Chandos.
@chandos64.bsky.social
Law, housing, leaseholds, property valuation, more law, and Oxford commas.
Incompetent but enthusiastic linguist. European. Lagomorphs, bees, tea & cake.
Incompetent but enthusiastic linguist. European. Lagomorphs, bees, tea & cake.
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On asylum there seems to be no attempt to analyse different parts of the problem in a way that allows serious public discussion 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On asylum there seems to be no attempt to analyse different parts of the problem in a way that allows serious public discussion 🧵
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EU data protection law - new law revising enforcement rules of GDPR adopted - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Council adopts new EU law to speed-up handling of cross-border data protection complaints
The Council adopts a new law to improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when enforcing the GDPR.
www.consilium.europa.eu
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
EU data protection law - new law revising enforcement rules of GDPR adopted - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Home Sec is wrong. Illegal immigration is not “tearing our country apart.” What’s doing the damage is the response of racists, egged on by self-serving politicians. Mahmood’s remarks are just fanning the flames.
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Home Sec is wrong. Illegal immigration is not “tearing our country apart.” What’s doing the damage is the response of racists, egged on by self-serving politicians. Mahmood’s remarks are just fanning the flames.
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Free seminar on Prevent and Extremism in Oxford this Thursday, with me and the excellent Julia Ebner: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/preve.... Some background to my own work on Prevent is here: www.daqc.co.uk/2025/11/16/l....
Prevent and Counter-Extremism in the UK
Join Lord David Anderson, the UK's Independent Prevent Commissioner and former Terror Watchdog, for a seminar on the changing nature of extremist threats and the UK's Prevent strategy as part of the C...
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Free seminar on Prevent and Extremism in Oxford this Thursday, with me and the excellent Julia Ebner: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/preve.... Some background to my own work on Prevent is here: www.daqc.co.uk/2025/11/16/l....
Can @dieworkwear.bsky.social advise whether that is the appropriate sleeve length for Papal robes?
Looks a bit OTR to me.
Presumably there are decent alterations tailors near the Vatican.
Looks a bit OTR to me.
Presumably there are decent alterations tailors near the Vatican.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Can @dieworkwear.bsky.social advise whether that is the appropriate sleeve length for Papal robes?
Looks a bit OTR to me.
Presumably there are decent alterations tailors near the Vatican.
Looks a bit OTR to me.
Presumably there are decent alterations tailors near the Vatican.
My BBC DG shortlist would be headed by-
F. E. Smith.
Yes, I know he’s been dead for 95 years, but on the basis that Jeremy Bentham’s corpse can run board meetings at UCL, I don’t see why Smith can’t keep the Beeb in order.
F. E. Smith.
Yes, I know he’s been dead for 95 years, but on the basis that Jeremy Bentham’s corpse can run board meetings at UCL, I don’t see why Smith can’t keep the Beeb in order.
Just checking in on LinkedIn to get some profound insights and, well...
(Name redacted to protect the batty)
(Name redacted to protect the batty)
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My BBC DG shortlist would be headed by-
F. E. Smith.
Yes, I know he’s been dead for 95 years, but on the basis that Jeremy Bentham’s corpse can run board meetings at UCL, I don’t see why Smith can’t keep the Beeb in order.
F. E. Smith.
Yes, I know he’s been dead for 95 years, but on the basis that Jeremy Bentham’s corpse can run board meetings at UCL, I don’t see why Smith can’t keep the Beeb in order.
