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On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country. They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

#Bumblebees

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

A bit sad for the one egg left behind but at least 2 babies fledged last year and the box is cleaned out and we’re all ready for 🐣 2025.

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

I visited Quebec City for a conference in the early spring. I wanted to lick a sugar maple tree. I'd heard that the First Nations people learned about maple syrup by watching squirrels licking trees. Highly embarrassed by people pointing at me as I licked a tree in a park.

One thing that can be taken away from these hearings is that all nominees have been nervous to answer any question about Donald Trump's limits while in office. This is not accidental. This is the direct result of why these nominees are here in the first place. Trump wants yes men.

Is there a social media platform for people who've never watched Gavin and Stacey or Mrs Brown's *something*?

I don’t mind having to watch adverts on @amazonprime.bsky.social BUT WHY ARE THEY SO LOUD??

The UK government has created a public survey about copyright law and AI - it’s very technical, but please fill it in if you can I believe this technology must be very carefully regulated, to ensure public safety and to maintain the rights of creators www.gov.uk/government/c...

Wife is always going on at me about reducing the size of my book collection in our small house - but accepts it wouldn't be right to get rid of prized signed copies. My fess is that forging signed copies with my own scribble is remarkably easy.

Disappointing rhetoric from Prime Minister Keir Starmer in The Times today attacking underfunded environmental regulators. Naysayers, blockers, 'held to ransom'? Vivid language, but these regulators can be the difference between restoring nature and destroying it.

I’ve seen people commenting on the iPhone update and changes to photos and calculator - but has ‘sleep time’ disappeared??

At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.

Confused as to who this article is about 🤔

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Lots of our favourite crime TV series have ended / taken a break / been cancelled - so we're looking for suggestions. We're starting Cross and A Man on the Inside but what gems might we have missed?

If there is a name on the cover appearing, to all intents and purposes, as the author, have I been naive in thinking they actually wrote the book?

An Alex Cross TV series!!!

Picture 10, everyone. You can thank me later. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Anyone got a favourite book blogger / book reviewer who's active on Bluesky? Give them a shout out and we can get a Starter Pack going for this as well

Booksellers, readers, reviewers, if you live and want to support indie publishers, here are 2 upcoming virtual events

Reading both of these at the moment - they are quite different!

ARE WE NOT PERMITTED ANY JOY?!!