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University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne

It's Champaign (a city in Illinois).

That's a strange way to spell sparkling wine

I bet the French don't even have a word for Champaign

Well, that's all just silly noise.

cat really looks traumatised !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68918102

Probably in shock at the working conditions at the Amazon hub.

That's really bad. Poor cat.

Cat has probably been offered a job as a manager after it suggested there could be staff litter trays at the end of the shelving racks to save on toilet break time.

I think we need to hear @hurricane_run on the news on Scotland

Oh fuck, do we really have to?

Who’s Humza Yousef fallen out with the greens?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68920563

Have there not been rumours about Depardieu for years? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Rumours? Plenty, and very well-documented and specific allegations. Also, he's admitted rapes previously.

Christ. Admitted rapes!?

"I had plenty of rapes, too many to count." Asked by a TIME reporter if he had participated in rapes, Depardieu said yes. "But it was absolutely normal in those circumstances," he added. "That was part of my childhood."

@KentPoliceTWell Investigators have released a computer generated
image of a man they would like to identify in connection with a
burglary in Tunbridge Wells.

https://twitter.com/KentPoliceTWell/status/1784886469133217813

Is professor Brian Cox!

It’s @Velocio

Things must have only got worse for him, clearly

A bus driver caught engaging in an indecent act after an image was
widely circulated on social media has lost his job and received a
police caution

At first I thought I knew what was going on here.

But the more I look the more questions I have.

The bus looks pretty happy

Is that a panda?

A nod to health and safety by leaving his hi-viz (hi-jiz?) on.