Neil Cowles
@neilcowles.bsky.social
Tech Nerd, animal friend, partial to a drink
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Why are people suddenly pearl clutching over income tax thresholds?
Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why are people suddenly pearl clutching over income tax thresholds?
Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
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just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”
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Remember the TV show Wife Swap? Can we do the same but with algorithms? People of opposing views live with each other social media for two weeks. I think that would be very interesting TV to watch.
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Remember the TV show Wife Swap? Can we do the same but with algorithms? People of opposing views live with each other social media for two weeks. I think that would be very interesting TV to watch.
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When I turn on my TV I don't want to select a profile, see a load of adverts and apps then press guide then scroll to a channel and press select. I want it to immediately tune to BBC1 or ITV like TVs did successfully for decades. This is not progress.
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
When I turn on my TV I don't want to select a profile, see a load of adverts and apps then press guide then scroll to a channel and press select. I want it to immediately tune to BBC1 or ITV like TVs did successfully for decades. This is not progress.
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"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
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Things I care about Keir Starmer:
The nhs
Social care
A fairer society
The uber rich paying a bigger chunk of taxes
An agenda set by RW media
A disproportionate amount of air time given to Farage and Reform
Things I don’t care about:
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
The nhs
Social care
A fairer society
The uber rich paying a bigger chunk of taxes
An agenda set by RW media
A disproportionate amount of air time given to Farage and Reform
Things I don’t care about:
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
September 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Things I care about Keir Starmer:
The nhs
Social care
A fairer society
The uber rich paying a bigger chunk of taxes
An agenda set by RW media
A disproportionate amount of air time given to Farage and Reform
Things I don’t care about:
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
The nhs
Social care
A fairer society
The uber rich paying a bigger chunk of taxes
An agenda set by RW media
A disproportionate amount of air time given to Farage and Reform
Things I don’t care about:
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
Boats
Small boats
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Every device in my house: "Hello I have been switched on for the first time and connected myself to your phone and WiFi. I'm ready to go whenever."
My printer: "File? What file? On the... Network? The fucks a network? WiFi? I'll try but no promises. Actually no I forgot how to connect."
My printer: "File? What file? On the... Network? The fucks a network? WiFi? I'll try but no promises. Actually no I forgot how to connect."
September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every device in my house: "Hello I have been switched on for the first time and connected myself to your phone and WiFi. I'm ready to go whenever."
My printer: "File? What file? On the... Network? The fucks a network? WiFi? I'll try but no promises. Actually no I forgot how to connect."
My printer: "File? What file? On the... Network? The fucks a network? WiFi? I'll try but no promises. Actually no I forgot how to connect."
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I hadn't watched this in about a decade. It is still insane, joyous fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqt...
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (Full) Channel 4 air date 05/03/1988
YouTube video by Neo-Tokio-5000
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I hadn't watched this in about a decade. It is still insane, joyous fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqt...
Wordle 1,456 1/6
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Finally, my wordle word came in!
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Finally, my wordle word came in!
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Wordle 1,456 1/6
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Finally, my wordle word came in!
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Finally, my wordle word came in!
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Is it by any chance cunts?
Survey reveals the exact demographics behind Reform’s growing support
Survey reveals the exact demographics behind Reform’s growing support
The rising popularity of Nigel Farage’s party is an unprecedented threat to the major parties. But where does this support come from?
buff.ly
June 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Is it by any chance cunts?
1970’s UK, we called it Colditz
Friends, random question—on those late summer nights when you and your friends played tag around the neighborhood in the dark, what did you call it?
- Flashlight Tag
- Manhunt
- Ghosts in the Graveyard
- Something else?
- Flashlight Tag
- Manhunt
- Ghosts in the Graveyard
- Something else?
June 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
1970’s UK, we called it Colditz
Our dog being silly
May 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Our dog being silly
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Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Popcorn V
Pope Popcorn V
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Magnum VI
Pope Magnum VI
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Brie V
Pope Brie V
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Popcorn V
Pope Popcorn V
There is no future when the past soon come
And when they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Or laugh through a glass eye as they rape our lives?
Trampled under foot by the rise on the right
Ich bin ein Ausländer
(You call us what?)
Ich bin ein Ausländer
You call us
And when they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Or laugh through a glass eye as they rape our lives?
Trampled under foot by the rise on the right
Ich bin ein Ausländer
(You call us what?)
Ich bin ein Ausländer
You call us
May 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is no future when the past soon come
And when they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Or laugh through a glass eye as they rape our lives?
Trampled under foot by the rise on the right
Ich bin ein Ausländer
(You call us what?)
Ich bin ein Ausländer
You call us
And when they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Or laugh through a glass eye as they rape our lives?
Trampled under foot by the rise on the right
Ich bin ein Ausländer
(You call us what?)
Ich bin ein Ausländer
You call us
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No PM, they weren't the right decisions. The right decisions would have been reversing the 5% loss to the economy caused by Brexit; taxing the rich; not promising tax cuts to US tech companies; closing the loop holes allowing Amazon etc to get away with paying very little tax...
May 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
No PM, they weren't the right decisions. The right decisions would have been reversing the 5% loss to the economy caused by Brexit; taxing the rich; not promising tax cuts to US tech companies; closing the loop holes allowing Amazon etc to get away with paying very little tax...