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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
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Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
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Two for one in German - a couple of my books from the 1990s now out in a new e-edition for a mere €4.99
www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-...
www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-...
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Two for one in German - a couple of my books from the 1990s now out in a new e-edition for a mere €4.99
www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-...
www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/the-...
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As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
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A friend once referred to Jonathan Gullis as the sort of man who 'would give himself a black eye whilst picking his nose'
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A friend once referred to Jonathan Gullis as the sort of man who 'would give himself a black eye whilst picking his nose'
We had an onion squash & cavolo nero left over so roasted the squash with sage & made a lasagne with a LOT of taleggio & mozzerella. And enough for tomorrow!
#LeftOvers
#LeftOvers
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We had an onion squash & cavolo nero left over so roasted the squash with sage & made a lasagne with a LOT of taleggio & mozzerella. And enough for tomorrow!
#LeftOvers
#LeftOvers
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Why do the British love playing Whamageddon, and what started it in the first place? | Gemma Gould
Whamageddon: Britain’s most ridiculous annual descent into festive paranoia
Why do the British love playing Whamageddon, and what started it in the first place?
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why do the British love playing Whamageddon, and what started it in the first place? | Gemma Gould
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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It’s here!
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s here!
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November 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Excellent unraveling of bullshit
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Excellent unraveling of bullshit
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What a week - kept the amber liquid flowing at the Muckrakers Arms
- Such noisy antics this budget week in the House
- Whispers of the 'B' word and NEED for immigration
- Comedy at Farage's expense
- a Bishop out-preaching the Home Office
and 'quockerwodger'....
- Such noisy antics this budget week in the House
- Whispers of the 'B' word and NEED for immigration
- Comedy at Farage's expense
- a Bishop out-preaching the Home Office
and 'quockerwodger'....
Pecksniff : A budget to save Starmer and Reeves, though they were never in present danger
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
What a week - kept the amber liquid flowing at the Muckrakers Arms
- Such noisy antics this budget week in the House
- Whispers of the 'B' word and NEED for immigration
- Comedy at Farage's expense
- a Bishop out-preaching the Home Office
and 'quockerwodger'....
- Such noisy antics this budget week in the House
- Whispers of the 'B' word and NEED for immigration
- Comedy at Farage's expense
- a Bishop out-preaching the Home Office
and 'quockerwodger'....
Not justme then.
There's an app that gives ratings on food safety frpm ingredients. The Pret Christmas sarnie has 2/100 score.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not justme then.
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Read this.
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Read this.
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
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Ah… so THAT’S how I’m meant to play him! 😄
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ah… so THAT’S how I’m meant to play him! 😄
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
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Read the piece and subscribe at thenerve.news🏴
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Read the piece and subscribe at thenerve.news🏴
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So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
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For me, Thanksgiving Day isn’t complete without William Burroughs’s “A Thanksgiving Prayer”
youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For me, Thanksgiving Day isn’t complete without William Burroughs’s “A Thanksgiving Prayer”
youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
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Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Bit of window hogging going on in the Studium book store in Venice right now. Can't imagine why...
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Anyway.
Happy "Jeremy Clarkson doesn't want to pay inheritance tax" parade day to those who celebrate.
Happy "Jeremy Clarkson doesn't want to pay inheritance tax" parade day to those who celebrate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Anyway.
Happy "Jeremy Clarkson doesn't want to pay inheritance tax" parade day to those who celebrate.
Happy "Jeremy Clarkson doesn't want to pay inheritance tax" parade day to those who celebrate.