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‘We’re in a post-truth apocalypse’: meet Foka Wolf, Birmingham’s billboard prankster |  street-art
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‘We’re in a post-truth apocalypse’: meet Foka Wolf, Birmingham’s billboard prankster | street-art

What started, in 2018, as “a bit of a wind-up” quickly turned into a political act. Approaching 30 and after a string of self-described “menial” jobs post-art school (manual laborer, chalkboard writer and a brief two-week stint as a graphic designer), Birmingham-based foka wolf was restless. I have stuck up to satirical advertisement that read, “Do you drive a 4x4, Jeep or Range Rover in the city? You could be entitled to FREE penis enlargement therapy on the NHS” and received several serious inquiries.“People will believe anything if it's packaged and polished in a certain way. That really worries me,” says the artist, whose name is an apparent play on Focke-Wulf, the German manufacturer of second world war fighter planes familiar to generations of model aircraft builders and who u...
The province of Badajoz launches five new charging stations
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The province of Badajoz launches five new charging stations

Electric vehicle charging points in Jerez de los Caballeros. / TODAYThe Alburquerque, Fuente de Cantos, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Monesterio charging stations have come into operationSince this week, the province of Badajoz has five new recharging points for electric vehicles. The new charging stations are located in Alburquerque, Fuente de Cantos, Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Monesterio. With these additions, the provincial network launched by the Badajoz Provincial Council within the MOVEM Plan reaches 29 recharging points in operation. The recharging points in Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Monesterio have fast charging (50 kW) and those in Alburquerque and Fuente de Cantos have semi-fast charging (22kW). 300 users After the commissioning of the in...
Turismo: Semana Santa 2022: Diez planes para disfrutar de Extremadura
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Turismo: Semana Santa 2022: Diez planes para disfrutar de Extremadura

Llegan las esperadas vacaciones de Semana Santa y muchos extremeños y visitantes aprovechan estos días para hacer una escapada en la región. Extremadura ofrece diversidad de planes para sacar el máximo partido a todos sus recursos culturales y naturales. Las tradicionales procesiones de Semana Santa atraen a miles de turistas interesados en conocer fiestas con mucho peso religioso e histórico. La Semana de Pasión en Extremadura es fervor, devoción, recogimiento y júbilo. La comunidad extremeña tiene procesiones que atraen tanto a creyentes como a no creyentes. Pero, al margen de las citas propias de estas fechas, Extremadura también ofrece propuestas y actividades individuales o grupales, para todos los públicos y todos los bolsillos. Te proponemos diez planes para todos los gustos. ...
How to protect your savings as inflation soars
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How to protect your savings as inflation soars

As inflation continues to surge, hitting 8.5% in the US in March, it's important to find ways to protect your savings.laylabirdSurging consumer prices are making it increasingly challenging to manage the cost of living, so it's never been more important to understand the best ways to protect your savings.Inflation is red-hot, with the latest data on Tuesday showing that prices in the US soared to their highest level in March since 1981. The consumer price index, which tracks a wide range of goods and services, surged 8.5% last month on the previous year. That was slightly above a forecasted 8.4% rise in prices.And real earnings, despite increasing 5.6% since March 2021, failed to keep pace with rising prices. The Labor Department's data showed a seasonally-adjusted decline of 0.8% in ...
Top 10 novels about postwar Germany |  fiction
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Top 10 novels about postwar Germany | fiction

Mand mother, with her wartime childhood, refused to set foot on German soil. But in 1975, I was headed to Berlin. At the airport, she took the gold Virgin Mary from her neck and placed it around mine. Till then my life had been enveloped in a “Britain-won-the-war” tale. In time I would become a novelist, and learn to see the novel as a counter-narrative to society's story. For now, I was picking up material.How did Germany face its wartime heritage? I lodged with an old man on the Nazi War Crimes Register, found a job, took trips beyond the Berlin Wall and into the communist Eastern Zone. Those experiences fueled my 1992 debut novel On Bended Knees. And began a lifetime's investigation of how the guilt and traumas of war are passed down to succeeding generations.Back then I foun...
How to make the perfect cardamom buns – recipe | Food
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How to make the perfect cardamom buns – recipe | Food