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A very hard earned award. Well done @hansummers.bsky.social and @louisetickle.bsky.social
Massive congratulations to @tbij.bsky.social's family court reporter @hansummers.bsky.social who, alongside @louisetickle.bsky.social, won Campaign of the Year at last night's Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards. Hugely well-deserved
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A very hard earned award. Well done @hansummers.bsky.social and @louisetickle.bsky.social
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Delighted to be included in this starter pack by @brenttoderian.bsky.social alongside a stellar cast!
go.bsky.app/UG85GL8
go.bsky.app/UG85GL8
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Delighted to be included in this starter pack by @brenttoderian.bsky.social alongside a stellar cast!
go.bsky.app/UG85GL8
go.bsky.app/UG85GL8
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🧪 Reddit user u/ElementreeCr0 asks:
Should I be worried about the smell of "offgassing" plastic?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/04/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
Should I be worried about the smell of "offgassing" plastic?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/04/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🧪 Reddit user u/ElementreeCr0 asks:
Should I be worried about the smell of "offgassing" plastic?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/04/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
Should I be worried about the smell of "offgassing" plastic?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/04/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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You can read more about the case here www.janes-solicitors.co.uk/janes-client...
Janes’ Client Nadine Buzzard Quashie succeeds at Court of Appeal in a Landmark Decision in which the Court has held the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police to be in Contempt of Court - Janes So...
On 11 November 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down a significant judgment in the case of Nadine Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [2025] EWCA Civ 1397, in Ms Buzzard-Quashie suc...
www.janes-solicitors.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You can read more about the case here www.janes-solicitors.co.uk/janes-client...
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I was pleased to speak to the Guardian this remarkable case in which my client, Nadine Buzzard-Quashie, has succeeded in having the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police found in Contempt of Court
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court
Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I was pleased to speak to the Guardian this remarkable case in which my client, Nadine Buzzard-Quashie, has succeeded in having the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police found in Contempt of Court
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A late entry for #fountainpenfriday
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A late entry for #fountainpenfriday
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that's hilarious but also deliberate - Roisin Agnew / New Yorker would have been aware when they requested permission to use the clip.
it appears about 11:50 into the documentary.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
it appears about 11:50 into the documentary.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
that's hilarious but also deliberate - Roisin Agnew / New Yorker would have been aware when they requested permission to use the clip.
it appears about 11:50 into the documentary.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
it appears about 11:50 into the documentary.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Wee spiders construct a voltron mega spider using the bodies of their prey. Fake it til you make it, babeeee 🧪🕷️🕸️
Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
Tiny spiders turn their webs into 'theaters of deception' with giant 'puppets' to stave off predators
Researchers have documented the strange antics of two tropical spider species that build giant, arachnid-shaped decoys out of silk, plant matter and prey remains in their webs.
www.livescience.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Wee spiders construct a voltron mega spider using the bodies of their prey. Fake it til you make it, babeeee 🧪🕷️🕸️
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🧪 Supernova observed in real time by European / Chilean Very Large Telescope. Wow!
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🧪 Supernova observed in real time by European / Chilean Very Large Telescope. Wow!
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Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
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🧪 #scicomm This is an incredible finding. “We think it applies to 100% of lupus cases”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists
Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🧪 #scicomm This is an incredible finding. “We think it applies to 100% of lupus cases”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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Top thread
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Top thread
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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So, it looks like we're in a band now. 🤘
@merchantshallyork.org on base and @roystonmuseum.bsky.social on drums, hopefully.
Can anyone help us out with the album cover?
@merchantshallyork.org on base and @roystonmuseum.bsky.social on drums, hopefully.
Can anyone help us out with the album cover?
We're going to form a band and call it "Thunder of Eels".
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So, it looks like we're in a band now. 🤘
@merchantshallyork.org on base and @roystonmuseum.bsky.social on drums, hopefully.
Can anyone help us out with the album cover?
@merchantshallyork.org on base and @roystonmuseum.bsky.social on drums, hopefully.
Can anyone help us out with the album cover?
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À un moment, il va falloir durcir nos défenses contre les ingérences. TOUTES les ingérences.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
À un moment, il va falloir durcir nos défenses contre les ingérences. TOUTES les ingérences.
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The perfect idea for Davie’s leaving present. Let’s have a whip round to get it framed.
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The perfect idea for Davie’s leaving present. Let’s have a whip round to get it framed.