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Endurance & Crean Shackleton Worsley
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
https://tomcreandiscovery.com/tom-crean/
Ok, jumped ship a while ago from the sinking ‘X’. In calmer waters now, and sailing under a ‘Bluesky’….
Politically, LoC
Endurance & Crean Shackleton Worsley
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
https://tomcreandiscovery.com/tom-crean/
Ok, jumped ship a while ago from the sinking ‘X’. In calmer waters now, and sailing under a ‘Bluesky’….
Politically, LoC
Pinned
The £3m race to save polar explorer Shackleton's villa
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This is a good read. Cory Doctorow on how Trump Tariffs are actually an opportunity for the rest of the world to break the grip of US tech companies.
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This is a good read. Cory Doctorow on how Trump Tariffs are actually an opportunity for the rest of the world to break the grip of US tech companies.
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Reform UK will "dictate" which experts are allowed, based on whether Farage likes their predictions - Richard Tice.
Their plans for the OBR show that a Reform government, WILL be a fascist regime.
Their plans for the OBR show that a Reform government, WILL be a fascist regime.
Reform will ban experts who disagree with Reform: OBR
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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January 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Reform UK will "dictate" which experts are allowed, based on whether Farage likes their predictions - Richard Tice.
Their plans for the OBR show that a Reform government, WILL be a fascist regime.
Their plans for the OBR show that a Reform government, WILL be a fascist regime.
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
The £3m race to save polar explorer Shackleton's villa
January 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The £3m race to save polar explorer Shackleton's villa
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I was reminded of the expression don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good today. No Government is going to give us all everything we want but life is about comprise, 60% of manifesto pledges have been delivered or are in progess, be nice if this was acknowledged sometimes.
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I was reminded of the expression don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good today. No Government is going to give us all everything we want but life is about comprise, 60% of manifesto pledges have been delivered or are in progess, be nice if this was acknowledged sometimes.
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The ‘People’s Reform Party’ pissed £16k up the wall on helicopter joyrides and £5k on a chauffeur for Anne Widdecombe in 2024. 2025’ll be worse. Donate if you like being mugged off by posh hate tourists from Dubai cosplaying as “working people."
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The ‘People’s Reform Party’ pissed £16k up the wall on helicopter joyrides and £5k on a chauffeur for Anne Widdecombe in 2024. 2025’ll be worse. Donate if you like being mugged off by posh hate tourists from Dubai cosplaying as “working people."
2025: THE YEAR THE WAR RADICALLY CHANGED themilitaryanalyst.com/2025/12/19/2...
2025: THE YEAR THE WAR RADICALLY CHANGED
The war has changed dramatically, from the main players, to the politics, to the battlefield. But perhaps more than ever on the strategic economic front where Russia is bleeding slowly to death.
themilitaryanalyst.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
2025: THE YEAR THE WAR RADICALLY CHANGED themilitaryanalyst.com/2025/12/19/2...
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PERCEPTION IS WHAT MATTERS TO PUTIN
He wants us to believe. If they keep saying it we might actually do so and it’s not difficult to see why. Even the BBC has reiterated Russian talking points because it’s been too lazy to dig deeper. They just report what was said, no context. Yet while we’re the
He wants us to believe. If they keep saying it we might actually do so and it’s not difficult to see why. Even the BBC has reiterated Russian talking points because it’s been too lazy to dig deeper. They just report what was said, no context. Yet while we’re the
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
PERCEPTION IS WHAT MATTERS TO PUTIN
He wants us to believe. If they keep saying it we might actually do so and it’s not difficult to see why. Even the BBC has reiterated Russian talking points because it’s been too lazy to dig deeper. They just report what was said, no context. Yet while we’re the
He wants us to believe. If they keep saying it we might actually do so and it’s not difficult to see why. Even the BBC has reiterated Russian talking points because it’s been too lazy to dig deeper. They just report what was said, no context. Yet while we’re the
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The USA as our enemy now. Like Putin, Trump’s interest is in the destruction of European culture and values. It takes some absorbing but the UK has to stand together with the EU and resist the USA and Russia
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The USA as our enemy now. Like Putin, Trump’s interest is in the destruction of European culture and values. It takes some absorbing but the UK has to stand together with the EU and resist the USA and Russia
