Veronica

Veronica

@vmcw1.bsky.social

Mum, gran, cat lady, coffee drinker, hope over fear, tolerance over tyranny.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Veronica
@vmcw1.bsky.social

Hi, I’m Veronica, came here because I could no longer deal with the stress and vitriol on the other site. Looking forward to kinder conversations ❤️

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ContempraInn 🌹
@contemprainn.bsky.social

Fairy Glen most famously refers to the surreal, miniature landscape of conical green hills and rock formations near Uig on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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ESA Space Science
@science.esa.int

Inspector Smile is ready for science! 🫡 This is Smile’s first ultraviolet view showing an auroral substorm. With the ultraviolet camera now operational, Smile becomes the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light. 🔭 🧪 ☀️

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Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

Despite being a famous Hollywood star if you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport. It read: “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”

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This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social

A small memorial nestled amongst fallen leaves in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens dedicated to the firefighters who died in New York twenty five years ago today. It stands next to a tree planted in their memory by Scottish members of the Fire Brigades Union. #glasgow #memorial #firefighters #newyork

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Laura Phillips
@lauraphillips.bsky.social

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

vox.comDavid Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Prof Christina Pagel
@chrischirp.bsky.social

the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain

Melissa Chemam@melissaontheroad.bsky.social

And another bites the dust? The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThe Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | EditorialEditorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

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Iona Fyfe
@ionafyfe.bsky.social

Happy Hallowe’en 🍁🎃 Violet Jacob (1863-1946) wrote the poem Hallowe’en after the death of her son at the Battle of the Somme. It was published in 1921 in her book ‘Bonnie Joann, and other poems’. Jim Reid set the poem to music.

Veronica
@vmcw1.bsky.social

This is my baby boy, Peanut, 14 yrs old. He has heart failure and melanoma. Vet says he is comfortable for now but he does not have long, and when he deteriorates we will have to say goodbye- don’t know how I’ll do it💔💔💔

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Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

"We've sold toys, clothes, ornaments, even used my kids' old birthday money, just to keep things going." The parents struggling to feed children during school holidays news.sky.com/story/weve-s...

news.sky.com'We've sold toys, clothes, and even used my kids' birthday money': The parents struggling to feed kids during holidaysThe threat of hunger casts a long shadow over the school holidays for many children, with data revealing a hidden crisis striking classrooms and communities.