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blisterpearl.bsky.social
The Danes offering to buy the US? Vintage Borowitz.
Denmark Offers to Buy U.S. by Andy Borowitz August 16, 2019 COPENHAGEN (The Borowitz Report)—After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead. “As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. “We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime pretty much everything in the United States, including its government, has most definitely been for sale.” “Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” the spokesperson added. A key provision of the purchase offer, the spokesperson said, would be the relocation of Donald Trump to another country “to be determined,” with Russia and North Korea cited as possible destinations. If Denmark’s bid for the United States is accepted, the Scandinavian nation has ambitious plans for its new acquisition. “We believe that, by giving the U.S. an educational system and national health care, it could be transformed from a vast land mass into a great nation,” the spokesperson said.
December 29, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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amiesphilip.bsky.social
I cannot tell you the exact area of golf courses, given the various figures it is a substantial area.

I can tell you is this quote from a 2013 BBC webpage is deeply flawed and illustrates exactly why we have a biodiversity problem. Coastal sand dunes are infertile.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
December 21, 2024 at 10:06 AM
emjeyb.bsky.social
Really useful article, and worrying
December 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
What's going on here?
December 5, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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mrhenrymorris.substack.com
NEW: I've just been passed this excellent article from the Papua New Guinea Courier's London correspondent.
To England, where five months after the last general election two and a half million adults (sic) have signed a petition calling for another one. Succesfully. It will be held in four years and seven months’ time. The campaign began because Labour didn’t restore prosperity in their first twenty weeks. Rumours that the petition was a ruse by an autograph hunter who specialises in simpleton signatures were not laid to rest when Reform UK threw its collective intellectual weight behind it. Labour only have themselves to blame. By annihilating the Tories at the ballot box, they killed the goose that laid the golden tractor porn eggs. Without Randox, or Chris Pincher, or shell PPE companies, or Partygate, or a vision, all they seem to offer are tax rises and warm words about Blackrock. Ideologically, this leaves them more exposed than Peter Bone talking to a junior staffer. Enter stage far-right, goosestepping, Reform UK and their cartoon Tory clones who hawk uncontested narratives about imaginary threats posed by refugees, experts and – er – trans people. The near and present dangers of climate catastrophe are meanwhile rejected. Never, they say, let the truth get in the way of a good story. In a world where mothballed Thunderbirds extra Richard Tice can become a political figure, it seems that voters are unwilling to let it get in the way of a crap one too. Insurance giant AXA has just published data which say that Tice’s constituency is the second most exposed to global warming in the UK. It’s a catchy stat, but not so catchy as Tice’s mantra that ‘Net Zero equals Net Stupid’. Perhaps the 4000 householders in Boston and Skegness who are at risk of submersion will chant this next time they’re baling turd-filled floodwater from their living rooms. Apologies, the alt text box has run out of space. Pls DM me if you were reading this way and I'll forward the rest!
November 28, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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liamthorp.bsky.social
Watching @edconway.bsky.social dissect the latest immigration figures and it’s remarkable what a tiny percentage of the number comes from people on small boat crossings

Completely disproportionate to the attention given to this by the media and many politicians
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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toriherridge.bsky.social
A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age...

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November 25, 2024 at 5:46 PM