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socialist welsh and european exile past my prime and for my sins living onthe wrong side of Offas Dyke

Any journalists want to write an article about all the environmental costs of the more than 10,000 Starlinks that are now in orbit? All I'm seeing are breathless articles mindlessly worshiping That Awful Billionaire for crossing the 10,000 satellite mark.

Every single one of those will come down in an uncontrolled reentry. That's a lot of metal in the atmosphere, and a lot of dice-rolling to see if any more pieces will make it to the ground.

SpaceX is truly awful.

@peterbrown @christineburns @RichardJMurphy

BUT WE ARE A UNION OF EQUALS
and the scales from our eyes are falling🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@TCMuffin got it second to last
@cmconseils
nice to have a bit of sausage when having a brake
PPhsst
Any one wants a gallon of solar
#ThomasPaine published the first half of one of his great books, the #RightsOfMan, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1791. It laid out arguments for #revolution against despotism, demanded elimination of the military and aristocracy, and called for a #progressive tax and free #education.
‘The UK wont be drawn into a’ ‘’wider war’’
well now Starmer has found where his balls are KICK American booms out of the UK.
(Oh never mind you'll be gone in May).

The irresistible love story of the Ladies of Llangollen

For 50 years, Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler shared a home – and a bed – in Wales. It was a fantastically brave choice in the 18th century, offering a roadmap for the women who followed them.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/31/sarah-ponsonby-eleanor-butler-love-story-ladies-of-llangollen-wales?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

‘Darling of my heart’: the irresistible love story of the Ladies of Llangollen

For 50 years, Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler shared a home – and a bed – in Wales. It was a fantastically brave choice in the 18th century, offering a roadmap for the women who followed them

The Guardian
@janhoglund
I dont want to be in his gang?
Mandy maybe didn't like what was on the menu but he was definitely there.