The Lord of the Rings isn't just an epic fantasy — it's a deeply Christian story. It's packed with subtle religious themes you may not have noticed. Instead of one Christ figure, there are three... (thread) 🧵

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Rishi has told all his MPs to bring in a white shirt so all their mates can sign it today.

Time for our Bianca Theeruth at the National Youngstock Conference ☀️

Thermal stress is a generational problem. Your heifer’s heifer calves will be affected by hot weather today! #NationalYoungstockConference

Research from both U of Florida & U of Wisconsin showed that over THI 65, every increase in THI of one unit increased the breathing rate of calves by 2.5 breaths per minute #NationalYoungstockConference

Work from our own Cargill Animal Nutrition - UK global research team found that water intake increased exponentially as temperature rose. Always make sure calves have access to clean, fresh water & change more frequently as weather gets hotter ☀️ #NationalYoungstockConference

Keeping your calves cool will help maintain milk & starter intakes during hot weather #NationalYoungstockConference

What should we be looking out for in calves as indicators of heat stress? #NationalYoungstockConference

Shade is also worth considering for hutches. Work from Hungary showed calf cortisol levels were higher in calves housed in non-shaded hutches during the summer months #NationalYoungstockConference

If housing calves in hutches, make sure you are thinking about ventilation in the summer months #NationalYoungstockConference

We don’t have an immigrant problem. We have a toxic masculinity problem. These are not the type of guys who want to protect women or children. These are the type of guys women and children need protection from. #Riots #FarRightScum

- Just one dragonfly can consume over one hundred mosquitos in a day - Dragonflies can fly backwards - They have nearly 360-degree vision - Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures - They're actually beautiful This is not stained glass, it's a wing.

We need your help to identify those responsible for striking one of our police dogs with a brick and injuring six officers in the violent disorder in Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent. Read more here: orlo.uk/ncGJI

time for the card machine industry to decide whether you tap the screen or the top bit. this has gone on too long

Oasis’s tour manager bout to have the toughest job in the world:

Today, on the Global Day of Literacy, it has been 1,088 days since the Taliban criminally deprived millions of Afghan girls of their education. For over a thousand days, girls have been barred from schools, while the world stands by, busy normalizing this oppressive regime.

In September 1940, Polish resistance fighter Witold Pilecki deliberately got arrested to infiltrate Auschwitz and gather intelligence. Inside, he organized a secret group that grew to almost a thousand members, working together to report on the atrocities, including the murder