Stephanie Migot (MsMigot)
@msmigot.bsky.social
Wannabe polymath. Hangs out at justthetalk.com. Posts may contain swears. Allergic to emojis. Reposts ≠ endorsement. Can be bribed with gin, cheese, cold cuts and trash telly.
🇰🇪 in Disunited Kingdom
🇰🇪 in Disunited Kingdom
Provence in bloom – exploring its flower festivals and the ‘perfume capital of the world’ tinyurl.com/2ynxflep [Guardian]
Provence in bloom – exploring its flower festivals and the ‘perfume capital of the world’
Mimosas and violets are already out in the south of France, making it the perfect time for a pre-spring road trip
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February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Provence in bloom – exploring its flower festivals and the ‘perfume capital of the world’ tinyurl.com/2ynxflep [Guardian]
France crowns seagull cry champion at quirky Dunkirk carnival tinyurl.com/2y27fy54 [Africanews]
Video. France crowns seagull cry champion at quirky Dunkirk carnival
Video. Dunkirk’s World Seagull Cry Championship sees feathered contestants screech on stage.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
France crowns seagull cry champion at quirky Dunkirk carnival tinyurl.com/2y27fy54 [Africanews]
‘A permanent civil war in the body’: how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth tinyurl.com/2a4ev7bm [Guardian]
‘A permanent civil war in the body’: how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth
A rare lymphoma diagnosis meant Giorgi Gagoshidze had to abandon a film project on the economic factors behind the USSR’s collapse – until he found new meaning in medical terminology
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February 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
‘A permanent civil war in the body’: how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth tinyurl.com/2a4ev7bm [Guardian]
A Detailed Tour of the ‘Game of Thrones’ World Map tinyurl.com/2y7e2wvc [LaughingSquid]
A Detailed Tour of the ‘Game of Thrones’ World Map
Rocket Riley gave a comprehensive tour of the entire map of the lands in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" universe.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A Detailed Tour of the ‘Game of Thrones’ World Map tinyurl.com/2y7e2wvc [LaughingSquid]
Is this the world’s most eye-popping restaurant? The architectural marvel – in a Leipzig industrial estate tinyurl.com/29jgtxz8 [Guardian]
Is this the world’s most eye-popping restaurant? The architectural marvel – in a Leipzig industrial estate
This extraordinary diner is the final wonder of the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who dreamt it up at the age of 103. And it’s a fine place for a sunset kombucha and gin
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February 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Is this the world’s most eye-popping restaurant? The architectural marvel – in a Leipzig industrial estate tinyurl.com/29jgtxz8 [Guardian]
The best London restaurants to visit for Iftar during Ramadan tinyurl.com/2ajc3h8u [MyLDN]
The best London restaurants to visit for Iftar during Ramadan
We count down ten top-rated restaurant where patrons can enjoy Iftar
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The best London restaurants to visit for Iftar during Ramadan tinyurl.com/2ajc3h8u [MyLDN]
Kenya • ‘The goal has been to demystify’: how a colonial Nairobi library was restored and given back to the people tinyurl.com/2yczwavr [Guardian]
‘The goal has been to demystify’: how a colonial Nairobi library was restored and given back to the people
Once a whites-only enclave, the grand McMillan Memorial library is one of three in the Kenyan capital that have been transformed for the community
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February 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Kenya • ‘The goal has been to demystify’: how a colonial Nairobi library was restored and given back to the people tinyurl.com/2yczwavr [Guardian]
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu tinyurl.com/29uy55tk [Euronews]
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu
Crowds thronged Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu tinyurl.com/29uy55tk [Euronews]
Ozzy army to descend on Mardi Gras parade tinyurl.com/22shjucn [BBC]
Ozzy Osbourne army descends on New Orleans Mardi Gras parade
At least 200 people dressed as the Prince of Darkness were in New Orleans to honour the late star.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Ozzy army to descend on Mardi Gras parade tinyurl.com/22shjucn [BBC]
A 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics tinyurl.com/2cbar6q7 [NYTimes, archive link]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world/europe/cortina-curling-stadium-winter-olympics.html
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February 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics tinyurl.com/2cbar6q7 [NYTimes, archive link]
USA • Searchers find missing ship in Lake Michigan, over 150 years after it sunk tinyurl.com/28mjfnwc [Guardian]
Searchers find missing ship in Lake Michigan, over 150 years after it sank
Shipwreck hunter found Lac La Belle steamer, one of ‘most sought-after missing ships’, after nearly 60-year search
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February 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
USA • Searchers find missing ship in Lake Michigan, over 150 years after it sunk tinyurl.com/28mjfnwc [Guardian]
Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’ tinyurl.com/23alvdf6 [Independent]
Oopsie-doodles!
