@oldsputnik.bsky.social
I change with the times. I have no fear of the future, or longing to remain in the past.
Sorry can't access DM's. I should have put this on sooner.
Sorry can't access DM's. I should have put this on sooner.
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#Librarians can now download a National Year
of Reading Public Libraries Toolkit from @readingagency.bsky.social.
This contains lots of useful ideas on how to make the most of the year.
readingagency.org.uk/resources/17...
of Reading Public Libraries Toolkit from @readingagency.bsky.social.
This contains lots of useful ideas on how to make the most of the year.
readingagency.org.uk/resources/17...
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
#Librarians can now download a National Year
of Reading Public Libraries Toolkit from @readingagency.bsky.social.
This contains lots of useful ideas on how to make the most of the year.
readingagency.org.uk/resources/17...
of Reading Public Libraries Toolkit from @readingagency.bsky.social.
This contains lots of useful ideas on how to make the most of the year.
readingagency.org.uk/resources/17...
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Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
www.sal.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
For those visiting Europe this year here are some of the new measure's expected to be brought in!!
#Europe
#Travel
#TouristTaxes
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
#Europe
#Travel
#TouristTaxes
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
What's changing for travellers to the EU in 2026?
Travel rules are changing across Europe in 2026, from new EU border controls to rising tourist taxes.
www.euronews.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
For those visiting Europe this year here are some of the new measure's expected to be brought in!!
#Europe
#Travel
#TouristTaxes
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
#Europe
#Travel
#TouristTaxes
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
One man's interference the boards feedback. Back they go on the manager merry go round!!
Live updates and reaction after Ruben Amorim was sacked by Manchester United on Monday morning
Ruben Amorim sacked LIVE updates as Man United make huge manager decision
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
One man's interference the boards feedback. Back they go on the manager merry go round!!
Some interesting shirt courses. Though I am way to old for them!!
Are you a PG research student based outside of London? Did you know that you may be eligible for a bursary of up to £500 to take one of our short courses in 2026? Find out more on our IHR Research Training and Short Courses page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... Applications open until 31 Jan 2026
Research Training and Short Courses
The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.
www.history.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Some interesting shirt courses. Though I am way to old for them!!
I think the US statement of hegemony over the western hemisphere, needs to be challenged by the western hemisphere. Yes America you can use the jackboot, but internal terrorist will always answer you!!
January 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I think the US statement of hegemony over the western hemisphere, needs to be challenged by the western hemisphere. Yes America you can use the jackboot, but internal terrorist will always answer you!!
Guilty as charged. Don't chive a damm!?
Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
Why people over the age of 55 are the new problem generation
Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement
econ.st
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Guilty as charged. Don't chive a damm!?
There's a lot of "we don't condone his actions" from the world. No protests though, not even Russia and China!!
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
There's a lot of "we don't condone his actions" from the world. No protests though, not even Russia and China!!
I wonder will the weather conditions play ball, for what looks like some interesting night skies. At present the Quadrantid showers look like they will be available!
#SkyAtNight
#UK
#NorthernHemisphere
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
#SkyAtNight
#UK
#NorthernHemisphere
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
From eclipses to supermoons: Seven night sky spectacles to watch for in 2026
This year brings stargazers the chance to delight in an array of celestial events.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I wonder will the weather conditions play ball, for what looks like some interesting night skies. At present the Quadrantid showers look like they will be available!
#SkyAtNight
#UK
#NorthernHemisphere
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
#SkyAtNight
#UK
#NorthernHemisphere
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Getting a bit pissed off with predictive text here. If you don like what I write don't let me post. Accepting what you think I want to say is worse than banning me!!!
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Getting a bit pissed off with predictive text here. If you don like what I write don't let me post. Accepting what you think I want to say is worse than banning me!!!
I don't think the UK will be the only European nation putting rules in place for Grok!!!
#Grok
#Europe
#Photography
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Grok
#Europe
#Photography
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's Grok AI alters images of women to digitally remove their clothes
The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I don't think the UK will be the only European nation putting rules in place for Grok!!!
#Grok
#Europe
#Photography
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Grok
#Europe
#Photography
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Investigadores australianos desarrollan filtro que reduce drásticamente microplásticos del agua de las lavadoras.
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
Investigadores australianos desarrollan filtro que reduce drásticamente microplásticos del agua de las lavadoras
Investigadores australianos prueban filtro de lavadora que atrapa microfibras plásticas de hasta 20 micrómetros.
ecoinventos.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Investigadores australianos desarrollan filtro que reduce drásticamente microplásticos del agua de las lavadoras.
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Trump crime family get the trophy as the biggest grifters in the history of our country 👇🏼👿
The Trump crime family get the trophy as the biggest grifters in the history of our country 👇🏼👿
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Trump crime family get the trophy as the biggest grifters in the history of our country 👇🏼👿
The Trump crime family get the trophy as the biggest grifters in the history of our country 👇🏼👿
It's been a long road for theses two, but they are much improved by cooperation!!!
