Sarah Ramanauskas
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Works to prevent gambling harms / lives in Paris / likes wine, books and food.
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Best shot so far from our Costa Rica trip. All thanks to our guide's spotter scope and his ability to take pictures from it with my phone. A Golden-browed Chlorophonia in the Monteverde cloud forest.
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Today's amazing bird, seen in the Monteverde Cloud Forest, is the quetzal. It was associated in pre-Columbian civilisations with Quetzalcoatl, the bird-snake god of life, knowledge and the winds. Killing one was forbidden so they were trapped and then released for their tail feathers.
#Birds
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Best shot so far from our Costa Rica trip. All thanks to our guide's spotter scope and his ability to take pictures from it with my phone. A Golden-browed Chlorophonia in the Monteverde cloud forest.
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A Golden-browed Chlorophonia, spotted by us today in the cloud forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica
#BirdOfTheDay
#BranchBirds
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14 days ago
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK
#WomensArt
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JancisRobinson.com
17 days ago
Jancis revels in the glorious 2025 Loire vintage and her tasting of dry whites identifies some excellent 2024s, too. https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/loire-regains-its-gloire đ· Emeline Boileau.
#jancisrobinson
#winereviews
#loirewines
@ft_weekend @vinsdeloire.officiel
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Brilliant Maps
24 days ago
Zone Rouge: An Area of France So Badly Damaged By WW1 That People Are Still Forbidden To Live There More about it:
brilliantmaps.com/zone-rouge/
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As if things werenât bad enough âŠ
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1938!!! (Alfa Romeo gran turismo)
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28 days ago
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An interview recorded on the day Christians celebrate the conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus.
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29 days ago
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Everything is shit. The mate of the Barnes swan, who every year faithfully raises her cygnets in and around the pond, has died. Most likely cause, avian flu.
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If you can, please donate to this important work to keep the memory of Ada alive, and also support a new generation of women in STEM.
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Have you visited Paris and wondered where the water which gushes down the streets every morning, pushing dog poo into the drains, comes from? Answer: 19th C reservoirs, built on a hill just steps from the Arc de Triomphe. Water stored from the Seine uses gravity to clean streets and power fountains.
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Wondered why rubbish bin in French is 'poubelle'? Today I learned that M. Poubelle, Préfet of the Seine 1883-96, invented the dustbin collection. "7 March 1884 Poubelle decreed: owners of buildings must provide residents with 3 covered containers of 40 to 120 litres to hold household refuse." 1/2
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Spurn Bird Observatory
about 1 month ago
The Little Terns at Beacon Ponds have made a remarkable recovery, but they need urgent help to thrive in 2026. Your support can fund a professional warden, ensuring these birds are protected from threats. Please share and contribute if you can!
gofund.me/83bf3bdd8
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Donate to Save the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project, organized by Spurn Bird Obs
Without urgent support, the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project may not be able ⊠Spurn Bird Obs needs your support for Save the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project
https://gofund.me/83bf3bdd8
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Fabulous XK140 (I think) parked up by La Rotonde de la Muette
#16Ăšme
#Jaguar
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Some sun in Paris today, and the hyacinths are blooming in the warmth.
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Unseen Japan
about 1 month ago
We wrote a guide to Japanese politics a few months back which, I guess, we'll now have to wad up into a ball and toss off the balcony. Until we rewrite it, however, you can use it to get a good handle on who's who and how things *used* to be:
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Japan's Political Parties Explained: Who They Are, What They Stand For - Unseen Japan
Confused about who's who in Japanese politics and what they advocate? Here's a complete guide to all the major parties.
https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-political-parties/
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What??? And also, what next? đ„ș
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Mondo Mascots
about 1 month ago
Yokojiro (mascot for the town of Ochi, in Kochi Prefecture) is a Japanese white-eye bird with a cedar tree on his chest and a hat shaped like the local mountain. The flower in his teeth is a gift for his wife.
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Caspar Henderson
about 1 month ago
Well played, Transport for London
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The answer is: More peregrines!
