Ag
@ag-tn21.bsky.social
Retired librarian/cataloguer. Welsh with Irish heritage. Green. European.
#Cat slave – decades of experience.
ag_tn21@mastodon.green. Left Xitter 2023
#ClimateChange
#Homeopathy
#Cycling: transport & exercise
#Railways.
#IAML
#Cat slave – decades of experience.
ag_tn21@mastodon.green. Left Xitter 2023
#ClimateChange
#Homeopathy
#Cycling: transport & exercise
#Railways.
#IAML
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I’m in Paris today to give a presentation about #CrossBorderRail & #CrossChannelRail at a large organisation, in French, and unpaid. I even have to cover my own train ticket. I’m basically doing them a favour
But damn they’re so dysfunctional they can’t even let me present from my own computer.
But damn they’re so dysfunctional they can’t even let me present from my own computer.
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m in Paris today to give a presentation about #CrossBorderRail & #CrossChannelRail at a large organisation, in French, and unpaid. I even have to cover my own train ticket. I’m basically doing them a favour
But damn they’re so dysfunctional they can’t even let me present from my own computer.
But damn they’re so dysfunctional they can’t even let me present from my own computer.
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Asked repeatedly about Donald Trump calling Sadiq Khan "disgusting" and suggesting that he was only elected because of immigrants, Keir Starmer's spokesman says only that the PM has a "strong relationship" with the President which has "yielded positive results for this country"
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Asked repeatedly about Donald Trump calling Sadiq Khan "disgusting" and suggesting that he was only elected because of immigrants, Keir Starmer's spokesman says only that the PM has a "strong relationship" with the President which has "yielded positive results for this country"
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Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, of which Chloe is a member, believes she is the first person to speak publicly after being fired for participating in these actions.
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, of which Chloe is a member, believes she is the first person to speak publicly after being fired for participating in these actions.
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’ | Novara Media
Exclusive: Sense sacked an employee after she was arrested at a peaceful protest against Palestine Action’s proscription. In a letter, the charity told her it needed to think of its ‘brand reputation’...
novaramedia.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, of which Chloe is a member, believes she is the first person to speak publicly after being fired for participating in these actions.
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, of which Chloe is a member, believes she is the first person to speak publicly after being fired for participating in these actions.
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
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This is the terrorist. We now know what he did with Alligator Alcatraz, but we don't know where the inmates were sent.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is the terrorist. We now know what he did with Alligator Alcatraz, but we don't know where the inmates were sent.
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Nearly £300,000 spent on trying to prevent people seeking safety from having accommodation. That's money which could have been used to help homeless individuals or support the community. You know, things those protesting hotels complain don't get funded because of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council's legal bill over The Bell Hotel in Epping revealed
Epping Forest District Council is attempting to prevent asylum seekers staying at the hotel.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Nearly £300,000 spent on trying to prevent people seeking safety from having accommodation. That's money which could have been used to help homeless individuals or support the community. You know, things those protesting hotels complain don't get funded because of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
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Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
On why Farage doesn’t apologise for his schoolboy racism:
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
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"A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500k devices that Starlink & other megaconstellations intend to launch"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects space telescopes like Hubble
A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500,000 devices that Starlink and other megaconstellations intend to launch
english.elpais.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500k devices that Starlink & other megaconstellations intend to launch"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
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December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Just when you thought #Cycleway1 couldn’t get any worse! It was awful enough that the route takes us through a seedy alleyway, but Haringey Council thought it would go one further and install these barriers!!! Good luck to cargo bike riders. Depressing. @willnorman.co.uk @mikehakata.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just when you thought #Cycleway1 couldn’t get any worse! It was awful enough that the route takes us through a seedy alleyway, but Haringey Council thought it would go one further and install these barriers!!! Good luck to cargo bike riders. Depressing. @willnorman.co.uk @mikehakata.bsky.social
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I know sod all about US railways. So if I were to write something about it, I’d check
So if you’re a US transport influencer, you ought to check as well before posting AI slop and inaccuracies about Spanish rail
So if you’re a US transport influencer, you ought to check as well before posting AI slop and inaccuracies about Spanish rail
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I know sod all about US railways. So if I were to write something about it, I’d check
So if you’re a US transport influencer, you ought to check as well before posting AI slop and inaccuracies about Spanish rail
So if you’re a US transport influencer, you ought to check as well before posting AI slop and inaccuracies about Spanish rail
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Absurder wird es heute nicht mehr. Regeln gelten auch für durchgeknallte Tech-Oligarchen und ich wünsche mir, dass unsere Regeln noch engagierter und konsequenter durchgesetzt werden.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Absurder wird es heute nicht mehr. Regeln gelten auch für durchgeknallte Tech-Oligarchen und ich wünsche mir, dass unsere Regeln noch engagierter und konsequenter durchgesetzt werden.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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Fact check. It's fairy certain Farage applied for German citizenship in 2016.
