@stemwinder
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Burrowing rodent fan, music lover, tune mangler. Thinks your playlist is derivative. #MDANT #UTV
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how is this legal?
Private equity struggles to value assets, sells assets to itself to pay investors.
Sold £79.2bn of assets to itself, to new entities under its control with money from new investors to pay earlier investors.
A ponzi scheme full of conflict of interests.
Sold £79.2bn of assets to itself, to new entities under its control with money from new investors to pay earlier investors.
A ponzi scheme full of conflict of interests.
PE firms sell assets to themselves at a record rate in 2025
Private equity firms sold companies to themselves at a record rate this year, using a controversial tactic
www.cityam.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
how is this legal?
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A modern Caravaggio
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
December 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A modern Caravaggio
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How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City
In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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To celebrate Jeff Lynne's birthday, here's my brother's dog doing his best impression of the brilliant ELO frontman
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
To celebrate Jeff Lynne's birthday, here's my brother's dog doing his best impression of the brilliant ELO frontman
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Possibly my 2025 gig of the year. Certainly my gig photo of the year.
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Possibly my 2025 gig of the year. Certainly my gig photo of the year.
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Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94
Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94
Spanish woman’s attempted restoration of church artwork was widely mocked but became lucrative tourist attraction
Cecilia Giménez, the woman who achieved unwanted international fame for her botched “Monkey Christ” restoration of a 19th-century mural in Borja, north-east Spain, has died aged 94.
In 2012, Giménez, an amateur artist, decided to restore Ecce Homo, a mural by a local artist, Elías García Martínez, that hung in the Santuario de Misericordia church in Borja. However, her talent as an artist was not equal to her good intentions and she produced what was described as the worst restoration in history. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Meanwhile, in the Mail on Sunday
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Meanwhile, in the Mail on Sunday
I don't watch Dr Who, but I never new the Smurfs featured
Forget the Rani, sod Omega, this is the fan service we needed in 2025 #DoctorWho
www.facebook.com/reel/2034779...
www.facebook.com/reel/2034779...
December 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I don't watch Dr Who, but I never new the Smurfs featured
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Dipped into ep.4 of the Liz Truss Show for no more than a minute (using mirror site that does not boost numbers or revenue yewtu.be/channel/UCpI...). Quite aside from the INSANITY of what she says, camera is focussed on background, not her, THROUGHOUT. And what's up with the candy cane on the books?
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Dipped into ep.4 of the Liz Truss Show for no more than a minute (using mirror site that does not boost numbers or revenue yewtu.be/channel/UCpI...). Quite aside from the INSANITY of what she says, camera is focussed on background, not her, THROUGHOUT. And what's up with the candy cane on the books?
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Elon Musk appointed 19-year-old Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the grandson of a KGB lieutenant colonel to DOGE. He was instrumental in cutting funding for the United States Agency for International Development, which directly resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of poor people overseas.
December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Elon Musk appointed 19-year-old Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the grandson of a KGB lieutenant colonel to DOGE. He was instrumental in cutting funding for the United States Agency for International Development, which directly resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of poor people overseas.
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Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
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Poster design by Sergio Garrido
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Poster design by Sergio Garrido
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"and lo, Jesus had spent his lat 60 shekels on gak and there was only one line left..."
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"and lo, Jesus had spent his lat 60 shekels on gak and there was only one line left..."
false idols challenge coming up Christians
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
false idols challenge coming up Christians
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Walliams seeing the light any day now at this rate
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Walliams seeing the light any day now at this rate
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Fire and light...
Sometimes, an image jumps out and grabs you by the lapels.
Looking more like a still from a gritty British gangster flick than downtown Glasgow, this was the scene by the Clyde on the night of May 18, 1957, when the Riverside Mills, in Shearer Street, caught fire.
Sometimes, an image jumps out and grabs you by the lapels.
Looking more like a still from a gritty British gangster flick than downtown Glasgow, this was the scene by the Clyde on the night of May 18, 1957, when the Riverside Mills, in Shearer Street, caught fire.
December 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fire and light...
Sometimes, an image jumps out and grabs you by the lapels.
Looking more like a still from a gritty British gangster flick than downtown Glasgow, this was the scene by the Clyde on the night of May 18, 1957, when the Riverside Mills, in Shearer Street, caught fire.
Sometimes, an image jumps out and grabs you by the lapels.
Looking more like a still from a gritty British gangster flick than downtown Glasgow, this was the scene by the Clyde on the night of May 18, 1957, when the Riverside Mills, in Shearer Street, caught fire.
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"you don't want Hotel Bastardos..."
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"you don't want Hotel Bastardos..."
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Celebrating the life of Perry Bamonte respectfully through the medium of trivial statistics
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December 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Celebrating the life of Perry Bamonte respectfully through the medium of trivial statistics
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It's so good to see her like this 😍❤️
Rare portrait (October 2025): A recent photo posted on Facebook shows Poison Ivy with Rocky Schenck, the Cramps' longtime photographer.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory
Rare portrait (October 2025): A recent photo posted on Facebook shows Poison Ivy with Rocky Schenck, the Cramps' longtime photographer.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's so good to see her like this 😍❤️
Rare portrait (October 2025): A recent photo posted on Facebook shows Poison Ivy with Rocky Schenck, the Cramps' longtime photographer.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory
Rare portrait (October 2025): A recent photo posted on Facebook shows Poison Ivy with Rocky Schenck, the Cramps' longtime photographer.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #poisonivy #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory