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#honey : a sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb

- French: miel

- German: der Honig

- Italian: miele

- Portuguese: mel

- Spanish: miel

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#BBC Six Canadian MPs denied entry by Israel to occupied West Bank w.st/UkAT3
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Senate voting on $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)

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Strange, Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Explosion Lasted 7 Hours and Defies Explanation scitechdaily.com/strange-recor… #science


#OtD 17 Dec 1933 sexual contact between men was re-criminalised in the USSR, after it had been decriminalised in 1922 in the wake of the 1917 revolution. After it was introduced, gay and bisexual men began to flood into the gulags stories.workingclasshistory.co…
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Free yourself, Jim.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director James Cameron opens up about all of the non-Avatarhe has and how he’s “a bit of a crossroads” about whether he wants the franchise to keep going or if he wants ” it to fail just enough that I can justify doing something else?”

James Cameron Is Ready to Move Beyond ‘Avatar’: “I’ve Got Other Stories to Tell”



Minneapolis police chief critical of ICE agents' conduct after woman dragged through street (Conor Wight/CBS News)

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Les applications Grindr et TikTok visées par une plainte de NOYB, association de défense des droits numériques ift.tt/NjbvGOn



Letter: Faith Evans obituary

When Ed Victor and I shared an office at Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the 1960s we advertised for a secretary. Faith Evans came for an interview, but we felt that she was too highly qualified, hoped to have a more appropriate job later, and suggested she keep in touch. The secretary we hired did not last long, but neither of us could find…
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Sanders pushes for moratorium on AI data center construction (Julia Shapero/The Hill)

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I was at peace about all the usual things that come with aging, but I was NOT prepared for how hairy my actual dick would get. Like, proper sasquatch dong. At least I know where the hair from my head is migrating to.



New Landsat Science Team Announced science.nasa.gov/missions/land… #NASA #Landsat


Me and a pal got hammered and climbed the village xmas tree to eat our post-pub chips at the top. The police came, we panicked & fell out, unplugging the lights and causing a 20deg list. Didn't get caught, and nobody fixed the tree. Not bad for two 40yr old lawyers.