ntheowl
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owl tree vole eat cake pudding ('the famous')
Pinned
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Toad opened the door once more. Frog was not on the path.
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Toad opened the door once more. Frog was not on the path.
Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born.
![[Owl. Chauvet. Cave art. Hm. Closest we can get to 68 million years ago.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2s34q67w3unisgbfz4st7nco/bafkreibg5bluxfhh3iigtumb2auzwjki4odjv6auugepjqdjwnypnt27mi@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born.
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“Never mind,” said Frog.
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Never mind,” said Frog.
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A list of 34 new House of Lords appointments has just been published.
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A list of 34 new House of Lords appointments has just been published.
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
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['Freeze peach']
US to require social media disclosure for visitors from Europe and other allies
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
['Freeze peach']
[On th'shield: hares, 'lotuses', opening flower buds...]
🏺 Top tip for British Museum visitors: go across the court, up rotunda stairs, cross bridge into upper floor, head past crowds aiming for Egypt and Mesopotamia, and go straight to Rooms 50 and 51 where the most stunning array of glories from later prehistory await you!
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
[On th'shield: hares, 'lotuses', opening flower buds...]
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Toad was in bed, taking a nap.
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Toad was in bed, taking a nap.
Hm. Cotswolds haven't changed.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hm. Cotswolds haven't changed.
Hm.
'The lowest rate was seen at an Early Neolithic site in the Cotswolds where 26% of siblings were full siblings.'
'The lowest rate was seen at an Early Neolithic site in the Cotswolds where 26% of siblings were full siblings.'
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hm.
'The lowest rate was seen at an Early Neolithic site in the Cotswolds where 26% of siblings were full siblings.'
'The lowest rate was seen at an Early Neolithic site in the Cotswolds where 26% of siblings were full siblings.'
[Hm. Sounds of the Seventies.]
'The report by Sir Alan Wood...found that staff at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) routinely used measures “designed to humiliate pupils”, frequently shouting at them and isolating them in corridors as part of “a harsh and damaging disciplinary culture”. 1/2
London academy staff instilled ‘climate of fear’ among pupils
Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
[Hm. Sounds of the Seventies.]
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We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.
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Frog swam back to Toad. “I am sorry, Toad,” he said. “Everyone wants to see how you will look.”
“Then I will stay right here until they go away,” said Toad.
“Then I will stay right here until they go away,” said Toad.
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog swam back to Toad. “I am sorry, Toad,” he said. “Everyone wants to see how you will look.”
“Then I will stay right here until they go away,” said Toad.
“Then I will stay right here until they go away,” said Toad.
Hm. Was he by any chance anti-christ before now?
are we supposed to be placing bets on this or something
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hm. Was he by any chance anti-christ before now?
[we wish you a merry...]
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
[we wish you a merry...]
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Holy fucking shit this guy is cooked.
Reminds me of the old gag about the New Labour MP whose earpiece fell out & he dropped down dead. Someone picked up the earpiece and there was Peter Mandelson's voice coming out of it: "Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in..."
Reminds me of the old gag about the New Labour MP whose earpiece fell out & he dropped down dead. Someone picked up the earpiece and there was Peter Mandelson's voice coming out of it: "Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in..."
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Holy fucking shit this guy is cooked.
Reminds me of the old gag about the New Labour MP whose earpiece fell out & he dropped down dead. Someone picked up the earpiece and there was Peter Mandelson's voice coming out of it: "Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in..."
Reminds me of the old gag about the New Labour MP whose earpiece fell out & he dropped down dead. Someone picked up the earpiece and there was Peter Mandelson's voice coming out of it: "Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in..."
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The new GBR branding is nice and all that, but it's interesting to note that it's all, for now, a simulation.
Image courtesy Dovetail Games, it says. Makers of Train Sim World.
www.designweek.co.uk/great-britis...
Image courtesy Dovetail Games, it says. Makers of Train Sim World.
www.designweek.co.uk/great-britis...
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The new GBR branding is nice and all that, but it's interesting to note that it's all, for now, a simulation.
Image courtesy Dovetail Games, it says. Makers of Train Sim World.
www.designweek.co.uk/great-britis...
Image courtesy Dovetail Games, it says. Makers of Train Sim World.
www.designweek.co.uk/great-britis...
[lol]
Cheryl Hines says Robert F Kennedy Jr won’t run for president in 2028
Cheryl Hines says Robert F Kennedy Jr won’t run for president in 2028
The actor spoke at an interview amid renewed news coverage and commentary about her husband’s 2024 presidential bid
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US politics live – latest updates
The actor Cheryl Hines has said she does not believe her husband, Robert F Kennedy Jr, will run for the White House after Donald Trump’s presidency.
Hines was asked by Elizabeth Vargas, a NewsNation anchor, on Monday, “Is your husband going to run for president in 2028? And, if so, are you ready for that?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
[lol]
[Hm. Cue endless fond reminiscence from Mr Raven...]
Spooky Advent day 9: Binoculars behaving badly - A View from a Hill by M R James, adapted for television by Peter Harness, and directed by Luke Watson, broadcast first on 23rd December 2005.
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
[Hm. Cue endless fond reminiscence from Mr Raven...]
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pink Flamingos (1972)
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Think of it this way (and I’m hardly the first to make this point): In a real U.S.-China war, most of the fanciest stuff that takes a long time to produce would get used up quickly. Then what?
That’s harder than saying “public-private partnerships,” “innovation,” “AI,” and “don’t get left behind.”
That’s harder than saying “public-private partnerships,” “innovation,” “AI,” and “don’t get left behind.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Think of it this way (and I’m hardly the first to make this point): In a real U.S.-China war, most of the fanciest stuff that takes a long time to produce would get used up quickly. Then what?
That’s harder than saying “public-private partnerships,” “innovation,” “AI,” and “don’t get left behind.”
That’s harder than saying “public-private partnerships,” “innovation,” “AI,” and “don’t get left behind.”
[For all eternity]
Stan Ogden at the piano in 1967 leading The Stars Of Coronation Street for a Singalong At The Rover's Return
"from 'She's a Lassie from Lancashire', to 'Show me the Way to Go Home'–with a side journey in the 'Yellow Submarine'.
"from 'She's a Lassie from Lancashire', to 'Show me the Way to Go Home'–with a side journey in the 'Yellow Submarine'.
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
[For all eternity]
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Then he and Frog ran outside to see how the world was looking in the spring.
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Then he and Frog ran outside to see how the world was looking in the spring.