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Ulla Rajala
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This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame
Hillfort in Maridalsvannet in Oslo, Norway. There are over 460 hillforts in Norway. First ever hillfort was described by chaplain Hans Jørgen Helsing in 1743 who thought them to be offering places to the pagan gods. #HillfortsWednesday
Having just spent a lot of time reading about how rulers tried and largely failed to regulate guns when they were a new technology, this rang very true
Soooooo …. There’s a public economy in which shares in AI companies are worth zillions and a real economy where banks treat them as junk bonds. Hold on to your hats. It’s going to be bumpy correction.
🇧🇬 Over in #Bulgaria, the bidding process for the Host City of #Eurovision 2027 has now commenced, with BNT revealing that the decision is set to be revealed by the end of July #ESC2027
Kulttuuriin tehdyt investoinnit ovat aidosti kannattavia, kirjoittaa Osmo Tapio Räihälä
What we seeing in the UK today is an attempt by foreign-backed far-right extremists to destabilise our country by stoking rage and division.
This anti-immigrant violence must be stopped, and the thugs who encourage it prosecuted.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Torc alert!!! ...and a very unusual set too!
#Archaeology 🏺
Why would anyone want to work in this sector then? Serious question. We don't all want to *just teach*, and it's not how the vast majority of us *train*.
I know it's unfashionable to say it but I got into this primarily to research and write and it's what I am good at.
TOMORROW
Peter Beaumont
Ulla Rajala
A technological disarmament pact between the US and China would make everyone feel more secure
The search for the Host City of Eurovision 2027 has commenced as Host Broadcaster, BNT opens up the bidding process for the home of the 71st edition of the competition, which will take place in Bul…
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#BBCBreakfast: "... families had to be led to safety through the flames.. it wasn't just homes, cars were also torched by young masked men in these predominantly unionist streets, but the target here was immigrants.."
This is what the likes of Reform are inciting.
Very important point: SoftBank was pledging *all* of its OpenAI stock (worth $60bn+ on paper) to get a $6 billion margin loan. Banks turned it down due to concerns about the value of OpenAI stock. Banks clearly do not think OpenAI is worth $852 billion.
www.tradingkey.com/analysis/sto...
Dr Tess Machling
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Saul Staniforth
Our June Forum on 11 June will take us back to the Tudor period!
Widow Jennyt Grooby (aka Alison Coates) will talking about life on a Tudor Manor.
6.15 Tea and Cake
6.30 Talk
Leicester Adult Education College. For more info and to sign up👇
vaughan.coop/course/june-...
'Only 22 UK universities should be allowed to take part in the Research Excellence Framework with the remainder reclassified as “regional universities” and refocused on teaching, the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange has said.'
Always be careful what you wish for re abolition of REF.... 1/3
A remarkable discovery has been made near Bad Camberg in the Taunus Mountains, Hesse: a rare Celtic "princely grave" containing extraordinary finds, including a gold torque and components of a chariot.
👉 www.hessenschau.de/kultur/archa...
Ed Zitron
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Margot Finn
‘Only 22 UK universities should be allowed in REF’, says think tank.
Policy Exchange report arguing most universities should refocus away from research garners right-wing support.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
SoftBank's attempts to get a margin loan on its OpenAI stock have fallen apart
archive.ph/pV6yL#select...
