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Ian Cheney

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Just Vinyasa The thread that weaves together the practiceI’ve always tried to adopt a balanced approach to life, to keep an open mind as far as possible. In a similar guise, I have always tried to adopt a balanced...

www.freebreathingyoga.com/post/just-vi... Just Vinyasa

19.06.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Economist Podcasts News Podcast Β· Updated daily Β· Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, curr...

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Without immigration, and the added hours that they put in, Germany would have lost 6% of gdp since 2019.

14.06.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winter Fuel: Proof that Britain has come an old folks' home with a government attached Welcome to the real Nanny State

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

10.06.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#salmanrushdie #knife #greatread

12.05.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux

10.05.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louis Theroux - The Settlers Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

01.05.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Hitler's last will and testament, dictating hours before he committed suicide, 80 years ago in April 1945, he insisted that no one had wanted war in 1939. It had been forced on him by 'international Jewry and its helpers.'

15.04.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 948    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 7
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#trumponomics

05.04.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They do know, don’t they?

05.04.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If onlyβ€¦πŸ‘‡

Fingers. Crossed. 🀞

08.03.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 22570    πŸ” 2771    πŸ’¬ 957    πŸ“Œ 225

A study by Bertelsmann Stiftung found that immigrants in Germany contributed €22bn more in taxes and social security than they received in benefits in 2012.

More recent data from the DIW suggests EU migrants tend to be net contributors, while non-EU migrants contribute more over time.

23.02.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The problem with Noble Losers: caring more about your own purity than about actually achieving results.

20.02.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 61
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A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee The US president has scrapped paper straws because they allegedly β€˜explode’ – a bit like the PM’s reputation if he keeps refusing to confront him on the big issues

A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee

16.02.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Bluespace Directed by Ian Cheney β€’ Documentary β€’ 2016 β€’ 73 minutes Could humans live on Mars? Would we want to? Emmy-nominated filmmaker Ian Cheney provides insight into our currently unsustainable relationshi...

This is the film Musk & co should watch as they shuttle off to Mars and leave the rest of us to burn up!
BLUESPACE examines the fantasy promise of terraforming, making a strong case against interplanetary colonization. @iancheney.bsky.social @bullfrogfilms.bsky.social
www.ovid.tv/videos/blues...

30.01.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The actual Ian Cheney deserves the credit.. :)

06.02.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Given the political winds in the world today, many could do worse than studying some history.

In Search of Berlin by @johnkampfner.bsky.social - highly recommended.

#goodreads #insearchofberlin #johnkampfner #berlin #greatreads #berlinhistory

27.01.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys TESLA = TRUMP

This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla.

Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...

08.01.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2648    πŸ” 1159    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 97
Front cover of Private Eye.

Front cover of Private Eye.

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Originally published under the title β€˜Fabian’, this book portrays life in 1930s Berlin in explicit detail. Banned (and burned) by the Nazis, this was revived under its working title.

Going to the dogs by Erich KΓ€stner - highly recommended.

#goodreads #goingtothedogs #erichkΓ€stner #berlin1930s

05.01.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I believe the world is more beautiful when seen in all its glory and gloriouslessness.’

You don’t have to have a dream
By Tim Minchin

Highly recommended

#greatreads #goodreads #timminchin #dreams #youdonthavetohaveadream #9lifelessons

27.12.2024 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Das Weiße Haus mit X-Symbol in NS-Optik.

Das Weiße Haus mit X-Symbol in NS-Optik.

LΓ€uft in Washington.

25.12.2024 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 748    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 11
Telegraph article showing headline β€œTesla sales crash as drivers snub Trump supporter Elon Musk”

Telegraph article showing headline β€œTesla sales crash as drivers snub Trump supporter Elon Musk”

VOX POPULI
VOX DEI

20.12.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1795    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 24

Was that the actual Andrew Tate that just tried to follow me?? 🀣

18.12.2024 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Narcissists – only more devious’: the truth about dark empaths They seem sensitive and caring – but really they just want to manipulate you. So how do you recognise the danger signs?

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

14.12.2024 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.

Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals www.bbc.com/news/article...

12.12.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Majority of Brexit voters β€˜would accept free movement’ to access single market Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue β€˜ambitious reset’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

12.12.2024 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All the chess

12.12.2024 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s he gone and done?

12.12.2024 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have always fought for fair votes, because the best way to fix our broken politics is to empower people with a system where EVERY vote counts.

It's time for proportional representation to give everyone an equal say!

08.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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