A state (tax payer) -funded organisation cannot, by definition, be independent; the state controls. What has changed, since at least the 1960s (my childhood), is the state has become increasingly skilled (& motivated) in using mass media as a tool of almost subliminal influence & control.

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Some Stone Age cultures burned their homes and everything inside every 80 years or so, sometimes even entire settlements, only to be rebuilt and destroyed again. What could have driven them to set fire to everything they owned? Maybe disease, or maybe rituals. Which means "ghosts" in anthro nerd

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In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

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Happy hopping Tuesday 😺

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