Richard
@richd028.bsky.social
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LOL college admissions are so broken; this is not what a real high school student looks like. Only the volunteering at the hospital is real. The internship and research is acquired through connections and the student contributes nothing. The nonprofit is entirely fake.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
February 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
LOL college admissions are so broken; this is not what a real high school student looks like. Only the volunteering at the hospital is real. The internship and research is acquired through connections and the student contributes nothing. The nonprofit is entirely fake.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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I'm watching a lot of Trek at the moment, which means I'm watching a lot of Paramount at the moment, and they *really* think if they just keep banging on about it I will eventually cave and watch one of the 27 identical cowboy shows about people having feelings while cuddling guns in Montana
February 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I'm watching a lot of Trek at the moment, which means I'm watching a lot of Paramount at the moment, and they *really* think if they just keep banging on about it I will eventually cave and watch one of the 27 identical cowboy shows about people having feelings while cuddling guns in Montana
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my wife texted IT HAS HAPPENED to the group chat and it wasn't about what i hoped it was about and i'm very disappointed and we have revised our group chat style manual
February 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
my wife texted IT HAS HAPPENED to the group chat and it wasn't about what i hoped it was about and i'm very disappointed and we have revised our group chat style manual
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The photographer’s finger hovers over the red-eye reduction button in the editing software.
Just this once, maybe not, he thinks.
Just this once, maybe not, he thinks.
February 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The photographer’s finger hovers over the red-eye reduction button in the editing software.
Just this once, maybe not, he thinks.
Just this once, maybe not, he thinks.
I'm not sure she can see?
February 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I'm not sure she can see?
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"We have to have a common culture"
- Weirdest fucking dude you've ever been made aware of in your entire life. Keeps a knife in his wall (??) Drugged out on K all day long. Pays someone to pretend to be him playing video games. Gets humiliated by Joyce Carol Oates once a month.
- Weirdest fucking dude you've ever been made aware of in your entire life. Keeps a knife in his wall (??) Drugged out on K all day long. Pays someone to pretend to be him playing video games. Gets humiliated by Joyce Carol Oates once a month.
February 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
"We have to have a common culture"
- Weirdest fucking dude you've ever been made aware of in your entire life. Keeps a knife in his wall (??) Drugged out on K all day long. Pays someone to pretend to be him playing video games. Gets humiliated by Joyce Carol Oates once a month.
- Weirdest fucking dude you've ever been made aware of in your entire life. Keeps a knife in his wall (??) Drugged out on K all day long. Pays someone to pretend to be him playing video games. Gets humiliated by Joyce Carol Oates once a month.
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The authorities have our support = normal
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself
February 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The authorities have our support = normal
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself
The authorities have our full support = emphatic
The authorities have our full and wholehearted support = send him to the Tower and hand me an axe, I’ll do it myself
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so genuinely: uh, what was Merrick Garland doing with the Epstein files, given uh, it's brought down a royal and multiple Euro politicians/
February 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
so genuinely: uh, what was Merrick Garland doing with the Epstein files, given uh, it's brought down a royal and multiple Euro politicians/
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not to go back to my pet rant but this links very nicely to those of us who've been arguing for some time that actually form often matters just as much as content in politics, no matter what the online left thinks! fair not to like it as a dynamic but it is what it is!
February 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
not to go back to my pet rant but this links very nicely to those of us who've been arguing for some time that actually form often matters just as much as content in politics, no matter what the online left thinks! fair not to like it as a dynamic but it is what it is!
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Trump did not win with a platform that aligned closer with the views of the majority of Americans. That simply did not happen, we have the numbers.
February 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Trump did not win with a platform that aligned closer with the views of the majority of Americans. That simply did not happen, we have the numbers.
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I am once again making the case that Eric Pickles is an easy Top 5 entrant for "worst cabinet minister of the 21st century so far", given how thoroughly bad his legacy is.
Health visitors in England have been cut by 40% since 2015. A&E admissions for under-ones have risen 42% in the same period.
Since under local authority control, and not the NHS, health visitors occupy a weird institutional no man's land. Read my article below: www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he...
Since under local authority control, and not the NHS, health visitors occupy a weird institutional no man's land. Read my article below: www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he...
Where have England's health visitors gone?
Health visitor numbers are down 40 per cent since 2015 and caseloads are at dangerous levels. Families are now struggling without support.
www.newstatesman.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I am once again making the case that Eric Pickles is an easy Top 5 entrant for "worst cabinet minister of the 21st century so far", given how thoroughly bad his legacy is.
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February 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Now that's just rubbing salt into the wound isn't it?
February 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Now that's just rubbing salt into the wound isn't it?
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It is remarkable how far ahead of every media outlet everywhere they have been on Epstein.
This was pre-arrest.
This was pre-arrest.
February 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It is remarkable how far ahead of every media outlet everywhere they have been on Epstein.
This was pre-arrest.
This was pre-arrest.
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Andrew's completely broke which raises the possibility that a Norfolk duty solicitor is currently having the strangest day of his / her life.
February 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Andrew's completely broke which raises the possibility that a Norfolk duty solicitor is currently having the strangest day of his / her life.
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"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
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basically what I do for work is destroy my brain in pursuit of jokes that will make maximum half a dozen civil servants laugh. anyway
February 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
basically what I do for work is destroy my brain in pursuit of jokes that will make maximum half a dozen civil servants laugh. anyway
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Andrew: I'm worried I'll be alone on my birthday
Thames Valley Police: Relax
Thames Valley Police: Relax
February 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Andrew: I'm worried I'll be alone on my birthday
Thames Valley Police: Relax
Thames Valley Police: Relax
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In other news, reports are coming in of a large consignment of Malmsey being delivered to the Tower of London.
February 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
In other news, reports are coming in of a large consignment of Malmsey being delivered to the Tower of London.
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great example here of why setting up a live blog isn't always the best response to a developing news story
February 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
great example here of why setting up a live blog isn't always the best response to a developing news story
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Wait for the deal when he offers to tell everything about that white Fiat Uno in the Paris underpass.
February 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Wait for the deal when he offers to tell everything about that white Fiat Uno in the Paris underpass.
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Do we think Charlie went "yeah you can arrest him but wait until his birthday"
February 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Do we think Charlie went "yeah you can arrest him but wait until his birthday"
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Sub-editor just managed to make Kier Starmer sound based. And possible leading some sort of Yoon Suk Yeol- style insurrection.
February 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Sub-editor just managed to make Kier Starmer sound based. And possible leading some sort of Yoon Suk Yeol- style insurrection.