The Paris prosecutor’s office did not confirm exactly how many people were arrested.

@robwords.bsky.social I live near a place called Pode Hole, essentially a place built to house fen drainage engines. "Pode" is said locally to mean "Toad". But I can't find any other instance . Now I hear the Dutch for Toad is Pad. Can you throw any light on this? /Cont.

26/10/25

THEY TAKE THE HIGH ROAD (1960) | http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/705819/index.html

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Sunset on the Achensee #Pertisau #Tirol

25/10/25

@jesszafarris.bsky.social Look what our local bookshop is advertising! ( linktr.ee/bournebooksh... ) Photo © Bob Harvey (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/6826106 "Shopping again", taken Saturday, 1 May, 2021

On today's episode of Words Unravelled, @robwords.bsky.social and I celebrated 100K YouTube subscribers ✨ in person ✨ with 100 quick-fire word facts. Thank you to everyone who tunes in each week, and major thanks to our editor @martynmnw.bsky.social. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfb...

@robwords.bsky.social Was listening to a time team podcast audioboom.com/posts/877877... where they talk about the etymology of sherd/shard. Thought you would enjoy it, as an example of language developing. They do go down an etymology rabbit hole in some episodes. Dr Geake is rather prone.

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W[h]AT [p)SYC[h]O DESI[g]NED OUR TONG[ue]?? English has a major silent letter problem. How did it end up this way? Wa[t]ch my new video to find out: youtu.be/NXVqZpHY5R8

@robwords.bsky.social Came across this www.quora.com/Why-in-the-E... About Yes, No, Yea, Nay. Is it true?

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@robwords.bsky.social Now then! Just caught up with #WordsUnravelled about #Games, saying Whist is named for silence. Have you come across the song "The Lambton Worm"? About a famous dragon from #Sunderland. The first word in the chorus is "Whist"... wp.sunderland.ac.uk/seagullcity/...

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More #AI horror. This is worse than slop. A YouTube "video" of static AI scenes, and a pastiche script read by an AI with unnatural phrasing Suddenly there are hundreds of these bits of dross. youtu.be/zLSHvpcbPHg #AIinside @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @paris.nyc

@jeffjarvis.bsky.social @leolaporte.me @paris.nyc you might enjoy this. emeritus astronomer Mike Merifield builds a doppelganger with AI youtu.be/k1tOhSIfpQ0

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@richcampbell.bsky.social whisky. item 3 here is fat-washed whiskey. youtu.be/WNIMectAN8Q is this summat you know of?

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#Geograph Now showing: Richard's close-up of weathered stonework at Newark Castle dovecote in Fife. #stonework #masonry #photography #weathered #dovecote #doocot #Scotland Find out more about dovecotes/doocots at geograph.org.uk/p/7882719 Free to share – please credit Richard Sutcliffe/Geograph

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@robwords.bsky.social I came across this posting on Quora and wondered if some of the ideas in it might be something you want to talk about? www.quora.com/Did-Proto-In... geminate consonants: Stang's law; compensatory lengthening.

Showing Today. Every day half-a-dozen #Geograph contributors post a picture from the previous 12 months. Today, a riverside bike ride. #River #RiverCam #oldtowpath #NationalCycleRoute11 #nearHorningsea #nearCambridge geograph.org.uk/p/7800139 Free to share – please credit John Sutton/Geograph

#Geograph Picture of the Day #POTD from #Cambridge 1982. #TrinityStreet #CaiusCollege #vista #cityview #photography #rooftops geograph.org.uk/p/7517901 Free to share – please credit Julian Paren/Geograph

Nice to see Field Notes still getting some love out there

7/6/25

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It's not long now until the #SummerScience Exhibition returns! Come face-to-face with spiders, delve into the quantum realm and discover cutting-edge research, fascinating talks and exciting activities for all ages. Join us from 1-6 July: royalsociety.org/science-even...

This one is a few days late, as I needed to look up my blue sky password! And, yes, it is one of mine. #Geograph Picture of the Day #POTD from #CountyDurham, 2017 #BarnardCastle #castle #wall #photography geograph.org.uk/p/5568670 Free to share – please credit Bob Harvey/Geograph

I really enjoyed this #railway #thermit #thermite #welding #metalurgy #rails www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdj5...

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