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SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London TfL are also poised to increase 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year

This can’t come soon enough. 👏

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Beautiful

I've had to force myself to forget how many of the British and other 'western' travellers choose to behave in India...

Two pairs of beavers released in Cornwall by wildlife trust Wildlife experts say the release is a "landmark" for nature recovering in Cornwall and nationally.

Enjoy a full minute of beavers being released into the wild in Cornwall. These little fluffbutts are the first to swim in these waters in a very, very long time - the last official records of beavers in the wild in England are from the 1300s. BBC buff.ly/BnMwCOx
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You will undoubtedly love it there!

I'm currently half way through this, and it is fascinating. I feel I need to understand more about reactionary thought.

This is an important thread for anyone who cares, not only about archive research, but BBC accountability.

Blossom

Tree blossom

Blossom

Taken on my walk earlier today (a dull day with a stiff breeze which tested my severely limited photography skills to destruction 😂)

Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

'Lord Paul Boateng said the findings exposed UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard...continue to be retained to this day in circumstances that beggar belief”.'

How wonderful, sunshine in a box

I watched it recently for the first time in years, and I thought to myself, there's a lot about this film it would be fun to talk about...

Tabita Berglund and Julian Steckel - Sibelius, Shostakovich, Thorvaldsdottir - Watch the full programme | ARTE Concert Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund leads the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Archora, Wagner's Prelude to Tristan and Isolde, and Sibelius' Seventh Symphony. In the first...

www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...

View of hillside with blue sky and clouds

View of hillside with sheep

Today's walk. As beautiful a winter's day as you could ask for (but no #fungi spotted #fungifriends)

West Yorkshire. I'm very lucky!

To help myself get through these times, I capture evidence of better days to think back to. This was Tuesday evening, although it was nice most of the day, following which the grey, damp, drizzle, and rain has returned with a vengence.

Same, Paralympics soon though

Me neither, and I grew up and was educated in Wales. At the time I was growing up, being forbidden to speak Welsh at school was within living memory, as told to me by our neighbours, Welsh speaking retired farmers.

Snowdrops

Red berries on a tree against a blue sky

Snowy hilltops

Snowy hilltop

Today's walk: snowy higher up, just generally a lovely day #fungi #fungifriends

hold on i gotta take this

This news has made my week

Donate to Billy the dog's vet bill, organized by Rob True Billy the dog is in intensive care with Lipto. I need £6000 to pay for his care. I'm schizophrenic a… Rob True needs your support for Billy the dog's vet bill

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Wonderful news for a much loved London landmark. And for @c20society.bsky.social's long campaign. And hopefully a sign that Brutalist civic architecture is getting the official love it deserves nationwide.

Scarlet elf cap

Fungi - possibly laccaria fraterna

Turkey tail

Fungi from today's walk including the charmingly-named scarlet elf caps #fungi #fungifriends

Yellow crocus

Mauve crocus

Lugwort

Snowdrops

Today's walk. Mild, almost spring-like afternoon, flowers everywhere. Much appreciated after the weather we've been having #fungi #fungifriends

💯 I've been listening to a lot of musicals, and Spotify has started dropping video game music into my weekly release radar playlist, and it is *really* good.

The authentic sounds of musical instruments used in ancient times 🎶 #saturdayvibe

📹 Bilimtüel

Amazing clip

Howard Cosell Exposes Sham of Smith & Carlos Expulsion from 1968 Olympics - ABC News - 10/18/1968 YouTube video by Shatner Method

You know who wouldn’t have failed to acknowledge boos for a US leader at the Olympics? This guy.

From 1968…

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