British prime minister Rishi Sunak ‘not interested’ in deal with Ireland to return asylum seekers to UK

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My first Swift of the year over the house just now. Always a welcome sight.

A thousand words in this picture…

Shane Beatty 🎙️ Oliver Morgan No wonder it appears he is leaving politics.These verbal abusers should be arrested for hate crime

'If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.'

~Harriet Tubman

No Matter What....Keep Going!!

Today Moldova marks 10 years of visa-free travel to the EU. This saved 2.1 million Moldovans travelling to Europe 270 million euros, the Institute for European Policies and Reforms has calculated

Left: Former UK Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson say 'the world was safer under Trump', and 'another Trump presidency would be a good thing for the world'

Right: Nancy Pelosi, 'I don't know what they're talking about.. I didn't know they said that and I'm sorry they…

This is Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺. We will defend our country from Putin’s Russia and from anyone in the Georgian government, including Oligarch Ivanishvili, who seeks to distance our country from Europe 🇪🇺🇬🇪

Georgia knows why…

No to Putin !
Yes to Europe !

‼️ 🇬🇪 Why is this not absolutely everywhere in the news!!!? Georgian demonstrators against the russian law in their country have been peaceful taking to the streets for days on end, now they are met with police forces with pepper spray and weapons! #GeorgiaStrong

I get that David Cameron may need to charter a plane when travelling to multiple countries in one week, but that does not justify spending hundreds of thousands of pounds at taxpayers' expense to hire one of the most luxurious private jets on the market. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

“Keys to my Life” on RTE 1 just now has brought back so many memories. Tony Allen of Foster and Allen is the guest. Brendan Courtney is such a great interviewer. Love the programme.

What a beautiful story. It almost seems like a lost world.

The best 5-6 minutes of your time today.

It’s evidently been very rewarding to be Deputy Defence Minister of 🇷🇺. But I suspect his arrest now is part of a wider story. It’s not that these excesses of his haven’t been known before. I guess sands are shifting in Moscow.

🖼️ Design is everywhere, from tech we use to cities we live in.

New technologies, like #AI or #VR can help us enhance our creativity, graphic design or communication skills.

🫶 At the same time, tech should leave space for the imperfections that make us human.

#WorldDesignDay

Happy Moldova flag day! This one’s from a Chisinau taxi driver who got his idea for the trio from Tbilisi taxi drivers. He came back from Moscow during the war, after living there for decades

May is the month to go boating, with music playing, and a flask of something to drink cooling in the water. #MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.6v The Morgan

This is a fantastic short video by Luke 'Ming' Flanagan on the work he does as an MEP. Irrespective of whether you share his politics, this is an excellent way of communicating what our MEPs do when we send them to Brussels.

'Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.'

-Lise Meitner, Austrian nuclear scientist