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Bonhams : Frank Paton (British, 1856-1909) A Kitten; and A Terrier (a pair) oval (2)

A Kitten; and A Terrier (a pair) each signed and dated '1900' (lower left and lower right respectively) watercolour and gouache 23 x 20cm (9 1/16 x 7 7/8in). oval (2)

Barnrik familj på farstubron

Bohusläns museum - Photographer Fägersten, Axel

Ismo Hölttö, "Skibotn, Norway 1967". - Bukowskis

Bukowskis auctions

Bukowskis

"nearly 99% of respondents to an official consultation said they were happy with kilos and litres." That's one in the eye for the brexit ultras who thought the country was gagging to bring back pounds and ounces.

I cook and sew in imperial, because my mum taught me those things and that's how she learned. I do everything else in metric because that's what I learned in school. Schools haven't taught imperial measurements since the 1980s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67795075

Metric measurement rules to stay after Brexit review

But the government has announced it will move away from EU-era rules on wine bottle sizes in shops.

BBC News
We need to hold our media to account. They are in large part responsible for the mess we are in.

Saying it louder for the people in the back of the room.

There's a very large segment of the population of potential EV buyers (myself included) who are sold on the idea. The issue isn't educating the consumer. The only roadblock is affordability.

Shift the focus from building premium SUV crossovers and build out models that at least pretend to be affordable for the average buyer.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/automakers-must-build-cheaper-smaller-evs-to-spur-adoption-report-says/

Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says

16.5% of new car sales are compact crossovers, but only 6% of those are EVs.

Ars Technica
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Walmart says it is not advertising on social platform X

Walmart <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/WMT.N" target="_blank">(WMT.N)</a> said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site.

Reuters