@jackadoodle.bsky.social
Retired Anthropology assoc prof in Michigan.
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Well I’ll be buying a copy. One of my favourite things on radio 4 is the short story and have quite a few in my collection. Susanna Clark - the Ladies of Grace Adieu - Rose Tremain The garden of the Villa Mollini. Loved this
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Enchanted Isle - The Man On The Rocks by Tom Cox - BBC Sounds
Louise meets an eccentric guy on Dartmoor who turns out to have quite a past.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Well I’ll be buying a copy. One of my favourite things on radio 4 is the short story and have quite a few in my collection. Susanna Clark - the Ladies of Grace Adieu - Rose Tremain The garden of the Villa Mollini. Loved this
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Look at this absolute delight! A local church holds a Rocking Service where the baby in the Parish born nearest to Christmas Day, is rocked in a decorated cradle at Candlemas. Possibly the last Church in the world to do so - unless you know different? #TinyJoys
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Look at this absolute delight! A local church holds a Rocking Service where the baby in the Parish born nearest to Christmas Day, is rocked in a decorated cradle at Candlemas. Possibly the last Church in the world to do so - unless you know different? #TinyJoys
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 07,1949
February 07,1949
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 07,1949
February 07,1949
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I was thinking precisely the same thing. It's infuriating to see Starmer repeating so many of the mistakes of the Tories, not least since they gave such a clear model for how *not* to govern
February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I was thinking precisely the same thing. It's infuriating to see Starmer repeating so many of the mistakes of the Tories, not least since they gave such a clear model for how *not* to govern
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It's basically what Theresa May tried to stay in power. It really didn't work out.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It's basically what Theresa May tried to stay in power. It really didn't work out.
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"Ultimately though you get judged on delivery of actual change over five years..."
I don't know how this Starmer ally can say this with a straight face. Again, there is no vision here, just cynical fearmongering about the uncertainty of the alternatives. This is the antithesis of leadership.
I don't know how this Starmer ally can say this with a straight face. Again, there is no vision here, just cynical fearmongering about the uncertainty of the alternatives. This is the antithesis of leadership.
Hhhmmm.
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Investors also signal concern at prospect of a more leftwing government
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"Ultimately though you get judged on delivery of actual change over five years..."
I don't know how this Starmer ally can say this with a straight face. Again, there is no vision here, just cynical fearmongering about the uncertainty of the alternatives. This is the antithesis of leadership.
I don't know how this Starmer ally can say this with a straight face. Again, there is no vision here, just cynical fearmongering about the uncertainty of the alternatives. This is the antithesis of leadership.
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Visite de l’exposition Trésors retrouvés au Grand Palais où sont exposés pour une semaine les sublimes tapis et tapisseries réalisés pour le palais du Louvre sous Louis XIV. Magnifique.
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Visite de l’exposition Trésors retrouvés au Grand Palais où sont exposés pour une semaine les sublimes tapis et tapisseries réalisés pour le palais du Louvre sous Louis XIV. Magnifique.
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I bet they did it in a flash, too. They are always so speedy. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...
This sign is so fucking dumb. Hedgehogs can't drive and, even if they could, they wouldn't drive fast.
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I bet they did it in a flash, too. They are always so speedy. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...
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This sign is so low to the ground it *must* have been put up by the hedgehogs
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This sign is so low to the ground it *must* have been put up by the hedgehogs
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A chance test revealed alarming levels of “forever chemicals” in the drinking water wells of a small Wisconsin town. There, like elsewhere nationwide, well owners are often the last to learn of contamination, and many states aren’t looking for the danger.
When forever chemicals contaminate drinking water, private well owners may be the last to know
The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A chance test revealed alarming levels of “forever chemicals” in the drinking water wells of a small Wisconsin town. There, like elsewhere nationwide, well owners are often the last to learn of contamination, and many states aren’t looking for the danger.
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How can we not be obsessed with them when they are constantly invading our kitchens? bsky.app/profile/dj-a...
This hedgehog wandered into my house a lot in 2019. One time my mate Louise was over, a bit drunk, telling me a longish story, and I noticed him having a sleep on the kitchen floor. I didn't want to rudely interrupt so I quietly picked him up and put him outside while Louise continued...
Come back! All I said was "You're cute but you'd be a lot cuter if you didn't have those fleas and deer ticks all over you."
Also shouldn't you be hibernating by now?
Also shouldn't you be hibernating by now?
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
How can we not be obsessed with them when they are constantly invading our kitchens? bsky.app/profile/dj-a...
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At this point I think we should just accept that hedgehogs are our national obsession and change England’s three lions to three furzy-pigs (that’s hedgehogs in some parts)
This sign is so fucking dumb. Hedgehogs can't drive and, even if they could, they wouldn't drive fast.
February 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
At this point I think we should just accept that hedgehogs are our national obsession and change England’s three lions to three furzy-pigs (that’s hedgehogs in some parts)
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That's INCREDIBLY fucked up. Calling abolition of slavery a "political" position implies that it is a debateable policy choice.
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
That's INCREDIBLY fucked up. Calling abolition of slavery a "political" position implies that it is a debateable policy choice.
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The Bulletin was honored to welcome Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa as the guest speaker at the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement.
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement to hear her remarks: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement to hear her remarks: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The Bulletin was honored to welcome Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa as the guest speaker at the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement.
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement to hear her remarks: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement to hear her remarks: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
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Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
Old Litkinov
This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...
www.tom-cox.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
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The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved to 85 seconds.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part.
@mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part.
@mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved to 85 seconds.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part.
@mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part.
@mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...
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I taught a hedgehog to drive once and I was scared to death at how fast they drove, they had no idea what the speed limit meant.
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I taught a hedgehog to drive once and I was scared to death at how fast they drove, they had no idea what the speed limit meant.
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NBC is editing out JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. CBS and ABC paid millions in bogus settlements to fund Trump. CNN made Scott Jennings a rightwing star. The Washington Post just laid off 300 journalists.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
NBC is editing out JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. CBS and ABC paid millions in bogus settlements to fund Trump. CNN made Scott Jennings a rightwing star. The Washington Post just laid off 300 journalists.
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Prosecutors began investigating the killing of Renee Good
Trump regime, Kash Patel ordered them to stop.
About a dozen prosecutors resigned, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Trump regime, Kash Patel ordered them to stop.
About a dozen prosecutors resigned, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Prosecutors began investigating the killing of Renee Good
Trump regime, Kash Patel ordered them to stop.
About a dozen prosecutors resigned, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Trump regime, Kash Patel ordered them to stop.
About a dozen prosecutors resigned, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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#BHM Day 6: Black Bohemian Figure 🧶
This colorway is inspired by a Black figure depicted in an early 15th-cent Bohemian astrological ms from the court of King Wenceslaus IV. The figure is not identified as a specific historical person, but their presence is nonetheless meaningful.
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#yarnsky
This colorway is inspired by a Black figure depicted in an early 15th-cent Bohemian astrological ms from the court of King Wenceslaus IV. The figure is not identified as a specific historical person, but their presence is nonetheless meaningful.
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#yarnsky
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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I love how block works here. It's what it should be, a literal wall one can erect with a single click that eliminates the assholes completely from view.
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I love how block works here. It's what it should be, a literal wall one can erect with a single click that eliminates the assholes completely from view.
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That’s a domestic bristle-haired longsnout. Breeders tried to introduce them as a hypoallergenic option, but they’re overly shy and not great with kids.
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
That’s a domestic bristle-haired longsnout. Breeders tried to introduce them as a hypoallergenic option, but they’re overly shy and not great with kids.
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Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...