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Rest in Power Roberta Flack

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Awkward.

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The community note 🤌😘

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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Column: In the Musk Revolution lessons from 20th Century history will be deleted www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Animals Are Really Great Friends And Companions

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Hardly new info, but BSky should know: Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply. Thank you, little guardian molluscs. 🧪🌏🚰

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The size of Emperor penguins🐧❄️

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Famous lines from films meet inspirational quotes… – Come with me if you want to live laugh love – If you can’t handle me at my worst, you can’t handle the truth – I’m the king of the world is your oyster – They make take our lives, but they’ll never take each day as it comes

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Looks like the MAGA have made the same mistake as Brexit voters in the UK and voted to put tariffs on themsleves in the foolish assumption that it makes them look strong. Have a read of this insightful analysis of why Trump's attempt to bully America's neighbours will backfire badly

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Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

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In 2007, a clip went viral of a man being stopped on the street by a Guangzhou TV reporter. The man was asked about a sex scandal that was all over the news at the time and his reply has been a popular Chinese slang phrase for not getting involved ever since. He said “I’m just here to buy soy sauce”

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Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest

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10,000 of 3,000,000 millionaires left the country last year - 0.33%. These people would rather leave than pay tax - good riddance I say. Let’s not change our approach to appease rich freeloaders.

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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

submitted 35 days ago • 425 comments

🎶 when you go, will you send back a lettuce from America? 🎶

submitted 40 days ago • 254 comments

It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

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🙏.. I wrote (one handed!) about the policy challenge the UK has been handed by the wholesale realignment of Facebook , X behind the non-truth based Trump administration

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64,260 killed in Gaza, that's 3% of the pop 59% being women, children and people over 65 60% of buildings in Gaza destroyed That's 151,265 structures 57% of agricultural land has been damaged or destroyed 67% of water and sanitation infrastructure destroyed 92.9% of school buildings

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I’m so cross about these lynx. Where have they come from? How were they transported? They must be so scared. And now to live the rest of their lives in captivity - when they might have been wild?The scale of disregard for other animals astonishes me sometimes. Even in rewilding circles.

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Listening to a James Follett BBC radio drama from 1976 about a British rabies outbreak! INCREDIBLY soothing. Nostalgia for my childhood apocalypses is apparently today's coping mechanism for climate breakdown, genocide and international fascism. NB it's always the foxes, except when it's bats.

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Asterisks are ****ing great. I swear by them.

submitted 51 days ago • 38 comments

4 years of this stupid sh*t.

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In ancient Egypt, people drank low alcohol beer and wine to avoid the parasites in "raw water." The old graves, which I excavate, are full of children who died from diseases we now can vaccinate against. You are ghouls for promoting this garbage.

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Happy 2025, beautiful people. As a philosopher once said, there’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. X

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Happy Hogmanay folks! Here’s to 2025!

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#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary CASTRATE: The standard amount paid to actors.

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Read another book? Well I don’t mind if I do, since it’s Christmas and all.

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A rare actual good news story: bees – both honey bees and wild bees – seem to be doing better in the UK. Bee-friendly planting, less pesticide use and an uptick in beekeeping are all having results 🐝 🎉 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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Absolutely crackers!

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Scrooge: You there, boy! What day is it? ChatGPT: Days were invented by the Druids in 1974

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I can't believe there's people finding out about THE ODYSSEY because of the new Nolan film and complaining about spoilers. Sir please it was written almost 3000 years ago what spoilers are you talking about.

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The Godfather Part II at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling masterpiece

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Follow recommendation @adamjschwarz.bsky.social He sourced these two clips, well worth a follow 👍

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Victoria Derbyshire, "Farage met Musk in Florida.. He may want to donate up to $100 million to Reform" Jeremy Corbyn, "I'm shocked.. The idea that somebody like Musk would pour that money into British politics to get a populist like Farage elected, we need to clean up our act on political funding"

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Radio Matt. Tune in. I'll post music until my family yells at me to stop and join them in our cannibalistic feast. To start, we have The Jam, Check it @sxbond.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1c...

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She was there before Elvis, Little Richard or Johnny Cash swiveled their hips and strummed their guitars. If you've never heard Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock 'n' roll, you should.

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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

submitted 74 days ago • 688 comments

This is a Melanistic Fox one of the most beautiful and most rarest in the world.

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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 20 (Slight cheat here but hey, who is perfect?)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge Day19

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge Day18

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Good morning!

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 17

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