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Julia Barfield

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Mira. The recognition is so well deserved. The truth will out! On this occasion.

18.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Ade. I can’t believe it’s 25 years already.

18.03.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I designed the London Eye β€” but this sharp-eyed journalist made it happen It all started in 1993 when Richard Rogers wrote an article saying β€œhow are we going to celebrate the millennium”? That led to a competition for ideas organized by the Sunday Times and the Architectur...

So pleased to see my small part in bringing the London Eye to fruition 25 years ago, acknowledged in my old paper The Standard. Made an old hack very happy! Thanks to @juliabarfield.bsky.social and Jonathan Prynn.
www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...

07.03.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Good morning, and thank you @m_a_r_t_j_n for today's #FoxOfTheDay

20.02.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 578    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

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PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana.

For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5.

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20.02.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 16309    πŸ” 5427    πŸ’¬ 1273    πŸ“Œ 631
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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.

And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

19.02.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 28356    πŸ” 9403    πŸ’¬ 1106    πŸ“Œ 570
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He’s back . And he’s doing exactly what he said he would . Executive orders to expand drilling in the Alaskan wilderness , the guise of a β€˜National Energy Emergency’ to slash red tape and regulation for fossil fuel companies , and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement .

21.01.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2326    πŸ” 580    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 32
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978

15.11.2024 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 16995    πŸ” 2012    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 84