Luckily, History doesn't need my ice-cold take on Trump's objectively pointless war of choice, because it tends to supply its own verdict..

This

Early 1900s photo.

2020s photo comparison.

Bevois Valley. The prominent building in the old photo was a Wesleyan Methodist church. Originally built in 1861, it was enlarged in 1906. It closed in 1950 and in 1952 it was sold off to become a furniture warehouse.

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I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.

Squad photo at the Dell.

The 1902-03 Southampton FC squad at the Dell. FA Cup finalists in 1901-02, the Saints would go on to win the Southern League for the fifth time in 1902-03.

Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

@greggish.bsky.social🎼 its the end of the world as we know it🎵

To summarise this thread:

The name "Trafalgar" is Arabic - Taraf al-Gharb, meaning Cape of the West

The thingy on Nelson's hat? A Çelenk - the highest military honour the Ottoman Sultan could bestow.

And Muslims have gathered in Trafalgar Square since 2006 - as have all other religions.

This is great. Equal parts Orwell's 'Politics..' essay and Catch-22.

C^1 is command.

This prose poem from 1986 is fire. My hat’s off to Greg Todd.

Opinion | Is It 1914 in America?

This is phenomenal.

And, even better, I might be able to use it in my dissertation!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

Swedish narrow (891 mm = exactly 3 Swedish foot) steam locomotive at Uppsala Ö, a few summers ago. The train in the background is at another station, Uppsala C. Stations used to be separated by 100+ m.

Oh. Stage an assassination attempt, you say? Interesting.

George W. Bush releases statement mourning Robert Mueller, calling him a lifelong public servant and decorated Marine who helped protect the U.S. after 9/11. Bush: “Laura and I are deeply saddened… We send our heartfelt sympathy to his family.”

Studio photograph of the three men in their regalia.

Here we have the Mayor of Southampton, Levi Button (seated). With him on the right is George John Tilling (sheriff) and on the left George Nalder (town clerk). The three of them were photographed in 1895 at Gould and Co, 32 Southampton High Street.

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Indian man with an oil barrel laughs at an angry-looking Russian, while a cow deposits poop at the Russian's feet

1/ India is ripping off Russia to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars over oil shipments, according to an angry Russian commentary. India will not pay for Russian oil in anything other than Indian rupees and Indian-made goods, which Russian companies don't want. ⬇️

Five-time draft dodger says what now?

Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show Figures seen by the Guardian show the two peers each attended just 1.12% of sessions in past four years Evgeny Lebedev’s longstanding commitment to being the most relaxed member of the House of Lords has come under threat from another peer, Ian Botham, with both recording identical attendance rates of 1.12% over the past four years. According to Lords records seen by the Guardian, Lebedev and Botham – who were both appointed by Boris Johnson – each managed to make it to seven of the 625 sessions of the upper house that took place from the start of 2022 to the end of 2025. Continue reading...

Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show

Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c... Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say

So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money.

So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Russia hits a civilian train. Again.

Not a front line.
Not a military target.

A railway.

People trying to leave.

"They call it “operations.”

It’s terror.

Passengers survived the strike.

But during evacuation, a conductor🙏💔 was killed

War follows civilians

Because Russia sends it there

PinkNews to move to a 'reporter-free newsroom' with its journalists facing redundancy PinkNews, one of the largest gay news organisations, is going to move to a 'reporter free newsroom' with redundancies across its editorial team, QueerAF understands

Our thoughts are with the dedicated journalists who continue to fight to tell LGBTQIA+ stories and do the work our community deserves.

Newspaper advert for the meeting.

In January 1909 a meeting convened by the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was held in Southampton’s Victoria Rooms. The main speaker opposing giving women the right to vote was the league’s organising secretary, Mary Angela Dickens, granddaughter of Charles.

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WELP

fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...

Photo of the top of a Cladonia lichen podetium…it looks like an oval bowl (light grey-green in colour) ringed with about two dozen tiny red blobs. Other similar lichen podetia are in the photo background.

Cladonia #lichen. NWT, Canada.
Lichen is about 1.5cm in longest dimension. #fungi #fungifriends

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

15/ "This is not over. Trump is here for three more years. And no matter what happens, the distrust and challenge to the [Danish] Commonwealth will persist as long as he has set out to go down in history by expanding the territory of the United States." /end

Least aware religious fanatic I’ve ever seen.

Loooooooooooooooooooool

What a disgrace: the great nuclear and oil power Ukraine has been humiliating itself for five years now, unable to defeat and drive the small brave Russia out of its territory — and they were planning to hold a victory parade on Red Square in three days!