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Jorge@antartica81.bsky.social

BREAKING: New White House press secretary appointed

Anna Groundwater@agroundwater.bsky.social

Excited to be chairing this screening of Fred Kudjo Kuwornu’s brilliant film We Were Here @nationalmuseumsscotland this Friday - in conversation with the director - & historian Dr Onyeka Nubia afterwards. Come join us to see the story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. Free but book NMS.ac.uk

Ratan Vaswani 🇺🇦@ratanvaswani.bsky.social

En attendant Godot. Il est là, mais il n'ouvre pas.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. https://whenweallvote.org/

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Support the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com

Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s

irishtimes.comIreland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970sPublic consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers

(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social

Despite the fact that the frontlines are still moving in this area, one thing can be said already: The third Battle of Lyman in this war is basically over and Ukraine won. Again.

ityb.bsky.social@ityb.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comU2 celebrate 50th anniversary at the school where they formedThe rock band go back to their roots, playing a gig in the Dublin playground where they first met.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'Visitors to Nostell, a Palladian mansion near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, will be able to watch cutting-edge research normally undertaken behind closed doors in labs, the National Trust said.' Carp all you like, but the National Trust is a national treasure. @nationaltrust.org.uk 2/2

ityb.bsky.social@ityb.bsky.social

Nice article here @eicathomefinn.bsky.social news.artnet.com/art-world/no...

news.artnet.comA Tudor Masterpiece Goes Under the Microscope—and Anyone Can WatchThe National Trust and Hamilton Kerr Institute will conduct the first-ever public study on an enigmatic Thomas More portrait at the Nostell.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Public given rare access as Thomas More painting goes under microscope

theguardian.comPublic given rare access as Thomas More painting goes under microscopeVisitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece A spectacular, internationally important painting of Thomas More and his family is to have its secrets explored as the public look on. The open heritage science project, scheduled to begin on Thursday, is a UK first and will deploy techniques used at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam during its famous public restoration of Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night Watch. Continue reading...

Politico@politico.com

EXCLUSIVE: The White House pressured U.S. space companies to skip French President Emmanuel Macron’s space summit in Paris next week. It's a surprise move that left company executives confused about what they should do.

politico.comWhite House pushes companies to ditch Macron’s space summitMore than 120 countries are attending the symposium in Paris.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social

Lang geleden dat ik zo hard luidop gelachen heb omwille van een kaart.

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)@themerl.bsky.social

in honour of @bsky.app testing longer videos, here's our most successful short: holding space with @olliedouglas.bsky.social

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org

Incredible photos from the National Trust. Rewilded land - rivers returned to natural courses, wetlands restored - have stayed green and lush during this summer's extreme heat. Reform (and Trump) claim rewilding is to blame for wildfires. These pictures are visual proof of that fallacy.

Inequality Media@inequalitymedia.bsky.social

The Declaration of Independence had this to say about tyrants. It still feels relevant today.

Andrew McRae@mcraeandrew.bsky.social

From today’s Times letters page. #DefendExeterUni

Brynley Heaven@brynleyheaven.bsky.social

The news from Kings Lynn

eastangliabylines.co.ukHeatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergencyA council debate on scrapping West Norfolk's climate emergency was postponed after extreme heat made the chamber unusable

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

nor substantive statements, nor even the traditional demonstrative photo-op. The meeting lasted two days. Immediately afterwards, Lukashenko urgently traveled to Beijing, and this visit was organized with unprecedented speed for China, where he was personally received by Xi Jinping.

Dr Naomi Scott@drnaomiscott.bsky.social

A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

telegraph.co.ukBBC requests Trump’s diary and phone logs in editing scandal lawsuitThe US president is demanding $10bn in damages from the BBC

Dr Luke Walker@drlukewalker.com

🔥 What a combination - @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social! So much here: - Palestine - India - absence of colonial history in schools - wilful ignorance of politicians & media - and the East India Company's lasting corruption of British democracy 🤑 youtu.be/13zQVPW9LjU?...

youtu.beThe British Empire’s Downfall: From India to Palestine | William DalrympleYouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

Pitt Rivers Museum@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social

This newly commissioned Benin Bronze, on display on the first floor, tells the story of the British looting of Benin City in 1897. The left side shows an ancestral altar in the Ọ́bá’s (King’s) palace before the British attack, while the right depicts the looting taking place. bit.ly/49SDdjx

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Neutrality won't save you from Russia, Kallas tells Ireland. "Neutrality does not provide immunity from the threats Europe faces today. No country in Europe is off Russia's target list since its invasion of Ukraine," Kallas told journalists at a press conference in Dublin.

kyivindependent.comNeutrality won't save you from Russia, Kallas tells Ireland"No country in Europe is off Russia's target list since its invasion of Ukraine," Kallas said.

Prof John O Brennan@jobmaynooth.bsky.social

Given the global shortage of aluminium, I cannot see any reason why Rusal cannot re-direct its alumina to other parts of the world. Ireland should not have any part (even indirectly) in helping the Russian murder machine.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me

Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...

cnn.comEngaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests | CNNWhen it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.