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[Hellebore @helleborezine]

Caulbearers are babies born with an intact amniotic sac (the caul). Those "born behind the veil" are gifted with second sight, and their cauls are often dried and kept as talismans.
Lord Byron, Napoleon, Freud, and Hamlet were all caulbearers.
#FolkloreThursday

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

There’s a school in Tower Hamlets - one of the most diverse parts of the UK - named after slave trader John Cass.

In Year 10, I used to go out with someone from JC: nobody had a clue who John Cass was, or how he made his money. These things don’t teach history: they conceal it.

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

Chucking that statue in the harbour has educated more Brits on the history of the slave trade in this country than leaving it up for 150 odd years did. Can’t argue with the end of season stats bro.

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

If you’re itching to condemn violence at protests, start with this.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I have a sense of grim foreboding about this. The government's releasing us from lockdown before it has the pandemic under control. If reopening schools etc proves disastrous, people won't accept a 2nd lockdown, as the govt has torched its credibility. Then we're completely stuck

[jibberdy @jibberdy]

Petition: Stop culling immediately and start widespread vaccination of badgers now https://t.co/DZloIakas4

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@bernoid Most commonly grow on ash, I seem to remember, which means that’s they’re likely to be less common as dieback takes effect.

[Wildlife Warrior @NetsNot]

This is the footage that I have not been allowed to share either blocked or has been deleted Can people tell me if they can see this? We think it is being reported if it gets posted Obvious by whom

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@Sara_Rose_G Varicella

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@Philippa_Perry I dreamt that I was the manager of a chocolate factory and there was some kind of accident in which many people were injured and needed to be coated in chocolate in order to survive, but no one could find any chocolate. Some of my employees had red plastic hair.

[jibberdy @jibberdy]

@MustSeeBirds It’s a must-eat snack!

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Super noodles pied wagtail

[Sarah Swanson 🦆📖 @MustSeeBirds]

Robin egg Kinglet

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@awomaninassynt Yes I am excellent

[Rewilding Me @MRewilding]

I've noticed that during this crisis big landowners wish to exclude people from rights of way, shutting out those who may have nowhere else to go. How mean can you get? Desperate need for land reform in this country, a historic injustice that needs fixing. @guyshrubsole

[jibberdy @jibberdy]

@amandareynoldsj I’m interested too, but thanks to my infrequent Twitter use I fear I may have missed the boat.

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

Especially at this time I find it a pity that the BBC has made all my programmes -French, Italian, Big Dreams, American, Paradise, Secret History, Mastercrafts -except 80 gardens - unavailable on iplayer. Not sure why.

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@alex_roddie @sarahstirling I’m not sure what it is about elders but they very rarely seem to grow on anything else. They’re pretty tasty if you can bring yourself to take it off the tree!

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@sarahstirling @alex_roddie Jew’s ear is actually a corruption of Judas’ ear, as they usually grow on elder, which is the tree Judas was supposed to have hanged himself from. Technically not as politically incorrect as it seems.

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@SJimons Franz-Josef Murau

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@jkpirie We had a hopeful 3 seconds of power before it went off again. Any news on when it’s coming back on?