Mastodawn

Weare, Somerset

Superb carving on the choir stalls at St Gregory's church by the three Pinwill sisters, Mary, Ethel and Violet, to the naturalistic designs of architect Edmund H. Sedding, as part of a general restoration in 1905. Image taken during a recent first time visit, a thrilling experience.

@CathyRosamundLowe

#PinwillSisters #Somerset #Weare

Aloniaxx 7h ago

Ciarán Fahey 7h ago

On a brutal day in the Pyrenees, Tadej Pogačar powered past everyone to take the stage victory and a huge lead over his rivals.

"Birds of prey circled overhead as the riders suffered below."

(AP) #TourdeFrance #TdF #Pogacar #LeTour 🇫🇷

https://apnews.com/article/tour-france-pyrenees-stage-12-5f482de3e4eac22a32dde9576750fba6

Pogačar powers to Pyrenees win to reclaim Tour yellow jersey

Tadej Pogačar has powered to an impressive stage win on the first day in the Pyrenees to take back the Tour de France yellow jersey. Many wondered if he would suffer any ill effects from his crash the day before. Pogačar showed none and put himself in prime position for his fourth Tour victory with a break on the stage-ending climb to Hautacam. He has finish more than two minutes ahead of main rival Jonas Vingegaard.

AP News

Aloniaxx 8h ago

Johns Hopkins Bioethics 9h ago

Births of eight healthy children show promise of mitochondrial replacement therapy: ‘Three-parent IVF’ technique can spare newborns from sometimes-fatal diseases https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/16/ivf-first-births-mitochondrial-replacement-therapy-united-kingdom/ via @statnews.com

Births of eight healthy children show promise of mitochondrial replacement therapy

A pioneering reproductive technology reduced the risk of children inheriting disease-causing mutations in mitochondria, researchers reported.

STAT

Aloniaxx 11h ago

Mayoral regions have been awarded £10m in grants by Great British Energy to support green energy projects on public buildings like community centres, fire stations, care homes & libraries.
The projects are estimated to save £35m on bills over their lifetime, freeing up funds for core services. #LabourUK

Aloniaxx 11h ago

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Ariaflame 11h ago

@FediThing SCOTUS isn't exactly maintaining human rights or the constitution in the USA after all. Whether it's a written constitution or not, it depends on whether people honour it.

Aloniaxx 12h ago

Are truths and facts infinitely flexible? Do they rely solely on what the stance of the individual is? Do truths and facts actually really exist if their existence is infinitely flexible? Does firmly believing in something make it a 'truth'? Are facts just uncomfortable propaganda?

Aloniaxx 13h ago

Robert Sanscartier 13h ago

Bank of England warns of looming climate risks for real estate

The deputy governor for financial stability warned of significant hazards from climate-related shocks

https://www.recapitalnews.com/bank-of-england-warns-of-looming-climate-risks-for-real-estate/

#UK #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Bank of England warns of looming climate risks for real estate

The deputy governor for financial stability warned of significant hazards from climate-related shocks.

Real Estate Capital Europe

Aloniaxx 13h ago

Imagine this. You've secured a good job after tough competition. You work hard, but then you start deriding the company, it's products and it's bosses. You vote against changes the company wants to introduce. You continue to deride the company on social media/elsewhere. You are then SHOCKED and OUTRAGED when you lose your job. ahhahahahhahhahah!!!

Aloniaxx 16h ago

ONS says employment is UP from 75% to 75.2% and wage increases are still well over inflation rate. Much better to check with ACTUAL source of info than to believe BBC/other. Lots of hysterical misinformation out this morning from people who should know better, but plainly don't or can't be arsed.

Aloniaxx 1d ago

Ben Lockwood, PhD 2d ago

The fact that I can click on a scientific article link and hit a paywall in 2025–when the scientists were paid with public money, the research conducted in public institutions, and the cost of publication subsidized by public funds–is an abject failure of society.