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Tom Gleeson
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Datasmith (retired) same handle on the Bird Site.
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As per tradition, a cat picture for the first post on a new platform. Biscuit aka Ginger Puss
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
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You better have given him the good sweeties
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Friday night ox tail and pork rib chilli
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✨Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!✨🎃
Báirín breac and colcannon were traditionally used for fortune-telling.

Read more on #Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmbrack
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Well it's going to be pretty awkward when he gets there, isn't it
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Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
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When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.

Happy Halloween everyone.

Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
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Sandringham sounds rather like a Kolyma labour colony
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A crank take of mine that really pisses people off is that I believe a major contribution to police violence in the US is that a ton of cops have lead poisoning from indoor ranges making them impulsive and dumb, and fixing this would have huge positive effects www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/re...
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What a people!
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
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Today I learned from these two posters that this days marks the end of autumn 🍂 and start of winter in Wales: ‘Calan Gaeaf’ (Samhain Eve).

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Also the case in Ireland - October is "Deireadh Fómhair" (end of autumn).

Also in Scotland?
Mischief-making by ‘unruly spirits’ on Samhain Eve (‘Calan Gaeaf’, literally ‘winter’s eve’ in Wales), is probably Celtic in origin.
My daughter who lives at home is looking at getting an EV, I'm delighted the one she's looking at has V2L which means we can tap into the battery during power outages. We had one last night too, happening far more frequently for us, seem to be mainly due to failing ash trees due to ash die back!
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death, largely by upgrading pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and reducing speed limits to 30kmph, via @semafor.com yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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Same, but I also miss its algo (before it became corrupted with the paid Blue ticks) it surfaced a lot of interesting stuff and people. Last thing is surfaced for me before corruption was a whole branch of 3rd cousins that we as an extended family (out to 3rd cousins) had lost touch with.
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One thing I do miss about the old twitter, which hasn’t been replicated here, is when it was a legit source of news/information.

Like, in its heyday, even for my niche FinReg interests Twitter was invaluable source of information
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Two people have died as flash floods inundated streets and basements across New York City following intense rainfall. (Oct 30)

📍Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NYC, U.S.

(Weather Monitor)
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Massive cultural civil war breaking out in Helsinki among people of certain class over Finnish Club still refusing to admit female members. Emotions are running high by Finnish standards. Reckless words are exchanged.
Primary gave me the grounding in how the language is pronounced I think, which is important in decoding placenames and sound systems in Hiberno-English ( 4eg why we use the broad Irish T for TH etc) Also Old Irish is important as many anglicised names are fossilised Old/Middle Irish.
I also did it to LC but I hated it with a vengeance (liked it in Primary because of a native speaker teacher who clearly loved it). I decided to re-learn because I had a need, I'm interested in placenames and Hiberno-English dialects. Mastered the noun system not sure if I'll go any further.
Likely all this matters deeply to him, so much so that the rumour is the reason he agreed to go quietly, to leave his titles and his house without fuss, was Charles had threatened to remove his daughters' Princess titles if he didn't.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no longer a Prince, but his daughters are still Princesses. Previously, he outranked them so they had to curtsey to him. Now, they outrank him, so he will have to bow to them.

The Royals take this shit seriously, even if no-one else does.