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@laurenceineu.bsky.social
#FBPE #rejoinEU
Photo: what I *don't* look like
I rejected Neasden but Neasden didn't reject me
Overate awokados in Islington
Former nuclear physicist
Black belt in Judaism
Devout atheist
Born-aghast Jew
Failed bacon-dodger
Thickos intolerant
Brexophobic
Photo: what I *don't* look like
I rejected Neasden but Neasden didn't reject me
Overate awokados in Islington
Former nuclear physicist
Black belt in Judaism
Devout atheist
Born-aghast Jew
Failed bacon-dodger
Thickos intolerant
Brexophobic
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The BBC apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
BBC apologises to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there's no basis for defamation claim
The BBC apologizes to Trump for a misleading edit but denies defamation, citing no harm due to his 2024 election victory.
www.thehindu.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The BBC apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
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Morning Spew for Night Owls—What rich asshole *wasn't* emailing Jeffrey Epstein?
(Plus more less-disgusting stories to start your Thursday)
(Plus more less-disgusting stories to start your Thursday)
Oh My God These Epstein Emails
Plus a list of less-disgusting stories for your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Morning Spew for Night Owls—What rich asshole *wasn't* emailing Jeffrey Epstein?
(Plus more less-disgusting stories to start your Thursday)
(Plus more less-disgusting stories to start your Thursday)
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Donald Trump’s net approval rating is the lowest it has ever been, at -18%. See how Americans are feeling about their president with our tracker
Donald Trump’s approval rating
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econ.st
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Donald Trump’s net approval rating is the lowest it has ever been, at -18%. See how Americans are feeling about their president with our tracker
The lawyers make the same points that I did here a couple of days ago. Inter alia, he won the subsequent election and there were no publications (viewings) in the US, which means no tort was committed there and no damages were suffered there.
The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat. https://to.pbs.org/4hYZqyY
BBC apologizes to Trump over misleading edit, but rejects basis for defamation claim
The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The lawyers make the same points that I did here a couple of days ago. Inter alia, he won the subsequent election and there were no publications (viewings) in the US, which means no tort was committed there and no damages were suffered there.
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The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat. https://to.pbs.org/4hYZqyY
BBC apologizes to Trump over misleading edit, but rejects basis for defamation claim
The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat. https://to.pbs.org/4hYZqyY
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The Epstein War
I forecast that Trump will attack Venezuela within the next few days.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Epstein War
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I forecast that Trump will attack Venezuela within the next few days.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I forecast that Trump will attack Venezuela within the next few days.
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Donald Trump's White House scrambled into action last night in a bid to deal with potentially damaging revelations in the Epstein files.
8 potential nightmares for Donald Trump buried in the Epstein files
www.mirror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Donald Trump's White House scrambled into action last night in a bid to deal with potentially damaging revelations in the Epstein files.
I forecast that Trump will attack Venezuela within the next few days.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I forecast that Trump will attack Venezuela within the next few days.
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The IDF is the most moral army in the world in the same way as I'm a Russian transsexual quadriplegic prima ballerina with a Nobel Peace Prize.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The IDF is the most moral army in the world in the same way as I'm a Russian transsexual quadriplegic prima ballerina with a Nobel Peace Prize.
The IDF is the most moral army in the world in the same way as I'm a Russian transsexual quadriplegic prima ballerina with a Nobel Peace Prize.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The IDF is the most moral army in the world in the same way as I'm a Russian transsexual quadriplegic prima ballerina with a Nobel Peace Prize.
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"Up until now Trump and his spin doctors have been breaking the cardinal rule of political scandals, insisting there is nothing to see here, only for a drip, drip, drip of revelations to keep the story alive," writes the Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief David Smith.
Nothing to see here: Trump press chief in full denial mode over Epstein
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Up until now Trump and his spin doctors have been breaking the cardinal rule of political scandals, insisting there is nothing to see here, only for a drip, drip, drip of revelations to keep the story alive," writes the Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief David Smith.
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"The world's most moral army."
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.
They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"The world's most moral army."
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Sorry, I meant "the world's most moral army."
This. The world's most humane military!
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sorry, I meant "the world's most moral army."
Sorry, I meant "the world's most moral army."
This. The world's most humane military!
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sorry, I meant "the world's most moral army."
"The world's most moral army."
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.
They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"The world's most moral army."
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This. The world's most humane military!
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.
They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This. The world's most humane military!
This. The world's most humane military!
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.
They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This. The world's most humane military!
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Of course, if the interest rate is higher, an increasingly larger fraction goes to interest.
eg. Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 10%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.1)^-30)) = $10.61
In first year, interest is obviously exactly $10.00. So 94% is interest and hence 6% ($0.61) is repaid principal.
eg. Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 10%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.1)^-30)) = $10.61
In first year, interest is obviously exactly $10.00. So 94% is interest and hence 6% ($0.61) is repaid principal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Of course, if the interest rate is higher, an increasingly larger fraction goes to interest.
eg. Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 10%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.1)^-30)) = $10.61
In first year, interest is obviously exactly $10.00. So 94% is interest and hence 6% ($0.61) is repaid principal.
eg. Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 10%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.1)^-30)) = $10.61
In first year, interest is obviously exactly $10.00. So 94% is interest and hence 6% ($0.61) is repaid principal.
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Repeating the example since, but for 50 years, instead of 30;
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 50 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-50)) = $5.48
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 91% is interest and hence 9% ($0.48) is repaid principal.
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 50 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-50)) = $5.48
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 91% is interest and hence 9% ($0.48) is repaid principal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Repeating the example since, but for 50 years, instead of 30;
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 50 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-50)) = $5.48
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 91% is interest and hence 9% ($0.48) is repaid principal.
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 50 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-50)) = $5.48
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 91% is interest and hence 9% ($0.48) is repaid principal.
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Well it feels like all interest that’s for sure! Like 99.9% interest at first
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Well it feels like all interest that’s for sure! Like 99.9% interest at first
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Let's try an example:
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-30)) = $6.51
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 77% is interest and hence 23% ($1.51) is repaid principal.
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-30)) = $6.51
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 77% is interest and hence 23% ($1.51) is repaid principal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Let's try an example:
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-30)) = $6.51
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 77% is interest and hence 23% ($1.51) is repaid principal.
Annual repayment/$100 of principal
over 30 yrs
at 5%
= 0.05/(1 - ((1.05)^-30)) = $6.51
In first year, the interest is obviously exactly $5.00. So 77% is interest and hence 23% ($1.51) is repaid principal.
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If anyone can discover what magnets are, surely it must be Elon Musk.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If anyone can discover what magnets are, surely it must be Elon Musk.
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🎧: Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the BBC save itself? @arusbridger and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com speak to Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television.
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the broadcasting service save itself?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🎧: Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the BBC save itself? @arusbridger and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com speak to Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television.
Listen up, American cousins. When the political party of your president and the one with a majority in Congress welcomes people goose-stepping around in black leather boots, waving swastika flags and brandishing canisters of Zyklon B, you should maybe question whether you're in the right country.
Poorly written, but my takeaway from it is that the American right, including the Heritage Foundation, embraces a substantial number of outright nazis.
That is no surprise at all to me.
That is no surprise at all to me.
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Listen up, American cousins. When the political party of your president and the one with a majority in Congress welcomes people goose-stepping around in black leather boots, waving swastika flags and brandishing canisters of Zyklon B, you should maybe question whether you're in the right country.