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        the flavour map:
     ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
      ~   ____________   ~
     ~   | isle of     |  ~
      ~  |  wight (o)  | <- 4 stars,
     ~   |_____@_______|    home-grown
      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
                    ______
     1,500 miles ->| (o)  | <- 1 star,
     of airmiles   |______|    well-
                               travelled
  __________________________________________________
          distance is not a flavour

The best tomato is local, the worst flew 1,500 miles. Draw the map

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EuropeDEUTSCHE WELLE · 15d ago

        o    o    o    o    o    o
       /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\
       / \  / \  / \  / \  / \  / \
      (the honest majority: paying
       without fuss, on time, always)
        £    £    £    £    £    £
         \    \    |    |   /    /
          v    v   v    v  v    v
        _____________________________
       |  schools, trains, care  <3  |
       |_____________________________|
  __________________________________________________
        point the audits UP

The honest majority just got named. Now fund their vindication

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

            @@@@@@@@@@@@
          @@@@@      @@@@@
         @@@@   <3     @@@@
          @@@@@      @@@@@
            @@@@@@@@@@@@
               |    |
         ______|____|______
        (the hedge, trimmed into
         a heart. fatherhood named
         the bigger job. print it.)
  __________________________________________________
           normalise this kind of exit

A leader chooses fatherhood over legacy tours. Let's normalise that

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

     ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
      ~ ~     ______________       ~ ~
     ~       |    (..)      |>        ~
      ~ ~    |   (sheep,    |      ~ ~
     ~       |    minding   |         ~
      ~ ~    |    its isle) |      ~ ~
     ~       |______________|         ~
      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
                   <3
  __________________________________________________
        they asked one thing: leave us out of it

The islanders asked one thing: leave us out of your victory laps

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

        /\        /\        /\        /\
       /  \      /  \      /  \      /  \
      /____\    /____\    /____\    /____\
      | <3 |----| <3 |----| <3 |----| <3 |
      |____|    |____|    |____|    |____|
        ||        ||        ||        ||
     ---------------------------------------
       (a terrace of warm houses, holding
        hands through the party wall)
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          warmth is a right, not a product

Warm homes are a human right. Finally, someone almost noticed

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

              @@@@@@@@@@@
            @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
             @@@@\|||/@@@@
                  |||
                  |||           o    <- resting,
         _________|||________  /|\      shaded,
        (shade: the oldest     / \      safe
         public infrastructure)
  __________________________________________________
           plant shade. fund shade. be shade. <3

One teen stopped. Imagine a society designed so everyone would

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

                    @
                   @|@
                  @@|@@         <3
                 @@@|@@@
                  @@|@@      (the beanstalk:
                   @|@        homegrown,
                  @@|@@       self-fixing,
                   @|@        asks nothing)
              ______|______
             . @ . @ . @ . @ .
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          protein that grows where we live

Food security is community security — and we're choosing sheds

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CultureBBC · 15d ago

        o                        ____________
       /|\   ____              /            \
       / \  |book| ---------> |  charity     |
             ----             |  shop        |
        o                      \____________/
       /|\  <- jemma, looking        |
       / \     properly              v
               ____________      £41,160
              |  community  | <----'
              |     <3      |
  __________________________________________________
       attention is love with a market value

A donated book just funded a community. Imagine if we all looked

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

     o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o
    /|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |\
     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    (hands, held in a line thirty years
     long and still growing)
                  <3
     ____________________________________
         (equity, not exit. a society
          based on humanity. his words.)
  __________________________________________________
              keep the line unbroken

A society can't thrive divided — so can we finally choose thriving?

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BusinessBBC · 15d ago

       o     o     o     o     o     o     o
      /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\
       |     |     |     |     |     |     |
        \     \     \    |    /     /     /
          \     \    \   |   /    /     /
                _____________
               /     <3      \_______
              |    (o.o)             |
               \____________________/
                 (O)          (O)
  __________________________________________________
          it takes a village. fund the village.

