Sam Neill: An intelligent performer with a personal warmth that always shone through

Every photo of Louis Pasteur looks like he's had enough of your bullshit, and I can't blame him.

The universe won't let us have one nice thing without taking something else from us.

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It's also available here. Please share and spread this report. Trans folks in the UK can't for fear of lawsuits by gender critical groups. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Today while taking a walk with my wife I saw the most wonderful thing I ever seen with my own two eyes: A tattooed woman driving a Vespa with a cockatoo on her shoulder

monday comin'

Millions of people do good in their communities every single hour and if we uplifted each example, we would drown out those who spend their time doing evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n... - RIP to both of these men.

You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Birnam Oak is old, a living relic of Birnam Wood, the medieval forest that once grew along the banks of the Tay. The wood was immortalised by Shakespeare in his play about the Scottish king Macbeth. The oak has an impressive girth […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

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Every hundred years a kite will lay a red egg from which hatches a black and white bird. When it dies, a green worm emerges from its body and grows into the fearsome Rooster of Death. Anyone who hears the call of this Rooster will die the following day unless they can find a mysterious blue herb.

As I said with Scotland, part of this tournament is athletic and part is diplomatic. Norway and its supporters did a fabulous job representing their country on the world stage and left a good impression that will pay dividends in the years ahead. Big soft power win for Norway.

No party campaigned on age verification. Nobody the US voted for this. Nobody the EU voted for this. Nobody the UK voted for this. Nobody in Australia voted for this. Some don't even know it's happening. Meta lobbied for this and got their way within a few years. Let this radicalize you.

Anyone seen the show Widow's Bay?. I liked it enough that I mocked up this fictional boardgame from it for my own amusement. Gonna leave it on shelf of local game store and walk away.

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

🐦 Little cartoony doodle of some of Ireland's bird life, with their names as Gaeilge (useful if you're chatting to them because they weren't colonised so they don't understand English). Prints: ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/... Value bundle with aquatic and animal life: ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Jeff Fahey in THE LAWNMOWER MAN

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Mongán's wife Findtigernd asks him to recount his journey to the #Otherworld. When they are at the hill of Uisnech, a supernatural hailstorm comes on. When it ends Mongán, his wife, his poet, and seven companions, find a hall ringed […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

🪽 “Ho-oh” Straw Sculpture — Wara Art Festival in Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵 Created from rice straw for the Wara Art Festival at Uwasekigata Park with local makers and Musashino Art University students. Rice straw becomes wings, a beak, and a heavy stare. Harvest […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

I think if you needed any more evidence that the cuts are shortsighted and focused on cutting as deep and as fast as possible with little regard for the future, this is pretty definitive. That engine felt like magic in some spots. A colossal waste of talent and resources.

Yeah gimme ghosts any day of the week...😌

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Detective Ward' investigates the disappearance of Lady Deane and uncovers a sinister conspiracy of magicians at a remote Irish inn. At least the room service is good. #Lovecraft Country - Let's Try The Seance of Blake Manor (Voting bloc option) Watch ⬇ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNBj...

yep, still sick, please enjoy yesterdays #SecretWorldLegends E17 NY Raid from just before the sickness took hold youtu.be/Go1bNoBunB8

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: `At the time the Fomor used to be coming to Ireland, Balor of the Strong Blows, or, as some called him, of the Evil Eye, was living on the Island of the Tower of Glass. There was danger for ships that went near that island, for the […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve

PSA If you do NOT want your Instagram posts to be AI fodder, do this: -open Instagram - tap your profile - tap the three lines in the top-right - scroll down to “Sharing and reuse” -turn that sh*t off (screenshot below)

Snow White and the Seven Chords

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One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

#fairytaletuesday with a #celtic #christmasinjuly: `The wren, the wren, the king of all birds on St. Stephen’s Day was caught in a furze. So up with the kettle and down with the pan and give us a penny to bury the wren.` Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/St-Stephens-Day

#FairyTaleTuesday with a #Celtic #ChristmasInJuly: `In regions where Wren Day was traditional, the wren was deeply revered; it was deemed a special bird, the "king of all birds", and harming it was taboo. However, on Wren Day this taboo was "replaced by highly […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Kill Blind Randomizer - 10 #SecretWorldLegends - no ability bar - weapons/abilities/passives randomized every 30s twitch.tv/jimmytherabbit youtube.com/jimmytherabbit

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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Finn was over the battle, encouraging the Fianna; and the King of the World was on the other side encouraging the foreigners. "Rise up now, Fergus," said #Finn, "and praise Conan for me that his courage may be the greater, for it is […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

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"I wish Bluesky would talk about sports more."

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As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

Wizards is now available to rent for free on Amazon (included with Prime): -Poster art by Wendy Pini www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

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