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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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My prediction.
The Epstein files will not be released. They will be leaked. By a woman as there are no brave men left.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Two 7,000-year-old mummified women from a rock shelter in southern Libya, discovered with strange DNA profiles, are pushing scientists to rethink how ancient North Africa was populated.
Two 7,000-year-old mummified women discovered with strange DNA profiles
Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the Green Sahara.
www.earth.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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A shelter received a donation of stuffed toys and let each dog pick 1.
How selfless. They each only pick 1.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#MosaicMonday with the Catalogue of Fish from the House of the Faun at Pompeii.

Now on display in the MANN.

#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I never noticed this old tree stump in the woods until the other day.

But that's how it is here. Even after getting on for 17 years living with a wild rainforest ecosystem, I still frequently make new discoveries.

And I suspect it will always be so, for the rest of my days.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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"Justice," she said. " I've heard that word. It's a cold world. I tried it out," she said, still speaking in that low voice. "I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn cold lie to me.
There is no justice."
Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I just published the deepest thing I’ve ever written on the Epstein files...and it explains EXACTLY why they will never fully come out. Not in your lifetime. Maybe never. 👇
NO paywall.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel
ALFRED JEWEL
The Alfred Jewel is a masterpiece of goldsmith's work formed around a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal. Its inscription: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’ – connects the jewe...
www.ashmolean.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Gramps: You kids need to get the eff off my lawn.
Kids: You can't make us, old man.
Gramps:
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Feed cleanser.
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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🚨Not a suicide, a lynching. Case not closed, it has to be opened. 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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WINTER IS COMING
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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if you’re cold they’re cold
let your demons in
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Why would anyone want to do that?
Sure, vomiting is allowed (but discouraged), according to the rules of this ultramarathon. Each participant must run to nine Taco Bells scattered across Virginia and D.C. At each location, they must purchase and eat an item off the menu. Drinks don’t count.
At this ultramarathon, runners tackle 32 miles and eat at nine Taco Bells
Puking is discouraged, but allowed. Pepto-Bismol is not.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I was with the giants yesterday. They were kind and peaceful. There’s nothing more humbling than mingling with thousand year old beings.

I hope you all have the day you want and need 🩵✌️

#trees #redwoodtrees #hiking #home #nature #forest
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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New Orleans Is Sinking
-The Tragically Hip 🇨🇦🎸🎵
tidal.com/browse/track...
The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
Listen to New Orleans Is Sinking on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Cartoon by John Deering | Creators
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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The Chinle Formation is unmistakable. In other areas - near Capitol Reef, for example - it contains quantities of petrified wood. I've seen entire petrified logs in that region. I hope you have a peaceful Sunday!
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#Stunday
#hiking
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Over twenty years ago when I could move within a wheelchair, I stepped out to do a morning market to sell my photos and saw this. I grabbed my film camera and took this photo.
From another life . #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #photography #sunrise
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM