Jane Austen would be cancelled over her letters, says Gill Hornby Hornby told Cheltenham Literature Festival that we should thank Cassandra, Austen’s sister, for burning the missives because the author was ‘bitchy’

The burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister did the novelist a favour and stopped her being cancelled on university campuses, one of her biographers has said ⬇️

Time for rest.

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This is the story of IDF soldier Sergeant Major Muhammad el-Atrash, a Bedouin-Israeli murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and then kidnapped into Gaza. After over two years in captivity, he was finally laid to rest in Israel. May his memory forever be a blessing. 🕯️

Avskaffa monarkin.

Hemlösheten slår mot nya grupper https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/hemlosheten-slar-mot-nya-grupper/

Nice.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

This is quite the collection of papers on #MOFs and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 by @natureportfolio.nature.com, and it was a delight to see our review among the resources on offer.

www.nature.com/collections/...

There's around 100 papers to peruse, I'll be recommending them to my group 😀

Rip.

Charged with?

U.S. has 2 survivors in custody after strike on alleged Venezuelan cartel boat U.S. Navy helicopters were dispatched as part of the search and rescue team after overhead video showed people who seemed to have survived the initial strike.

BREAKING: At least 2 survivors of U.S. strike on Venezuelan boat in custody, officials say.

Goda nyheter✊

Watching Candyman (1992) such a good movie.✊

Tired.

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Abolish monarchy.

Nice weekend ahead.

Resting.

Judisk festival pausas – då ryter ministern ifrån Det skulle bli en festival för ny judisk film i Malmö. Men Judiska internationella filmfestivalen, är utan lokal – ingen vill ta emot dem. – Jag tycker att det är helt bedrövligt att det ser ut på det...

Judisk filmfestival pausas – står utan lokal • Parisa Liljestrand: ”Helt bedrövligt”.
www.expressen.se/nyheter/sver...

Nästan tusen mord inom den ryska militären https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/nastan-tusen-mord-inom-den-ryska-militaren/

North Korean troops helping to direct Russian strikes into Ukraine, General Staff says Ukraine's General Staff has released a recording of what it says are North Korean soldiers guiding strikes into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast.

⚡️North Korean troops helping to direct Russian strikes into Ukraine, General Staff says.

Ukraine's General Staff has released a recording of what it says are North Korean soldiers guiding strikes into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast.

Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Vietnam set to win top UN rights posts - UN Watch NEW YORK, October 12, 2025 – Ahead of Tuesday’s elections for the UN Human Rights Council, activists called on the world body to oppose the candidacies of Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Vietnam, and Angola, d...

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No Joke: U.N. applauds after electing 5 serial abusers of human rights to its Human Rights Council:
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇦🇴 Angola
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇵🇰 Pakistan

Another slap in the face for victims worldwide.

📜: unwatch.org/pakistan-egy...

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Pain😞

Picture shows Kermit the Frog hugging his knees and looking sad.

Back to work Wednesday

Good.

What To Know About Instagram’s New ‘PG-13’ Pledge—And How Parents Can Get Around It Instagram and other social media sites have long been under fire for exposing children to harmful content and not doing enough to protect kids’ well-being.

Instagram and other social media sites have long been under fire for exposing children to harmful content and not doing enough to protect kids’ well-being.

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Häkkänen: Därför köper Finland amerikanska vapen för att stödja Ukraina https://yle.fi/a/7-10086264?origin=rss