Tory Wiklund

History, education, travel & nature… with a bit of occasional silliness thrown in too… Opinions all my own.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Changing the stress on each of the seven words in the sentence: ‘I never said she stole your money,’ can yield seven different meanings.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

From today’s Times: ‘Researchers at the University of Cambridge said that regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving. Benefits include lowering stress and reducing the risk of dementia, and span all types of reading, from comic books to classic novels or hefty non-fiction tomes.’

[TotalNewsWorld @turningpointjpn]

これは衝撃的すぎる。

チベット出身者が紹介した動画。少女が4兄弟の妻になるという、あまりにも痛ましい慣習。

いわゆる「兄弟多夫婚」。兄弟全員が1人の女性を妻として共有する。

なぜこんな制度が生まれたのか。

背景には、土地を兄弟で分割してしまうのを防ぐという経済的な理由があったとされる。

チベットやネパール北部などで、古くから存在してきた。

ただ、中国チベット自治区では1980年代以降、新たな婚姻としては法律で禁止されている。

それでも、遠隔地の農村部などでは残っているとされる。

「伝統だから」で済ませていいのか。

土地を守るために、一人の女性の人生まで兄弟で共有する。

現代の感覚から見れば、あまりにも過酷な慣習だ。

伝統を尊重することと、理不尽な慣習を肯定することは別の話だと思う。

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

Men who claim to be women in Australia cannot claim to be oppressed, marginalized or discriminated against. In fact, they hold all the power.

The group that is being discriminated against is women who want woman only spaces, services, sport & lesbianism. We are being discriminated against on the basis of sex.

The judiciary of Australia hasn’t resolved the conflict in law, they have made it blindingly obvious.

50% of the population have been left without legal protections on the basis of sex - the exact thing the sex discrimination act was enacted to uphold.

[British Poles @britishpoles]

Today is Battle of Britain Day. 145 Polish fighter pilots flew for the @RoyalAirForce in the #BattleOfBritain. No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron entered the Battle of Britain, credited with 126 kills, and was rated the highest-scoring fighter squadron of the battle.
Winston Churchill said: "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
It is worth recalling the Polish contribution to the UK war effort in WW2.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Jesus. Our collective greed knows no bounds

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

“I’m not going to stop telling the truth, I refuse to stop telling the truth.”

Men who claim to be women are men.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

I have an announcement.

[Freyja. Missing Children Advocate🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @FreyjaBakke]

❗️❗️URGENT APPEAL ❗️❗️
Come on guys .. he's 3 years old
Let's find him
Suffolk Constabulary Official Page

Police are appealing for help to locate a missing three-year-old boy in Brantham.
Noah was last seen at approximately 3pm this afternoon, Tuesday 17 September, when he became separated from a relative after visiting the playground in Merriam Close.
Noah is reported to have run off down the alleyway beside the playground towards the new build housing estate.
Noah is described as white, with curly ginger hair. He is wearing a white Bluey t-shirt, shorts and white trainers.
Emergency services are currently in Brantham conducting searches. Residents in the area are asked to check their gardens, sheds and outbuildings.
Anyone who believes they have seen Noah is asked to contact Suffolk Police, quoting CAD 203 of 15 September.
Website: https://t.co/kYcre4e0jc
Phone: 101
Alternatively, you can use our Live Chat service by clicking the icon at the bottom right corner of our website here: Home | Suffolk Constabulary
Please note in the event of an emergency you should always call 999

[James May @MrJamesMay]

It’s Battle of Britain Day, commemorating the salvation of the world by these.

#RepeatPlease

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

That strange sound is a million standing orders being cancelled.

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

British is simply unbeatable 🇬🇧 🥩

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Governments have gone from "cow burps are destroying the planet" to "let's build energy guzzling data centers everywhere".

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Stop putting men’s feelings before safeguarding or the health of babies! Madness

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Hi everyone.
My sales have been woeful this month. 😔
Can I ask a favour please, can you visit my shop & browse. 🙏
No need to buy anything.. I'm putting this request on all my socials to see where the visits mostly come from. ❤️
Here's my shop;
https://t.co/eDF51peMUo 🐦

[Matthew Blair @ThrimbyFarms]

Excuse the language but oh my god this boils our piss.
What is wrong with people?
This is our home 🏠
Who in the right mind thinks it’s ok to rock up to someone’s lane end in a black car and take a dump?
Not sure it would be ok us taking a dump on someone’s driveway?

If they had just asked they could have used the toilet.

Anyway, please could either yourself or someone from Kendal calling do the decent thing and come and clean it up. I’ll share the video of the car and the reg if it makes it easier?

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

You know things are getting really dire when even the Council is fly-tipping.... @bradfordmdc @BBCLookNorth

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

Someone destroyed the #ChalkStream by dredging it into a V shaped ditch🤯& now created a woodland🧐every🌳is dead🤷‍♂️was this paid for by Landscape Recovery or guilt from destroying the stream ? If it’s public💷then surely they be forced to water the🌳@EnvAgencyAnglia

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

Virtually all the exits to Britain's motorway service stations look this. What's wrong with us in this country? No other west European countries are as run-down, filthy and littered as Britain... we need to turn the tide of decline. Pride and respect should never go out of fashion.