He was seen standing in line at the German Embassy & asked about it by media bsck then. He never denied he had been there. He refused to deny this was to apply for citizenship.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/6...
He was seen standing in line at the German Embassy & asked about it by media bsck then. He never denied he had been there. He refused to deny this was to apply for citizenship.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/6...
Farage refuses to deny that he’s applying for German citizenship
Former UKIP leader spotted queuing outside German embassy in London, says 'none of your business' when asked by press whether he's applying for dual citizenship
www.maltatoday.com.mt
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Fact check. It's fairy certain Farage applied for German citizenship in 2016.
He was seen standing in line at the German Embassy & asked about it by media bsck then. He never denied he had been there. He refused to deny this was to apply for citizenship.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/6...
He was seen standing in line at the German Embassy & asked about it by media bsck then. He never denied he had been there. He refused to deny this was to apply for citizenship.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/6...
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The tardigrade, a tiny invertebrate with a reputation for surviving the toughest conditions, has come to symbolise resilience in an age of ecological crisis, writes Lucy Jones.
What is a tardigrade?
This tiny, complex invertebrate is the most mind-expanding animal in the microcosmos
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The tardigrade, a tiny invertebrate with a reputation for surviving the toughest conditions, has come to symbolise resilience in an age of ecological crisis, writes Lucy Jones.
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You have to feel sorry for Liz Truss's daughters, who must spend so much of their time cringing themselves inside out. She absolutely transcends the very worst and most embarrassing parent you could possibly imagine. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You have to feel sorry for Liz Truss's daughters, who must spend so much of their time cringing themselves inside out. She absolutely transcends the very worst and most embarrassing parent you could possibly imagine. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
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75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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No words.
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
No words.
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More than 25 years after the Third Reich had suffered total defeat, its evil was still creeping into far flung places, leading to the deaths of innocent people, writes historian Richard J Evans.
The Nazis and the killer next door
In 1980, a quiet Welsh town was rocked by a double murder. Its perpetrator claimed to be a victim of a Nazi ‘breeding camp’. Historian Richard J Evans...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
More than 25 years after the Third Reich had suffered total defeat, its evil was still creeping into far flung places, leading to the deaths of innocent people, writes historian Richard J Evans.
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I wonder whether he’ll also boycott LBC if/when I ask exactly the same question about him…
Nigel Farage has gone to war with the BBC after a radio presenter suggested he had “a relationship when he was younger with Hitler,” vowing he would not speak to the national broadcaster until it apologized for its own past “racist” content.
Farage goes to war with the BBC over presenter’s ‘Hitler’ comment
The Reform UK leader says he will not speak to the national broadcaster until they apologize for all their own past racist coverage.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I wonder whether he’ll also boycott LBC if/when I ask exactly the same question about him…
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It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
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What possible reason is there to permit GB ‘News’ to continue as a broadcaster? It flagrantly ignores, mocks, and trashes every rule there is, and yet nothing happens. It should never have been permitted in the first place, but at the very least should be put out of our misery now.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What possible reason is there to permit GB ‘News’ to continue as a broadcaster? It flagrantly ignores, mocks, and trashes every rule there is, and yet nothing happens. It should never have been permitted in the first place, but at the very least should be put out of our misery now.
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An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule: