Maybe it's because he has little choice, but Zelenskyy has become an incredible statesman. I'd hand him a peace prize in a flash. And I believe he'd happily trade it for just one more patriot missile to save his people. Trump wouldn't. youtu.be/BbizVd0Rymc?...

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The 212th anniversary today of a simply hilarious incident: the London Beer Flood, in which hundreds of thousands of gallons of porter ran down the streets, and people flung themselves into the gutters to scoop the stuff up and drink it. Except that last bit’s balls, and eight people died

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Let's never forget people like Nansi Williams, who died saving the lives of 5 young children during the Aberfan disaster in 1966. I will never forget visiting the school site where the disaster happened, nor the cemetary down the road where most of the victims were here buried.

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Brendan Larsen from Ngāmotu in Aotearoa and a member of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society took this stack over a couple of hours and estimates 14000 satellite trails. This is how bad it is now, it's set to get much much much worse - and then we lose Low […] [Original post on river.geek.nz]

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The first film based off Anne of Green Gables was released in 1919. Lucy Maud Montgomery hated the film because of changes made to appeal to Americans. Then, a murder led to the destruction of the film. This is the story of the first Anne of Green Gables movie. 🧵 1/6

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