Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Bear breaks into ice cream store, eats until he passes out. In Tahoe, an ice cream shop had just rolled out its new monthly flavor: honey. Locals loved it, but the surprise fans turned out to be much bigger.

On only the second day of serving it, employees unlocked the shop to find tubs of honey ice cream completely devoured and a massive black bear sprawled out on the floor, fast asleep from his feast.
Wildlife officials were called in. Carefully, they managed to wake the bear and guide him out before relocating him to a safer area away from town.

Researchers explained that bears have an extraordinary sense of smell scientists estimate up to seven times better than a bloodhound allowing them to detect food from miles away. It was no wonder the honey ice cream had lured him straight through the shop’s door.

The local wildlife center ended up covering the cost of the ice cream, and when the owner was asked about it, he just laughed: “As long as someone’s paying, I hope he comes back, that’s the fastest we’ve ever sold out.”

https://www.europesays.com/uk/423534/ Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years #Chemistry #MassSpectrograph #Physics #protons #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #Water

A Decade of Gravitational Waves

This is just a quick post to mark the fact that it is now ten years to the day since the first detection of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO. The acronym LIGO stands for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. It wasn't until February 11th 2016 that the result was announced at a press conference (which I blogged about here), but the signal itself arrived on 14th September 2015, exactly a decade ago; the name given to the…

http://telescoper.blog/2025/09/14/a-decade-of-gravitational-waves/

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.

https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

Charlie Kirk espoused the same violence he is a victim of. These are buttons his group distributed to students. I had collected these for a story on how he and others were weaponizing young people to attack progressives and LGBTQ+ people. https://www.texasobserver.org/christian-youth-radicalization-nationalism-texas/

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war

Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Sat 13 Sep 2025 02.00 EDT

According to #Gaza’s health ministry, more than 63,000 people have been killed in the territory – the majority of them civilians – with the true toll likely far higher.[...]

In response, a growing number of academic bodies are now distancing themselves from Israeli institutions. Last year the Federal #University of Ceará in Brazil cancelled an innovation summit with an Israeli university, while a host of universities across Norway, Belgium and Spain have cut ties with #Israeli institutions. Others, including Trinity College Dublin, followed suit this summer.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/13/universities-around-the-world-cut-ties-with-israeli-academia-over-gaza-war?CMP=share_btn_url

#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#BlockTheBombs
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine@fedigroups.social

How to prevent your bag from being stolen.

Canada thrash Australia to set up New Zealand semi
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cjr5yr9z5dzo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-BBCNews

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the Metropolitan police also said officers are continuing to face aggression in multiple locations, in particular at the north of Whitehall. This is where the police are attempting to create safe routes for those attending the anti-fascist counter protest, led by Stand Up To Racism.
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I live in a country built on neoliberal colonial exploitation with toxic ideologies of oppression, coercion & violence endemic.
Women, minorities, gentle folk: all targets.
"Conform or be attacked"
This is "who we are", even though many of us are determindly opposed to these horrors.
When will this country face up to our collective past and current dire state? When will we grow out of this toxicity?
heartbroken.

#politics #ukPolitics #racism #patriarchy #hate #violence

Are you having arrestable thoughts..?

Whomever made this did a convincing job.

#UK - Elon #Musk addresses the "unite the kingdom" march crowd via video link

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/13/uk-politics-latest-news-unite-the-kingdom-march-far-right-rally-london-labour-keir-starmer?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f#block-68c599ab8f0880bae9c5302f

Musk claimed that a “dissolution of parliament” and a “change of Government” is needed in the UK. He said: “I really think that there’s got to be a change of Government in Britain. You can’t - we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long. Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of Parliament and a new vote held.”

The X owner told the crowd “the left are the party of murder”, referring to the death of Charlie Kirk. He said: “There’s so much violence on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly. The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that’s who we’re dealing with here.”