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Cheaper and the moral choice

This letter appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 6 November 2025. The writer would like to see a referendum on whether Britain should rejoin the European Union - pointing how both opinions on the matter have changed, along with the electorate itself.

Changed opinions, a changed electorate & a close #Brexit referendum result a decade ago demands a new democratic #RejoinEU vote - says Hull Daily Mail letter. This time with: "Full knowledge of what #Brexit has delivered, and what it has taken away."

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

l'humain est le virus de cette planète...

The Living and the Dead What Dia de Los Muertos - the Mexican Day of the Dead - Taught me about endings and transformation.

As old political systems die and something new emerges, I am reminded by the ancient knowledge that what truly exists has always been in that gray area between the living and the dead open.substack.com/pub/greattra...

Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts set to open after years of delays The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign cu...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country. https://to.pbs.org/47rL3jr

Requiem for the Christmas Island Shrew The Cry That Faded It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean....

“Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean”

On October 10, 2025, the IUCN Red List posted an update that moved the shrew to Extinct.
www.butlernature.com/2025/10/24/r...

A low-level aerial color photograph showing the grounded Soviet submarine S-363 during the incident, close to land and surrounded by Swedish naval vessels.

second, slightly closer, aerial color photograph showing the Soviet submarine S-363 during the incident, surrounded by Swedish naval vessels.

Today in 1981, Soviet Whiskey-class coastal patrol diesel-electric submarine S-363 hit an underwater rock and ran aground about 6.2 miles from the large Swedish naval base at Karlskrona. This international incident—which wags dubbed “Whiskey on the Rocks”—occurred during a Swedish naval exercise.

What secrets do the Roman ruins of Tunisia hold? Set on the North African coast, Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. After the fall of Carthage, Rome transformed the region into the prosperous province of Africa.....

Treasures of Roman Tunisia: 10 Key Sites Explored
#ArchaeologicalTravel #Tunisia

My new travel article for @worldhistory.org.
www.worldhistory.org/article/2811...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Climate change is happening much faster than I imagined.
In grad school (1990s), I realized that we had to remake US transportation and land use policy to avoid this present. In my advocacy, people constantly told me I was exaggerating & that the cost of climate mitigation was too high.

I just love trees 🌲

Illinois man arrested after pretending to be rocker Sammy Hagar Ronnie Putnam allegedly tried to open a bank account in the name of rock musician Sammy Hagar. (MOUT VERNON POLICE PHOTO)

All the way to the last line, you will love every detail in this story.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

A very unique “museum” experience. The new V&A East Storehouse in London puts the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum on display for the public to explore. Designed by architects Diller, Scofidio + Renfro.

Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change

Just one more oil field, what’s the worst that can happen?

Our civilisation is already dead.
It just doesn’t know it yet.

Close-up of a fully open rose. Some petals look pale orange with pink tips.

For my friends on here…

This is one of the same roses I’ve shown before that look orange-pink in bright sunlight. In the twilight they look more pink.

Just read for six hours straight in order to finish a mind blowing book (long train journey), the kind that makes me question everything and has literally left me listless and empty.

Goddamn the power of reading.

A fox in an autumnal wood

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A blue box check suit with a white contrast colored buttonhole

Construction workers tear down the East Wing of the White House

this is what contrast buttonholes look like to me

Pour renforcer sa sécurité, le Louvre ajoute un cordon devant ses fenêtres Toute l'information selon des sources contradictoires.

Pour renforcer sa sécurité, le Louvre ajoute un cordon devant ses fenêtres https://www.legorafi.fr/2025/10/20/pour-renforcer-sa-securite-le-louvre-ajoute-un-cordon-devant-ses-fenetres/

Source : Jerem
#Louvre

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north

“There is added concern in parts of Latin America over unequal access to healthcare &

The worrying situation in the US, which is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades following a reversal [of leadership on vaccines]”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

Camera traps in the polar desert: At 82°30′ North, this Peary caribou grazes atop a hill — and atop the world. From our biodiversity monitoring study area at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada (2 July 2025). 🧪🌿🌎🦊 #wildlife