Births in England and Wales in 2023 fell below 600,000, and the total fertility rate fell to 1.44 - lowest rate on record

The UK's baby bust continues - births in England and Wales in 2023 fell below 600,000, and the total fertility rate fell to 1.44 - lowest rate on record. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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#COP28 Graph - September 2023 temperatures rose high above the 20th-century average (1850-2023)

 

September 2023 temperatures rose high above the 20th-century average. Image: Climate Gov/NOAA

Science Minister thinks Tories "are the party of facts and evidence" despite 3 clips of Tories speaking untruths which are fiction and completely and utterly made up

Ms Derbyshire "How can you be the party of facts when none of that is true?" Ms Donelan "We are the party that stands up for facts." Ms Derbyshire I'm not going to let this go. There was never a proposal to use seven bins. We can't find any council that wants to decide how often people can go to shops and Labour have never proposed taxing meat. They are untruths, they are fiction, they are completely and utterly made up and it's really disrespectful to voters." Ms Donelan "I genuinely believe we are the party of facts and evidence."

30min clip - The Most Iconic Hip-Hop Sample of Every Year (1973-2023)

found via boingboing

1min 25sec clip - Animated Maps: #Submarine #Cables 1989 to 2023

found via visualcapitalist - text from youtube "Deep on the ocean floor you will find communication cables made to carry signals from one land to another. The first undersea communications cables, laid in the 1850s, carried telegraphy. Now these cables carry our phone and Internet traffic. Yet, they remain relatively hidden in the depths of the ocean.

Music: Leaving Earth by Stanley Gurvich