@nascantneptune.bsky.social
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As dusk falls under a crescent moon, bare-footed farm working women in ragged clothes, accompanied by their children, are called in by overseer at L to go home after their day’s work in the fields (Jules Breton, Calling in the Gleaners (1859) Musée d’Orsay
April 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As dusk falls under a crescent moon, bare-footed farm working women in ragged clothes, accompanied by their children, are called in by overseer at L to go home after their day’s work in the fields (Jules Breton, Calling in the Gleaners (1859) Musée d’Orsay
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NEW: A big moment in the UK telly crisis as a committee of MPs backs a levy on Netflix and other streamers, to pay for “distinctly British” content.
BBC, ITV being priced out of high end drama.
Won’t be popular with govt - but concerns now widespread:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC, ITV being priced out of high end drama.
Won’t be popular with govt - but concerns now widespread:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Netflix and co should pay levy to fund crisis-hit UK drama sector, say MPs
British stories risk disappearing from small screen as public broadcasters struggle to compete with streaming services
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
NEW: A big moment in the UK telly crisis as a committee of MPs backs a levy on Netflix and other streamers, to pay for “distinctly British” content.
BBC, ITV being priced out of high end drama.
Won’t be popular with govt - but concerns now widespread:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC, ITV being priced out of high end drama.
Won’t be popular with govt - but concerns now widespread:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Textures from an old house at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. #references
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Textures from an old house at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. #references
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'A kill zone is in essence the announcement of a party to the war that they won’t take feasible precautions, that they won’t verify the status of an individual before attacking them.'
Prof @janinadill.bsky.social speaks to @cnn.com on Israel's #Gaza buffer zone.
Prof @janinadill.bsky.social speaks to @cnn.com on Israel's #Gaza buffer zone.
edition.cnn.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'A kill zone is in essence the announcement of a party to the war that they won’t take feasible precautions, that they won’t verify the status of an individual before attacking them.'
Prof @janinadill.bsky.social speaks to @cnn.com on Israel's #Gaza buffer zone.
Prof @janinadill.bsky.social speaks to @cnn.com on Israel's #Gaza buffer zone.
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The only problem that would demonstrably be solved by introducing ID cards would be the problem of certain MPs (and Tony Blair) proposing them as a solution to every other societal problem.
there is no evidence that EU countries with a national ID system for their own citizens have less “off the books” employment.
Its just not an evidence-based claim for such a system. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Its just not an evidence-based claim for such a system. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs launch campaign for digital IDs to crack down on illegal migration
Backbench groups revive controversial issue to counter threat of Reform UK and tackle unauthorised working
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The only problem that would demonstrably be solved by introducing ID cards would be the problem of certain MPs (and Tony Blair) proposing them as a solution to every other societal problem.
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NEWS: Wes Streeting confirmed on the Today programme the UK government wants to break down trade barriers with the EU.
It's vital the government now focuses on strengthening our relationship with our nearest & closest trading partners, the EU, over cosying up to Trump.
It's vital the government now focuses on strengthening our relationship with our nearest & closest trading partners, the EU, over cosying up to Trump.
April 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
NEWS: Wes Streeting confirmed on the Today programme the UK government wants to break down trade barriers with the EU.
It's vital the government now focuses on strengthening our relationship with our nearest & closest trading partners, the EU, over cosying up to Trump.
It's vital the government now focuses on strengthening our relationship with our nearest & closest trading partners, the EU, over cosying up to Trump.
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So if the Home Office wants to reduce student migration numbers it needs to explain why it considers British families paying more for uni and/or the largest employer in many red wall towns going under is a price worth paying to reduce a form of migration that bothers no one
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So if the Home Office wants to reduce student migration numbers it needs to explain why it considers British families paying more for uni and/or the largest employer in many red wall towns going under is a price worth paying to reduce a form of migration that bothers no one
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Director David Lynch’s ashes were buried at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles, where Cinespia hosts movie screenings under the stars. His black grave marker bears his name with the dates 1946 - 2025, and the smell of a certain woody shrub he associated with the "golden age of Hollywood."
April 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Director David Lynch’s ashes were buried at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles, where Cinespia hosts movie screenings under the stars. His black grave marker bears his name with the dates 1946 - 2025, and the smell of a certain woody shrub he associated with the "golden age of Hollywood."
