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Glass! This is informative and fun. I used to dabble in scientific glassblowing myself, so I have a huge appreciation of the skill required to do it properly.
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Glas
An exuberant Oscar®-winning film on on glass-blowing, automation and all that jazz. Directed by Bert Haanstra. More on this documentary: https://aeon.co/videos/an-exuberant-oscar-winning-film-on-glas...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Glass! This is informative and fun. I used to dabble in scientific glassblowing myself, so I have a huge appreciation of the skill required to do it properly.
vimeo.com/160106895?fl...
vimeo.com/160106895?fl...
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From Stoppard’s Arcadia:
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From Stoppard’s Arcadia:
Yeah, but 'hugely impartial' founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle and self-described Thatcherite Robbie Gibb says they're too left wing...
This doesn’t feel like the kind of headline the BBC should be running with
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yeah, but 'hugely impartial' founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle and self-described Thatcherite Robbie Gibb says they're too left wing...
I detest Nick Robinson with some passion. He takes every single point, good or bad and attacks it for whatever reason he can think of.
"Why are you borrowing, that's bad. Why aren't you borrowing to promote growth? Why raise taxes? Why U-turn on raising unpopular taxes?"
A bully and a twat.
"Why are you borrowing, that's bad. Why aren't you borrowing to promote growth? Why raise taxes? Why U-turn on raising unpopular taxes?"
A bully and a twat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I detest Nick Robinson with some passion. He takes every single point, good or bad and attacks it for whatever reason he can think of.
"Why are you borrowing, that's bad. Why aren't you borrowing to promote growth? Why raise taxes? Why U-turn on raising unpopular taxes?"
A bully and a twat.
"Why are you borrowing, that's bad. Why aren't you borrowing to promote growth? Why raise taxes? Why U-turn on raising unpopular taxes?"
A bully and a twat.
Similarly, the claim "putting pineapple on pizza does not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that putting pineapple on pizza causes autism.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Similarly, the claim "putting pineapple on pizza does not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that putting pineapple on pizza causes autism.
This really needs a UK/EU print partner.
birders, feast your eyes! my “extremely accurate birds” calendar is back by popular demand, and my illustrations are more realistic than ever! i do believe this new edition is the most anatomically-precise collection of bird illustrations ever drawn!
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tommysiegel.net
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This really needs a UK/EU print partner.
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are you sick of generative AI slop?
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
are you sick of generative AI slop?
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
I wonder how many people have similar experiences. I've thought it, but figured I was being sloppy or forgetful or doing that bias where the coincidences are more notable than all the non-coincidences.
But I've seen other people notice it too (see comment). Can we all be coincidences?
But I've seen other people notice it too (see comment). Can we all be coincidences?
Google doesn't listen to everything you do.
In my new novel I mention a bus terminal in Ohio. I haven't published it. It's just in a Word document on my PC.
Now Google is asking me to review the bus terminal, because it thinks I visited it.
Google doesn't listen to everything you do.
In my new novel I mention a bus terminal in Ohio. I haven't published it. It's just in a Word document on my PC.
Now Google is asking me to review the bus terminal, because it thinks I visited it.
Google doesn't listen to everything you do.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I wonder how many people have similar experiences. I've thought it, but figured I was being sloppy or forgetful or doing that bias where the coincidences are more notable than all the non-coincidences.
But I've seen other people notice it too (see comment). Can we all be coincidences?
But I've seen other people notice it too (see comment). Can we all be coincidences?
Two weeks to get to your destination though; if it's going to be the future of travel as well as transport, we're going to have to broaden the definition of Work From Home.
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Two weeks to get to your destination though; if it's going to be the future of travel as well as transport, we're going to have to broaden the definition of Work From Home.
