my dad has called 13 times since my mom went out of town. last night we learned how to order something on amazon and tonight we learned how to watch apple tv. i think im accidentally running a virtual summer school for dads.

Brilliant!

This has to be one of the most remarkable sights from antiquity - clay pots with pigment preserved in the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii - revealing Roman lives interrupted...

Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man in history to become world #1. Welcome to the Sinner Era. 🇮🇹🦊

🏆🏆 Queen of Paris 🏆🏆 Iga Świątek captures a fourth Roland-Garros title defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1. #RolandGarros

Holy smokes, Sara Hall nails it with this quote.

every year, roland garros (the french open) asks an artist to create a poster for the tournament today, the collection has become an *incredible* display of tennis as modern art let's take a look at some of the best ones — starting with this iconic 1984 poster by gilles aillaud

Disappointed it seems both Labour and Conservatives don't have the guts to look at council tax bands. In Eng & Scot these are still based on a 1991 stop-gap 2nd gear valuations (people with a clip board driving by) which has left 100,000s homes in wrong bands, people having to

URGENT! Pls share. The last chance to register to vote in the General Election is 11.59pm tomorrow Tue 18 June. Potentially 8m aren't registered at their current address. Here's 4 key facts... 1) You can do it online here registertovote.service.gov.uk/country-of-res… 2) It's good for your finances.

🚨 From a meteorological point of view, this is one of the worst Italian summers ever. 🇮🇹 Just before the start of the race, after hours and hours of waiting, due to heavy rain, the Palio di Siena is postponed to tomorrow. 40,000 people are leaving Piazza del Campo.

Telegram has basically 1B users, 30 engineers, less than 50 employees. Fermi's lab in Rome discovered one of the four fundamental forces. One adult, and 5 barely twentysomethings. Rentech, XTX? I guess all their engineers and researchers total less than 250 ppl. There is *a lot*

I'm 35. Last year I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, my dream job was disestablished, I lost nearly everything in 2w. This year I survived having the tumor removed, then ran a marathon, got a Fulbright, and today is my first day at Harvard Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Reinvention has no age limit.

🏅GOOOOOOOLD!!!!!!🏅 What an incredible day and match! So happy that Sara and I could bring the gold medal home to Italy! After a tough first set, we played amazingly well! Thank you all for the great support!!! Forzaaaaaaaaa Italia! 🇮🇹✨ #Gold The Olympic Games

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. All roads lead to Rome

Good accurate explainer of the effects on the body of sprinting 400 meters. Understanding this process was key to me breaking the WR and consistently running 43 seconds.

A #Roman brooch in the shape of a rabbit or hare, with faint traces of what would originally have been bright enamel decoration. Animal brooches were popular across the Roman Empire, & this is a very cute surviving example! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Jacaranda blooming season is one of the most beautiful times of year. This is what Johannesburg, South Africa looks like when that happens

if you whisper The Museum of English Rural Life into a mirror three times, this chicken appears

Whenever I'm stressed at work because my boss is being unreasonable I remember the emails Donald Rumsfeld used to send to his staff

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