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
How Spain and Portugal have changed in 40 years in the European Union
Spain and Portugal celebrate four decades since joining the European Economic Community on Thursday. But what has changed in the two countries since then?
www.euronews.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
It's been a long road for theses two, but they are much improved by cooperation!!!
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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The New Year has come,
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The New Year has come,
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
This morning in Euronews I read Bela 1 had escaped the clutches of the largest armada ever seen in the Caribbean. This evening I read on the BBC News. That Finland had stopped the dry bulk carrier Fittburg.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#US
#Finland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#US
#Finland
Finnish police seize ship suspected of sabotaging undersea telecoms cable
Police arrested 14 crew members on the ship sailing from the St Petersburg to the Israeli port of Haifa.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This morning in Euronews I read Bela 1 had escaped the clutches of the largest armada ever seen in the Caribbean. This evening I read on the BBC News. That Finland had stopped the dry bulk carrier Fittburg.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#US
#Finland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#US
#Finland
Nothing new at UK railways. Peak traveling seasons or times, there's always problems!!!
December 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Nothing new at UK railways. Peak traveling seasons or times, there's always problems!!!
This could be interesting politically. The oil tanker Bela 1 escaped from the largest armada ever seen in the Caribbean. Now she refreshed her make and is sport a Russian tricolour on her hull. Will Putin accept this? Will F47 still want this tanker if he does?
#OIL
www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/c...
#OIL
www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.euronews.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This could be interesting politically. The oil tanker Bela 1 escaped from the largest armada ever seen in the Caribbean. Now she refreshed her make and is sport a Russian tricolour on her hull. Will Putin accept this? Will F47 still want this tanker if he does?
#OIL
www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/c...
#OIL
www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/c...
It's getting close to a New Year. I for one will not be doing lists exciting things in 2025. Nor will I be doing list of the great and good who died. Or lists of the next big thing in (Whatever) for 2026. I will probably comment on a number of such lists considering my past performance!!
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's getting close to a New Year. I for one will not be doing lists exciting things in 2025. Nor will I be doing list of the great and good who died. Or lists of the next big thing in (Whatever) for 2026. I will probably comment on a number of such lists considering my past performance!!
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Books for bored children! Unusually interesting books for children aged 5-14 with titles by Andy Seed, Robert Muchamore, Colin Furze, Liz Pichon & Jo Simmons schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/books... #kidlit #homelearning
Books for bored children
Books for bored children! This list of books for children aged 5-14 includes titles by Andy Seed, Robert Muchamore, Liz Pichon & Enid Blyton.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Books for bored children! Unusually interesting books for children aged 5-14 with titles by Andy Seed, Robert Muchamore, Colin Furze, Liz Pichon & Jo Simmons schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/books... #kidlit #homelearning
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Oceanus, with lobsters emerging from his forehead, vomits up two dolphins
Was he *being sick on porpoise*?
(apologies)
Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire and lifted in 1812
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
Happy last #MosaicMonday of the year
Was he *being sick on porpoise*?
(apologies)
Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire and lifted in 1812
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
Happy last #MosaicMonday of the year
December 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Oceanus, with lobsters emerging from his forehead, vomits up two dolphins
Was he *being sick on porpoise*?
(apologies)
Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire and lifted in 1812
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
Happy last #MosaicMonday of the year
Was he *being sick on porpoise*?
(apologies)
Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire and lifted in 1812
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
Happy last #MosaicMonday of the year
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After claiming that Ukraine attacked one of Vladimir Putin’s official residences (Kyiv denies it) what will Moscow do next? One Russian paper today: “The terms of a long-term peace will now depend on the feet of Russian soldiers. Where they step, that’s ours.” #ReadingRussia
"Peace terms now depend on the feet of Russian soldiers. Where they step that's ours": Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
After claiming that Ukraine attacked one of Vladimir Putin’s official residences (Kyiv denies it) what will Moscow do next? One Russian paper today: “The terms of a long-term peace will now depend on the feet of Russian soldiers. Where they step, that’s ours.” #ReadingRussia
I found this a little odd at lunch. Reading an article about traders striking in Iran, and notice a second article. About Russia launching satellites for Iran. Like many countries Iran can afford money for military and security!!
www.euronews.com/business/202...
#Iran
#Russia
#Sattelites
www.euronews.com/business/202...
#Iran
#Russia
#Sattelites
Iran’s currency collapse sparks second day of protests
Protesters closed shops for a second day as the rial hit new lows on the free market, amplifying inflation fears and highlighting the widening gap between official and street exchange rates.
www.euronews.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I found this a little odd at lunch. Reading an article about traders striking in Iran, and notice a second article. About Russia launching satellites for Iran. Like many countries Iran can afford money for military and security!!
www.euronews.com/business/202...
#Iran
#Russia
#Sattelites
www.euronews.com/business/202...
#Iran
#Russia
#Sattelites