The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance warned in its latest report that war no longer seems as unlikely as it did a few years ago, as it recommends maintaining food supplies of three to ten days.

in 20 years, the most extreme, reactionary, "return to tradition" masculinity influencer is going to adopt this uniform and you'll have to calmly explain that this was once considered non-traditional

South Africa intends to revive a controversial modular nuclear reactor program and step up its reliance on gas to generate electricity, according to a new energy-policy blueprint.

Cherry Laurel on the march from gardens into woodlands.

Crazy that the government has not acted on the Citizen's Assembly's recommendation to ban it for sale (How many years ago was that?)

The alternative of Griselinia or Portugese Laurel are not good either.

Nothing wrong with Holly, Yew etc

Counter-intuitive (but not really) fact of the day

Q: In which type of constituency are 2024 Labour voters most likely to currently be defecting to Reform UK?

A: Seats held by the Lib Dems

Specifically all the ones she wrote to Jeffrey Epstein

© Harry Gruyaert - Ireland, County Kerry (1983)

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Heard on the Street: For luxury brands trying to win back shoppers, secondhand sellers have become a potential nuisance.

Remember when they hounded Hillary for years over insufficient email security protocols?

Sir, it’s a pitch and putt, not a lion enclosure.

I like BlueSky, but, every now and then, I am forced to remark: “Ah. So this is where that insufferable Twitter pillock turned up.”

I thought I'd translate this into contemporary German c1932, when the party was in opposition.

Randomly killing fisherman is already pretty bad, but like Colombia has extremely good reasons to be concerned about botched regime change in Venezuela. Let alone unilateral action of the US within Colombia

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Matt Stout's distribution map of crannogs, showing their main distribution in the north midlands, the west and Ulster. Today they mostly appear as tree-clad islets, away from grazing animals. In the past, they were the island residences of kings, lords, and ordinary folk, including the lower classes

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Yeah man, i think five eyes could use a rethink

It's funny how social media's golden rule is basically the distillation of all the world's major salvation religions.

Excellent thread. No more damaging stereotype than the “prick-genius”. Smartest people I know are nearly always the nicest, too.

Barrister videoed in Buswells Hotel and complaining about the establishment and urging people to spoil their vote.

“Establishment” is an odd choice of words.

Ukraine's battle tested experience can teach us a lot. 

Ukraine paid a very high price for this knowledge.

For us it's better to learn those lessons now in order to deter aggression, not after we shall face aggression.

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