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'There are moments when twiddling is about all a fellow feels himself equal to.' (P G Wodehouse) | she being the cat’s mother

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@tomough Blimey. But how do they deal with all the numbskulls who are (some of) their MPs/candidates?

[Libby @LibbyMag]

Which one of these infernal predictions is accurate?

[John Ritzema @john_ritzema]

If you want a picture of Britain's future, imagine a lanyard slapping a human face – forever.

[Libby @LibbyMag]

Fascinating, horrifying thread on the causes of the Ethiopian famine that sparked Live Aid. I had no idea.

[Students For Liberty @sfliberty]

In July 1985, over a billion people watched Live Aid.

Months earlier, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had written "We Are the World." All of it was a response to a famine in Ethiopia.

Almost nobody remembers who actually caused the famine. 🧵

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@thomasknox Fun homework!

Hugo?

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@JohnLoony @thomasknox Similarly nostalgic but without Housman’s sense of place

[Michael Lavelle @mikelavelle93]

This may be the greatest 2 minutes and 44 seconds of television I’ve ever seen

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

Just Monkey and then Bird 😄🥹❤️

[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford @ChChCathedralOx]

Why do our services start five minutes late? 🕰️

Before time zones, Oxford kept its own local time five minutes behind London. We still begin at 6.05pm as a small way of staying connected to the generations who worshipped here before us.

We'll see you at 6pm... Oxford Time! 😉

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@vuorille Baguette is also the word for a conductor’s baton (we prefer to use a different French word)
and a protective strip on the side of a car 🤓

[David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎 @eggsbened]

Nightmare for a friend of mine.
Please share.

[/// 𝙰 𝙽 𝙾 𝙳 𝚈 𝙽 𝙴 /// ✇ @Vaporwave_07]

the British plug brutally and completely mogs all other types of socket across the world and there isn't a close second

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@OldRoberts953 Any child living with an unrelated adult male is at higher risk than one who is living with biological parents: the Cinderella effect.
This, and the repeated visits to A&E, should have been a huge red flag.

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

1. This statement contains several inaccurate or confused claims.

First, Edwards says the bill is only for those “at the very end of their lives.”

But the bill’s “6-month prognosis” criterion is very broad: 1 in 5 of those eligible will actually have at least 3 years to live.

[Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman]

Lauren Edwards MP statement says “[The TIA bill] was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world”

No. It was only described this way by the people trying to push it through.

Here is how others described the Bill:

1. The Royal College of Physicians said the Bill is unsafe

2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe

3. The British Geriatrics Society said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate

4. Domestic abuse charities said the Bill is unsafe

5. Organisations representing disabled people said the Bill is unsafe

6. Royal College of GPs says the Bill lacks adequate safeguards

7. Lord Stevens, ex NHS CEO, said legislating for assisted dying in the current climate of hospice cuts is “utterly ridiculous”

8. MIND says the safeguards are not adequate

9. The CLADD group at KCL (DOI) have said the Bill is “not fit for purpose”

10. The British Association of Social Workers say the Bill’s is not safe enough

Spot the pattern?

[Tim Stanley @timothy_stanley]

The spiritual war never ends. If you let it, humanity would burn down the world. Then set fire to the ashes.

[The Standard @theLDNstandard]

The Royal Opera Chorus stopped everyone in their tracks at Covent Garden today with an unannounced performance of Nessun Dorma to mark the start of the World Cup 2026

#london #londonmusic #football #worldcup #soccer

[Family Education Trust @FamEdTrust]

Chief Treasury Secretary Lucy Rigby has defended the Government’s decision to not reduce interest rates on student loans, saying the money is being used to fund benefit schemes including ‘free breakfast clubs’ and lifting the two child benefit cap.

Trapping graduates in a lifetime of debt in order to fund breakfasts for children whose parents should be feeding them at home is not beneficial to anyone - children, families or young adults starting out in life.

[Libby @LibbyMag]

@thomasknox “Flaming June”
Sarcasm © my grandfather in about 1950

[Libby @LibbyMag]

“Reconciliation with the past is gradual. Above all, we must not think that forgiveness always and in every case means returning to the previous situation or having a close relationship with those who have hurt us, especially when there was violence.”

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

This girl's father tried to kill her mother. A stranger stepped in to shield her, and was killed. The father went to prison, mother turned to drugs. She found Jesus eventually -- through family love and youth retreat -- but struggles to forgive.

"And sometimes I look up to heaven and ask God, 'Where were you when I was a little girl?' Holy Father, how can I forgive my father for almost leaving me without a mother? How can I truly be reconciled with God?"

Pope Leo said the scope of the question should be broadened:

"Should we ask 'where was God'? Or should we ask ourselves about humanity, about how we are sometimes prisoners of evil, resorting to violence against others? How is it that we fail to cultivate love and respect for others’ dignity and freedom? So many crime reports, even today, reflect a toxic climate in family relationships marked by abuse and oppression and, in particular, by violence against women, which unfortunately often leads to femicide."

"We cannot attribute to God what has been entrusted to our responsibility; we cannot imagine that God, from on high, will automatically respond to our needs or miraculously prevent evil from happening."

"He has given us his own Spirit, precisely so that love may be the key to all our human relationships. If violence exists, if selfishness prevails, if even love among family members turns into hatred, we must question the dynamics of our society, the culture of
individualism and the temptation of violence — but not God."

On forgiveness, he said:

"Above all, we must seek forgiveness from the Lord. We must continually ask the Lord — perhaps for our entire lives — to expand the space of love within us,
precisely where we have been wounded, that he can help us reconcile with ourselves and with that
part of our past that has been marked by suffering, so that he may slowly transform resentment into
mercy and compassion."

"This is a long journey," the pope said, "and a process that requires great patience. It is an effort we must make, both on a personal level and through other means of support and inner reconciliation."

"We must not lose heart: we move forward in small steps toward forgiveness. Reconciliation with the past is gradual. Above all, we must not think that forgiveness always and in every case means returning to the previous situation or having a close relationship with those who have hurt us, especially when there was violence. We can maintain a good disposition of heart toward the person, reject all forms of hatred or revenge, strive to repair the relationship as much as possible and perhaps pray for him or her. This helps us to enter more and more into the dynamic of forgiveness and to be reconciled with God and with others."
Video: Vatican Media