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Streetart – Mr Chapu @ Spain

Title: Naturaleza de plástico Location: Spain Artist: Mr Chapu Year: 2023 Photo Credits: Mr Chapu ““Naturaleza de plástico” reaparece en este hermoso…

Streetart – Mr Chapu @ Spain

Europe’s oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave – BBC News

The objects “are the oldest and best preserved set of plant fibre materials in southern Europe so far known.” the study’s co-author María Herrero Otal said.

“The technological diversity and the treatment of raw materials documented highlights the skill of prehistoric communities,” she added.

Source: Europe’s oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave – BBC News

Beloved ‘Robin Hood’s Tree’ in the Sycamore Gap cut down

A landmark tree by Hadrian’s Wall in England that was featured in “Robin Hood” was chopped down by a suspected 16-year-old vandal on Wednesday.

The iconic tree, which is by a section of the Roman Empire fortification in Northumberland known as the Sycamore Gap, was “deliberately felled,” according to Northumberland National Park Authority officials.

Source: Beloved ‘Robin Hood’s Tree’ in the Sycamore Gap cut down

A GOOD ONE BY JILL

Re Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy: 

Republicans furthest to the right are hoping that the results of the shutdown – disrupted public services, higher prices, drops in the financial markets – will help turn the voting public against President Biden before next November.  Never mind that President Biden is NOT the one failing to do his job, NOT the one causing the shutdown