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'British MPs in particular should really start paying attention to the influence of cryptocurrency in politics. Services can be provided, money can be donated, all without a trace.'
Great sleuthing, need an official investigation now.

A gold cross with a wren perched on a bough is painted on a gold leaf background. It lays upon the ground which is scattered with twigs

A San Damiano Franciscan cross, is for me the perfect canvas to paint my message upon. Where there was once a print of St Francis now a painting of a wren, also wearing brown like monks robes, symbolises the humble life I find in my garden. The pure beauty of the everyday small miracles of nature

That's a lovely thing.

Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.

“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

This is beyond sinister #Trumpdictatorship #USConstitution #authoritarianism #humanrights #censorship #trashingtheconstitution

In 1938, the Palestinian newspaper Filastin published a front page political cartoon, with the slogan, "The Zionist Crocodile to Palestine Arabs: Don't be afraid, I will swallow you peacefully." What a prescient depiction of Zionist propaganda

These, on St. Agnes...😍😍

I saw this lovely one a few years ago in All Saints church on Bryher, Isles of Scilly. By Oriel Hicks who runs the Phoenix Studio on St. Mary's. She's made some wonderful windows- my other fave's a lighthouse :)

One Woman, Two Protests, Zero Postcodes in Common: Tommy Robinson associate claims to be ‘concerned local resident’ Yesterday, former academic turned Reform UK cheerleader, Matt Goodwin tweeted a clip from the recent anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.  “Why are you...

“This is my local community. I’m worried about my children.”

That’s what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.

Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. 🤦 ❌

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Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It The assault is happening in plain sight, from the Epstein case to Texas reapportionment to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"Once, if a president or his subordinates wanted to cover up a problem, even a crime, they made labored efforts at obfuscation and concealment. Coverups were, as the term implies, pursued under cover of darkness. The Epstein coverup is happening in broad daylight."
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...

No. What is really disturbing is her authoritarian abuse of power.
Sure lobbying by Israel and the huge amount of money the Labour Party gets from them has nothing to do with it #notsure

Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.

First photograph of the Moon, captured by John W. Draper in this daguerreotype. It was taken on March 26, 1840 from the rooftop observatory at New York University.

Texas House Democrats flee the state to block a vote on new congressional map Texas Republicans proposed a new map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm election.

🚨 Texas Democrats just pulled one of the boldest moves in recent political history: They walked out, got on airplanes, and broke quorum to block a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander. This is democracy on the line — and Texas Dems are fighting with everything they’ve got.

‘Our genocide’: Israeli rights groups abandon their restraint on Gaza After months of hesitation, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel assert that the war is meant to erase Palestinian life — now and in the future.

www.972mag.com/btselem-phri...

Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities

Not banned: social media posts repeating falsehoods about refugees with the aim of inciting violence against them.

Re: Jenrick's "tinderbox" analogy, this was Quintin Hogg's 1968 response to Powell: "If one is going to say… that this Bill… is like lighting a match to the gunpowder, it might be thought a little careless to go about with a lighted cigarette in one's mouth, flicking the ash all over the place."

It is. Perhaps one day we'll find bone fragments on a Minoan site that will give us definitive answers!

A new look at the Minoan ‘blue’ monkeys | Antiquity | Cambridge Core A new look at the Minoan ‘blue’ monkeys - Volume 94 Issue 374

Interesting. Previous detailed research seems to limit depicted species in Minoan art & artefacts to vervets and baboons, via Egypt. The tails seem distinctive but could be just typical Minoan curvilinear stylisation for better artistic/aesthetic effect
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Very powerful stuff from the President of Ireland on stopping the starvation in #gaza

Well yes was thinking that, I'd love to have the tiniest taste ;)

Hopefully not 😐🤢

Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey A mysterious residue inside a set of ancient Greek pots from Paestum, Italy, has now been identified as honey thanks to modern chemical analysis

Ancient Greek pots from a Paestum burial shrine found to contain 2,500 year old honey
#archaeology #Italy #Greek #honey🏺

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

A graphic of a book. The cover is a deep red and had a good line illustration of an erupting volcano.

It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book!

'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist

Haha, THIS

Ditto

What a beautiful, perfect cover. I've always been a little obsessed with volcanoes but especially since going to Sicily & driving halfway up Etna (bought this fab map of all the eruptions with their dates)

🏺 Archaeology is in this, deep.

I recommend the work of Dima Srouji for many-layered responses to the long history of colonial archaeology in this region

www.architectural-review.com/essays/depth...

www.dimasrouji.com

Standing stone in a church wall with a bike

#StandingStoneSaturday 🙄🧐😮

Stretching the legs around the backlanes & hills of Devils Bridge, mid Wales, this morning... #cycling

It would have been rude not to stop at the tiny circular churchyard & Bronze Age stone circle at Ysbyty Cynfyn on the way👌