Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
"Booking offices are an essential part of the railway..."
🤫 @ScotRail don't want to hear from you about their plans to reduce ticket office hours at 101 of your railway stations.
But we do.
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“In just over four months in #Gaza there have been more children, more journalists, more medical personnel, and more UN staff killed than anywhere in the world during a conflict," writes @UNLazzarini in his letter to the UN General Assembly.
https://t.co/3S9RU8qs1x
The fishing boats & nets in Gaza🇵🇸have been intentionally destroyed by Israel 🇮🇱
Here is a makeshift effort to fish in a desperate attempt to get food.
And an Israeli 🇮🇱 war ship tries to bomb you to oblivion.
You can feel the pure unfiltered hatred.
The case against Israel for the crime of genocide is absolutely devastating.
It's been filed by South Africa, and it presents a terrifying body of evidence to justify the claim.
I've gone through the document to explain what it says - and why the world must know about it.
The ultimate war machine gets an essential collection!
Pre-order ESSENTIAL ROGUE TROOPER, bringing together some of the greatest stories of the Genetic Infantryman from Gerry Finley-Day, with art by Dave Gibbons, Colin Wilson, and Cam Kennedy: https://t.co/XNp11Q1uf1
⚠️ Fake webs are dangerous to your local wildlife- bats included! Leave the webbing to our spider friends and celebrate spooky season with eco-friendly decorations instead. 👻
🦇 Mexican long-tongued bat caught in fake web decoration
📷 Dick Wilkins
Now the temperature is dropping it's more likely you will see sick hedgehogs who were struggling to survive and just about making it through, begining to lose the battle and come out in the day time.
They come out because they are dying, and hypothermia is a stage of the process. It makes them feel cold, so they come out in the day to get the sun's heat.
It's an emergency.
If that process isn't reversed quickly it will be too late.
Any delay will make it impossible for them to be resuscitated, even by the best rescue in the world.
So please bring them indoors, fill a bottle with hot tap water, put it in a box, with the hedgehog, and cover them with a fleece or lots of scrunched up kitchen roll or newspaper. Put in a dish of water then leave the box in a quiet, well-lit room, and start ringing the rescues immediately.
Never take wildlife to a vet, they are for domestic animals only.
We can't always stop work to answer the phone, so if there's no answer, wait a couple of minutes and ring again. Keep doing that at each rescue until someone has a hand free to pick up the phone.
Don't leave a message, they are for non-emergencies (my messages are often backed up for 3 or 4 days).
Keep working through the rescues (a directory of UK rescues can be found at https://t.co/mqMlhmS3GR) until you find a rescue who has a space, and don't worry about distance - some rescues have volunteer drivers who will meet you halfway.
There is always a rescue with a space.
A daytime hedgehog is always an emergency, no matter how 'well' they may look, or how well they are eating.
Please #BeTheirAmbulance, not their jailor.
A group of friends posed by a memorial dedicated to the 1692 Salem witch trials in 1945. In 1976, Linda R. Caporael, a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, published a paper titled 'Ergotism: The Satan Loosed In Salem.' This paper proposed the theory that a fungus found in contaminated bread, known as ergot, might have been responsible for the symptoms attributed to 'witchcraft,' leading the townspeople of Salem to persecute one another.
Ergot is the name of the fungus, which typically grows on rye and related plants. When ingested by humans, it can lead to a range of symptoms, including convulsions, choking, hallucinations, or gangrene (resulting in the loss of limbs). Those who ceased consuming tainted bread early enough might have had the chance to recover. This explains why some individuals suffering from 'demonic possessions' who sought refuge in churches and stopped eating low-grade rye bread experienced miraculous recoveries. Members of the clergy, who could afford higher-quality bread, were less susceptible to poisoning than commoners.
Ergot poisoning was distressingly common during the Middle Ages and claimed many lives in Europe in gruesome ways. There is a strong correlation between wet summers (ideal conditions for ergot growth) and reports of witchcraft. Notably, in Norway and Scotland, records of witch persecution were predominantly found in regions where rye was cultivated and used for bread production.
There's nowhere in the world like Edinburgh during August... (partially 'cos most of the world is there too).
The Monkeybarrel delivered the business - great venue for one so young, & fantastic line-up!
Here's some illustrative bins...
#edfringe23#vague
People prefer people and want to #SaveTicketOffices
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