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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Imply a deceitful pixie

Absolutely wonderful. As a fan of Cheers since first broadcast, I enjoyed this.

Where nobody knows your name... Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Mosaics underfoot Walking through the Corinium Museum is not just a walk through history; it is a pilgrimage into the very nature of human experience. These mosaics remind me that we are connected to the past not ju…

My latest blog post, Mosaics underfoot, is not what it seems, you'll need to read it to find out why...

#Roman #Mosaics #Cirencester #Iotd

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A month is normally 20 working days (4 weeks). Monday is for dealing with other stuff and Friday usually a write-off, so 12 days ? Piece of cake!

Byzantine mosaic ceiling of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Photo by Petar Milošević, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_mosaics#/media/File:Basilica_of_San_Vitale_-_Lamb_of_God_mosaic.jpg

For #mosaicmonday a stunning 6th century Byzantine mosaic ceiling of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna.

Read about Byzantium and it's rich history & culture here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology

This only happens to you once

It’s a drawing of a badger with a small crown with the caption “The correct way to address a badger is Your Badgersty”

My contribution to this evening’s Locally Sourced Comedy ‘B’ themed raffle.

From 7.30pm at Little Drop of Poison on Fore Street, Exeter. It’s Exeter’s premier new material comedy night largely funded by a raffle-based economy. Come along it’s always a great, unpredictable night.

There has been much outrage over the downplaying of Moto2 and Moto3. Most of it is contrived. But it is based on a valid concern: without Moto2 and Moto3, #MotoGP loses so much of the story that makes it what it is.

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It is, but we have no vehicle ap public transport only

#motogp wondering how to get from Pesaro to Misano circuit tomorrow 🤔

I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.

I'm a grown up child and get a similar experience enjoying your films. I can certainly see the contribution you make to a youngsters enthusiasm and education. Thank you!

Still one of the best. This never gets old. 🥰

THRASHED BY A LADY CYCLIST. WHO IS NOTED FOR HER ATHLETIC POWERS. [SUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.] AN extraordinary scene was witnessed on Seturday morning in Peel Lane, a thoroughfare connecting Little Hulton with lyldesley, in which the principal participants were a young lady cyclist and a youth of nineteen or twenty. The lady was riding at a good pace, and when in a quiet part of the road the young man, who had apparently been imbibing, stepped into the roadway, and, addressing some insulting remarks to the cyclist, made as if he intended pulling her of the machine. She immediately alighted caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him& sound thrashing, using her tists in scientitie fashion, to the delight of several colliers who were passing. The young man made off, and the cyclist, who is believed to be a Bolton lady noted for her athletic powers, rode off towards Tylesley.

Drawing of the scene as described in the previous image. A young lady is using her fists in a scientific fashion to beat the living shit out of the Archbishop of Banterbury, a drunk young man who tried to accost her for reasons of being an absolute tit. In the background, some seven local workers roar their encouragement.

This, the finest news story ever published, has once again appeared in my inbox, and it would be rude not to share it.

Up the Norwegian coast was spectacular

Who owns Chicken Tikka Masala? Glaswegians claim to have invented the iconic British-Desi dish. But so do Newcastlers, Punjabis and Uttarpradeshis. Who is telling the truth?

This food historian says it wasn't. I HAVE NO VIEW ON THE SUBJECT.

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I used to ride around there a lot. Very pleasant.

In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen

This is my flag.

Was it snoring?

The emails are sent automatically, it would be such a smart thing to do to send them a reasonable time after the purchase. Six months for shoes, less for something you will use more frequently, such as stationery or hardware. Sellers and future buyers would get much more value.

My go to memory

@denkmit.bsky.social

DAUGHTER: What would you like for your birthday?

ME: [wanting only for her to continue to share the bits of the world she finds meaningful, for her to find moments of joy as so much of experience conspires against it, for her to move both toward and away from the self] I could use some new socks

Noel and Liam warming up for Oasis’s first gig in 16 years.
Cardiff 2025.

homes under the horror

They hate London because it is beautiful Matthew Goodwin went to that there London the other day and what he found shook him to his core.

"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."

👏👏👏👏👏 @iandunt.bsky.social iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...