The guardian of the compost Bert enjoys the shade under the sunflowers and grumbles that's there's not actually any compost but a stack of fence posts, a pile of tinder dry weeds and grass pretending to be compost, and bees everywhere.

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August 2

This day in history:

  • 1991 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
  • 1944 – World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • 1914 – The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • 2005 – Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.

Births:

  • 1868 – Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
  • 1971 – Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
  • 1902 – Mina Rees, American mathematician (d. 1997)

Deaths:

  • 2013 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
  • 1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
  • 1996 – Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th president of Somalia (b. 1934)

Holidays:

  • Paratroopers Day (Russia)
  • Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
  • *Romani genocide-related observances, including:*

Random Article of the day:

The Ninth Guest

The Ninth Guest, sometimes abbreviated as The 9th Guest, is a 1934 American pre-Code murder mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin.
The film is an adaptation of the 1930 Broadway play The Ninth Guest by Owen Davis, which in turn is based on the 1930 novel, The Invisible Host, by Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow. The book, play and film all predate Agatha Christie's extremely successful 1939 novel And Then There Were None, which has a similar plot.

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James Baldwin - Wikipedia

Song of the Day August 2 2023

In Remembrance of James Baldwin

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James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley - "Has The American Dream Been Achieved At The Expense of the American Negro?"

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James Baldwin - Wikipedia

Song of the Day August 2 2023

In Remembrance of James Baldwin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin

James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley - "Has The American Dream Been Achieved At The Expense of the American Negro?"

https://youtu.be/oFeoS41xe7w

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #August2 #JamesBaldwin #WilliamFBuckley #Debate #CambridgeUniversity #England #AmericanDream #TelevisedDebate #NET #AmericanNegro #BlackAmericans #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #1960s

James Baldwin - Wikipedia

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தமிழகத்தில் நாளை (ஆகஸ்டு2) தளர்வுகள் இன்றி முழு ஊரடங்கு…

சென்னை: தமிழகத்தில் நாளை (ஆகஸ்டு2) தளர்வுகள் இன்றி முழு ஊரடங்கு அமல்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. தமிழகத்தில் தொற்று பரவல் தீவிரமடைந்துள்ளதால், 7வது கட்டமாக தளர்வுகளுடன் ஊரடங்கு ஆகஸ்டு 31ந்தேதி வரை நீட்டித்து மாநில அரசு உத்தரவிட்டு உள்ளது. அத்துடன், ஆகஸ்டு மாதத்தில் வரும் அனைத்து ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமைகளும் (2, 9, 16, 23, 30 தேதிகள்) தளர்வு இன்றி முழு ஊரடங்கு அமல்படுத்தப்படும் என்று  அறிவித்தது. அதன்படி 7வது கட்ட ஊரடங்கு இன்று தொடங்கிய நிலையில், நாளை (ஆகஸ்டு 2ந்தேதி) ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை ...

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