Max Dunbar
@maxdunbar1.bsky.social
I see the NIMBYs now cannot be bothered even to write their own objections! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn
Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I see the NIMBYs now cannot be bothered even to write their own objections! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🤬🤬russians struck a gas station in the Kharkiv region with a KAB - five people were injured, including a police officer
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🤬🤬russians struck a gas station in the Kharkiv region with a KAB - five people were injured, including a police officer
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Electricity is back! Yay
Oh, and fuck russia!
Oh, and fuck russia!
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Electricity is back! Yay
Oh, and fuck russia!
Oh, and fuck russia!
PLURIBUS
1) I was expecting an ABQ Manifest - something meandering and hard to follow
2) but it's compelling - like a Stephen King apocalypse novel
3) hard to see why critics describe this show as 'slow burn' given the dramatic events of episode 1
4) Mike would have sorted this out in no time
1) I was expecting an ABQ Manifest - something meandering and hard to follow
2) but it's compelling - like a Stephen King apocalypse novel
3) hard to see why critics describe this show as 'slow burn' given the dramatic events of episode 1
4) Mike would have sorted this out in no time
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
PLURIBUS
1) I was expecting an ABQ Manifest - something meandering and hard to follow
2) but it's compelling - like a Stephen King apocalypse novel
3) hard to see why critics describe this show as 'slow burn' given the dramatic events of episode 1
4) Mike would have sorted this out in no time
1) I was expecting an ABQ Manifest - something meandering and hard to follow
2) but it's compelling - like a Stephen King apocalypse novel
3) hard to see why critics describe this show as 'slow burn' given the dramatic events of episode 1
4) Mike would have sorted this out in no time
I don't normally read autobiography or life writing but wow Fern Brady's STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER - a bitter, riveting memoir that explained an autistic perspective to me better than anything else I've come across. Recommended
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I don't normally read autobiography or life writing but wow Fern Brady's STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER - a bitter, riveting memoir that explained an autistic perspective to me better than anything else I've come across. Recommended
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❗️Russian Shahed drone struck a residential building in Dnipro.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
❗️Russian Shahed drone struck a residential building in Dnipro.
This is an amazing, economical post by Matt Pearce, with a great Pericles quote: mattdpearce.substack.com/p/baseball-a...
Baseball and the free city
The beauty of the Dodgers and Los Angeles' ungovernability.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is an amazing, economical post by Matt Pearce, with a great Pericles quote: mattdpearce.substack.com/p/baseball-a...
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Still, we have things to look forward to
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Still, we have things to look forward to
First draft of the John Lewis ad
a close up of a man wearing a blue shirt and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man wearing a blue shirt and tie .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
First draft of the John Lewis ad
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This is a particular favourite - the idea that some voter in Crewe or Carlisle will remember in 2029 that their MP sent a tweet congratulating the newly elected New York Mayor and judge on his record accordingly, guys most people barely know who the Prime Minister is, you have Twitter brain rot
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is a particular favourite - the idea that some voter in Crewe or Carlisle will remember in 2029 that their MP sent a tweet congratulating the newly elected New York Mayor and judge on his record accordingly, guys most people barely know who the Prime Minister is, you have Twitter brain rot
Is this for real?
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Is this for real?
Not now, interstellar object spraying something weird futurism.com/space/inters...
Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find
The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not now, interstellar object spraying something weird futurism.com/space/inters...
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Please help at bit.ly/frontlinedef.... Our delegation is currently on way to Ukraine, driving two vehicles + aid for various destinations
Shortly before leaving we significantly expanded the aid we're taking. Funds needed to cover the costs
We're £2,332 short of new target
Shortly before leaving we significantly expanded the aid we're taking. Funds needed to cover the costs
We're £2,332 short of new target
Equip UA frontline to stop drone + missile attacks
Fund a rapid-response vehicle to help intercept Russian drones and missiles before they hit Ukrainian cities; and other aid (see below).
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Please help at bit.ly/frontlinedef.... Our delegation is currently on way to Ukraine, driving two vehicles + aid for various destinations
Shortly before leaving we significantly expanded the aid we're taking. Funds needed to cover the costs
We're £2,332 short of new target
Shortly before leaving we significantly expanded the aid we're taking. Funds needed to cover the costs
We're £2,332 short of new target
The AV Club remembers Stephen King's Entertainment Weekly column: www.avclub.com/stephen-king...
Stephen King's Entertainment Weekly column was the best worst thing
Stephen King's Entertainment Weekly column was the best worst thing
www.avclub.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The AV Club remembers Stephen King's Entertainment Weekly column: www.avclub.com/stephen-king...
Probably late to the party but just discovered @aptshadow.bsky.social, whose CITY OF LAST CHANCES I thoroughly enjoyed - everything you need for a strange world you can lose yourself in. Recommended
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Probably late to the party but just discovered @aptshadow.bsky.social, whose CITY OF LAST CHANCES I thoroughly enjoyed - everything you need for a strange world you can lose yourself in. Recommended
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And then allowed two completely unaffordable tax cuts as a desperate election ploy, screwing up the public finances while leaving the overall tax burden still at a high.
A reminder that this is the same Rishi Sunak who when he was Prime Minister raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And then allowed two completely unaffordable tax cuts as a desperate election ploy, screwing up the public finances while leaving the overall tax burden still at a high.
'Another told the students in the lecture, many of whom looked confused or otherwise resigned to the disturbance, that 'This lecturer served in the IOF! They are a part of the genocide in Gaza'.' www.jewishnews.co.uk/pro-palestin...
City University student allegedly threatens to behead Israeli professor - Jewish News
'City Action for Palestine' has conducted a campaign of targeted harassment against Professor Michael Ben-Gad
www.jewishnews.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
'Another told the students in the lecture, many of whom looked confused or otherwise resigned to the disturbance, that 'This lecturer served in the IOF! They are a part of the genocide in Gaza'.' www.jewishnews.co.uk/pro-palestin...
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Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.