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Speaking with a professor about the evolution of plants, terraforming planets and extinction events

New podcast. I chat with a paleobotanist about the evolution of plants and how they shaped life on earth. open.spotify.com/episode/4BCU...

A simple tweet with just the tags #SCOXIT and #NIXIT the morning after the brexit vote in June 2016. https://x.com/3firsts/status/746203241512210433

theresa may & boris johnson standing in front of the famous red bus with the slogan "We Send the EU £350m per week. Let's fund the NHS instead" back in 2016 before the brexit referendum in the UK.

the first mention of #NIXIT and #SCOXIT on the other place was the day after the brexit vote in 2016.

Almost 10 years later, I think we will be using them a lot soon.

quick 🧵

TL;DR: "Vote Leave: Break up the UK Union!" should have been the slogan on the side of the big red brexit bus.

his anti monarchy stance is also timely. less popular than the DUP now.

Polanski appears to be the only political leader in england who is reading the room.

An english parliament for england + re-join EU referendum is bang on the money.

screen grab of a new feed link for video at the top of my timeline.

I didn't ask for the video feed. what is it for? anyone know?

So. this is getting very real and very quick. plans need to be made.

reacting to spoiled votes is the worst thing anyone can do.

it's like keeping the TV cameras focussed on the streaker as they run across the football/whatever pitch.

a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room . ALT: a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .

I wonder what Melania is up to while he's away.

Xi and Trump look ready to move relations to less confrontational mode Most important announcement at summit was Trump’s confirmation that he will visit China next April and that Xi will go to the US later next year

Xi and Trump look ready to move relations to less confrontational mode

this is hilarious. true, but, also hilarious. to say this out loud in chatham house is priceless!

Home to the "think tanks" that led to brexit in the first place.

it's a done deal. Gibraltar voted remain in 2016 and joins the EU customs union. And the schengen area with Spain.

brits have to go through full EES checks to enter Gibraltar now..including fingerprints.

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

I remember the "hand of history" speeches from blair at the time and thinking "didn't we cause the problem in the first place?".

Ireland!

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/blairs-peace-mission-in-gaza-aims-to-make-the-impossible-possible

I was in Oslo the night John Hume received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tony Blair was nowhere to be seen.

Quick 🧵on why the west should stop the british being involved in a problem the british created.

People need to realise that it is Brexit - not "fireside republicanism" that has pushed forward Reunification by about 25 years.

brexit has changed the conversation in Northern Ireland. Scotland too, I suspect.

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A German broadcaster produced a programme recently digging deeper into how brexit is pushing Ireland & NI closer together and Reunification looks likely.

This clip compares it to German reunification in 1989.

A very useful thread summarising today's ICJ ruling on Israel's obligations re aid to Gaza. For the conclusions, start here; for the reasons, scroll back.

(Nb this is not the Genocide Convention case, which is still pending)

that a wine rack or pigeon holes over his right shoulder?

German public broadcaster DW produced a special programme recently focussing on Reunification in Ireland, because of brexit.

A quick 🧵on some of the key questions raised with Professor Brendan O'Leary and a link to the full piece.

The 3 main misconceptions about Reunification in Ireland.

the person in the clip explains it so clearly. I fear NI unionists are still in denial about brexit and how it's pushing Ireland together.

Good thread on what's next for Ireland. It looks increasingly unlikely that the current post #brexit model can work and a future hard border on Ireland is basically impossible. All that's left is a unified Ireland.

This is going to tear up the Tories and Reformatory. Oof!

fair play. I heard his "now we move onto liars" speech did drag on a bit though.

thanks. it's really interesting to see how the Scots, like the Welsh, are leaning towards independence post brexit.

in Ireland, we're looking at NI rejoining Ireland soon. All because of brexit!

My illustration of @mcnaughtans.co.uk bookshop, where these postcards are now sold, if you’re ever passing that way.

#art #illustration

Fall morning at the lake.

Take care!

#photography

wow. those same regions in Wales voted for brexit in 2016 too?