Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time

Dutch Public TV spoof on Zelensky's meeting with Trump and Vance YouTube video by Democracy Action Network

The Dutch with their usual subtle take on things 😂

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DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."

global newspaper headings

Papers worldwide condemn Trump, in addition Trump has lost the Daily Mail. When you lose the Daily Mail you are a global pariah.

“Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” "A spectacle to horrify the world"

Zelensky thanks America for four minutes straight YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.

We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Thames among British water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action Water companies, including Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, are set to be hit with a new class action over allegations of overcharging on its water bills

Thames among England water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action.

£510m damages sought.

Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.

End the scam. Nationalise water.
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“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden

Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.

⚠️ Iron Age OPEN ACCESS research klaxon alert⚠️

Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article

*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*

published in @nature.com today can be found here:

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Goldman Sachs reports biggest quarterly profit in three years Investment bank beats Wall Street expectations as it reports earning $11.95 per share in fourth quarter

Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.

Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.

Their profits are our inflation and poverty.

Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Keir Starmer’s Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by ‘Malign Actors’ The Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties

Keir Starmer’s Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by ‘Malign Actors’

Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties 👏
@adambienkov.bsky.social
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Thoughts from our Vice President, Dr Rachel Pope-

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In the background is a large modern building - Meta headquarters in the UK. In the foreground is a flatbed electric truck with a sign that reads: We fact check the Zuck out of our news.

So Channel 4 (UK) drove this flatbed truck to Meta headquarters in response to their axing fact checkers. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant

Taken from a diagonal angle a line of 6 ceramic bowls with a slight pedestal feet. The closest one is decorated with zigzag-swiggly lines made by incising through the white slip so that the darker reddish body of the ceramic shows through. Splashes of green and brown paint on top give additional colour. All the bowls have variations on this colour scheme with different floral, or geometric decorative patterns.

Here are a few @romtoronto.bsky.social Byzantine period bowls from Cyprus pulled for potential loan. It must have been fun to make these post-slip incised lead-glazed wares, all the zigzags, leaf, and floral patterns, with splashes of colour!

#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics 🏺

Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? - Medievalists.net Here is a quick guide for understanding the hierarchy and various roles monks and nuns would have in a medieval monastery.

Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? www.medievalists.net/2022/01/roles-medieval-m... #HistoryBuff

Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire at Gloucestershire County History Trust Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire on jobs.ac.uk!

Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire to write the history of the adjacent parishes of Acton Turville and Tormarton
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...

In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."

Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social

The wind gusts are devastating. Truly a hurricane of fire.

Video: @stuartpalley.bsky.social

Trump 'ill-informed' to attack 'success story' of UK wind industry The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week.

Trump 'ill-informed' to attack
'success story' of UK wind industry

The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
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🔥 Well said, Ed Davey -

Musk’s bizarreness continues…

…because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.

Our next Local History How-To session is on 'Ownership and Government' on 13th Jan with @markforrest.bsky.social, Francis Boorman, John Chandler, and @lrylandepton.bsky.social. It will feature a fun reenactment of a manor court.
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How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.

The rich bribe politicians, disguised as donations, to get their way, limit public choices.

50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.

Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.

Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
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🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏

450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!

Let’s be ready👇

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Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Badenoch’s department wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over potential tax break Business department raised issue of patent box benefit after meeting that took place last June, documents show

Former Business Secretary Badenoch’s dept wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over tax breaks.

The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.

Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.

Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How Italy’s Carabinieri cultural heritage protection squad foiled tomb-raiders The force recently uncovered a clandestine dig in the middle of Naples

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Major poll shows what most Brits believe should be Keir Starmer's top priority Almost two-thirds (64%) of people put fixing the health service in their top three priorities - ahead of money worries, immigration and cutting crime, according to an exclusive poll

Major poll shows what most Brits believe should be PM's top priority - and it's not the economy.

64% of people put fixing the health service in their top three priorities - ahead of money worries, immigration & crime.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

When medieval tournaments go wrong! - Medievalists.net When tragedy struck a tournament, the participants and the audience paused to reflect on whether this dangerous game was worth it. At least some of them did.

When medieval tournaments go wrong! www.medievalists.net/2020/12/medieval-tournam... #Jousting #History #Tournaments

Wooden fishing boat on a pebbled beach, surrounded by rusting winches, rail lines and other debris

Abandoned fishing boat, Dungeness during the golden hour. Taken with a vintage Leica and Kodak Ektar film.