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YouTube video by Astrotema Cleopatra (1963 ) Elizabeth Taylor Entrance into Rome Scene (HD)

A real summery treat is @tcmtv.bsky.social #ThePlotThickens season 6 hosted by Ben Mankiewicz. The story behind his great uncle's film that drove him almost crazy. It is an absolute must!! #ElizabethTaylor #RichardBurton youtu.be/vB5Wv8IHVf0?...

I am still on Twitter where there is much love for him. Also, big happiness about immigrants being detained & much adoration for full army guarding the streets. Also, a strong voice toward taking our country by force & we should just get over being a country. Just nihilism as far as you can see.

YouTube video by Clare Blackwood Pierre Poilievre's Personal Assistant Announces His Alberta Byelection Promises

Pierre Poilievre's Personal Assistant Announces His Alberta Byelection Promises

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I am sure this is comforting to a person who lost their dream job for no reason.

Fantastic list!!! Especially the 80s cuz if you don't know or weren't born early enough you probably think it's all wall to wall Whitney Huston and Phil Collins.

Several archaeologists wearing high-vis vests excavating graves. In the background an excavator stands amongst piles of earth. Excavation at the post-Roman cemetery at Worth Matravers cemetery (credit: Lilian Ladle).

NEW West African ancestry in #medieval England? 🏺 #Archaeology
DNA analysis of two unrelated individuals from two seventh-century-AD cemeteries uncovers the first evidence for genetic connections between Britain and Africa during the Early Middle Ages.

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We hadn't done any better by a long shot but real progress has been made in the last 50 years. Nunavut in the Arctic is a very successful land claim completely run by the Inuit. There are other success stories but improvement has to always be a part of a sitting gov't. here, we demand it.

I am Canadian so I don't really have an opinion on that. Here our Indigenous population, though treated dismally for decades now have a lot of empowerment, rights and say in how things are done (w room for improvement of course). It's great to have their input, we love it.

Hilarious thread. I love fish, it's brain food but we are picky - you need to be picky.

There is a significant, powerful and wealthy Indigenous population in Alaska, I think they might have some thoughts on this too.

Our county is a dry tinderbox, if they banned hiking here I would be all for it because you know what? People start fires unwittingly all the time & the heat/dry temp. might make the smallest accident into the most raging fire. I don't want my home engulfed in flames TY.

Theatre people outside Toronto! Want to take your work to the big city? This great little theatre is available for rent! #theatre redscandcastletheatre.com

The fire that is (and I was wrong about the distance) about 40km away from my home is still out of control but responders are doing a great job. A lot of people are reaching out to me to ask if I will be evacuated. I don't think anyone realizes what an extreme option that is.

We now have three brush fires, two out of control so...it's not a great time over here.

What is wrong with people??? Don't get in your f***ing car & drive to use your drone for a forest fire so that you can make a f***ing reel. #ontarioforestfires

I thought moving to Toronto was a mistake — then I took up urban birdwatching Discovering Toronto’s birds helped me see the city’s quiet, hidden beauty, and changed how I relate to it.

It's a huge story by Emma!!! @emmamci.bsky.social Yay!!! #birds www.thestar.com/life/i-thoug...

Now there are two fires around 70km from us, both 4(ha) out of control, one near Coboconk, one east of Apsley. We are kind of in btwn north of both.... not great. 70% of rain in the forecast for Wednesday, prayers and thoughts 🥵

Great technology 🙄

I used motor boats at age 12 with no license so I can't point that finger. The lake is public, it should be respected as such. Those things need designated areas. Or only allowed on lakes big enough so that they can run amok without bothering anyone else.

I know they are fun, I get it but so was smoking. While camping we watched loads of them run around the lake for no reason but to make waves. The waves disturbed my nephew's fishing - why does their enjoyment rate over his? They need designated areas.

People who own or rent skidoos do so to be obnoxious, they are not enjoying a lake or the sunset or engaged in a natural endeavour. They are devouring up everyone else's peace at a swimming place.

It's still totally hot here and scary dry - and it's this lack of rain that freaks us rural types out most - but the trees still create this coolness that city people can never feel without air conditioning.

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When I go to a city in the summer, something I rarely do, I am gobsmacked by how hot it is. Living surrounded by trees is a completely different experience. Anyone who doesn't get this at this point is just being contrary. Cities need flora!

Smokey red waxing gibbus tonight. #moon

Keep it down: a quiet camper is a respectful one - Ontario Parks Blog Here are five noisy habits to avoid on your next visit to the park.

I have been camping for over 25 years now, every single summer. I am finding that people are less considerate than they used to be. There was no need for blogs like this - all of this should be obvious. blog.ontarioparks.ca/quiet-campers/

a quote by Nick Cave

Defunding Sesame Street might be the worst thing culturally for the US yet. Just about every artist in their 50s/60s has been influenced by public broadcasting through programs like it - especially those in small communities without access to big city types of culture.

New #cfp from the Journal of Transcultural Studies for a special issue on “Transcultural Histories of Monarchy” - abstracts to be sent to jts-editors@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de by 1st Sept!

The essays will explore the ways in which monarchies incorporate “the foreign” into the familiar.

Woah, Robert Wilson died. So influential. When I was at theatre school in the 80s, he was God. #RoberWilson