Except that we keep trying to recreate it here, but based on wealth, not just on birth. The conservatives would sure love to grovel before a lord.
I mean, I do need a job...
I am screaming. Oxford is holding open elections for their next Chancellor for the first time and is letting literally anyone apply. The candidate statements have been published exactly as written and they are...fascinating: www.ox.ac.uk/about/organi... DEMOCRACY
Convocation will be asked to elect a new Chancellor in Michaelmas term. To make this election accessible to our global community of colleagues and alumni, the election will be held online. The first
the incredible marine life of the Azores – in pictures https://buff.ly/4dHaCN6 🦑🧪🌎
The mid-Atlantic archipelago of nine islands, the tips of drowned volcanoes, is a remarkable place for marine mammals. The clear, deep waters provide the perfect habitat for cetaceans, and 28 species...
One in seven species (14%) of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction - and overfishing is the main reason theconversation.com/fished-for-t...
Long lifespans and slow reproduction rates make deep-water sharks and rays as vulnerable to overexploitation as whales once were. We must place them under protection to avoid extinctions.
Lords: "But what would you even do without us?" British people, probably: "Everything". apnews.com/article/uk-l...
British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years.
Already voted by mail in PA!
I posted this on IG & someone DM'd me: "What is this?" I explained what Project 2025 is & that a bunch of us made comics to help break down the threat. He said "Woow I had no idea 😦 Thank you for posting this!!" A helpful reminder that even ppl we know who are online a lot are in the dark on this
Hi. We’re a group of comic book writers & artists who are furious about Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s plan to consolidate power under authoritarian rule. So we made a bunch of comics to explain their agenda and move you to vote against it. stopproject2025comic.org
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
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I am voting at the end of this week (which is when my town opens early voting) - go for it if you can!
Indeed, I used to live in Madison, WI, where the paper was founded 😉