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Totally without fame and influence, but interested in surviving. Live in the Rhondda, think complexity and reflection addresses much and simple, fatuous assertions solve very little. Creativity is survival, the greater good is why.
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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.

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“Trump claimed that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent travelled to Kyiv by train but that "Zelensky was sleeping" and could not meet him. “In reality, Zelensky met with Bessent at Mariinskyi Palace. Multiple photographs were taken and published of their meeting.”

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Free speech update

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open.substack.com/pub/willhayw... The small nations matter because they can quietly shift big things. My small nation seems to have to realise this yet. Thanks, Will Hayward.

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🌳The Crowhurst Yew, thought to be 4,000 years old, predates Christianity itself. A living portal through time. 🕰️It’s one of the locations in my Ultimate Guide to Time Travel: 10 Places That Confound the Time Continuum. Step inside: www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-ultimate...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

submitted 9 days ago • 139 comments

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

submitted 9 days ago • 537 comments

☀️ Light and shade: the sacristy door at the Queen of Holderness, St. Patrick, Patrington, Yorkshire. I waited patiently for the shadows to align. The silhouette of curvilinear tracery from the stained glass casts a presence of absence, echoing forms both here and not here.

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 11 days ago • 140 comments

Deportation footage ‘enables mainstreaming of racism’, Clive Lewis says

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Sandwiching and layering of timbers in the stairwell at the late 16th century Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire 🤩

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Matisse’s muse: new exhibition dedicated to the illegitimate daughter he spent a lifetime painting

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Keir Starmer must speak out. David Lammy must speak out. Another red line crossed - they must condemn Donald Trump's plans.

submitted 16 days ago • 20 comments

1. I know this will cause me trouble, but it dismays me to see fellow environmentalists dismissing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) out of hand, in some cases clearly before they have understood the technologies involved or their potential uses. 🧵

submitted 16 days ago • 162 comments

Fascinating new research on the geographic origins of Indo-European languages, with robust genetic confirmation of David Anthony’s modified Kurgan hypothesis. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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‘the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.’

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The more I see figures like Zuckerberg suggesting that men are naturally aggressive, the less I believe in a difference between toxic masculinity and patriarchy.

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

Spain is acting against people from other countries coming in to take over their housing and economy. Aren’t such people called economic migrants? So: Some buy refuge, others ask for it. The debate has two sides, things do. But it is the same debate.

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@labourlewis's Water Bill will have its first debate on 28th March. This is our unmissable chance to put public ownership of water back on the table. Ask your MP to be there and back the Bill: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

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Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

submitted 20 days ago • 638 comments

This morning’s sunshine has reminded me of the word ‘philocaly’: a love of beauty, even in the smallest things.

submitted 21 days ago • 90 comments

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

submitted 21 days ago • 4173 comments

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The Land Use Framework consultation government is launching is necessary and important. We urgently need to make strategic national decisions about what should go where: to restore ecosystems, stop urban flooding and better plan development.

submitted 23 days ago • 13 comments

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

submitted 23 days ago • 1414 comments

Back to statues (again)… the past is gone, we weren’t there and don’t (can’t) know. All we have is history which, often, just gets told to suit a present convenience. To me real history is a very hard discipline focussed on the truth however unpalatable now.

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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with ex Mossad head of intelligence Uzi Arad. He was also Netanyahu foreign policy advisor in early days of Bibi. Fascinating on so many levels alastaircampbell.org/2025/01/118-...

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

The first article from my postdoc @aarhusuni.bsky.social with Søren Bengtsen, @agtgibson.bsky.social & Lynn McAlpine, titled “Unveiling university-society engagement - university origin stories in Denmark” is out! 50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F7DBJ...

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Shot of a lifetime. 📸: Ian Turner

submitted 27 days ago • 813 comments

Satu and Dua bid you all a very good night.

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The Annales Cambriae, or ‘Annals of Wales’, is a collection of Latin chronicles covering the years 447–954. In it there are some fascinating accounts of a certain King Arthur…

submitted 27 days ago • 16 comments

A real issue!

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I wrote about the Pelicot trial, and what happens now. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Rediscovered Munch painting with ‘intriguing mystery’ to go on display in UK for first time

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You scratch my back; I’ll scratch yours. Case was worst Cabinet Secretary I can ever recall. Completely failed in his duty to uphold the core principles of the UK civil service- integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Played a huge role in the growing rot of our political establishment.

submitted 28 days ago • 67 comments

Daily bunny no.2844 encounters an apparition

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