A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!
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- Yrtree.me - it’s still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me
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Fediverse alternatives (feddit.uk)
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‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt (www.theguardian.com)
All Elite Wrestling plans Wembley return after sold-out debut event (www.bbc.com)
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Scientists on panel defending ultra-processed foods linked to food firms (www.theguardian.com)
On Wednesday, at a media briefing in London, a panel of expert scientists suggested consumers should not get too hung up on concerns raised about UPFs. They could sometimes even be good for people, they said....
Alexei Navalny describes 'corrupt officials' living in London helping Putin in never-before-seen interview (news.sky.com)
Alexei Navalny once hit out at the “corrupt officials” living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin’s regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal....
Banksy Encourages Fans to Shoplift From Guess Since Company 'Helped Themselves to My Artwork Without Asking’ (www.complex.com)
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Barbenheimer (feddit.uk)
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Workers at Amazon UK warehouse to walk out on Black Friday (www.reuters.com)
Chase (lemmy.world)
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And another meme I never thought would see the light of day again (media.kbin.social)
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Panama Papers: Money laundering trial of 27 defendants begins (www.bbc.com)
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Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation (www.theguardian.com)
The Conservative MP under fire for his ancestors’ role in Caribbean slavery is in line for a multimillion-pound payout from the Barbados government....
The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future (media.kbin.social)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/climate/t/295076...
Russia pulls out of fishing deal and tells Britons to 'lose weight' (news.sky.com)
A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and the West....
I feel old now seeing these two grown up... (feddit.uk)
‘Citizen scientists make a vital difference’: the locals who proved the River Wye was polluted (www.theguardian.com)
A few times a week, a group of volunteers dotted along the Yazor Brook, which rises in a rural catchment and flows into the River Wye at Hereford, brave the brambles and muddy banks to take samples of the gently flowing water....
Two ‘unexpected’ bodies recovered from Thames in search for Abdul Ezedi (www.theguardian.com)
Two male bodies have been recovered from the River Thames as police search for a suspect who severely injured a “vulnerable” woman and her two young daughters in a chemical assault....
The UK's official swimming rivers are too polluted to swim in (www.newscientist.com)
Tesla plunged into Norway fjord before ‘screaming’ occupants rescued by passing floating sauna (nypost.com)
“I don’t think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on,” he added. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.”...
Naked opera singer armed with bow and arrow goes on rampage at care home (www.independent.co.uk)
Holland was a voluntary resident at the home and was normally allowed his freedom, the court heard....
Christopher Nolan Says Buy ‘Oppenheimer’ on Blu-ray ‘So No Evil Streaming Service Can Come Steal It From You’: ‘We Put a Lot of Care’ Into Home Release (variety.com)
Christopher Nolan took a playful swipe at streaming while introducing a Los Angeles screening of “Oppenheimer” that was devoted to spotlighting the film’s craft. Crew members reunited for the event Monday evening, billed as “The Story of Our Time: The Making of ‘Oppenheimer.'” The director said a lot of time and...
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
It’s not quite the end of Tumblr, but when management is supposedly sending memos with the Lord Tennyson quote about having “loved and lost,” it doesn’t look like there’s much of a future....
UK churches keen to host heavy metal bands after duet with organist is a hit (www.theguardian.com)
It was a “bonkers gig”, pairing heavy metal with a pipe organ – a musical curiosity that the bands thought would surely seldom be repeated, if ever....
Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run (www.theguardian.com)
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Francis Ford Coppola's Impossible New Sci-Fi Movie is Even Weirder Than We Thought (www.inverse.com)
Francis Ford Coppola, director of the Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, has been planning his next movie, Megalopolis, since 1979. The story, a sci-fi thriller about an architect who wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating incident, has been evolving over decades, and anyone asked about it seemed...