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Before Brexit, British people had Freedom of Movement in Europe. That meant the right to live, work, study, retire, and run a business across 32 countries — without visas, quotas, or arbitrary time limits. That wasn’t a perk. It was a right.

THE MORE YOU KKOW…💫 Enjoy. 😎✨

Because the tree was there first. Respect!

Ha, I come across as a bit of an idiot in this lovely article by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social but that's okay - I am happy to be the daft amateur next to the proper birders. I do really know the difference between a song thrush and a female blackbird, honestly... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel" "sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"

A zephyr of long tail tits, or as my idiot of a husband keeps calling them a “ bosom of long tailed tits”. We have about 10 of them living in a thick holly hedge near the feeders. Absolute joy to see them as I eat my breakfast.

Etiquetteer would like to wish you a Perfectly Proper #nationalthankyounoteday. If you haven't already, it is absolutely time to sit down and express handwritten #thanks for gifts received. You can do it! #etiquette #manners #correspondence #christmas #boxingday

Oh. I see baby nerds wondering why old nerds are bringing up Soylent Green in the context of Pluribus. Someone just said 'what is Soylent Green?' How cute. I just wanna squeeze their cute cheeks... #SoylentGreenispeople

"The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals." Lenny Bruce

While Reform's millionaire Islamophobic leaders are just interested in getting even richer, here's someone they won't be praising ... meme via The Horse School

Kwanzaa 🍒 First Fruits 🍉🍑🍊🍇🍓 Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African American culture and community. It is held from December 26 to January 1. 🍇🍎🍋🍒🍓🍊🍎🍑 Derived from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” meaning "first fruits,” it signifies harvest. 🍓🍑🍎🍒🍋🍊🍍🍇 Happy Kwanzaa!

I remember being in the audience of a speech in the early 80s by then plain Dr David Owen of the SDP, saying exactly this: that a united Europe was equally a match for the US, Russia or China. That's why they wanted us out.

Bombing on Christmas. Yeah that tracks for the dude who gave himself a madeup Fifa Peace Prize.

Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.

In a world full of discord, kindness is a choice. And I’m seeing too many people take pleasure in kicking those who are already down. Real kindness doesn’t punch down. It understands power—and takes responsibility for how its used. Whatever privilege you hold, use it to protect. That’s the line.

Football - the sport of the common man.

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Nigeria hit with FIFA peace missiles

UK PSA: a lot of supermarkets are giving away unsold bags of Christmas veg for free today.

A Roman sunset that feels like a painting

To every NHS staff member working this Christmas 💙🎄 While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most. Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication. You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone. You are seen. You are valued. ❤️

Italy marks the feast day of Santo Stefano, portrayed here by Italian Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli, with a public holiday today.

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

Good morning Wulferhampton, we have entered Betwixmas,that strange period between Christmas and New Year. Where it's acceptable to drink all day and have Christmas pudding for breakfast

On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love shouldn’t send two turtle doves… because they’re now one of the UK’s fastest-declining birds. Let’s give them what they really need: habitat, protection & a future. #12DaysofChristmas #TurtleDoves

"The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men." NORMAN ANGELL, Lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel Laureate (26th December 1872-1967)

If those Christian Nigerians showed up here the GOP would lock them up in a concentration camp and ship them back.

In only his second race for Lotus, Ayrton Senna delivered a masterclass in wet weather driving at the Estoril circuit, lapping the entire field except for second-place finisher Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) and winning by over a minute. #AyrtonSenna #Lotus #Estoril #Ferrari

#EU vs US in a nutshell

I’m a new fan… One of the most improbable stories in classical music history: not because they are Black, but because they are seven siblings in one family of virtuosos. The parents of the award winning Kanneh-Masons deserve an award too.

SACHSIDE: #f'djt #Greenland #Denmark

Some reasons to be cheerful about 2025: drug discovery, progress in gene editing, and conservation go.nature.com/4pViuRS

The detail of Earth 🌍 captured in Bill Anders’ first color photo taken from lunar orbit on #christmaseve in 1968 #OTD really is amazing. This is a crop of AS08-14-2383, in its original orientation, from a scanned 70mm @nasa film original 16-bit TIFF file by a project team at Arizona State University

Christmas joie de vivre! Happiness, Peace & Joy.

Isabel Airs a studio photograph taken just after WW1. She worked at a corset factory near Oxford Street & married a wounded war hero who was not that, but a rather pedantic chartered accountant who loved history. A disappointed woman who loved singing & signed my father’s RAF application at age17.

I can empathise with whichever bookworm made this!!

this is what some of you look like in your chore coats

Lit the festive fire & a couple of seasonally appropriate scented candles. My christmas pot pourri is too ancient & stopped smelling!

British artist: Gary Bunt

British artist: Gary Bunt

Good morning! May the light and magic of the holidays fill your heart with joy. 🎄❄️ British artist: Gary Bunt

No harsher reminder that you bought the cheap winter coat instead of the expensive winter coat than when it gets COLD cold out

Our neighbor has a screech owl roosting in their owl box. We are hoping she decides to stay and raise a family 🤞🦉 #owls #birds #mobilephotography

🖼️ Edith Holden

🖼️ Edward Gorey #GothicAdvent

😂 Happy Xmas Eve.

The Flower Fairies of Winter, The Christmas Tree Fairy, Cecily Mary Barker, 1928.