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Over on X, the co-founder of the Brexit Party is posting open racism about Shabana Mahmood, saying she should be "deported". Blaiklock left the Brexit Party v quickly over anti-Islam posts but now identifies herself as a supporter of Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Over on X, the co-founder of the Brexit Party is posting open racism about Shabana Mahmood, saying she should be "deported". Blaiklock left the Brexit Party v quickly over anti-Islam posts but now identifies herself as a supporter of Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain.
What is it about 'processing' that makes foods intrinsically bad? How can it all be bad, when it's all so different?
Maybe it's not all equally bad, but it does all equally stop you from eating the things that are good 🤔
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Maybe it's not all equally bad, but it does all equally stop you from eating the things that are good 🤔
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What is it about 'processing' that makes foods intrinsically bad? How can it all be bad, when it's all so different?
Maybe it's not all equally bad, but it does all equally stop you from eating the things that are good 🤔
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Maybe it's not all equally bad, but it does all equally stop you from eating the things that are good 🤔
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nick Robinson was calling the rhetoric out on R4 yesterday, which highlights a serious point - Labour can't win on messaging. I don't remember him being so outraged by Patel's anti-immigration bill, for eg.
So why don't they stop the 'Reform Lite' signalling and take a moral & pragmatic stand?
So why don't they stop the 'Reform Lite' signalling and take a moral & pragmatic stand?
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nick Robinson was calling the rhetoric out on R4 yesterday, which highlights a serious point - Labour can't win on messaging. I don't remember him being so outraged by Patel's anti-immigration bill, for eg.
So why don't they stop the 'Reform Lite' signalling and take a moral & pragmatic stand?
So why don't they stop the 'Reform Lite' signalling and take a moral & pragmatic stand?
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The NHS is struggling under the weight of long-term PFI debts
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The NHS is struggling under the weight of long-term PFI debts
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
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Did you spot it?
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Did you spot it?
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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Dunno, man, if you've managed to get your car onto a dinghy and sail it across the channel then you fucking deserve to keep it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Dunno, man, if you've managed to get your car onto a dinghy and sail it across the channel then you fucking deserve to keep it.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
Live footage from the DC Sandwich Guy case, where Border Patrol agent Greg Lairmore is being questioned by the defence.
Whatever the outcome, we can all empathise with the trauma suffered by these brave patriots who put themselves in the line of sandwich fire without thought for their own safety.
Whatever the outcome, we can all empathise with the trauma suffered by these brave patriots who put themselves in the line of sandwich fire without thought for their own safety.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Live footage from the DC Sandwich Guy case, where Border Patrol agent Greg Lairmore is being questioned by the defence.
Whatever the outcome, we can all empathise with the trauma suffered by these brave patriots who put themselves in the line of sandwich fire without thought for their own safety.
Whatever the outcome, we can all empathise with the trauma suffered by these brave patriots who put themselves in the line of sandwich fire without thought for their own safety.
My water bill has just gone up by 50%. Execs and shareholders are pissing their pants laughing at us.
Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My water bill has just gone up by 50%. Execs and shareholders are pissing their pants laughing at us.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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This noble false widow, Steatoda nobilis, had two distinguishing features:
1: She was the biggest I've seen by a country mile, fast, sure-footed and genuinely impressive.
2: She was outdoors, unlike her many cousins who are gumming up our house with their insanely tough & extensive webs. #ukwildlife
1: She was the biggest I've seen by a country mile, fast, sure-footed and genuinely impressive.
2: She was outdoors, unlike her many cousins who are gumming up our house with their insanely tough & extensive webs. #ukwildlife
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This noble false widow, Steatoda nobilis, had two distinguishing features:
1: She was the biggest I've seen by a country mile, fast, sure-footed and genuinely impressive.
2: She was outdoors, unlike her many cousins who are gumming up our house with their insanely tough & extensive webs. #ukwildlife
1: She was the biggest I've seen by a country mile, fast, sure-footed and genuinely impressive.
2: She was outdoors, unlike her many cousins who are gumming up our house with their insanely tough & extensive webs. #ukwildlife