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about 2 months ago
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Anne Louise Avery
about 2 months ago
My son, Indy, is doing another epic fundraising walk for Ukrainian refugees via
@ukforunhcr.bsky.social
. He is walking the 102-mile Cotswold Way in the depths of winter, photographing the Ukrainian flag in the changing landscape as he goes. He's already begun & will post updates regularly.
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Indy Avery is walking 102 miles along the Cotswold Way to support Ukrainian Refugees and the UN Refugee Agency
Help Anne Louise Avery raise money to support UK for UNHCR
https://www.justgiving.com/page/indyaverycotswoldway
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about 2 months ago
Pakistani-born British ceramist Halima Cassell, known for her deeply carved, contoured sculptural vessels
#womensart
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Oh my, this takes me back. Mum had the all-white version. I always worried that the blades would spring out as Dad was carving the roast and cause, well, a bit of a mess.
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Too late to start a Christmas Bakes thread? Here's Buches de Noel, Pompadour Patisserie Paris 16éme.
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So glad this has migrated from X. One of the best bits of social media.
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What happens in Paris on Christmas Eve? Everyone goes food shopping. Oysters, capons, cheese, clementines, and mini buches de Noel.
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"Londonâs restaurant scene is no longer organised by taste alone." Fantastic analysis.
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3 months ago
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Small dog is all of us on metro Line 9 this evening
#crushhour
3 months ago
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Brilliant!!
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Eliot Higgins
3 months ago
Weâre watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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I. Hate. Chronopost. Yet again: "Commentaire : Point de retrait initialement choisi indisponible. Adresse du nouveau point communiquée (par mail ou SMS) dÚs la mise à disposition du colis." Which will be a couple of kilometres further away than the pickup point I originally chose.
3 months ago
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Autumnal view from the study ....
4 months ago
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Private Eye Magazine
4 months ago
Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Feminist cultural criticism - Iâm in.
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Microplastics Sommelier
4 months ago
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Kerry Birds
4 months ago
Hi, if you have fake halloween cobweb outside, please take it down. It's nightmare for birds who get entangled and die. The cases even coming at the hedgehog rescues with hogs getting so entangled it's causing terrible wounds & in one case toe amputations. Please, please keep it indoors đ
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Bodega Cats
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#NoThanks
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4 months ago
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RMJ
4 months ago
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
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At Gail's, what is the human cost behind a ÂŁ5 loaf of bread?
The economics and migration behind the Gail's expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.
https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-what-is-the-human-cost-behind
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This was my favourite Citroen DS from the 70th anniversary rally yesterday. And yes, those are confused tourists milling aorund outside the Louvre yesterday morning. We were all kicked out, after they discovered the theft, just in time to see the rally. Interspersed with police motorbikes.
#Louvre
4 months ago
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Peter Chilvers
4 months ago
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and itâs rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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I love using Merlin. It heard (though I couldnât see) a short-toed treecreeper in the Jardins de Ranelagh yesterday. But I had no idea it was so useful to scientists.
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End of week peaceful timeline cleanse.
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Big Green Books
5 months ago
HEY! I'm trying to raise money to send as many books as I can to a new Mobile Library being set up to support homeless people. It's being organised by Cee, founder of London based charity "PINT Giving". I'm donating ÂŁ100, but if you can help too, i'd be really grateful.
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George Eliot
5 months ago
We have to consider who are the stifled people and who are the stiflers before we can be sure of our ground.
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I agree! My father-in-law loves their cotton night shirts. Their pyjamas for women are fun, comfy and good value. And their
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menâs dressing gown was in Saltburn - ooo errr!!đ
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More like: âWill the absence of robotaxis confirm to the citizens of Europe that they (generally) have affordable public transport systems, walkable cities and a healthy disregard for stupid ideas?â (Posted by someone who lives a 25 minute walk from the Arc de Triomphe.)
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Reading through this, I think there's a lot of similarity with the motivations of Brexit supporters: "Members (of Trumpâs base) were expressing their need for status in society and their suspicion of those they believed held power and used it to denigrate them."
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The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/symbolic-politics-of-status-in-the-maga-movement/A22AC624B4D1FF7367D9912F23875F4B?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_source=socialnetwork
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