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Nickabilly
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Do you think there's really anyone who could replace Freddie Mercury in Queen…?
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People can't figure out how Trump got to the presidency because they've never been in a room with him.
If he walked through the door right now — even though we're always fighting — he would be disarming, gregarious, genuinely charming.
He calls Newsom “Newscum" publicly and then sees him on the tarmac and says Gavin, are we good?
He'll destroy a journalist on camera and then pick up the phone five minutes later. Are we good?
That's Trump. You have to understand that about him.
He also doesn't like people standing up to him, but he respects it deeply.
Carney is blasting him and I guarantee Trump calls Carney more than any other Western leader.
He wants to win Carney's approval and because he respects that Carney won't give it to him easily.
When he's sitting at a table and everyone is telling him his invisible clothes are beautiful, he's nauseated by it.
He comes off the plane and finds someone real and says — can you believe how these guys talk to me?
With genuine mocking derision.
He craves the pushback. He just can't admit it.
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@historyinmemes I always think the main delight of Venice is not a specific location or building, but the sheer audacity of it.
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Buildings in Venice rest on more than 10 million tightly packed, 60-foot-long, water-resistant wooden piles cut down around 500 years ago, driven through soft silt and soil until they reached a firm layer of clay strong enough to support the structures above.
Venice was not built on solid ground, but on a shallow lagoon that forced early builders to solve a major engineering challenge: how to support heavy stone structures on water, mud, and silt. Their solution was timber—long wooden piles driven deep into the soft lagoon bed until they reached more stable layers of clay and compacted soil. Wooden platforms were then laid on top, creating a stable base for stone and brick construction above.
Paradoxically, the wood endured because it remained submerged. Buried in mud and cut off from oxygen, the timber did not decay as it normally would, and over time minerals in the water and sediment helped preserve and even harden it. As a result, much of Venice’s architecture rests on a concealed “forest” beneath the lagoon.
One notable example is the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, which, according to traditional accounts, was built on more than one million wooden piles.
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First of all, the crematorium was set on fire, not blown up, during the Sonderkommando revolt.
451 victims is the number of the Sonderkommando members killed during and after the revolt, yet not all of them participated in it. Yet, some prisoners were kept alive, as the SS needed them to continue their work.
The image here is an AI-fabrication.
By failing to respond to the spread of fake, AI-generated images and videos of Auschwitz and other Holocaust-related sites, social platforms are contributing to the spread of historical distortion.
We believe platforms should take responsibility by actively moderating such content and clearly flagging fabricated images and videos. Memory and historical truth deserve stronger protection. This matters because such content does not merely falsify history.
IT ACTIVELY HARASSES THE MEMORY OF VICTIMS.
Today, when users search for “Auschwitz”, mainly on Facebook, an increasing number of results consist of fabricated, AI-generated videos rather than authentic historical documentation.
By allowing these distortions to surface, circulate, and gain visibility, Meta directly contributes to the erosion of factual understanding of the complex history of Auschwitz, which we try to protect.
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He looks like a bloke on his way to the football who went for a piss then the lads drove off for a laugh.
Josh Gafson@JoshGafson1
He’s running 🏃♂️
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Today I turn 57.
I laid in bed on my one day off this week, thinking: this has to stop.
Living life like I have all the time in the world.
But I don’t.
In fact, living an unhealthy life, carrying an extra 100 pounds, eating the most unhealthy things, and telling myself I’ll change everything tomorrow…
That is only lying to myself.
A lie I have told for decades.
And where has it gotten me?
Broke. Unhealthy. Unhappy. And with no real direction in life.
So today, that changes.
It changes with a decision.
A decision to not be perfect.
To allow myself grace.
To make mistakes.
To put myself out into the world and be judged.
But that’s okay, because it really doesn’t matter what others think or say.
It only matters that we finally become true to ourselves.
So here I am, on my birthday.
Starting anew.
Let’s see where this goes.
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Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden, 1992. Specifically, My Back Pages with Bob, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Tom Petty & Roger McGuinn each doing a verse. Fills me with joy everytime I see it.
The Extreme Music Enthusiast@TheExtremeMusi1
If you could time travel, which historical music event would you attend???
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NHS sees biggest improvement in waiting times in 16 years
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I should say that the connection with the better growth figures is probably not causal… he was making point that such growth enables headroom for support…
CHancellor actually announced this amid the tumult yesterday: “Inflation day… actually chancellor said yday…
“because of today's numbers and the growth that we've seen in the economy, next week I will be able to set out more plans to support families and businesses with the challenges that have come from this conflict in the Middle East, and I look forward to setting those out next week”.
Sounds like a significant announcement of what we have been previously told will be targeted support.
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UK gilt yields up on opening about 10 basis points so 0.1% on opening to 5.1%… again some of that is pan European move on higher oil prices (France and Italy up 6 points this morning)… so markets taking notice of months of possible UK uncertainty and possible changes to fiscal policy
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Not sure he gets the accent quite right, but he’s doing wonders for Japan’s image in the UK. I’ve watched loads of ambassadors over the years, many of them (though fortunately not all) bores or time-servers. Hiroshi Suzuki is the complete opposite — a real star!
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Oh they must, must they? Must the Makerfield constituency party select him? And must those constituents elect him? And must Labour MPs choose him over Starmer? Grow up.
Nadia Whittome MP@NadiaWhittomeMP
The NEC must allow Andy Burnham to put himself forward to be the candidate for Makerfield. To block our most popular politician, in a moment of severe crisis for our party, would not only gift this seat to Reform but would jeopardise Labour's future. All NEC members, across all factions, can see this and I hope will do the right thing.
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I have read both letters, carefully and several times. As someone who loves this country and who is fighting to build something of my own here, I cannot help but notice the massive difference in character between these two men who, until yesterday, were leading our nation.
I am not writing this as a political analyst, but as a voter and a citizen who values people with character.
Wes's letter is full of 'I'.
I cut the waiting lists, I recruited the staff, I was successful.
Then, in the same breath, he attacks the team he was part of. If the situation was truly that bad, why did he not stay to fix it? Why did he not have the courage to stand for election and say: 'I have a better vision, elect me'?
Instead, he chose to walk away at the very moment we need stability most, feeding the media the drama they love so much. That is not protecting the party. It is protecting his own career.
On the other hand, Starmer’s response reminded me why I trusted him. He did not stoop to insults. He did not defend himself. He simply reminded Wes that those successes in the NHS were a collective effort.
Starmer showed what I admire most in the British, decency. Dignity. He remained the adult in the room, focused on us, the citizens, while Wes remained focused on his next job title.
Politics should be about us, about the people who pay their taxes and hope for a better future, not about who can best 'twist the knife' in a resignation letter.
Wes has shown his true face, and Starmer has shown that the stability of the country matters more than his personal ego.
That is what gives me hope that we will not allow chaos and populists to take the helm.
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Going through that myself. Just provided evidence of my lump sum from my pension in 2023. Waiting to see if they want a bank statement from 2015 when I had an inheritance. Banks dont help, as anything other than a routine monthly statement, seems to present a challenge.
Jane, Retired, Happy, Rejoiner 🌹@likesretirement
You have to go through hoops proving you aren’t laundering money when you buy house using cash even if it’s deposit - I had to write letters / copies of wills to prove my kids were using money from granny which I gave up from my inheritance How was this possible #NigelFarage
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