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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 14h

Why say "My understanding is they were Russia’s and Russia would have taken them by force. And the U.S. would have helped." when that is not what happened all those years ago when Ukraine gave up the nuclear weapons on their land?

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 14h

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: We are working with the United States to ensure that Ukraine still can receive the necessary number of Patriot systems. This is not an easy task, but it is one of the security guarantees for Ukraine – and it will work in the long term.

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 14h

So are you interested in what actually happened?

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 14h

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be able to buy tickets to their club's match with Aston Villa next month, Sky News understands.

news.sky.com

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15h

Plumpton Rocks, near Harrogate in North Yorkshire, is a Grade II* listed 18th century landscape garden It combines a man-made lake, wooded walks, and Millstone Grit rock formations to create a scene of romantic natural drama. The

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 14h

Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 19h

Katie Lam and Robert Jenrick: this generation's Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
thecritic.co.uk/west-side-to...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h

Russians are beginning to indirectly disrupt the meeting in Budapest.

Official Moscow has started rejecting President Trump's proposals to stop the war along the front line.Russia wants only one thing -pressure on Ukraine&concessions from it,in particular to pressure Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 15h

It's a very interesting development because i know many in the industry expected to see chocolate substitutes / alternatives come in more gradually / subtly than this.

But taking the "🎵if you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our club!🎵" bar is a surprise.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate

The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible performance and ingenious intro 👏

Always been one of my favourite songs, thank you for sharing.

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 15h

I've just rediscovered this - Toto's Africa sung by a large choir. Wonderful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9-...

Africa - Angel City Chorale

YouTube video by Angel City Chorale

www.youtube.com

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[email protected] @shawnfeb24.bsky.social · 16h

Why can't we have ingenuity like this?

China creates coating that transforms regular glass windows into solar panels that can produce electricity.
They are calling this coating a colorless, unidirectional solar concentrator (CUSC). A few select neighborhoods have been used for pilot testing.

Transparent solar windows hit Chinese homes — Energy everywhere you see

China is developing an invisible coat that transforms regular windows into solar panels that could reshape how this form of energy is viewed forever.

www.ecoportal.net

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

honestly, have him turn up at every crime scene like some performance artist dandy

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 19h

Kent Labour source: "We only need 10 more defections in Kent [County Council] and [Reform] won’t have overall control. At the moment it’s 50-31"

"Whips lost:
🟣 1 in court for allegedly threatening to kill wife
🟣 ⁠1 to UKIP
🟣 ⁠1 investigated for lewd comments
🟣 ⁠1 for being anti-[leader] Kemkaran"

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 15h

If there was a metaphor for what Trump is doing to American democratic institutions, this might be it.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 16h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 15h

🇺🇸 Chernihiv City Council renamed a local park “Trump Square.”

The move, backed by 22 deputies, aims to honor “prominent modern leaders” and draw global attention to rebuilding the hero city.

📸: Suspilne Chernihiv

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 15h

Good news for the King.

There is precedent for stripping a royal title from a troublesome family member: Henry VIII decreed that his daughters were no longer Princesses

One wrinkle: He did so by declaring them illegitimate.

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Dad Jokes @dadsaysjokes.com · 15h

I needed something therapeutic to do, so I took up gardening.

After 6 months, 42 trips to Home Depot, 38 blisters, and throwing my back out, today I was able to eat my $632.00 salad.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15h

Jewish community leaders in Birmingham

Standing outside Villa Park

Saying they support the ban of Maccabi

Saying it's nothing to do with religion, or against Jews

"It's a genuine safety concern against hooliganism from Maccabi"

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 15h

Mint Club was always my go to 😢

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 15h

Puffins looking for Monday motivation.. 😁
#birds 🐦🪶

You can buy your 2026 Birds calendars here; (I have Puffin calendars too! 😀)
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...

A group of Puffins all looking in opposite directions

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 15h

Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again 👏

Sheila (70) - 'I am one happy bunny' 🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again

The results are astounding and a major advance, say surgeons involved in international research using the pioneering technology.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t think
🎵 “If you like literally no chocolate on your biscuit, join our club” 🎵
has the same ring to it.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 15h

“University tuition fees in England will increase every year in line with inflation from 2026 onwards, the government has announced.“
This is a huge piece of news for our sector.

University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026

Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 15h

They did, quite alot in fact

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