Andrew Logan 💙

[Tube Map Central @TubeMapCentral]

After eleven years, it's time to update my London Underground concentric-circles-and-spokes map. Completely redrawn from centre to edges, it's so much better than before, and more geographically accurate than the official map.

[Chris Brookmyre @cbrookmyre]

The Cut is only 99p on Kindle this month, so if a grumpy septuagenarian woman upsetting everybody while investigating the mystery behind a legendary lost horror film sounds like your thing, you know what to do.
https://t.co/Vqq2o5wZ3R

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This rescued sloth on a boat is truly fascinated by water

[📹 James Schwartz]

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Egyptian prince Thutmose was entombed with his companion cat Ta-Miu (aka “little mewer”). Here’s the cat’s sarcophagus ~ an inscription says “I myself am placed among the imperishable ones that are in the Sky / For I am Ta-Miu, the Triumphant” (1,500 BC)

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Love and kindness.. 😊

[Dave Jones @Idster65]

Just saw this. Its a tiny record shop for mice. In Sweden ❤️

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

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[Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell]

Just want to wish you all a beautiful Friday & so does this fox. Here’s to autumn arriving! Hugs to you all ❤️
(Art by Lucy Grossmith)

[Andrew Logan 💙 @AndrewLogan00]

@HarperCollinsUK the “Sept ebook deals” email? Doesn’t have a link to the deals, and your website doesn’t recognise any of the terms used in the email.

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[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Happy #Caturday

[Andrew Logan 💙 @AndrewLogan00]

@fix_its I tried to buy some products during your sale but the website was constantly unresponsive. I don’t know if that was because it had high traffic because of the offer, but I couldn’t make my purchase. And no, I’m not going to “complete my purchase” now at the full price.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

1. Don't smoke
2. Don't throw cigarettes or cigarette butts on the floor

and especially

3. Don't throw cigarettes or cigarette butts in unknown holes

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

This is Spanish spy and double agent Juan Pujol Garcia in his uniform as a lieutenant in the Spanish Republic Army.⁣ ⁣

Up until World War II broke out, Pujol failed in all aspects of his life. He failed to be a student, soldier, businessman, and cinema magnate. Not to mention, his marriage was falling apart.⁣ ⁣

When the war broke out, Pujol approached the British three different times to work for them.

When they turned him away, he approached the Nazis, and they accepted him (giving him the codename Arabel). Once he earned credentials working as a Nazi spy, he approached the Allies again, this time getting a job as a double agent (codenamed Garbo).⁣ ⁣

He began to feed the Nazis a combination of misinformation that was true but useless. Any high-value information always got to the Nazis just a little too late. He even started a spy network consisting of 27 sub-agents. However, in reality, none of them existed. They were completely made up. Nevertheless, he submitted their expense reports, and the Nazis paid their salaries.⁣ ⁣

At one point, Pujol explained why some high-value information got to the Nazis late. He told them that one of his spies had died and even managed to get the Nazis to pay pension to the imaginary spy's imaginary wife for her loss.

Not only did his false information get the Nazis to waste millions of dollars, but he was also instrumental in convincing the Nazis that the attacks on D-Day were just a diversion, and the real attack was yet to come, keeping vital resources away from the front lines.⁣ ⁣

Pujol is one of the only people to ever get an Iron Cross from the Nazis (which required Hitler's personal authorization, since he wasn't a soldier) and an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) from King George VI⁣.

After the war, Pujol feared that he would be hunted by surviving Nazis. In 1949, with the help of MI5, Pujol travelled to Angola where he faked his own death from malaria. He then moved to Lagunillas, Venezuela, where he set up a small bookstore and gift shop, living in anonymity until his death in 1988.

[Viewsfromtheomnibus @MrsLScotland]

From FB 😢

Post from a Beekeeper 🐝
“Its late, and maybe in the morning I'll delete this post, but I've just got home and for now I need to write this down.
Earlier this evening I received a message from a home owner to say they had a swarm of bees in their hedge, but they were worried about them because children had been throwing water at them.
By the time my fellow beekeeper and I arrived, what had been a beautiful prime swarm was reduced to a few hundred drenched bees, huddling limply around their queen.
I've already deleted the photos of the puddles of water, the dripping wet hedge, and the many, many dead and dying bees that hadn't been able to escape the attack; sharing those pictures serves no purpose.
We gently placed the bees that had survived into a collection box, and hopefully tomorrow, when they've had chance to dry out and settle, we'll check on them and if necessary feed them; they'll be exhausted and possibly (understandably) defensive. They've been through a lot.
Please, please, help me to educate your children, your grandchildren, your neices and nephews, your neighbours, your colleagues and your friends that a swarm of bees isn't dangerous - they're amazing creatures that are just looking for a new home.
Please don't let anyone harm them.
Just call a beekeeper who will gladly rehome them.
Please help me to spread this message and hopefully save any more bees from being unnecessarily harmed” 😢
Sad and unhappy Beekeeper

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Water privatisation is a con.

(Location: Thames Water HQ)

[Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy]

Nicolás Gómez Dávila had a chance to be chief advisor to the Columbian President

He rejected the offer and built a library with 30K books instead

His obscure book—only 100 copies printed—has brilliant insights into how civilizations DIE, why you need myths, and more

Thread👇🏻

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass bottle, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle 12 years later in 1972 to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self-contained ecosystem has flourished for more than 60 years. The garden is a perfectly balanced and self-sufficient ecosystem. The bacteria in the compost eat the dead plants and break down the oxygen that is released by the plants, turning it into carbon dioxide, which is needed for photosynthesis. The bottle is essentially a microcosm of Earth.

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A Brief History of Things Were Better 50 Years Ago

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