Greg Aniol

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

A senior Reform member who was their leader in Wales has pleaded guilty to 8 charges of bribery.

He took money from someone connected with the Russian Secret Service to make positive statements about Russia in the EU Parliament when an MEP.

So it's clear:

Vote Reform. Get Putin. Become a traitor.

This is really sad.

The floor is lava How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves

An amazing piece by Reuters looking at how man-made materials contribute to the heating of the environment. Quite a few 'ahh now I see' moments here.

www.reuters.com/graphics/CLI...

Line chart from The Economist showing cancer deaths by type in the US. Fatal cases of lung, trachea and bronchus cancer have been falling steeply since peaking in 1990

Line chart from Jason Kottke called "The rise and fall of American smoking". Adult cigarette consumption in the US has been falling sharply since peaking in the 1960s

A fantastic chart from our cover Briefing on the impressive progress the world is making on averting cancer, and an unrelated chart on cigarette consumption
www.economist.com/briefing/202...

I reach for far less sophisticated solutions- a wild idea of opening windows and enjoying a warm weather which is going to last only a short while.

A person sitting in front of a wall of books. The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

That’s interesting. I am working of own sample of 1 ;) which certainly isn’t representative. However previous 2 ICE cars developed some mechanical problems while EV in 32k miles over 14 months shown none. Would be interesting to see such a research on the European market.

That’s not as much concerning as the fact that someone casted the vote. Not one but millions. It shows the state of the US society and the moral spine (or lack of such).

One million blood donors needed as stocks run dangerously low in the wake of NHS cyber attack The NHS needs one million regular blood donors to maintain its blood supply, officials have said.

Doesn’t the crisis tell us something worrying about the society?
One million blood donors needed as stocks run dangerously low in the wake of NHS cyber attack www.lbc.co.uk/news/health/...

Most likely you are right.

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Recently recommended to me. Just finished. A quite entertaining, interesting narrative.

Naples. The Mondadori Bookstore in the Galleria Umberto I. In my view one only good thing in Naples.

Passaporta in Brussels

We would love to create a starter pack of bookstores in Europe people can visit on their travels.

Please recommend your favourites and we will get it going.

Great! Church with more than one book!

Definition of hell. Next chapter- a cruise with several thousand passengers on a floating shopping mall.

So @microsoft.com has apparently forced AI garbage no actual writer wants into the latest version of Word.

Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:

Eco activists Just Stop Oil deface Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey in latest fossil fuel protest Environmental activists have spray painted the grave of Charles Darwin inside Westminster Abbey.

Eco activists Just Stop Oil deface Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey in latest fossil fuel protest www.lbc.co.uk/news/eco-act...
What such a stupid act is going to accomplish?!

That “the evolution got a goal, purpose”

Sad, this is sad.

This shows how sad society becomes. Fake fire, fake food, fake lips and eyelashes, fake relationships, etc.

How Parents Can Fight Back Against the Digital Deluge of Life Seven tips for parents to disconnect in the digital age.

www.afterbabel.com/p/how-parent...

Social Media is Disproportionately Hurting Girls Parents Need to Have These Conversations with Their Daughters

Social Media is Disproportionately Hurting Girls
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

The whole point of buying the books you are giving to people for Christmas in a bookshop and not online on Amazon is not only to support the bookshop but to accidentally find a number of books you don’t have time for yet feel obliged to buy and take home with you anyway because they are wonderful.

A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Day 7
#Garcia

Too much

a man wearing a purple shirt with nanobubbles on it ALT: a man wearing a purple shirt with nanobubbles on it

I’m pleased my licence fee goes towards such refined selection of tv programmes.

Yes BUT, big but, millions didn’t vote.