Brian
@briandykes.bsky.social
Cycling, Hiking, Real Ale, Derby County, to the left of centre and the garden.
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Taken on my walk today. Day 2 of 2 days walking part of the Welsh Coast.
February 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Taken on my walk today. Day 2 of 2 days walking part of the Welsh Coast.
Taken on my walk today. Heading NE on the Welsh Costal Path towards Conwy.
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Taken on my walk today. Heading NE on the Welsh Costal Path towards Conwy.
Taken on my walk yesterday. Steps out of Swinepark Wood, Lea, Derbyshire.
January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taken on my walk yesterday. Steps out of Swinepark Wood, Lea, Derbyshire.
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Please repost if you agree with Ursula.
January 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please repost if you agree with Ursula.
Taken on my walk yesterday: Ascent to Stanton Moor from Rowsley - Derbyshire.
January 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Taken on my walk yesterday: Ascent to Stanton Moor from Rowsley - Derbyshire.
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More headaches for Rupert Murdoch. The Met is now asking for transcripts of the pre-trial hearings in Prince Harry’s & Lord Watson’s phone-tapping case. Their counsel says the Murdoch group’s disclosures offer grounds for a fresh police investigation into ‘perjury and cover-ups’.
January 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
More headaches for Rupert Murdoch. The Met is now asking for transcripts of the pre-trial hearings in Prince Harry’s & Lord Watson’s phone-tapping case. Their counsel says the Murdoch group’s disclosures offer grounds for a fresh police investigation into ‘perjury and cover-ups’.
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Massive win for Prince Harry over UK Murdoch rag The Sun in the long-running legal battle. Sun owner News Group Newspapers will pay “substantial damages” and offers a “full and unequivocal apology for intrusion”.
NGN also apologised for serious intrusion into the life of Harry’s mum Princess Diana.
NGN also apologised for serious intrusion into the life of Harry’s mum Princess Diana.
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Massive win for Prince Harry over UK Murdoch rag The Sun in the long-running legal battle. Sun owner News Group Newspapers will pay “substantial damages” and offers a “full and unequivocal apology for intrusion”.
NGN also apologised for serious intrusion into the life of Harry’s mum Princess Diana.
NGN also apologised for serious intrusion into the life of Harry’s mum Princess Diana.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to place Nigel Farage in the House of Lords.
RT if you want to flush them both down the toilet.
RT if you want to flush them both down the toilet.
January 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to place Nigel Farage in the House of Lords.
RT if you want to flush them both down the toilet.
RT if you want to flush them both down the toilet.
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I knew someone who was very successful at persuading local Chinese officials to adopt pragmatic, progressive policies by convincing them it was (1) their idea (2) convenient for their governance/in their interests.
(Don't agree with potentially stirring up Islamophobia though)
(Don't agree with potentially stirring up Islamophobia though)
If you want to bring the Right on board with clean/sustainable/green energy, you have to stop calling it clean/sustainable/green energy.
It's "a new industrial revolution creating domestically-generated energy to give ourselves independence from the world's dictatorships (some Islamic)".
It's "a new industrial revolution creating domestically-generated energy to give ourselves independence from the world's dictatorships (some Islamic)".
December 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
I knew someone who was very successful at persuading local Chinese officials to adopt pragmatic, progressive policies by convincing them it was (1) their idea (2) convenient for their governance/in their interests.
(Don't agree with potentially stirring up Islamophobia though)
(Don't agree with potentially stirring up Islamophobia though)
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The events in Syria have made the world realise once again, or at least they should, that even the most cruel regime may fall and that Russia and its allies can be defeated.
December 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The events in Syria have made the world realise once again, or at least they should, that even the most cruel regime may fall and that Russia and its allies can be defeated.
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Patched up courtesy of Bangor Hospital A&E and excellent stitch work at Glan Glwyd Hospital Maxillo Facial Unit, following a fall in the N Wales hills.
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Patched up courtesy of Bangor Hospital A&E and excellent stitch work at Glan Glwyd Hospital Maxillo Facial Unit, following a fall in the N Wales hills.
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Another example of why we need a richer data education. Critically interpreting visualisations. See www.jmc.org.uk/2024/11/16/a...
November 30, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Another example of why we need a richer data education. Critically interpreting visualisations. See www.jmc.org.uk/2024/11/16/a...
From my ferry crossing of the Mersey today
November 28, 2024 at 10:35 PM
From my ferry crossing of the Mersey today
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Just when you thought Elon Musk couldn’t sink any lower he takes to X to outrageously & ominously accuse the key witness in Trump’s first impeachment of treason while calling for him to “pay the appropriate penalty”
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Elon Musk calls for ‘appropriate penalty’ against Alexander Vindman for ‘treason’
The world’s richest man, who is also closely intertwined with the incoming Trump administration, raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he accused one of his critics of treason
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Just when you thought Elon Musk couldn’t sink any lower he takes to X to outrageously & ominously accuse the key witness in Trump’s first impeachment of treason while calling for him to “pay the appropriate penalty”
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Heaven help America
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
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I understand why people bought them years ago.
I do not understand how or why anyone would buy one now.
Many better options, and the CEO is a white supremacist.
I do not understand how or why anyone would buy one now.
Many better options, and the CEO is a white supremacist.
Tesla EVs ranked among the worst in annual reliability survey by Consumer Reports
Although EVs and full-size pickup trucks enjoy the hottest demand in the market, they are the "most problematic," the nonprofit organization that evaluates products and services said.
www.foxbusiness.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:53 AM
I understand why people bought them years ago.
I do not understand how or why anyone would buy one now.
Many better options, and the CEO is a white supremacist.
I do not understand how or why anyone would buy one now.
Many better options, and the CEO is a white supremacist.