Mark W

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

YouTube video by PolandMFA Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski's full speech at the emergency UN Security Council meeting

Radosław Sikorski's full speech at the emergency UN Security Council meeting - to the representatives of Russia ...
youtu.be/rpwHKpyQ8go?...

Tree in Park Ujazdowski, Warsaw, with thick branches going in multiple directions

Tree of the day @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
Park Ujazdowski, Warsaw

bardzo piękny kot 😻

Tak chciałabym obudzić się jutro i przeczytać, że putin już wie, że przegrał, że wygrał demokratyczny świat, który nie dopuścił do tego, by agresor święcił triumfy, że żadna śmierć nie była na marne...
Slava Ukraini ✌️✌️✌️❤️
Dobrej nocy 🦋🦋🦋

Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR

The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it.

Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).

👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition

One of the other reasons I want to see Putin fall - is then there’s an opportunity to collapse his pan-Western disinformation campaigns.

#BigBeautifulBill

Pride Flags on Regent Street

Tomorrow at Pride in London we’ll send a message to the world: in our city you are free to be whoever you want to be, and love whoever you want to love.

We must take a stand against those seeking to roll back hard-won rights.

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If you are Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard in the US military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.

There is support for you and you do not have to follow illegal orders. 1-877-447-4487

YouTube video by hankschannel Why I’m so Mad Right Now

Hank Green represents and speaks for how I see the situation in Los Angeles and the country right now. Trump is breaking the law deliberately to provoke protests and riots so he can continue to seize power for himself.

@hankgreen.bsky.social

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They won’t stop with this shit unless we stand up and refuse to accept it as normal. This. Is. Not. Normal. This is fascism in plain sight.

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Have you tried Easy German on YouTube?

They have an A1 playlist:
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And an A2 one:
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Viel Spaß!

More beauty of Kyiv for you.

I keep showing you these ordinary moments,
my favorite places.
I keep showing you that life is going on here.

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🔊 Join us in shouting about #WorldPenguinDay today. 🌍

EMPEROR KEISARI- KING KUNINGAS- GENTOO VALKOKULMA- CHINSTRAP MYSSY- ADELIE JAA- YELLOW-EYED KELTASILMA- ROYAL SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER MACQUARIEN- KALLIOTOYHTO- NORTHERN ROCKHOPPER PITKATOYHTO- FIORDLAND CRESTED VUONO- ERECT CRESTED MACARONI SNARES AFRICAN MAGELLANIC GALAPAGOS HUMBOLDT LITTLE BLUE CRESTED SNARESSAARTEN- AFRIKAN- PATAGONIAN- GALAPAGOSIN- PERUN- SINI- KNOW YOUR PENGUINS

Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.

Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday

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The pong-like game on the BBC Micro was called breakout

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

And the people who have the yachts are the same as the people who caused the fucking storm.

A single little brown mushroom grows from a crack in a mossy log, a first pioneer after the snow has melted. All photos by me

Here is a nice mushroom

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Over the last few weeks I've become completely incapable of answering the question 'how are you' like a normal human being. I just sort of end up staring emptily at the person. Like, how the fuck do you think I am? I am full of hate and horror and moral purpose. How are you?

This needs to go viral.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”