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United Kingdom: Look Mum No Computer to Eurovision 2026 The experimental artist is internally selected to represent the UK at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: "Look Mum No Computer" to Eurovision 2026

#Eurovision #ESC2026 #UnitedByMusic

YouTube video by Valentina F. Sung Prayers - Call the Midwife

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In der besten BBC-Serie überhaupt kommt das regelmäßig vor. Musikalisch an das Format (Fernsehen Prime Time) angepasst.

With unexciting rides such as Oblivious, Sanctus, and the terrifying The Hart, guaranteed to elicit Howells of terror.

You must be below the stave to ride.

Eine männlich und eine weiblich gelesene Person reichen sich an einem Tisch die Hände.

In diesem Jahr beginnen die christliche #Fastenzeit und der muslimische Fastenmonat #Ramadan am gleichen Tag – morgen. Eine so seltene Überschneidung wird in absehbarer Zeit nicht wieder vorkommen ➡️ https://www.epd-video.de/themen/beitrag/wenn-zwei-fastenzeiten-sich-treffen

An Rosenmontag und an jedem anderen Tag im Jahr – für uns gilt: Mer liet kei Minsche versuffe. Punk. 🌊 #Rosenmontag #Seenotrettung #ManlässtkeineMenschenertrinkenPunkt. #Kölsch

Jane Austen - Literatur und Leidenschaft - Die ganze Doku | ARTE Die Karriere der britischen Schriftstellerin Jane Austen war beispielhaft. Ihre Hauptwerke aus der Zeit der Regency-Epoche "Stolz und Vorurteil" und "Emma" zählen zu den Klassikern der englischen Lite...

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My old pal @mortenmorland.bsky.social celebrating my 15th anniversary in Downing Street in style

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)

Achtung: das sind ganze Bohnen.

Title: A Valentine’s Day experiment In an effort to test the efficacy of cupids arrows of desire. A placebo group is shot with regular arrows. Their injuries range from moderate to sever. Unexpectedly, romances struck up in hospital and lawyers’ waiting rooms create a "romance ratio" similar to that of magic arrows. However, once the cost of compensation claims is factored in, it is decided to discontinue.

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

I'm team Jane, but Austen. Sorry various Brontes.

Fünfzig Jahre später: Marktplatz von Putbus auf Rügen, Sommer 1975 versus Winter 2026.

Germany: Listen to the songs for Das deutsche Finale 2026 The nine songs for Das deutsche Finale 2026 have been released by German broadcaster. Listen to the songs and vote in our poll: Who should win Das deutsche Finale 2026?

🇩🇪 Germany: Listen to the songs for Das deutsche Finale 2026

#Eurovision #ESC2026 #UnitedByMusic

New cover of Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Jane in modern clothes, bonnet in one hand, wheeled suitcase in another, walking up to Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. Autumn colors. Characters in Regency attire in the background.

New cover of Midnight in Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Charlotte in a summer dress with a flashlight at night, running across the lawn of Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. It is a summer night. Characters in Regency attire in the background.

Cover of Christmas in Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Kestrel in modern winter clothes making a snowball outside Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. A winter scene, Christmas decor. Characters in Regency attire in the background.

Welcome back to Austenland! Literally so excited to finally announce this that my tummy is squelching. I published Austenland in 2007 and Midnight in Austenland in 2011. The movie premiered in 2013, and after that I had outlines and intentions to pen a third, but so much life got in the way. 1/

Welcome back to Austenland!
bloomsbury.my.canva.site/austenland

Jedes Jahr am 13. Februar wird #Dresden anlässlich der Bombardierung 1945 von Nazis instrumentalisiert. Und jedes Jahr zeigt diese wunderbare Stadtgesellschaft, dass genau das nicht unwidersprochen bleibt: Danke an alle, die sich dem heute und morgen entgegen stellen. #dd1302

Happy Galentine's Day!

#janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans #galentinesday #galentinesday2026

„Die Partei hat immer recht”. Die SED im Alltag der DDR Eine Ausstellung der Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung von Stefan Wolle

Eine neue Ausstellung, 20 Tafeln zum Ausleihen oder Ausdrucken, anlässlich des 80. Jahrestages der Zwangsvereinigung von SPD und KPD im Osten. Von Stefan Wolle, das heißt, sie ist sehr gut.

[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]

C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI

Frankly, we can't believe this isn't his next film.

#cinemanthems

Vintage black-and-white photograph of Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), renowned Russian mathematician and the first major woman in modern mathematics. The young woman looks straight ahead with a thoughtful, composed gaze. She wears a formal dark Victorian blouse with a tall, stiff collar, and wide dark ribbon accents across the chest. Her hair is short dark, thick, and neatly styled.

Mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya was the first woman to:

+ Earn a doctorate in #mathematics (in the modern sense)
+ Be appointed to a full professorship in mathematics

She was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. She died #OTD in 1891.

#WomenInSTEM

Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt
Es gibt unterschiedliche Unendlichkeiten. Auf einer Linie befinden sich mehr Punkte als es ganze Zahlen gibt. Man kann sie also niemals durchnummerieren. Allerdings: Eine Fläche hat genauso viele Punkte wie eine Linie. Diese zwei Unendlichkeiten sind gleich groß.

This is the sort of thing we see in myths and fairy tales - people giving tribute to monsters in exchange for favors. Crops or livestock or the only coin to stave off starvation or the first to greet you on your return or your only child. The more monstrous the offering, the more lucrative the magic

So, the people who are now trying to force us to adopt AI and its geysers of bullshit are the same people who fawned and preened for a man they knew was a pedophile, took his money and gifts, partied with him. Knowing everything. Maybe that alone is enough to hit the damn breaks.

A cheerful thought for a Sunday night: We're already 29% of the way through February; by the end of the month the UK will have an hour and forty minutes more daylight each day than it did at the start. Spring is coming x
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A bank covered in small whit snowdrops. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. Although bright the image gives a slightly cold, wintry feel.

A bank that leads down to a river which is fenced off. Across the bank are hundreds of white snowdrop flowers. It is a slightly overcast day

A pathway with snowdrops on either side. They are blooming beautifully creating a snow-like covering across the grass.

It’s #NationalSnowdropDay! Snowdrops, also known by the botanical name Galanthus, are one of the first plants to flower in the new year.

‘Drifts’ of snowdrops make for spectacular photos. Like this display at The Weir Garden, Herefordshire.

Bilder von Elisabeth Mann-Borghese, als Kind, als Teenager, als junge Frau, als Frau mittleren Alters und kurz vor ihrem Tod

„Die Vision, mit der ich mich immerzu beschäftige natürlich, ist, wie sich die soziale und politische Weltordnung umbildet, und mein Gedanke war immer, dass es mit der neuen Meeresordnung anfängt."
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
24. April 1918 - 8. Februar 2002


Das aktuelle Seewetter vom 08. Februar

Bei der Fahrt durch das Eis mit der Fähre nach Hiddensee gibt es einen kleinen Nachtrag zum Video von gestern. Wie stellt man einen Salzwassereinbruch fest?
youtu.be/k0W5_bNV4jk /LD

Panel 1: Some social scientists (five stick figure portraits of scientists) Economist Archaeologist Geographer Psychologist Anthropologist Panel 2: Some antisocial scientists (five stick figures scuttling out of the panel) Introverted Astronomer Solitary Mathematician Reclusive Biologist Misanthropic Chemist Withdrawn Physicist

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

#Losung für So., den 8.2.26:
Der HERR hat Großes an uns getan; des sind wir fröhlich.
Psalm 126,3