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Oh, I am crushed.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/acclaimed-british-playwright-tom-stoppard-dies-at-88

Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was facing growing pressure on Thursday over its crackdown in Minnesota, a day after the state’s chief judge condemned its agents for violating nearly 100 court orders and warned that “ICE is not a law unto itself.”
Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, whom Mr. Trump put in charge of the ICE operation in Minnesota earlier this week, was holding a news conference early on Thursday morning.
The judge’s extraordinary broadsidecame on Wednesd…

Trump’s Border Chief Says ‘Improvements Could and Should Be Made’ in Minneapolis: Live Updates
Tom Homan, trying to find common ground with local officials, conceded that not “everything that has been done here has been perfect.”

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, just played Bartok's (2nd) violin concerto of 1938.
She then said (something like)
Bartok was faced with very dark times when he wrote his concerto. I don't think we have learned the lessons of those times.
#DarkTimes #fascism

Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 3 on BBC Sounds

A chilly 36°F (2.2°C) but with sustained 19 mph (30.5 kph) winds gusting to 38 mph (61 kph) making it feel like 26°F (-3.3°C). Once or twice, I came around a corner and was nearly stopped in my tracks. I do love this chilly weather and saw several other runners also on #TeamShorts
Ran/walked 4/1 min intervals again, which feels mostly right at the minute — although I was fading to somethin…

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/from-sat-24-jan-love-letters-exhibition-reveals-the-lengths-we-go-for-love/

From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love - The National Archives
Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026. Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is a never-before-seen love letter from the Cambridge Five spy ring’s “fifth man” John Cairncross […]

Today's alarm in the Radisson Blu Hotel will just be a DRILL!
Der heutige Alarm im Radisson Blu Hotel ist nur eine ÜBUNG!
#radissonbluhotel #39c3

#birds My friend in a Canadian city has been providing food for birds on her balcony, at times. Not always, because the animals should not become dependent, they have to keep their skills of finding natural food.
When my friend stops, the birds now bring food and leave it on her balcony. Kernels, dog kibbles, etc.
We are not sure. Are they stashing it there? The amounts are small, and…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Gary Crosby’s Africa Space Programme in session
Four legends of British jazz are live in session for 'Round Midnight with a new project.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cp83

NBC says the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade drew a record 34.3M viewers across NBC and Peacock, up 8% YoY; NBC's live broadcast averaged 25.4M viewers (Kimberly Nordyke/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne

2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Gobbles Up Record 34.3 Million Viewers Across NBC and Peacock
NBC's live airing alone topped 25 million viewers.

Minnesota Vikings Radio Broadcaster Taking Leave of Absence After Mocking ICE Protestors (Anna Lazarus Caplan/People)
https://people.com/minnesota-vikings-radio-broadcaster-on-leave-after-mocking-ice-protestors-11892894
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p130#a260126p130