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March 8, 2026
Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways
Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?
An investigation by the Guardian found that UK museums hold more than 263,000 items of human remains from around the world, including whole skeletons, preserved bodies, such as Egyptian mummies, skulls, bones, skin, teeth, nails, scalps and hair.
Responses to freedom of information (FoI) requests from the Guardian revealed that 37,000 items of human remains are known to originate from overseas, including thousands from former British colonies. The countries of origin of another 16,000 items are unknown.
Of the 28,914 items of human remains known to originate from outside Europe, 11,856 were identified as coming from Africa, 9,550 from Asia, 3,252 from Oceania, 2,276 from North America, and 1,980 from South America.
The institution with the largest collection of non-European human remains is the Natural History Museum in London, with at least 11,215 items. It has the largest collections of remains from Asia and North and South America.
The University of Cambridge has the second largest, with at least 8,740 items in its Duckworth laboratory, including the biggest collection (6,223) of remains known to originate from Africa.
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The real barbarians - Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/vast-scale-of-overseas-human-remains-held-in-uk-museums-decried-by-mps-and-expertsExclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways
Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?
An investigation by the Guardian found that UK museums hold more than 263,000 items of human remains from around the world, including whole skeletons, preserved bodies, such as Egyptian mummies, skulls, bones, skin, teeth, nails, scalps and hair.
Responses to freedom of information (FoI) requests from the Guardian revealed that 37,000 items of human remains are known to originate from overseas, including thousands from former British colonies. The countries of origin of another 16,000 items are unknown.
Of the 28,914 items of human remains known to originate from outside Europe, 11,856 were identified as coming from Africa, 9,550 from Asia, 3,252 from Oceania, 2,276 from North America, and 1,980 from South America.
The institution with the largest collection of non-European human remains is the Natural History Museum in London, with at least 11,215 items. It has the largest collections of remains from Asia and North and South America.
The University of Cambridge has the second largest, with at least 8,740 items in its Duckworth laboratory, including the biggest collection (6,223) of remains known to originate from Africa.
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March 8, 2026
Pssssst! Judge rules Kari Lake illegally ran Media Agency
This is a major victory
U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/08/nx-s1-5741594/u-s-judge-kari-lake-broke-law-voice-of-america
A federal judge overseeing a raft of legal challenges to the Trump administration's drive to dismantle the Voice of America ruled Saturday evening that Kari Lake had acted unlawfully in running the network's parent agency.
"Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution," U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in his ruling. He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void. That includes the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers at the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the Voice of America.
March 7, 2026
Retired four-star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump’s White House chiefs of staff, told the New York Times Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected. Kelly also spoke to The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Geoff Bennett discussed more with Goldberg.
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Geoff Bennett:
As we just heard, retired Four-Star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump's White House chiefs of staff, told The New York Times, Donald Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected.
Kelly also spoke to "The Atlantic"'s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said: "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Goldberg is also moderator of "Washington Week With The Atlantic" here on PBS and joins us now.
Thanks for being here.
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Everyone was warned- What John Kelly said about Trump's praise of Hitler and fascist tendencies
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-john-kelly-said-about-trumps-praise-of-hitler-and-fascist-tendenciesRetired four-star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump’s White House chiefs of staff, told the New York Times Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected. Kelly also spoke to The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Geoff Bennett discussed more with Goldberg.
Read the Full Transcript
Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.
Geoff Bennett:
As we just heard, retired Four-Star General John Kelly, who was one of Donald Trump's White House chiefs of staff, told The New York Times, Donald Trump would rule like a fascist if reelected.
Kelly also spoke to "The Atlantic"'s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, for a new piece which quotes Donald Trump as once having said: "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Goldberg is also moderator of "Washington Week With The Atlantic" here on PBS and joins us now.
Thanks for being here.
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Full transcript at link
March 7, 2026
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.[3][4] The center will also include community and conference facilities and will house the nonprofit Obama Foundation. Construction on the 19.3-acre (7.8 ha) campus began in 2021, the tower topped out in mid-2024, and the center is expected to open in June 2026.[5][6][7][8]
The center's work includes digitizing the Barack Obama Presidential Library with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to create the first fully digitized presidential library.[3] The Library is administered by NARA, which will preserve hardcopies of documents at a separate NARA facility; however, many will be loaned to the Presidential Center for display.[3]
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On the other hand he may bomb it.
That is all
I dare him to rename it the Trump Obama Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_CenterThe Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.[3][4] The center will also include community and conference facilities and will house the nonprofit Obama Foundation. Construction on the 19.3-acre (7.8 ha) campus began in 2021, the tower topped out in mid-2024, and the center is expected to open in June 2026.[5][6][7][8]
The center's work includes digitizing the Barack Obama Presidential Library with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to create the first fully digitized presidential library.[3] The Library is administered by NARA, which will preserve hardcopies of documents at a separate NARA facility; however, many will be loaned to the Presidential Center for display.[3]
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On the other hand he may bomb it.
That is all
March 6, 2026
Make sure you watch the President of Colombia speaking
At Jesse’s funeral service. This is HUGE!
Best speech by a world leader since Carney.
We need to build a rainbow for the entire planet.
March 6, 2026
He should resign
Scandal-ridden U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid after admitting to affair with staffer
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107873107He should resign
March 6, 2026
Obama speaking At Jesse Jackson's memorial service n/t
March 6, 2026
Former People�s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, is expected to be sentenced today for the killing of his wife, Melissa, in 2023. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February.
Melissa Silvera, 42, was found dead at the couple�s Stony Hill, St Andrew home in November 2023.
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is to hand down the sentence. The hearing is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The offence carries a maximum penalty of life but the judge will likely consider several factors, including aggravating circumstances, the guilty plea and the timing when it came.
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Watch the fucker bawling at her funeral from 14.12
Eff you monster
It's all Supreme Court watch in Jamaica today
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260306/former-pnp-mp-jolyan-silvera-be-sentenced-today-wifes-killingFormer People�s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, is expected to be sentenced today for the killing of his wife, Melissa, in 2023. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February.
Melissa Silvera, 42, was found dead at the couple�s Stony Hill, St Andrew home in November 2023.
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is to hand down the sentence. The hearing is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The offence carries a maximum penalty of life but the judge will likely consider several factors, including aggravating circumstances, the guilty plea and the timing when it came.
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Watch the fucker bawling at her funeral from 14.12
Eff you monster
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