isoma
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There are those who call me Tim
There are those who call me Tim
@theonion.com you missed this one…
Donald Trump has renamed the United States Institute of Peace after himself. Although the president’s approach to pursuing ceasefires may pause the world’s conflicts, it will not end them
All hail “The President of Peace”
But hold the prizes until Donald Trump actually delivers on his new branding
econ.st
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@theonion.com you missed this one…
If people want Israel not to enter Eurovision, they have to get an EU policy to sanction countries committing genocide.
Then the (separate) EBU will have its hand forced.
Then the (separate) EBU will have its hand forced.
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If people want Israel not to enter Eurovision, they have to get an EU policy to sanction countries committing genocide.
Then the (separate) EBU will have its hand forced.
Then the (separate) EBU will have its hand forced.
Nowt wrong with the "cupboard" part.
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard.
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 8:58 AM
Nowt wrong with the "cupboard" part.
Si vis pacem, noli invadere patriam vicinam cum historia innovationis in armis et bello.
(If you want peace, don't invade a neighbouring country with a history of innovation in arms and warfare.)
(If you want peace, don't invade a neighbouring country with a history of innovation in arms and warfare.)
Putin says Russia is ready for war if Europe wants it
Putin says Russia is ready for war if Europe wants it
Putin says Russia is ready for war if Europe wants it
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Si vis pacem, noli invadere patriam vicinam cum historia innovationis in armis et bello.
(If you want peace, don't invade a neighbouring country with a history of innovation in arms and warfare.)
(If you want peace, don't invade a neighbouring country with a history of innovation in arms and warfare.)
The choice of where / what to tax is absolutely a political choice.
I personally really like the kind of things Jaime Lerner did in Curitiba, with regulations that gave a big boost to outcomes, and pragmatism over dogma.
eg Start by designing a tax system that works for eg Brazil, then improve it!
I personally really like the kind of things Jaime Lerner did in Curitiba, with regulations that gave a big boost to outcomes, and pragmatism over dogma.
eg Start by designing a tax system that works for eg Brazil, then improve it!
This is an absolute non story. What's happening to our supposed impartial broadcasters?
A government makes choices on what the country needs, what needs funding. From this they calculate how much revenue they need to fund this.
Don't you think we need fiscal headroom?
Talk about Ukraine.
A government makes choices on what the country needs, what needs funding. From this they calculate how much revenue they need to fund this.
Don't you think we need fiscal headroom?
Talk about Ukraine.
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The choice of where / what to tax is absolutely a political choice.
I personally really like the kind of things Jaime Lerner did in Curitiba, with regulations that gave a big boost to outcomes, and pragmatism over dogma.
eg Start by designing a tax system that works for eg Brazil, then improve it!
I personally really like the kind of things Jaime Lerner did in Curitiba, with regulations that gave a big boost to outcomes, and pragmatism over dogma.
eg Start by designing a tax system that works for eg Brazil, then improve it!
In other news, the Uachtaráin is still the head of state of Ireland. Additional late reports suggest a continuing link between forests and bear stools.
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza...
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In other news, the Uachtaráin is still the head of state of Ireland. Additional late reports suggest a continuing link between forests and bear stools.
I know they didn't ask, but I reckon the number 3 bus would be the best option. Only 14 stops.
Or a cab if you're really in a hurry.
Or a cab if you're really in a hurry.
gonna rock down to ELECTRIC avenue 🎸
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #StreetPhotography #Photography #EastCoastSkin
The EYE
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #StreetPhotography #Photography #EastCoastSkin
The EYE
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I know they didn't ask, but I reckon the number 3 bus would be the best option. Only 14 stops.
Or a cab if you're really in a hurry.
Or a cab if you're really in a hurry.
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1 YEAR!!!
of non-stop pro-Euro #Protests in #Tbilisi and whole #Georgia
They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds!
#GeorgiaProtests
#weareEurope
#wewillwin
of non-stop pro-Euro #Protests in #Tbilisi and whole #Georgia
They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds!
#GeorgiaProtests
#weareEurope
#wewillwin
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1 YEAR!!!
of non-stop pro-Euro #Protests in #Tbilisi and whole #Georgia
They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds!
#GeorgiaProtests
#weareEurope
#wewillwin
of non-stop pro-Euro #Protests in #Tbilisi and whole #Georgia
They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds!
#GeorgiaProtests
#weareEurope
#wewillwin
Upcoming policy: casual hemp sellers to be banned from selling a "joint". It will now have to be known as a "plant based cannabinoid preroll".
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
Calling plant-based food veggie “burgers” or “sausages” may be banned in the UK under the new trade agreement with the EU, the Guardian understands.
The Labour government secured a new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU earlier this year, which allows British businesses to sell products including some burgers and sausages in the EU for the first time since Brexit. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Upcoming policy: casual hemp sellers to be banned from selling a "joint". It will now have to be known as a "plant based cannabinoid preroll".
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Don't tax wealth. Tax spending wealth on harmful things (like buying land, which they basically stopped making a while ago).
Finally, someone mentions ’reform the tax system’
The West has pursued the disastrous policy of taxing workers, especially middle incomers, while cosseting the enormous wealth of the ‘wealth creators’.
& Done largely out of fear they’ll just take their wealth away if we tax it. #r4today
The West has pursued the disastrous policy of taxing workers, especially middle incomers, while cosseting the enormous wealth of the ‘wealth creators’.
& Done largely out of fear they’ll just take their wealth away if we tax it. #r4today
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Don't tax wealth. Tax spending wealth on harmful things (like buying land, which they basically stopped making a while ago).
