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#radio2inthepark having a party tonight 😁😁
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#isleofwightfestival #paulheaton And the weather finally gives a little relief from the heat!
June 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In our house Italy first, then Poland. Lots of decentish songs, some good performances, Sweden pretty good fun but not the best. #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Really disappointing to see a Labour party used to persecute trans youth and pensioners alike. People say they want our vote and then just shit on us and wonder why many don't engage.
Really disappointing to see Bluesky so swiftly being used for angry broadcasting of short sentences just as X was.

People say they want to engage with MPs then just scream at us and wonder why many don’t engage. 🧵
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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There is a crowdfunder for Tony Slattery’s funeral - please share among those you think you be interested

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funeral-fo...
Funeral for Tony Slattery
Tony's death was sudden and unexpected, and sadly he had not made any provisions for his funeral.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
After Amazon imposed a strict return-to-office policy that takes effect in January 2025, other companies followed suit. But are RTO mandates a way to boost productivity and charm Wall Street - or just a way to lose your best performers? In this short video, Brian Elliott, who has studied RTO mandate
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January 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Hilariously, I learn that the YouTuber who is FURIOUS he got a copyright strike for reading and showing my entire book on his channel - and is insistent that all knowledge should be free - is now selling the video on his Patreon for more than four times the cost of the actual Kindle book!
a woman in a blue tank top is drinking a cup of coffee and saying really .
ALT: a woman in a blue tank top is drinking a cup of coffee and saying really .
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Poet Found. Oil on linen.

My portrait of the poet Lemn Sissay.

#art #portrait
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
December 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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While you've all been slaving over Turkey, I've been preparing this Chicken for later.
December 25, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
December 24, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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the most pernicious lie of reaganism/thatcherism is that every individual part of the world needs to be profitable. the idea of a “public good” is being lost.

in football terms, it’s like insisting every player on the pitch has to score, and getting rid of anyone who doesn’t.
December 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
December 15, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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I'm assuming that new Star Wars series 'Skeleton Crew' is about these guys, yes?
December 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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We are here 🥳

This is the official The Rest Is Politics account on Bluesky.

Follow this account for everything Rory and Alastair based in the art of disagreeing agreeably.
December 4, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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I don't *want* a "town square" or a "debating forum" or "to hear all voices". I just want somewhere where I can talk with my friends about Doctor Who or the Beach Boys or whatever, easily avoid horrible people I don't want to talk to, and know that my friends are safe.
December 11, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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The care that saved my life is a scandal to the uk health secretary
Wes Streeting just called the use of puberty blockers to date a 'scandal'.

There's your front page headlines for tomorrow.
December 11, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Streeting is a weasel
December 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Thank you for doing this @garwboy.bsky.social , articles like this seem to be cropping up depressingly often these days, is there some angle to this beyond luddites that I have missed?
Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore

www.theguardian.com/...

Many have asked for my take on this. So, is it another example of "I have concluded that my gut feelings are correct and I'm cherry picking 'evidence' to support it"?

Yes, yes it is
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Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter, says journalist Siân Boyle
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Neighbourhood watch
April 19, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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The absolute classic. If you haven't paid Moose to draw you a version of this yet, go to his website and rectify the situation right now. Also, pssst, Christmas is coming!
December 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Just thinking about dad jokes I’ve made which have annoyed/embarrassed my children. For example in a restaurant I ordered a coke. The waitress asked if I wanted a pint or a half. I said “Better make it a half, I’m driving”. No one laughed, apart from me.
December 7, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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The Shipping Forecast seems to have several birthdays, but on the 1st of January BBC Radio 4 will be spending the day celebrating 100 years of it. I've just had a lovely evening sitting underneath Cutty Sark for the recording of a special episode of Front Row about it, to be broadcast on Jan 1st.
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Pacing is literally the best management I’ve implemented with success in dealing with long covid
New:
‘Pacing’ for management of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Free fulltext:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
December 1, 2024 at 12:44 AM