'Combined Authority'

“(This) is a brand new role, so everything is pretty new, but I think we've got a great opportunity to really bring York and North Yorkshire together, really bring some investment, bring some support for the region.”

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24293528.metro-mayor-follow-up-saturday...

“I would be grateful in future if we adopt the proper standards of housekeeping everywhere. It reflects poorly on the club if we have visitors, young player parents, new players and the media and they see we don’t care enough to keep things shipshape.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/28/england-elections-sunak...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3znZeqOs6eo

"We have a region that's very expensive to live in, to stay in, and we have a lot of people who are leaving, who are leaving our region. We need to be able to hold them here.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRLPz0dA1Y

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/03/ben-houchen-vic...

"It showed what we already knew. That whatever people’s personal reservations about Starmer, the one thing of which they are certain is that they are sick to death of the Tories."

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'Stand Still'

"Once a Cold War naval magnetic monitoring station, the diminutive white-washed building was plucked from a possible future as an ice cream shack and turned into a museum."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckv7vx8xdk0o

“It's OK lads we've almost made it to the fence. Let’s hope for a moonless night.”

https://yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk/mayoral-investment-fund/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_0cvd1EUM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68779540

"On other days, there might be a small flurry, with people coming from as far away as the US, Argentina and Nigeria."

Thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8JEm4d6Wu4

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/19/grinding-o...

'Here Come the Brits'

"Protest footage, details about police movements, news of arrests..."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/09/the-only-limit-i...

"Undeterred, he began a cat-and-mouse game."

https://yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk/news/latest-news/

"She was shook! Glad she didn't get caught in any crossfire! It'll all come out in the wash I suppose."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLyNMSkTiGg

"The appointment has now been formally frozen under civil service rules laid down to stop big decisions being taken during the pre-election period known as “purdah”."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jausD8qsnKU

"“Is going into space a bit like being a boxer,” I ask. “You’ll always be tempted back into the ring one final time?”  Peake smiles and laughs. “I think it is,” he says."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2260z4ny6o

'Stick Insects'

"For those who want to go for the double whammy, a defunct Atlas-Centaur rocket body will pass across the sky a little earlier that evening, between 22.03 and 22.13 BST. It will only reach the brightness of a modest star but will pass midway through the constellation of Boötes, the herdsman, between 22.09 and 22.10 BST."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/15/starwatch-intern...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Sb6ZTBeSg

"Oh, damn – they can’t find each other any more because they have lost really important identification colours that help find them..."

lol

"Here comes a candle to light you to bed."

Hmmm

"One commenter blamed me for the failure of the entire Star Wars franchise.."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/15/climate-cris...

S'pose I oughta do somin useful ...

"The Moon cave might be useful to humans, but the scientists also stress that it could help answer fundamental questions about the history of the Moon, and even our solar system."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48991574

"The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK7TiEiMOI

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/15/underground-cave...

Odd Bods.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/perseid-meteor-shower-h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffzUtPlD4E

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd9mgj59leo

'Fruit Bats'

"Since we can't see new Moons, what has the public's attention are full supermoons, the biggest and brightest Moons of the year. Although different publications use different thresholds for deciding which full Moons qualify, most agree this will be the second of four consecutive supermoons (effectively tied with the full Moon in October for the closest of the year)."

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-...

""West Cumbria was due to get a massive boost to its local economy," he continued. "It was going to bring 500 direct jobs. There were going to be opportunities to upgrade the rail line, which could then potentially attract other industries into the area. And with a government telling you it's got no money and it's scaling back on capital projects, the reality for west Cumbria is we're going to be completely left in the cold.""

"The wings of bats provide them with support and lift as they fly. But they are also giant sensors that tell bats about the flow of air around their bodies, helping them to execute sharp manoeuvres without crashing.  The wings’ ability to monitor airflow depends on tiny hairs that cover their surfaces. The hairs were discovered almost a century ago. Scientists suggested that they are sense organs that allow bats to fly in complete darkness. That idea fell out of favour in the 1940s."

https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/mayor-says-there-are-re...

"By studying the wings of two species – the big brown bat and the short-tailed fruit bat – Zook showed that their wings have two types of hair. The first looks much like the fur on the rest of their bodies, but the second is very different. These hairs are invisible to the naked eye, and they cover the entire wing. They’re barely half a millimetre long, and less than a micrometre wide at their tip – you could fit a bundle of 10 to 100 of these inside a single human hair. Each one sticks out of a domed structure and connects to a touch-sensitive cell."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L8n_tQPNIQ

The Not Worried.... I just wanna know if it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdq8s4UrvYs

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/sep/14/trump-is-s...