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Day 356 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests! 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day 356 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests! 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
Non-serious career advice: If you want to be a billionaire ethically, go and get trained as a specialist in stopping hyperinflation.
Serious question: is there no circumstance where you can ethically be a billionaire?
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Non-serious career advice: If you want to be a billionaire ethically, go and get trained as a specialist in stopping hyperinflation.
Mrs Thatcher missed the mark with the Community Charge, but her legacy means people usually think it's Council Tax that needs putting up.
She lost the battle and kind of won the war, there.
I don't know how the likes of Jaime Lerner would solve this, but Thatcher's plan B isn't it.
She lost the battle and kind of won the war, there.
I don't know how the likes of Jaime Lerner would solve this, but Thatcher's plan B isn't it.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Mrs Thatcher missed the mark with the Community Charge, but her legacy means people usually think it's Council Tax that needs putting up.
She lost the battle and kind of won the war, there.
I don't know how the likes of Jaime Lerner would solve this, but Thatcher's plan B isn't it.
She lost the battle and kind of won the war, there.
I don't know how the likes of Jaime Lerner would solve this, but Thatcher's plan B isn't it.
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our major investigation, in collaboration with Children Rights International Network.
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
Exposed: British Army’s child recruits suffer violent abuse
An 11-month investigation reveals culture of violence, criminality and sexual abuse at army training centre for teens
www.opendemocracy.net
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
our major investigation, in collaboration with Children Rights International Network.
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
Without wanting to diminish the message, there's a dark detail that goes with a willingness to dismiss these stories.
I don't even think that all of the victims of Mr Epstein and his conspirators have actually survived.
I don't even think that all of the victims of Mr Epstein and his conspirators have actually survived.
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Without wanting to diminish the message, there's a dark detail that goes with a willingness to dismiss these stories.
I don't even think that all of the victims of Mr Epstein and his conspirators have actually survived.
I don't even think that all of the victims of Mr Epstein and his conspirators have actually survived.
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Day 351 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia, against an illegitimate, pro-Russian, corrupt regime. Once again, protesters march in Tbilisi streets.
🎥 Mo Se
🎥 Mo Se
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Day 351 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia, against an illegitimate, pro-Russian, corrupt regime. Once again, protesters march in Tbilisi streets.
🎥 Mo Se
🎥 Mo Se
Leveson II. Leveson II with binding recommendations, and requiring an absolute majority in the commons if they are to be overturned.
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s response to a call to sack BBC board member Robbie Gibb: “In relation to the board she will be aware that the charter sets a strict legal threshold that must be met before dismissal of a board member. I am unable to pursue the course of action that she suggests.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Leveson II. Leveson II with binding recommendations, and requiring an absolute majority in the commons if they are to be overturned.
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I like this picture a lot. A tired but unyielding middle-aged Georgian lady vs rows of regime policemen.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I like this picture a lot. A tired but unyielding middle-aged Georgian lady vs rows of regime policemen.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
I would not bet on that unique status lasting long.
french wikipedia is the only language that has a "list of bastards" article
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I would not bet on that unique status lasting long.
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The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail trib.al/RR5AFEE
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail trib.al/RR5AFEE
I wonder what the chancellor plans to put in that red box, and what the populace think of it.
There's the kind of left wing that would fund a basic universal income from a tax on pollution, and then there's the Overton-flavoured left wing that dislikes socialism less than it dislikes fascism.
There's the kind of left wing that would fund a basic universal income from a tax on pollution, and then there's the Overton-flavoured left wing that dislikes socialism less than it dislikes fascism.
On the left in Britain, tax has turned from a fundamental bargain with the state to a cost-of-living issue
If Labour cranks up income taxes, the left will boo loudest
Many seem to believe in the common good without shared sacrifice
econ.st
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I wonder what the chancellor plans to put in that red box, and what the populace think of it.
There's the kind of left wing that would fund a basic universal income from a tax on pollution, and then there's the Overton-flavoured left wing that dislikes socialism less than it dislikes fascism.
There's the kind of left wing that would fund a basic universal income from a tax on pollution, and then there's the Overton-flavoured left wing that dislikes socialism less than it dislikes fascism.
Overproduction of infrastructure equipment?
The original railway boom had that in spades. And barrows. And bullhead chairs.
The other similarity is that you can overproduce electricity but, like transport, you can't store what you make and sell your inventory later. Batteries just aren't that big.
The original railway boom had that in spades. And barrows. And bullhead chairs.
The other similarity is that you can overproduce electricity but, like transport, you can't store what you make and sell your inventory later. Batteries just aren't that big.
What is like the railways? The solar installed (anywhere in the world) that will produce energy for decades, or the highly subsidised Chinese factories that produce solar panels and sell them at no margin?
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Overproduction of infrastructure equipment?
The original railway boom had that in spades. And barrows. And bullhead chairs.
The other similarity is that you can overproduce electricity but, like transport, you can't store what you make and sell your inventory later. Batteries just aren't that big.
The original railway boom had that in spades. And barrows. And bullhead chairs.
The other similarity is that you can overproduce electricity but, like transport, you can't store what you make and sell your inventory later. Batteries just aren't that big.
Unfortunately, the more effectively you know Jevons' paradox, the easier it becomes to fall into that rabbit hole.
We’ve briefly delved into Jevons Paradox in class. I’ve since fallen down a rabbit hole about it.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Unfortunately, the more effectively you know Jevons' paradox, the easier it becomes to fall into that rabbit hole.