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Impressive progress by CRT & RCR at the Whitworth breach by Christmas Eve.

Makes you wonder how it's going at the Bridgewater breach... 12 months on...

youtu.be/M1MWwD0xTjA?...
Whitchurch Breach - Making boats safe on Christmas Eve.
YouTube video by River Canal Rescue
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December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After 63 years, I reckon it's about time...
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Day 23 of my #AdventCalendar
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Just a matter of time until they nab The Nonce...?

#itsthehopethatkills
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Taylors Aboard were stranded at the Bridgewater breach 12 months ago

Jinxed!

Excellent drone footage

youtu.be/1wCF-fIV_mM?...
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Once more unto the breach...

#illgetmecoat

youtu.be/wZO-7D0l68k?...
Canal Breach Washes Away 2 Canal Boats!
YouTube video by Middlewich Wharf
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December 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I genuinely wonder how the Royals explain things to their kids

Is it:

a. "This is how we manipulate the morons, my dear..."

or is it

b. "Aren't we wonderful - so wealthy and yet so very 'umble..."
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Only five more sleeps until normally rational adults stop counting in sleeps.
December 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Vast sin-concealing chaos
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Nappetiser, I like that one

Although I need a word for the snooze just after I think I've woken up for the day

*don't judge me - I'm retired

**that needs a word too...
Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them.

(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.

twowords2.page.link/play)
December 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Thou hast painfully discover'd; are his files
As full as thy report?
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I seem to be having a Sudden XTC Appreciation Moment

Oranges & Lemons a particular favourite

Although my fold-out Sgt Rock picture sleeve is my favourite artefact ☺️
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Trump isn't the problem

People who use a Russia-compromised narcissistic sexual predator to push their agendas are the problem

People who genuinely believe a proven con man speaks for them are the problem

PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Day 17 of my #AdventCalendar
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Palantir/Thiel/Karp deserve to be much better known...

...and discussed...

...and scrutinised

#JustSayin

share.google/5YG6sjzeVB4w...
How long can Palantir's 'creative monopoly' last? - Asia Times
Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s description of the company’s quarterly earnings in August 2025 as “once in a generation” wasn’t far-fetched. It surpassed US$1
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December 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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These are a few of my favourite words …
December 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Genuinely bemused

She has one of the best names ever

She does a remarkable thing

And yet I'm only now hearing of that brilliant name...

History really is mostly fiction by omission
American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863.

Co-credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme that organizes/classifies stars by their temperature & spectral type. She classified >300,000 stars & her system is still used today.

#WomenInSTEM #astronomy
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM