📆 On Tue 28 April @NUJ_LFB is holding a vigil outside @stbrides.com, the Journalists' Church, to honour our colleagues killed while reporting. 2.30-3 pm.
Marking International Workers' Memorial Day. #IWMD
All welcome 🙏 Please spread the word.
www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2604iwmd....
RIP.
Solar and wind outpace coal as energy crisis fails to spark fossil fuel revival
www.euronews.com/2026/04/20/s...
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"The UAE's request for potential assistance came along with what appeared to be a subtle threat that the UAE would be forced to use Chinese Yuan or other countries' currencies for oil sales and other transactions" FYI @kathylove.bsky.social
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-rai...
But they said no.
Telling it like it is.
An epic bridge opening ceremony in #Helsinki on Saturday. So many happy people. #cycling #onelesscar #KruunuvuoriBridge
Will do!
To answer such questions I have recommended the following book before and am glad to do so again:
Good question. England/Great Britain/UK was never able to impose its will on Europe, even -- or especially -- when the Empire was at its height, but instead preferred a balance of power and/or "splendid isolation".
Central panel from a Roman mosaic featuring two naked male characters, one seated playing a lyre, the dancing with pan pipes
Here's one of our favourite #Dorset #Roman floors for #MosaicMonday
The lively depiction of a music battle between Apollo (with lyre) and Marsyas (pipes)
[Spoiler alert: things end badly for Marsyas]
Found 1834 and moved to Sherborne Castle
Painting by David Neal for @antiquaries.bsky.social
4 runners seen side by side running down the middle of the road. The road is quiet and safe because it is in a low traffic neighbourhood
Two kids cycling side by side down a quiet road within a low traffic neighbourhood. Other cyclists oncoming in the distance
‘Quality of life’ isn’t a big house, luxury goods or a fancy car. It’s being able to cycle your kids on safe streets or run side by side down peaceful roads with your friends. Everyone can & should have this.
FYI @kathylove.bsky.social
Once again we're back to why de Gaulle said "Non" to the UK's first application to join the EEC (as it was then known).
Not to mention the UK having wanted a "special relationship" with the USA since the 1940s, as well as one with Europe.
RIP
purple billboard These Machines Fight Traffic in white with two bikes.
These Machines Fight Traffic.
Walked by this beauty last night - pretty awesome to see these messages out in the world.
RIP
This looks transactional to me or cupboard love, if you will.
In Spain the application fee is €12.50, although total costs are much more because you need to pay for legal translations, apostilles, exam fees, notaries, etc.
We used to add a bell symbol before sending alerts to make them ring when they appeared on screens, and before that on teleprinters.
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use.
Lovely People.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Cartoon by Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social
Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise
Maybe, but suspicious trades are already under investigation in the USA.
P.S. Quick reminder the EU did NOT "rewrite and tear up supposed "rules" in a heartbeat" during Brexit talks.
"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following the agreement of a ceasefire in Lebanon" according to my former colleagues: www.reuters.com/world/iran-w...
The UK has only to submit an Art. 49 application and then we'll see what happens.
