A kind reminder.

Page from Complete Works of Shakespeare with Caesar’s thoughts on death and courage highlighted by Nelson Mandela in 1977, when he was still in Robben Island jail for his anti-apartheid activities (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Morning.. #DavidHockney

🇪🇺 Today, we honor the memory of the Baltic Way, where 2 million Europeans from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia joined hands, forming a 600km human chain. Now, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Latvia 🇱🇻, and Estonia 🇪🇪 are in a free and democratic Europe. This is Europe. 🇪🇺

Ed Miliband's throwing billions at carbon capture, but as the Daily Sceptic's Energy Editor points out, it's a quixotic crusade for tech that's flopped everywhere else. dailysceptic.org/2025/08/23/bri…

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I have lived and worked through the most horrific wars, and this is the first time in my nearly 15-year career in human rights and diplomacy that I have seen a STARVING DOCTOR TRYING TO SAVE STARVING PEOPLE without having food, water and medicines.

This is for Leanda de Lisle Writer of this amazing book. Not only a brilliant historian & writer, a beautiful person too. Taken at Queen Henrietta Maria plaque, Bridlington harbour. Commemorating where the Queen landed and outwitted Parliament courageously, 1643. I came on a

Pigs are smart, social animals, but on factory farms they’re treated like machines. Confined in barren cages. Denied natural behaviours. Bred to suffer. It’s time to end this cruelty for good. Sign the petition to end factory farming: bit.ly/3Tw1R0y #EndIt

Doctor killed under torture. Nothing to see here...

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is still being held by Israel in a torture camp.

The poet Charles Causley was born #OTD 24 August 1917. A 65th birthday tribute in 1982 by his friend Philip Larkin included the lines: 'For you're a Leo, same as me (Isn't it comforting to be So lordly, selfish, vital, strong? Or do you think they've got it wrong?)' 1/2

Nothing inevitable about transshipments from EU countries to Russia via places like Kyrgyzstan. The US (orange) and UK (green) shut this stuff down, so the fact that transshipments continue for Germany (black) and Italy (purple) is because governments implicitly support them...

A lesson for every Brit.

We did not forget you, there are many who did

If your body’s insulin resistant, it won’t burn fat... it’ll store it. Most people don’t realize blood sugar habits can matter more than macros. Here are 11 cheat codes to reset insulin and trigger fat-burning again🧵: 1. Walk after every meal.

🚨We believe and see that opponents of women's rights have reported our page in an attempt to silence the voices of Afghan women. As a result, our posts are no longer easily visible. Please, we ask everyone to share and promote our page so the voice of Afghan women is not

Volodymyr Mykolaienko, Kherson mayor, returns from Russian captivity. He was captured by Russia in April 2022, as Kherson was in Russian occupation, for refusing to collaborate with Russia.

Can't believe this is the same person. This is a former mayor of my hometown of Kherson Volodymyr Mykolayenko. People loved him because he used public transport to get to work. He spent around three years in the Russian captivity. Heartbreaking. There is another former mayor of

Did you forget Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh? Keep talking about him!