Oopsie-doodles!
Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’
Driver trapped on mudflats in Essex after GPS mix-up
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February 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’ tinyurl.com/23alvdf6 [Independent]
Oopsie-doodles!
Oopsie-doodles!
The pandemic showed that we *can* solve homelessness when there's the political will. Imagine how much society could benefit if this was a long-term policy. #c4news
February 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The pandemic showed that we *can* solve homelessness when there's the political will. Imagine how much society could benefit if this was a long-term policy. #c4news
Once again, I propose that all younglings be raised by wolves/feral cats and do not return to society until they're in their mid-teens. Social media dangers: solved! #c4news
February 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Once again, I propose that all younglings be raised by wolves/feral cats and do not return to society until they're in their mid-teens. Social media dangers: solved! #c4news
Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss tinyurl.com/22f45z5z [Guardian]
Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss | Zoe Williams
It’s awkward, nobody seems to know what is going on, and the president’s thumb is at half-mast. It’s almost a metaphor for diplomatic relations between the US and the UK, writes Zoe Williams
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February 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss tinyurl.com/22f45z5z [Guardian]
'The world is in peril' — 5 reasons why the #AI apocalypse might be closer than you think tinyurl.com/29ja3vqy [TechRadar]
Yay?
Yay?
'The world is in peril' — the signs of a dark AI reckoning are starting to pile up
The future of AI may still be bright, but the past few months have delivered enough red flags to make even optimists pause
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February 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
'The world is in peril' — 5 reasons why the #AI apocalypse might be closer than you think tinyurl.com/29ja3vqy [TechRadar]
Yay?
Yay?
Starmer defends cabinet secretary frontrunner amid questions over her management style tinyurl.com/2y9cxd2u [Independent]
Starmer defends cabinet secretary frontrunner amid questions over management style
The prime minister’s official spokesperson insisted that Dame Antonia’s record ‘speaks for itself’
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February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Starmer defends cabinet secretary frontrunner amid questions over her management style tinyurl.com/2y9cxd2u [Independent]
‘Rats run over our faces’: Gaza’s displaced forced to live on infested land tinyurl.com/25ybjcul [AlJazeera]
‘Rats run over our faces’: Gaza’s displaced forced to live on infested land | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
Displaced Palestinians forced to live on a landfill battle rats, scabies and unexploded shells.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
‘Rats run over our faces’: Gaza’s displaced forced to live on infested land tinyurl.com/25ybjcul [AlJazeera]
USA • Republicans Share Trump Buyer’s Remorse on Presidents Day tinyurl.com/2b842pd4 [TheDailyBeast, archive link]
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-share-trump-buyers-remorse-on-presidents-day/
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February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
USA • Republicans Share Trump Buyer’s Remorse on Presidents Day tinyurl.com/2b842pd4 [TheDailyBeast, archive link]
Government Abandons Plan To Delay 30 Council Elections tinyurl.com/22gyw7gp [PoliticsHome]
Government Abandons Plan To Delay 30 Council Elections
Keir Starmer has scrapped plans to postpone dozens of local elections.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Government Abandons Plan To Delay 30 Council Elections tinyurl.com/22gyw7gp [PoliticsHome]