Outside cardamom’s native Asia, the biggest markets for this headily aromatic spice are the Arab world, where the crushed pods are commonly used to flavour coffee, and Scandinavia, where their contents flavour treats to go with coffee. In fact, it’s said that the average Swede consumes 60 times more cardamom than their American counterpart, mostly in the form of cakes, cookies and these gloriously sticky buns.Kardemummabulle, which are usually shaped into elegant knots of dough, may be less famous internationally than the puffed-up cinnamon versions beloved across the pond, but I prefer their smaller size and zestier flavour. Easy to make, and fun to shape, they’re also the perfect Easter holiday project.The flourBread flour and cinnamon: Leila Lindholm’s cardamom buns. Thumbnails by Fe...
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The cost of living crisis has been going on for decades – just ask families like mine | Sunita Ghosh Dastidar

For many people, the cost of living crisis seems to have reared its ugly head a few months ago, with the new discussion over the dinner table being the choice between heating or eating. But this has been a concern for working-class families for well over a decade. It has only become a “crisis” now that it has begun to affect middle-class families too.I grew up in Whinney Banks in Middlesbrough, one of the most deprived areas in England, with almost a third of children living in income-deprived households. My mum is a first-generation immigrant, and my parents had to start from nothing here. They lived on top of a corner shop where they worked for less than the minimum wage. When I was born, they weren't eligible for benefits. For a while, we were homeless – when my mum was heavily ...
Angel City FC writing their own story as NWSL arrival approaches |  Sport
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Angel City FC writing their own story as NWSL arrival approaches | Sport

I will not have been the only one in recent weeks to have turned my eyes to the west coast of America as one of the most eagerly-awaited arrivals to the NWSL seized center stage. On 20 March, Angel City FC finally took to the field at the Titan Stadium in California under the guidance of the head coach, Freya Coombe. They emerged to a raucous reception as they made their much-anticipated professional debut.From this side of the Atlantic too, and across the world, it has been hard not to get caught up in the enthusiasm. Since Natalie Portman and her ella star-studded board and investors were awarded expansion rights by the NWSL in July 2020, ella's interest in their efforts both on and off the pitch has continued to grow. As Coombe says, this distinctive group of more than 100 co-ow...
Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q1 2022 earnings
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q1 2022 earnings

A Delta Airlines Airbus A-350 aircraft, flight number DL40 bound for Los Angeles takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport on July 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia.James D Morgan | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines expects to return to a profit this quarter thanks to a jump in bookings — and fares — that are helping offset soaring fuel costs.Shares were up more than 6% in premarket trading after the airline reported results.The airline said Wednesday it expects unit revenues to rise double digits during the second quarter compared with 2019 and that sales overall will be recovered to as much as 97% of sales generated three years ago before Covid devastated travel demand.Delta is also ramping up its schedule as peak travel season approaches and plans to fly 84% of its 2019 capacity le...
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TechScape: Will the video games industry ever confront its carbon footprint? | climate crisis

When a company tries to cut its carbon footprint, how far should it cast the net? Is it responsible for the choices of its customers? What if it sells something that doesn't have a carbon footprint at all – until the second it's used?For some companies, flush with cash, the answer is easy enough. Microsoft, for instance, has committed to becoming carbon negative by 2030, and ultimately removing from the environment all the carbon it has ever emitted by 2050. In that accounting, it's even accepting the cost of downstream use of its products: if you've powered an Xbox on a diesel generator, or charged a Zune using coal power, Microsoft will offset those emissions.Sign up for our weekly technology newsletter, TechScape.But for others, the decisions are trickier. The games industry, in ...