague by change of ayre, and we agreed all things therein.

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1776: Several beeches in the hanger in leaf. House-snails begin to come-forth.

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1825: My mother is 67 years old this day she has been afflicted with a dropsy for this 20 years & has for all that outlived a large family of brothers & sisters & remains 'the last of the flock' the Snakehead or frittillary in flower also the light-blue pink & white Hyacinths - Bluebell or...

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🗨️ "I am trapped in a shared-ownership flat, which is proving ­impossible to sell because the fire safety engineer who surveyed the block is accused of forging fire safety certificates (...) This is my first home, but it’s beginning to seem like a prison" www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

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Excellent:

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It’s such good news that Trump is in such good health, as Mrs.Betty Bowers says, that I think we should forward the good news and circulate the post below as widely as possible. 😏

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I went to the Temple to Church, and there heard another: by the same token a boy, being asleep, fell down a high seat to the ground, ready to break his neck, but got no hurt.

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1776: Two swallows at Shillingford-bridge. Rain is much wanted. At Fyfield; charadrius oedicnemus returns & clamors April 14; first swallow, April 16; nightingale April 16; cuckow Apr. 20; swifts first seen Apr: 26: came to their nesting-place May 8. At Lyndon, in Rutland first swallow Apr: 16;...

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1825: The blackthorn showing flower

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Doge is a scam, the Muskrat is a liar and the #MangoMobster is a criminal. Simples.

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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

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Goodbye global tourism to the US. Who in their right mind would risk this?

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I completely agree with @carladenyer.bsky.social. Neil Kinnock used to tell the story of speaking to a Welsh miner in the 1980s. He said: "Neil, the Tories promised us the Earth, but they ended up selling us water." Quite. #NationaliseWater

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OK - so the boy with the arms is in charge now? #DoctorWho...

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1776: Oaks are felled; the bark runs.

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Home and wrote letters at my office, and one to Mr. Coventry about business, and at the close did excuse my not waiting on him myself so often as others do for want of leisure.

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The exclusion covers more than $300 billion worth of trade, including $100 billion from China, about a quarter of Chinese imports. It's a huge change and the put it out late on a Friday night with no press release

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Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

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