James 𓅪
@jgwalker.bsky.social
Husband, father, number-cruncher. Weekend emotions ride on sports results, so I hit the gym (and sometimes the bottle) to keep it all balanced!
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The President of the United States of America posted this 15 minutes before the announcement of the tariff pause. This would be a straightforwardly criminal message, were the rule of law currently operational in the usual way, for those with insider knowledge of major market shifting policy news
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The President of the United States of America posted this 15 minutes before the announcement of the tariff pause. This would be a straightforwardly criminal message, were the rule of law currently operational in the usual way, for those with insider knowledge of major market shifting policy news
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The community note 🤌😘
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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Imagine being so pathologically reckless and instinctively contemptuous of public service that you accidentally fire nuclear scientists
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Imagine being so pathologically reckless and instinctively contemptuous of public service that you accidentally fire nuclear scientists
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As always @maitlis.bsky.social neatly sums it up
February 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As always @maitlis.bsky.social neatly sums it up
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):
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5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
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This country needs to pull its finger out on many fronts.
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 AM
This country needs to pull its finger out on many fronts.
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Grandma got run over by a reindeer, for real this time.
December 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Grandma got run over by a reindeer, for real this time.
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"....If you see empty seats in a Premier League stadium, rather than crowing about “s**t fans”...perhaps ask yourself why that might be. Think about who isn’t sitting in that seat and who might want to..."
Absolutely right. It's time English club fans started to fight back against greed
Absolutely right. It's time English club fans started to fight back against greed
I went to Manchester United, where supporters from both clubs came together to campaign about their exploitation. We need more of it.
This is the greatest threat to English football culture: loyalists being abandoned for a quick cash grab.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is the greatest threat to English football culture: loyalists being abandoned for a quick cash grab.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
‘Stop exploiting loyalty’: Inside the Man Utd fan protest against ticket prices
Fans are putting tribalism aside to unite behind a common cause
inews.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 8:20 AM
"....If you see empty seats in a Premier League stadium, rather than crowing about “s**t fans”...perhaps ask yourself why that might be. Think about who isn’t sitting in that seat and who might want to..."
Absolutely right. It's time English club fans started to fight back against greed
Absolutely right. It's time English club fans started to fight back against greed
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"Merry Christmas to all, EXCEPT for the following people..."
Colin from Portsmouth wishes peace on earth to select mankind in his 2024 Christmas message.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
Colin from Portsmouth wishes peace on earth to select mankind in his 2024 Christmas message.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
Merry Christmas to All, EXCEPT For The Following People | Colin From Portsmouth's 2024 Xmas List
YouTube video by TheExplodingHeads
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:52 AM
"Merry Christmas to all, EXCEPT for the following people..."
Colin from Portsmouth wishes peace on earth to select mankind in his 2024 Christmas message.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
Colin from Portsmouth wishes peace on earth to select mankind in his 2024 Christmas message.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
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So Nigel Farage, who has repeatedly accused migrants of making women in the UK unsafe, is now refusing to act against a fellow Reform MP who was jailed for beating up his own girlfriend and is now calling for a 'debate' on restricting women's reproductive rights
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:41 AM
So Nigel Farage, who has repeatedly accused migrants of making women in the UK unsafe, is now refusing to act against a fellow Reform MP who was jailed for beating up his own girlfriend and is now calling for a 'debate' on restricting women's reproductive rights
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
I mostly use social media to follow news/politics/sports. However, from today, this account will mostly be pictures of the wonderful dog we added to our family today!
November 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I mostly use social media to follow news/politics/sports. However, from today, this account will mostly be pictures of the wonderful dog we added to our family today!
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KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
November 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
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Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
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“Farage cost farmers more money with Brexit than any inheritance tax. Now he’s cosplaying in tweed, marching alongside them. Tractors came to Whitehall in March, to protest trade deals Badenoch signed. Now they're applauding her speech. How can I take them seriously? Where are their principles?”
🚜 NEW Quiet Riot: FARMED OUTRAGE 🐄
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and special guest former UK-US ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, discuss Trump's outrage farming in the US, and farmers' outrage here in the UK.
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/1gu2...
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@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and special guest former UK-US ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, discuss Trump's outrage farming in the US, and farmers' outrage here in the UK.
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/1gu2...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Farmed Outrage
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 21/11/2024 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:18 AM
“Farage cost farmers more money with Brexit than any inheritance tax. Now he’s cosplaying in tweed, marching alongside them. Tractors came to Whitehall in March, to protest trade deals Badenoch signed. Now they're applauding her speech. How can I take them seriously? Where are their principles?”
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Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
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for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)
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could we maybe do a protest of people who are currently renting and can't afford to buy property and who also won't inherit enough to ever buy a place
November 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
could we maybe do a protest of people who are currently renting and can't afford to buy property and who also won't inherit enough to ever buy a place
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let us not forget that the #JustStopOil protestors got 5 years in jail for inconveniencing Londoners
Let's hope there isn't any two tier policing for Melville, Farage, Hopkins and Clarkson eh!? 🙄
#FarmersProtest
Let's hope there isn't any two tier policing for Melville, Farage, Hopkins and Clarkson eh!? 🙄
#FarmersProtest
November 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
let us not forget that the #JustStopOil protestors got 5 years in jail for inconveniencing Londoners
Let's hope there isn't any two tier policing for Melville, Farage, Hopkins and Clarkson eh!? 🙄
#FarmersProtest
Let's hope there isn't any two tier policing for Melville, Farage, Hopkins and Clarkson eh!? 🙄
#FarmersProtest
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Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
Clarkson defies docs to lead 20,000 farmers protesting against 'tractor tax'
JEREMY Clarkson will defy health fears to join up to 20,000 farmers protesting in Westminster over the hated “tractor tax”. The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64 — recovering after a life-saving heart op — …
www.thesun.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
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Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.
memo to farmers protesting today, if you’re desperate to hand your farm to your offspring then give it to them while you’re still alive, panic over, so long as you live another 7 years there’s no inheritance tax
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.