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I'm thinking of going up to Leighton Moss tomorrow. It's a huge nature reserve(mainly birds, but also red deers, otters and an abundance of other animals), I've been flirting with the idea for a while as I haven't been since I was a kid but the amount of species up there is unreal. I even remember seeing a Bittern up there, which is one of Britain's rarest birds. There are alsorts up there and plenty of birds of prey, including Ospreys, which is a bird I've never seen before as they mainly stuck to the lake District back then(although it's not far from the lakes to be fair).

Amazing

Do you blame me!!!!

I heard about the film Yesterday and the mixed reviews that it was getting, however @Toinho has swayed me with his words and I can't wait to see what happens.

Yesterday 8/10 I really liked it. Thank you for reading my review.

I do not own a cat but I feel like this cat now owns me They were purring really loudly so it got me out of bed wondering what the craic was. One of them walked off to let this demon cat possess me on its own.

100% right on highmore, fast and aggressive with little end product. He isn't even a fourth liner, a rotation player. gaudette sounds strictly like a sniper, shame he can't dangle the puck though

Iran's retaliation for the cyberattack is to increase uranium enrichment to 60% ...it's a predictable response, which begs the question - if people are opposed to this government having nukes... why the opposition to the JCPOA that gives the West a ridiculous amount of access to Iran's nuclear sites and ensures that Iran won't be working closer to the 90% enriched uranium needed for a nuclear weapon? And it seems like this attack was done to make it more difficult for Iran and the US to re-enter the JCPOA, tbh, to keep the status quo of an Iran that is pushing towards nuclear weapon & ends up giving Iranian hardliners a LOT more political capital for the upcoming election in Iran. And I don't see how that helps keep Iran from pushing towards developing a nuclear weapon. The hardliners are the ones less inclined to engage with the West and have been the loudest advocates for gaining nukes. The people that want the status quo and the US to keep up this "maximum pressure" on Iran are pretty fucked up, imo. These sanctions impact ordinary people far more than they impact the Iranian government - who just turn to the black market to continue to make oil exports. I understand the goal is to make people so frustrated with their current conditions that they rise up against the government. But at the end of the day, won't it be likely any government that comes next will still have this population of people angry about the country that put on sanctions that made people choose between paying rent or buying, food, or prevented insulin shipments coming in so diabetics died, or prevented PPP shipments during a global pandemic? Western policy in the Middle East is so fucking shortsighted and ridiculous, it's no wonder why the region is so absolutely fucked up. The inability to think about anything in the long term, refusal to understand how blowback works - I just don't understand how they think any of their actions bring any stability to the region. And in other news... The US is leaving Afghanistan (on September 11, 2021 - probably symbolically)... let's see how that goes. I'm not sure what the US really achieved in it's 20 year war with Afghanistan. There's serious doubts as to whether the current government can last without the US military presence. So if the Taliban come back, it was just 20 years of suffering for nothing? If anything, I hope it means to mark a change for US foreign policy in the region. But history tells me: lol nah they're not going to change their foreign policy very much.

Not a great driver of play, not great at puck recovery or strong in the corners/walls or on the puck, not great defensively. Has a wicked shot though, and good scoring touch. He got his chance at center but hes not responsible enough and was even worse this season so we moved him to the wing. Ideally he should be a winger, hes not good at faceoffs either. Tough call overall, he was diagnosed earlier this year with a stomach issue (wheat/dairy sensitivity kinda thing if memory serves) hes always had trouble keeping down foods and feeling ill and finally trainers/doctors and him seemed to figure it out. So presumably he could put on some more weight now and come back stronger and improve upon some of his short comings and have a bounce back season next year. The defensive liability I think will always be there hence hes probably a pretty solid third line winger as a ceiling. Alot of rumours about behind the scenes things about him wanting a better opportunity or a move himself, coupled with management and coach not being happy with alot of his play and more rumours behind him being the patient 0 of our covid outbreak it seemed like we just watned/needed to move him on. I know nothing of Highmore but from what ive heard and read he sounds like your dime a dozen fringe 4th line grinder, lots of try, no offence. Correct me if im wrong? trade definitely seems like a win for you guys though If Guad can even get back to what he was he did have 33pts in 59 games last season and looked alot more promising.

This is obviously a scene depicting human sacrifice to appease the three-clawed alien lobsters and acquire their pyramid-building knowledge.

That's actually a misconception - people who built the pyramids weren't slaves, they were Egyptian workers (thought to be recruited farmers) who were paid and treated very well. There were entire "villages" purpose-built for those workers nearby the construction sites, they slept in long dormitories and were fed abundant amounts of bread and best cuts of meat, drank beer, their injuries were attended to by medical professionals, and if they died, they were burried respectfully and their tombs contained everything that was thought as needed for a good afterlife. Some of the manpower came from the system called Corvee, where those who couldn't pay their annual taxes were required to travel and work for the state for a specific period of time once a year, when harvesting in the fields wasn't being done.

@nudge A bit off-topic but you can get books on this too.

Oh shit @Tommy I’m very late but happy birthday!

To be honest, the plausibility of the ancient aliens theory is about equal to that of religion... Both are the result of human imagination, tendency to look for patterns everywhere, even where there are none, and projecting our biases onto them. It's pseudoscience and baseless speculation - cool idea for speculative science fiction, though. Personally, I hate hearing about how aliens built the Pyramids, taught us cool things, etc. mostly because it suggests that "primitive ancient humans" weren't capable of actually accomplishing things on their own. Yes, they weren't as technologically advanced as we are, but they were not stupid, they had their own, efficient ways of doing things, and they most definitely knew what they were doing. It's not a mystery, we know how those grand engineering structures were built, and suggesting that it was due to some extraterrestrial intervention is taking the credit away from the amazing cultures who actually did it, while also downplaying tens of thousands of years of human ingenuity...

Kayky is only 17. I have seen little of him, since he only recently has been promoted to Fluminense's first team. From what I heard, he's a huge talent. For some, the most promissing young brazilian player in a long time. He's a winger who dribbles and finishes very well. It's a shame that he and Metinho are joining the City Group. Finishing their transition to professional football in Brazil is in my opinion a way better option from a development point of view. City Group has a terrible track record with young south american players.

21 incredible pictures from the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021

@MUFC

Really?? Confused, eh? - 9GAG

@El Profesor what do you know...

Think it’s the same in 21, it was one of their dumbest edits