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‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch a kākāpō – a rare flightless bird – sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders

"On an island in New Zealand’s remote southern fjords, one of the world’s strangest and rarest parrots – the kākāpō – is caring for her tiny chick as fans from across the globe watch on."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Also glad it went well John - wishing you speedy recovery.

Epstein had two key aides - so why do they still control his money and secrets? Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke administer Epstein’s estate - court filings allege complicity in his crimes.

Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides - why do they still control his money and secrets?

One “disappeared“ the contents of a safe but later said he handed it over to the FBI

But they’ve now been called to give evidence to the congressional committee

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.

Not for the first time Trump’s policies seem to favour not only Netanyahu’s Israel but also Putin’s Russia over the USA.

Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I remember 405 lines. IYKYK

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Farage standing in front of petrol forecourt sign 25P OFF WITH FARAGE REFORM UK All this fawning over Donald Trump - where has it got Nigel Farage?

Today, he is back in the rainy old UK, standing on a petrol forecourt in his faux-toff outfit, whingeing about Rachel Reeves putting fuel duty up by a few pennies - a tax that has been frozen since 2011. Besides, his mate Donald has done more in the past week to put up the price of petrol, with his continued bombing of Iran, than the chancellor. Tell that to White Van Man, Nigel.

“Farage… helped fool everyone about Brexit - which he wants to renegotiate, naturally. Surely the British people can't take this absurd man seriously again? After all, even Trump doesn't.”

Beyond time to boot Farage and his stale band of Tories off the stage.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

Not sure why but I did not expect that one

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This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein’s chief enabler. Maxwell’s conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says

Lucia Osborne-Crowley is one of the most remarkable campaigners and writers working today. This profile piece is quite the read.

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It's only a short clip - worth watching!😂

When will a major media outlet finally shout that the emperor has no clothes? At this stage, only after he's dead, you have to think. Then they'll be sure to tell us that everybody knew all along but were too embarrassed to say, for reasons. Thoughtful thread.

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GW On Golf And War.......

I wasn't intending to turn this into a thread, but it seems to have happened anyway.
It's about the great plague on our lives: the extreme wealth of a tiny number of people.
And what to do about it.