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BBC News - Blood tests find high levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory - BBC News
The residents, from Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, have been told they could be at elevated risk of serious health conditions from the substance, known as PFOA.
#ThorntonCleveleys #Lancasire #PFAs #PFOA #Carcinogens
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Interestingly, ONE dinghy laden with #assylumseekers managed to cross the Channel without the intervention of the UK's border guard or the RNLI this week.
This is the first time this has happened since October 2025.
Both Chris Philp and the Daily Mail said our borders were "broken" and our Border Force was not up to the job.
In 2025, 41,500 boat crossings were attempted. ONE of these went undetected.
After watching the World Cup, as you know, I am a football genius. Just imagine you are a goalkeeper, and you saved 41,499 penalties, but let one through....
Chris Philp is a shit stirrer
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Sagal Abdi-Wali, #Labour's candidate for #holbornandstpancras was once the leader of Camden Council, a child refugee but has never, not once, spoke out on behalf of #Palestine
I hope she loses
I seriously do
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On my late morning walk at the local nature reserve, and I spotted this leucistic Cormorant
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#Bird #Cormorant #Leucism #Lancashire #LongtonBrickcroft
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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
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While the rest of his class were drawing father's day cards for their dads, my youngest boy was painstakingly applying little wax dots to paper to make me a braille card. The card said:
unisex accessible toilet rh
The background is that he didn't have a braille alphabet to work with, but there was a braille sign on the toilet, so he copied that. It's the thought and effort that counts, right? And you work with what you have, right? Man I laughed.
This kid is bizarrely quirky in the best possible way. He also put together an audio card in Garage Band which was equally unhinged, again in the best possible way.
unisex accessible toilet rh
The background is that he didn't have a braille alphabet to work with, but there was a braille sign on the toilet, so he copied that. It's the thought and effort that counts, right? And you work with what you have, right? Man I laughed.
This kid is bizarrely quirky in the best possible way. He also put together an audio card in Garage Band which was equally unhinged, again in the best possible way.
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this is the best. I got a coupon book for things like "a hug", "playing a computer game" and "listening to dad". But I think you won father's day, well done
After 6 defeats in 7 games (thank goodness our win was against local derby rivals, Blackburn Rovers, so we have bragging rights on that!) Preston North End have now parted ways with our manager!
"Cadeira de Pernas Cruzadas" (Crossed-Legs Chair)
By Brazilian #artist and #designer Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça
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Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça (1957), Cade...
Cadeira donzela de jacarandá e palhinha.Galeria Alphaville
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Three mornings, one mountain, three completely different moods.
Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay, NZ.
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Imagine if the USA was a dictatorship
Sacha Baron Cohen *The Dictator* Watch and have a laugh as a form of entertainment, and learn nothing from it. #cinema #movies #dictatorship #democracy #uspol #farright #Ignorance #socialjustice
Johnathon Pie on the promised $5000 for every voter in the USA
The season is coming to an end, and as the days cool, the butterflies need to spend more time sunbathing to raise their body temperature. This makes them a lot more docile, making closeups a lot easier!
I snapped this beautiful Painted Lady #Butterfly on some Black-eyed Susans in the little butterfly garden at the library in #Maynooth University.
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Just going through some of my music, and I came across this gem????
I can't recall where it came from, but here for your pleasure is
The Ballad Of The Assistant Banana Ripening Manager - Bruce Michael Baillie
Waterloo Sunset
Carol Cleveland Sings - Thomas Hughes & Gretchen Lohse performing "The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset" (1967)cargocollective.com/carolcleve…#music to #resist #pop #rock #fyp
About - Carol Cleveland Sings
Carol Cleveland Sings is the psychedelic bedroom pop project of Thomas Hughes (of Spinto Band and Elephant 6 act the Music Tapes) and Gretchen Lohse.cargocollective.com
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