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The Last Snowman I’m at that stage of life where I’m starting to realize that some moments might be happening for the last time. Yesterday, my middle son and I built a snowman :-). Yes, this 60-year-old doc's child comes out every now and then. Fresh snow, quiet air, the…

hjluks's tweet image. The Last Snowman

I’m at that stage of life where I’m starting to realize that some moments might be happening for the last time.

Yesterday, my middle son and I built a snowman :-). Yes, this 60-year-old doc's child comes out every now and then.  

Fresh snow, quiet air, the…

Lancashire on amber! Have these people actually driven on the roads here?! Years of underinvestment have left a mess. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


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Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told #Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair (Chris Musgrove & Martin Corney) had put no direct cash of their own into…


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Based on 2025-2026 reports from Reuters, CCDH, EDMO, NewsGuard, and others across viewpoints, Elon Musk is most frequently cited as the top misinformation spreader on X due to his reach and post views. Others like Trump and RFK Jr. are noted. This is subjective; verify with…


Europe now getting to experience a little bit of what most of the rest of the world has had to put up with since WWII. New Trump envoy says he will serve to make Greenland part of US bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


This only makes any sense when you are pro ethnic cleansing and have no interest in a shared peace. Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


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Trump’s 50 lies in 18 minutes yet some people are more upset about one Panorama bad edit. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…


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"Hey Doc — I'm feeling better!!" Me: That’s great. What changed? Patient: Well… I stopped lifting my arm overhead, I quit doing pull-ups, and I moved the glasses to the lower shelf. And there it is. Unless you ask how someone got better, you’ll never know if they improved…


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It’s really simple… - Cap all political donations - Ban foreign donations - Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties - No titles, honours or peerages for donors - No govt contracts for donors - Publish every donation/lobby meeting …that’ll do it

MarinaPurkiss's tweet image. It’s really simple…

- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations  
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors  
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting  

…that’ll do it

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Here's a thread - sharing some hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello...aka @globalhlthtwit “The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a…


Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president. Hope he doesn’t get one from the ICC. bbc.com/news/articles/…


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A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit... First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster. archive.ph/2025.11.26-150… And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too. archive.ph/2025.11.29-132… Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?

edwinhayward's tweet image. A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit...

First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster.
archive.ph/2025.11.26-150…

And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too.
archive.ph/2025.11.29-132…

Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?
edwinhayward's tweet image. A very weird 72 hours for fans of Brexit...

First, one of the original Economists for Brexit gang admitted it was a disaster.
archive.ph/2025.11.26-150…

And today the Telegraph lined up behind that view too.
archive.ph/2025.11.29-132…

Are they trying to leave Labour holding the bag?

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This is from 1983 … Paul Newman was spitting facts


Have all new technologies been greeted with a degree of fear? Maybe it’s an age thing but this feels somehow different. Maybe it’s also who’s leading the charge and knowing they’re motivated purely by profit and power.

Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Peace prize speech is short and sobering. The greatest danger of advanced AI isn’t the machines themselves, but the way they magnify humanity’s existing fractures — misinformation, division, exploitation, power concentrated without accountability. But…



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Nigel Farage is here pictured with Nadia Sass, the wife of Oleg Voloshyn, the Russian spy who paid bribes to the traitor Nathan Gill, the former Reform leader in Wales. Farage and Reform claim there's nothing untoward...

OperaSocialist's tweet image. Nigel Farage is here pictured with Nadia Sass, the wife of Oleg Voloshyn, the Russian spy who paid bribes to the traitor Nathan Gill, the former Reform leader in Wales.

Farage and Reform claim there's nothing untoward...

Remarkable how few of reforms top brass had ever met MEP and leader of the party in Wales (and Russian stooge)….🧐 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


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One of those great European knights


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Only 2 papers (Guardian & Daily Mirror) decided the sentencing of ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill to 10.5 years in prison for accepting Russian bribes, warranted front page coverage The Telegraph, Independent, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Times, FT, & The Sun all ignored it

Zero_4's tweet image. Only 2 papers (Guardian & Daily Mirror) decided the sentencing of ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill to 10.5 years in prison for accepting Russian bribes, warranted front page coverage

The Telegraph, Independent, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Times, FT, & The Sun all ignored it
Zero_4's tweet image. Only 2 papers (Guardian & Daily Mirror) decided the sentencing of ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill to 10.5 years in prison for accepting Russian bribes, warranted front page coverage

The Telegraph, Independent, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Times, FT, & The Sun all ignored it

There appears to be no learning curve with this approach. Thats what makes it so infuriating. Thrilling in certain conditions but a dead loss in others and no sense of players adapting to changing circumstances either in the pitches or how the oppositions approach #Ashes2025


Keen to see the next front page of the Western Australian 🤗🤗 #Ashes2025 #gobshites


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