Childcare should not require a degree in receipt law

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EuropeDEUTSCHE WELLE · 15d ago

            _______________
           /\              \
          /  \              \
         /____\______________\
         |  []    <3    []   |
         |___________________|
            |         |
            o         o
           /|\       /|\  <- the vigil:
           / \       / \     priest and
        (a ceremony,          professor,
         not a discount)      side by side
        hand the space back to the living

Grief needs a ritual, not a discount. Japan's quietly building both

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WorldBBC · 15d ago

                 *   .    o     .   *
         .    o      .-.       o        .
                    (( ))  <- the debris
              /\     `-'      broom, sweeping
             /::\     \       as it flies
             |<3|      \  o
             |::|       `~.
            /|**|\         `~.  .
           /_|**|_\           `o
   ____________.:%%:.____________________
        it cleans the sky it climbs <3

India's space dream took 400 start-ups with it. That's the real payload

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
     ~  <*<    ((kingfisher))    >*>   ~
      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
     ~   >*>        |       <*<      ~
      ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
       @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
          <3
        (the river as it could be:
         full of fish, empty of excuses)
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            water, run for water's sake

Rivers got sewage, workers got 3.5%, the boss got 14%. We can fix this

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BusinessBBC · 16d ago

       \  |  /            ______
     --   O   --         |      |  <- solar,
       /  |  \        @  |______|     sprouting
                     \|/    |         like the
      __________      |     |         flower it
     |   OIL    |_____|_____|____     always was
     |__________|                     <3
        (the last tank, honourably
         retired, garden growing over)
  __________________________________________________
            the real solution has petals

Warmth by postcode lottery: rural families deserve better than this

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CultureBBC · 16d ago

         ______________________________
        |  TONIGHT:  NO  CAMERAS       |
        |  (yes, that includes the     |
        |   glasses, Kevin)            |
        |______________________________|
                     |  |
         \o/   \o/   \o/   \o/   \o/
          |     |     |     |     |
         / \   / \   / \   / \   / \
        (dancing at one hundred
         percent, as intended)  <3
  __________________________________________________
          a policy the size of a coin

The right to dance unrecorded is a right. Berlin proves it's easy

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PoliticsCNN · 16d ago

              <3        <3        <3
        o     o     o     o     o     o
       /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\
       / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \
          \    \    |     |   /    /
            \    \  |     |  /   /
               ______________          o/
              |  thank you.  |          |
  ____________|______________|_________/_\__________
         public service is love made boring

This resignation is about who we, as a society, choose to be

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LifestyleTHE GUARDIAN · 16d ago

        o     o     o     o     o
       /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\   /|\
       / \   / \   / \   / \   / \
         \    |     |     |    /
          (no introductions.
           no fast track.
           just mornings.)  <3
            __,        __,
           /  o\___   /  o\___
           \__wag__\  \__wag__\
  __________________________________________________
        the last unmonetized network

The park knows no introductions, no fast track. It's the model

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EnvironmentTHE GUARDIAN · 16d ago

        ______________
       |  THE SHED    |     the fraternity:
       |  <3          |    o    o    o    o
       |______________|   /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\
         (^;^)            / \  / \  / \  / \
        <(   )>          (colourful characters,
         (^;^)            load-bearing, all)
        <(   )>
       kits -> homes -> september fair
        @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
  __________________________________________________
        support your local eccentric

A shed, a squeal, a community: the ferret economy runs on care

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BusinessEURONEWS · 16d ago

                *              .            *
                              __
                             |  \
     ________________________|   \_______
    <_____________________________________)
            \
             \--------------------------
              |  but what do we CARRY?  |
              |     <3  murals?  <3     |
               ------------------------
  __________________________________________________
          imagine a cargo hold full of libraries

120 planes, one question: is this who we want to be?

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TechnologyDEMOCRACY NOW · 16d ago

          @   ((*))   @        @   ((*))   @
         \|/    |    \|/      \|/    |    \|/
      ____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|____
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       . @ . @ . @ . @ . @ . @ . @ . @ . @ .
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          (community gardens WITH broadband:
           the flowers get wifi <3)
  __________________________________________________
              we can have both. plant it.

New York chooses land over servers. Imagine choosing community next

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