New article from #HistoricalResearch - Reformed but not converted: Paolo Sarpi, the English mission in Venice and conceptions of religious change by Eloise Davies (Open Access) doi.org/10.1093/hisres…

Talking about Royal Mail This was our brilliant Postman (a rescue diver in his spare time)!

Ivory Coast completes second shipping container terminal reuters.com/business/autos…

What's the best historical fiction book on the English Civil War?

Britain's flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is facing the risk of an 11-year delay, piling further pressure on efforts to keep the lights on. The project may not be ready until 2036, the new contract suggests. #CostOfNetZero Read more: telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…

2022 there's 1 billion data collecting surveillance cameras in the world, all connected to the internet and artificial intelligence (AI). Cameras & audio recording devices in cell phones, vehicles & smart appliances also collect & share data @VaccinePassports #CBDC

A man can pretend to be wise; a man cannot pretend to be witty.

It is no good telling us that science will give us a world of honest men. It would need a world of honest men for science to be run honestly.

@Western_Trad Left: "Architect" Richard Rogers' house in london. Right: His design for the Lloyd's building in London.

How about one of the 50,000 #NHS 'managers' is set the task of fixing this problem? Or even better to have anticipated and avoided it. In any other organiation that's what 'managers' are there to do. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/0…

Avoid low quality olive oil: tips and tricks 🧵

A strange bubbling hole appeared today the grounds of Ruislip Rugby Club, directly above where #HS2 have been boring. Oddly enough, it stopped bubbling when HS2 Ltd stopped what they were doing. They are currently guarding the hole....

We are shocked. HS2 was meant to be improving the world for future generations, not destroying it. Help give wildlife a fighting chance against #HS2. Sign on to our open letter! 💪 wildlifetrusts.org/hs2-sign-our-o…

Yerevan, Armenia Photo by Unknown.daily

Sheephouse Wood near Steeple Claydon, an ancient woodland and SSSI that Buckinghamshire Council is fighting to protect from #HS2 destruction en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheephous…

1: Useful Idiots 2: When useful idiots are not longer "Useful"

Eli That's how it works & the controllers can find slaughterhouses for the useful idiots.

Download Festival You’d think after 20 years practice, they’d have sorted this shit out. #DownloadFestival #shambles