Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood reminded me of my dad’s decency and mischief. I laughed as I cried, and realised there’s no right way to go through the grieving process

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Health is wealth? Polymarket and Kalshi now host bets on measles and other US health crises

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Health is wealth? Polymarket and Kalshi now host bets on measles and other US health crises

Experts warn of risks of platforms hosting bets tied to US public health – including vaccine mandates and drug trials

#polymarket #kalshi #vaccine

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‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers

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‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers

From diva-like behaviour to freebie requests that never result in a review, ‘entitled’ content creators are a growing blight on small-business owners. Now entrepreneurs are calling them out

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Masterpieces haunted by brutal past could send records tumbling at Sotheby’s

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Masterpieces haunted by brutal past could send records tumbling at Sotheby’s

Van Gogh and Cézanne paintings among magnificent collection stained by allegations of abduction and killing

#sotheby #van #gogh

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SpaceX not being honest about ‘political’ reasons for slowing Starshield, says Zelenskyy

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SpaceX not being honest about ‘political’ reasons for slowing Starshield, says Zelenskyy

Throttling of Elon Musk’s military-grade satellite system affecting whole frontline, says Ukraine’s president

#zelenskyy #elon-musk #starshield

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‘We must deliver’: jubilant Democrats gather in Denver to chart way forward

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‘We must deliver’: jubilant Democrats gather in Denver to chart way forward

At party’s ‘What’s Next’ conference, consensus is they need to act quickly, but over affordability or accountability is the question

#democrats #denver

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Torture survivors may have been sent to Sussex asylum camp unlawfully, documentary reveals

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Torture survivors may have been sent to Sussex asylum camp unlawfully, documentary reveals

Undercover ITV report also shows inadequate welfare checks at ex-military base run by firm of asylum camp billionaire Graham King

#sussex #asylum #camp

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Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?

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Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?

Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stage

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Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration

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Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration

US military has killed nearly 250 people in attack on ‘narco-terrorism’, and on 17 March, sank the 16 plaintiffs’ boat, leaving two with serious burns

#trump #ecuadorian #pacific

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