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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It's not so bad, if it's true: I'll be able to save money on toys. 😏
April 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's not so bad, if it's true: I'll be able to save money on toys. 😏
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Fred Rodgers on the importance of making something even if other people don't think it's good had me crying this morning. Passing it along for anyone else that might need it.
October 25, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Fred Rodgers on the importance of making something even if other people don't think it's good had me crying this morning. Passing it along for anyone else that might need it.
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It's the weekend, baby
April 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's the weekend, baby
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China and the Byzantines are both famous for this, like the whole concept of Byzantine intrigue comes from their equivalent of email jobs.
April 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
China and the Byzantines are both famous for this, like the whole concept of Byzantine intrigue comes from their equivalent of email jobs.
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“The available information indicates that the first team was killed by Israeli forces on 23 March, and that other emergency and aid crews were struck one after another over several hours as they searched for their missing colleagues.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The available information indicates that the first team was killed by Israeli forces on 23 March, and that other emergency and aid crews were struck one after another over several hours as they searched for their missing colleagues.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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The gymnastics by Le Pen fans begin.
"Her path to the Élysée has been blocked by the courts rather than the electorate." Umm. Isn't it blocked by her criminal conduct? His only qualm is that French law is "bureaucratic". But it's the law for everyone and Le Pen is A CRIMINAL LAWYER by training. ~AA
"Her path to the Élysée has been blocked by the courts rather than the electorate." Umm. Isn't it blocked by her criminal conduct? His only qualm is that French law is "bureaucratic". But it's the law for everyone and Le Pen is A CRIMINAL LAWYER by training. ~AA
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The gymnastics by Le Pen fans begin.
"Her path to the Élysée has been blocked by the courts rather than the electorate." Umm. Isn't it blocked by her criminal conduct? His only qualm is that French law is "bureaucratic". But it's the law for everyone and Le Pen is A CRIMINAL LAWYER by training. ~AA
"Her path to the Élysée has been blocked by the courts rather than the electorate." Umm. Isn't it blocked by her criminal conduct? His only qualm is that French law is "bureaucratic". But it's the law for everyone and Le Pen is A CRIMINAL LAWYER by training. ~AA
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency with finding countries that would agree to receive large numbers of Palestinians displaced from the Gaza Strip www.axios.com/2025/03/28/i... that's a war crime...
Scoop: Israeli Mossad asks African countries to take Palestinians from Gaza
Secret conversations have taken place with South Sudan, Somalia and Indonesia.
www.axios.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency with finding countries that would agree to receive large numbers of Palestinians displaced from the Gaza Strip www.axios.com/2025/03/28/i... that's a war crime...
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This is a v interesting article about how climate change affects renewable energy generation.
Erratic rainfall has sometimes reduced the energy produced by hydropower facilities, for example. Meanwhile, rising solar radiation is boosting solar panels' output.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Erratic rainfall has sometimes reduced the energy produced by hydropower facilities, for example. Meanwhile, rising solar radiation is boosting solar panels' output.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Is climate science the next power source for renewable energy?
As solar, wind, and hydropower expand, scientists say integrating climate data and forecasting is key to making renewable systems stronger.
news.un.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is a v interesting article about how climate change affects renewable energy generation.
Erratic rainfall has sometimes reduced the energy produced by hydropower facilities, for example. Meanwhile, rising solar radiation is boosting solar panels' output.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Erratic rainfall has sometimes reduced the energy produced by hydropower facilities, for example. Meanwhile, rising solar radiation is boosting solar panels' output.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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Andor (2022)
I was going to quote “oppression is the mark of fear” but this one's not bad either.
I was going to quote “oppression is the mark of fear” but this one's not bad either.
March 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Andor (2022)
I was going to quote “oppression is the mark of fear” but this one's not bad either.
I was going to quote “oppression is the mark of fear” but this one's not bad either.
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Well, you asked for it (technically). Back by "popular" demand is my list of 'Crimson Skies' play-alikes, rescued from the twitter-badlands...
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March 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Well, you asked for it (technically). Back by "popular" demand is my list of 'Crimson Skies' play-alikes, rescued from the twitter-badlands...
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