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I stare at maps a lot.
Brit/German in the Netherlands,
any/all

I'll sort this out properly when the bird site finally dies for good.
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gregk.co.uk
This is, in all fairness, a pretty brutal throat cutting from Charles, made all the more hilarious by the fact that our Prime Minister, meanwhile, is still walking around saying, “I’m sorry I’m so gullible that I got cruelly taken in by the lies of the most famously corrupt man in British politics.”
From 38m ago 13.05 CET King Charles: Police 'have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation' King Charles has said "the law must take its course" after expressing his "deepest concern" over the arrest of his younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. In a statement, the monarch said: • I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all.
February 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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theabigailthorn.bsky.social
I didn’t even know misconduct in public office was a crime here 💀 You’re telling me that’s been illegal this whole time??!
lewisgoodall.com Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 7h
BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
February 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
Oh, the grand old duke of york
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February 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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lowrhoufo.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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sexabolition.blog
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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gregk.co.uk
Oh yeah, I’m sure she’ll be very interested in getting to the bottom of what went on there lol
The Cabinet Office is examining the commissioning of a report that made false claims about journalists who were investigating Labour Together, the thinktank closely linked to Keir Starmer, a cabinet minister has said. Liz Kendall, the science and technology secretary, indicated it would not be a formal inquiry, as demanded by the Conservatives and some Labour MPs, noting that the trade association for the PR industry was carrying out such an investigation. 2015 Liz Kendall Labour leadership campaign In the 2015 Labour leadership election, McSweeney ran the leadership campaign of Liz Kendall, who came fourth with 4.5% of the vote. 71[4] McSweeney then spent another period in local government. (4] In 2017, he formed Labour Together during the Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, where he sought to replace Corbyn and to reduce left-wing influence in the party. In 2020, he led Starmer's successful Labour leadership campaign and subsequently Labour's successful campaign in the 2024 general election. Director of Labour Together McSweeney is regarded as the leading architect of the think tank Labour Together. 7 He became director in 2017, reporting to a board that included Reed, Lisa Nandy, Jon Cruddas and Trevor Chinn, and also serving as company secretary. 141 As Labour Together director, he declared his aims to be "to move the Labour party from the hard left" and to "build a sustainable winning electoral coalition."[9 Under his leadership, Labour Together worked on a strategy to remove Jeremy Corbyn from the party leadership and to institute reforms to Labour Party processes to prevent the left-wing of the party from subsequently regaining the leadership.7]
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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theswweet.myatproto.social
February 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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gregk.co.uk
He can chair a meeting. He can draft a minute. He can lead a team. He can hold a press conference. He can liaise with different offices. He can stay calm in an interview. He has no idea what is or was going on at any time. He is blissfully clueless, a tabula rasa. A reasonable portrait of a PM.
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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aramsinn.bsky.social
Kudos to the @nytimes.com for taking a story about a Nazi collaborating with a pedophile to destroy the US and making it sound like a feel-good Hallmark movie about the magical healing power of friendship
NYT headline: Despite Epstein's Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate
February 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Luke is part of a government that is selling off our NHS data to a US spy tech firm, Palantir.

Luke is part of a government that is subservient to Donald Trump - a dangerous President who wants to annex Greenland.

Luke is part of a government that is increasingly desperate & utterly rudderless.
lukepollard.bsky.social Luke Pollard MP @lukepollard.bsky.social · 5d
Both the Greens and Reform are soft on Putin and soft on NATO.

The greens want to pull out of NATO and Reform’s Leader says Putin is the leader he admires the most.

Labour takes a different approach: a NATO-first strategy, increasing defence spending and renewing our forces.
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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theonion.com
This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics
This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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thirteentwelve.bsky.social
One of the funniest things ever posted, a gift that keeps giving
Tweet; British GQ. @BritishGQ 'Starmer can chair a meeting. He can draft a minute. He can lead a team. He can hold a press conference. He can stay calm in an interview. Those skills look simple, but they're not, and they're vital.' @gsoh31 on the breadth of Sir Keir Starmer's potential
February 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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markhisted.org
In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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leovongripsholm.bsky.social
Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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aurelmondon.com
Media coverage of the far right in the UK:

- (euphemism) party accused of saying something deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic

- unmistakably deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic quote

- asks party whether it is

- party says of course not, it's free speech and the left is mean

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February 13, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
Aimé Césaire observed that fascism became objectionable to Europeans only when it unleashed in Europe the brutality they had inflicted on the "inferior" peoples of Asia and Africa. Such insights are verified today at dizzying speed by the contrast between European alarm over Greenland and official indifference to a loudly proclaimed campaign of extermination against Palestinians. Western leaders still smilingly pose for pictures with wanted Israeli war criminals.
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A valentine's card for bibliophiles.
For @theguardian.com books.
Download a printable version here:
www.tomgauld.com/valentine
Title: A personalised Valentine's card for bibliophiles Image: A cartoon heart with arms, legs and a smiling face. With an empty speech bubble above. Five options for text to cut out and put in the bubble: I love you more than my books! I love you as much as my books! I love you almost as much as my books! I love you! No more questions! I love books!
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Dell has been on this beat since the very beginning and points out a thing often missed: the cost to all of us for Amazon’s loss prevention strategy is a nationwide surveillance network.
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 7d
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
“The Times newspaper horks up a terrifying national panic using a few dubious examples and an avalanche of roaring wingnut pundit insanity, with appalling consequences” is the type of thing you could say and have people ask, “I don’t know which one you mean, can you be much more specific than that”.
sheg7.bsky.social She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 8d
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 9d
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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averyedison.com
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Post from Avery Edison: I wrote "I am alive" on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Lab MP Georgia Gould is asked if theres a problem with how everyone in politics seems to be interconnected

Gould, the daughter of Lord Gould (a key figure in NewLabour), who as a child used to go on hols with Alistair Campbell & his family & Mandelson, says there isnt a problem
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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navalairhistory.com
1 Matt Doyle was another of the regular supper club attendees with McSweeney, Streeting and Mandelson

2 He was appointed Starmer's comms director and elevated to the peerage by Starmer *after* he campaigned for the convicted paedophile Sean Morton in 2017
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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hexadecibelle.fyi
a parody of the screenshotted photo shown in the quoted post. the text haas been replaced with: "Opinion Ignore the smears: These are my shoes. I won't give them back. And of course they fit me. As I said, they are mine. - Neighbourhood Dog Arrrrf woof woof wooof bark bark. Woof, awooOOOoo. grrrRRRRrrrrRRRRR bark bark bark. bark? yip. The Dog at Number 7 wrote off his chances at winning "best in show", fears losing "good boy" status. Mon 9 Feb 2026 19.15 CET" The photo of Wes Streeting has been replaced with an illustration of a dog attacking a postal worker and ripping open aa bag full of deliveries. It is a reference to this meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/put-yourself-in-my-shoes from over 20 years ago.
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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pkandelic.bsky.social
Mock up of a Guardian opinion article but as though written by Seymour Skinner, accompanied by his picture. "Ignore the smears: I had always planned to serve mouth-watering steamed hams at this luncheon. "Seymour Skinner "It's a regional dialect. Upstate New York. Oh, no, you wouldn't have heard it in Utica. It's an Albany expression. "'Aurora borealis' turns out to be house fire as elderly woman rescued from flames."
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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dismalchips.bsky.social
You know, the Labour peer who was key to Starmer's operation and was mates with a paedophile even after they found out about.

No, not him, the other one.
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM