Jackie Powell

Queues formed to exit the arena in Verona.

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The gold was not won.
Hot tears of disappointment
melted ice and hearts.

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An ambulance was on standby outside the stadium just in case.

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Verbena ‘Bapton’. A tiny plant grew into a beautiful but very large shrub over one season, then seeded itself everywhere so thickly that it looked like turf! Conditions must have been perfect, but very hard work to remove!

The abseiler missed a foothold and fell into a crevasse.

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The symmetrical outcome is pleasing!

The medal ceremony for the pairs skaters was about to start. The silver medallists had arrived, but the podium wasn’t big enough for two gold medal winners. Someone would be in trouble.

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Testing the drone from the other side of the slope

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An old colour picture postcard in portrait format showing an ornate clock tower in a gothic style next to smaller buildings. Printed at the top of the card is "University Library and Clock Tower, Bombay"

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the clock tower at the University of Mumbai

Founded in 1857, it now has well over half a million students at its campuses and affiliated colleges

If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

One of the skaters dropped their medal and couldn’t find it. Luckily it had fallen into one of their skates.

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Late - I have an excuse!

The ski jumper landed short, skis akimbo and helmet flying into the crowd.

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The judges had to use a lift to access the new Skimo event.

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… and then they were gone, leaving the podium to be rearranged for the next ceremony.

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I agree. A different and creative interpretation and visually riveting.

The reinforcements were made even stronger.

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I think this would send the wrong message.

Fortunately only a couple of people were injured. An ambulance came to take them for treatment.

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A render of the outside of the New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine

It's official! The Government has backed the University of Waikato to open the country's first graduate-entry medical school in 2028.

The New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine (NZGSM) will train doctors with a strong focus on community and rural care.

🔗Read more: www.waikato.ac.nz/med-school/

The skiing couldn’t be restarted until the snowballing stopped, but now both skiers and spectators were joining in.

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An old monochrome picture postcard showing a dining room, set for lunch with white tablecloths and place settings. At the foot of the card is printed "The Norland Institute"

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Norland College, now known as Norland, which specialises in childcare

I wrote a blog about Norland for @wonkhe.bsky.social a couple of years ago:

buff.ly/3BuQK28

If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Congratulations, Sue!

Stance Goofy did well on the final ride and walked over to be congratulated by the crowd behind the fence.

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There’s room in all our lives for daft!

Stance Goofy was hurtling down the first slope, hoping her take-off from the second would take her high enough to perform her tricks.

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Meanwhile, on the Big Air snowboarding slope the medal challenger is launching his final attempt.

Wordle 1,695 4/6

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Thank you so much, Shell, for my brilliant ‘Wordle Gang’ mug, having an honorary first outing for the England/Wales match right now!

I’m glad to be in this daily silly-story telling crew:
@it-se.bsky.social
@hbsj.bsky.social
@paulineridley.bsky.social
@paulrk.bsky.social
@ruraldad.bsky.social

Not wrong, but spectacularly deluded! Definitely thinking outside the box!

A snowboarder successfully negotiated a large snowball in the bottom of the halfpipe

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hi!