Andy
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Andy
@ancientandy.bsky.social
Getting on a bit, but trying to keep the old man away. Still plays cricket, sort of.
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free speech news

(seriously, if you don't recognise him as a fascist by now, there's something wrong with you)
Trump posts early on Christmas Eve: "If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated? I say, YES!"
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Parents & anyone else up early on Christmas morning: there’s a bright pass of the International Space Station over the UK, just after 6.15.

Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…

Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
ISS - Visible Passes
Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customised for your location.
www.heavens-above.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Yet strangely enthusiastic about the unelected, unaccountable, anti-woke elites telling the British people what they should or should not think about immigration - day in, day out, obsessively.
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Ella Baron @EBaronCartoons on #AI at #Christmas @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Nothing says statesmanship like exploiting a death to settle a Twitter beef from 2017.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"Move to London and live another decade"

Pass it on
Wrote a letter to Donald Trump, putting him right on a couple of points about London. This one stood out: London’s life expectancy is better than *all 50* US states.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-a...
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Mitchell Starc has now faced more deliveries in this match than every England batter except Joe Root.
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
December in Reading, UK
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I've never seen the back of the chess pieces, they're gorgeous and really interesting
Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
AI doesn’t add up if you neglect the mathematicians - on.ft.com/3K2cVli via @FT
AI doesn’t add up if you neglect the mathematicians
We are failing to invest in the mathematical community at a time when we need it more than ever
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A bit early, but all the same, it feels like there's enough dark and gloom to fill the requirements.
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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There is no plan to charge people £300 if they use too much electricity after 9pm.

Don’t believe the fake news reports on Facebook saying otherwise.
You won’t be charged £300 for using too much electricity after 9pm – Full Fact
This is the latest fake policy to curb personal freedoms that we’ve seen being shared on Facebook.
fullfact.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Seeing this I'm now more confident that Jaylo will finally friend in the mirror I've just bought for his stable.
Twitter Conservatives finding out all the hot MAGA mom accounts they've been gooning to are actually run by men in developing nations
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The man, the myth, the LEGEND - Rory Stewart!
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million

In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.

London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.

And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I will never get tired of watching meteorites blast new craters on the Moon.

This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪
Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
HMRC's online Digital Assistant is no smarter than a bucket of sand.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Donald’s makeup is the real border crisis.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Woof, woof. This map by @xruiztru shows us the word for "dog" in African languages.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Matt @MattCartoonist @Telegraph on #Lammy #DavidLammy #JusticeSecretary #PrisonReleases #PrisonsCrisis #NewSuit – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Ella Baron @EBaronCartoons on Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral victory #ZohranMamdani #Mamdani #Trump #NewYorkMayor #NYC #MayoralElection #Liberty @guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This is indeed "old-fashioned" in the sense that she's saying exactly the same thing as "modern" Conservatives like Robert Jenrick and Katie Lam, only in plain English.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that "we cannot sustain the volume of young black males" that "jeopardises the security of our country"
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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