Bev Vincent

I “discovered” them when I bought a used iPod on eBay a while back and it came fully loaded with an interesting assortment of music.

The End Time newspaper

This showed up in my mailbox today -- I'd already received the digital edition but the paper copy is quite cool! @benjaminpercy.bsky.social

Today's music choice while writing: The Verve Pipe, a band that I haven't listened to very often. I'm digging it!

Gunmen kill at least 11 people including three-year-old in South African hostel Total of 25 people shot in early morning Pretoria attack, with victims including 12-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl Gunmen have stormed into a hostel in South Africa’s capital and killed at least 11 people, including a three-year-old child, police said. “I can confirm that a total of 25 people were shot,” police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said of the early morning attack in Pretoria. She said 14 others had been hospitalised. Continue reading...

Gunmen kill at least 11 people including three-year-old in South African hostel

Jeffrey Epstein: US judge orders unsealing of grand jury records from abandoned case A similar request was rejected earlier this year, but a law passed by Congress last month overrides it.

Jeffrey Epstein: US judge orders unsealing of grand jury records from abandoned case

Seriously. The comedic timing was perfect.

Can we go again? I’d like another. — Jay Kelly (George Clooney).

That actor deserves his own show after that scene.

PLURIBUS is one of the funniest damn shows I've seen in a long time. Would you ... like ... an atom bomb?

Visitors see one of the latest green sea turtle nests ever in Texas Around 100 hatchlings emerged from the previously unknown nest.

Around 100 hatchlings emerged from the previously unknown nest.

You can listen to our playlists here. The first 24 tracks are the songs I gave to Brian (plus my B-sides), although I had to make a few substitutions because not all the songs I picked were on Spotify. The last 16 tracks are the ones @briankeene.bsky.social sent to me. @read.theforgottenfiction.com

New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief The man allegedly tried to steal the diamond-studded egg named after the James Bond film Octopussy.

New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief

Cloudflare outage hits major web services including X, LinkedIn and Zoom – business live Cloudflare reports it is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs

Cloudflare outage hits major web services including X, LinkedIn and Zoom – business live

Air Traffic Control Issue Grounds All Flights at Edinburgh Airport The airport, Scotland’s busiest, said it was experiencing a technical problem with its air traffic control provider.

All flights in and out of Edinburgh Airport were halted on Friday morning because of a technical issue with its air traffic control provider, the airport said in a statement. Here's what to know.

EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.

Breaking News: The EU fined X $140 million for violating rules governing the transparency of online platforms.

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

Breaking News: The New York Times sued Perplexity, an A.I. start-up, claiming that its copyrights were repeatedly violated by the company.

Man Arrested in Connection With Gilgo Beach Victim Tanya Denise Jackson's Murder A Florida man was arrested on a murder charge in connection with the 1997 murder of Tanya Denise Jackson, on a warrant from Nassau County, N.Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

oh my god, an arrest in the murders of Tanya Jackson (for too long known as "Peaches") and her daughter Tatiana Dykes!

Amtrak trains that run on the new Mardi Gras Gulf Coast route from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA.

🚅 After a third crash in the last three months, Amtrak is reminding drivers to use extreme caution and remember driver's education.

Image: The library of an ancient castle. A full moon shines through a gothic window. A vampire creeps up behing a carpenter. Caption: "It had not been easy, but the Count was glad that he had resisted drinking the carpenter's blood until his beautiful new bookshelves were complete."

This cartoon and two others are available now as prints here: www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025

House Democrat announces articles of impeachment against Hegseth Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday announced he will file articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is at the center of two scandals at the Defense Department. &#…

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ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

A man says Good morning, everyone. It's It's an absolute shitshow out there, today.

Morning Bluesky.

The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military.

Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY

Snail Theft Hits France Before Holiday Rush Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti.

It was not quite the Louvre heist, but for a village in northeastern France, the recent theft of more than $100,000 worth of escargot from a local farm, just as prime holiday snail-eating season begins, was pretty close.

Trump Live Updates: Suspect Arrested in Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation, Officials Say

Breaking News: A suspect was arrested after a yearslong inquiry into pipe bombs planted near the Capitol before Jan. 6, 2021, people familiar with the case said.

Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF Move follows Guardian revelations of Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft cloud Irish authorities have been formally asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by the Israeli Defense Forces. The complaint has been made by the human rights group the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) to the Data Protection Commission, which has legal responsibility in Europe for overseeing all data processing in the European Union. Continue reading...

Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer At 88, the Canadian reflects on a golden era of underwater discovery and how shipwrecks and the cruel sea are the ‘greatest of all teachers’

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer