The Ponds, a suburb in Sydney. Pretty cynical, sacrificing everything to maximise profits.

Splendid story, love it.

'The EC Gull Screeching competition is held every year in an attempt to change the image of seagulls.'

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Gender extremists are dangerous and shouldn't be given air time.

Four year olds are not 'trans'.

#jeremyvine

TikTok should be banned in the UK too.

TikTok acts like a browser into which ByteDance can deploy any code they want into your phone.

The app behaves oddly when examined, analysts say code 'moves around.'

#r4today

Feargal Sharkey Thames Water 💧 I will refuse to pay, and will explain why if taken to court. Nobody should pay for corporate greed and incompetence.

TIL some people are perpetually pissed without drinking, it's called auto-brewery syndrome (ABS) and can strike at any time. Here's hoping.

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The Royal Family Excellent news! Let's hope for a full recovery.

A demon trapped inside glass after an exorcism in 17th century Germany.

By 1720, it was in the Vienna Treasury described as “a spiritus familiaris in a glass that was driven out of one possessed and banned to this glass”.

Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Collection, Vienna.

manukenkun she/her/asleep Good morning, that's a very clean wall! 🙂

James Melville 🚜 I don't think you appreciate the scale of the threat posed by an expansionist Russia and increasingly aggressive China, we should be aiming for 4-5% of GDP at least.

Jules Powis 🌻 This is security theatre.
Many apps and social media services collect our data and sell it around the world.
Banning one app won't create safety for any of us.

Ofcom Have you seen the Channel 4 lineup? They may as well have the Labour front bench presenting it.

African Hub From the UK 🙂

Caitlin Johnstone A basic fact check shows this story is an urban myth used for propaganda. Middle East Eye first published it with poor evidence.

This would require a very large drone to carry night sight, weapons and loudspeaker. The blade and motor noise would mask any 'baby cries'.

Jules Powis 🌻 Absolutely no such thing as a trans child.