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Yes, of course. Any system where you pass judgement without giving reasons will be much worse than one that does. Those denying that are denying reality.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yes, of course. Any system where you pass judgement without giving reasons will be much worse than one that does. Those denying that are denying reality.
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My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
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The annoying bible basher at Bond Street has got on the train as well.
People who shout nonsense in public are usually arrested and sent to get psychiatric help.
But add the word "Jesus" to your demented rantings and its a get out if jail card.
People who shout nonsense in public are usually arrested and sent to get psychiatric help.
But add the word "Jesus" to your demented rantings and its a get out if jail card.
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The annoying bible basher at Bond Street has got on the train as well.
People who shout nonsense in public are usually arrested and sent to get psychiatric help.
But add the word "Jesus" to your demented rantings and its a get out if jail card.
People who shout nonsense in public are usually arrested and sent to get psychiatric help.
But add the word "Jesus" to your demented rantings and its a get out if jail card.
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Fines for breaking the law (etc) should be related to your income/wealth, as is applied in Norway -- but without the £1000 upper limit as applied in the UK to car speeding.
Otherwise, the law doesn't apply to rich people, it's just a mild inconvenience.
Otherwise, the law doesn't apply to rich people, it's just a mild inconvenience.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Fines for breaking the law (etc) should be related to your income/wealth, as is applied in Norway -- but without the £1000 upper limit as applied in the UK to car speeding.
Otherwise, the law doesn't apply to rich people, it's just a mild inconvenience.
Otherwise, the law doesn't apply to rich people, it's just a mild inconvenience.
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This is my top-line on addressing that resilience point: bsky.app/profile/paul...
Pessimism incoming! 👇👇👇
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is my top-line on addressing that resilience point: bsky.app/profile/paul...
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I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
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Am game for this if I can play a Tory loyalist who won't fight and knows deep down that if we fail to gain independence, we'll end up no worse than Canada, a commonwealth entity with better health care, a lower poverty rate and relatively sane, coherent politics. God Save The King.
What does it take to be a Revolutionary War reenactor? Caity Weaver traveled across New England and to New York’s Fort Ticonderoga, put on period clothing, and shot a musket to find out:
Into the Breeches
What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Am game for this if I can play a Tory loyalist who won't fight and knows deep down that if we fail to gain independence, we'll end up no worse than Canada, a commonwealth entity with better health care, a lower poverty rate and relatively sane, coherent politics. God Save The King.
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I don’t think it’s “cynical” to point this out. It’s historical reality. 3/3
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I don’t think it’s “cynical” to point this out. It’s historical reality. 3/3
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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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Absolutely fascinating (and a tad worrying) - especially, I admit, if you, like me, 'did' it for A-Level when you were 16/17.
College English majors can't read
They have one job and they can't do it
kittenbeloved.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Absolutely fascinating (and a tad worrying) - especially, I admit, if you, like me, 'did' it for A-Level when you were 16/17.
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It's not that China is inherently the stronger or more resilient economy.
China has been preparing for an economic showdown with the US for 10 years.
Meanwhile, the US government didn't know what it's opening salvo would be two hours before Trump fired it.
China has been preparing for an economic showdown with the US for 10 years.
Meanwhile, the US government didn't know what it's opening salvo would be two hours before Trump fired it.
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's not that China is inherently the stronger or more resilient economy.
China has been preparing for an economic showdown with the US for 10 years.
Meanwhile, the US government didn't know what it's opening salvo would be two hours before Trump fired it.
China has been preparing for an economic showdown with the US for 10 years.
Meanwhile, the US government didn't know what it's opening salvo would be two hours before Trump fired it.
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Paul Lashmar’s ‘Drax of Drax Hall’ isn’t just a look into the dark sources of one family’s fortune; it’s an indictment of a nation’s refusal to reckon with its past. Review by @alexpreston.bsky.social @paullashmar.bsky.social
Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery
This timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Paul Lashmar’s ‘Drax of Drax Hall’ isn’t just a look into the dark sources of one family’s fortune; it’s an indictment of a nation’s refusal to reckon with its past. Review by @alexpreston.bsky.social @paullashmar.bsky.social
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Have a listen of the first episode as your commute companion or you bedtime story later, ahead of Episode 2, tomorrow. x
S1E1: Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Have a listen of the first episode as your commute companion or you bedtime story later, ahead of Episode 2, tomorrow. x
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The "free speech absolutist" is preventing posting links to this article by @therickwilson.bsky.social -
therickwilson.substack.com/p/kill-tesla...
therickwilson.substack.com/p/kill-tesla...
IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy
@davehaterofracism.bsky.social
· Mar 21
OR MAYBE NOT ' you can not post this link as it has been identified as potentially harmful '
March 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The "free speech absolutist" is preventing posting links to this article by @therickwilson.bsky.social -
therickwilson.substack.com/p/kill-tesla...
therickwilson.substack.com/p/kill-tesla...
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The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE!
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE!
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
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Dear allies, the investigation of the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office has confirmed our suspicions that responsible for setting fires to shopping centres in Vilnius and Warsaw are the Russian secret services. Good to know before negotiations. Such is the nature of this state.
March 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Dear allies, the investigation of the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office has confirmed our suspicions that responsible for setting fires to shopping centres in Vilnius and Warsaw are the Russian secret services. Good to know before negotiations. Such is the nature of this state.
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(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")
February 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")
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Merz's clear and unambiguous in his support for Zelensky
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Merz's clear and unambiguous in his support for Zelensky
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Plans to boost capacity at St Pancras are welcome. But the hurdles to run trains from London to 🇩🇪, 🇨🇭 and 🇫🇷 beyond Paris are elsewhere, as I explain in this piece for the iPaper inews.co.uk/inews-lifest... #CrossChannelRail
The rail routes a St Pancras upgrade could open up – if there were fewer hurdles
Efforts to smooth cross-border train travel might improve the experience, but direct services from London to Switzerland or Germany are a long way off
inews.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Plans to boost capacity at St Pancras are welcome. But the hurdles to run trains from London to 🇩🇪, 🇨🇭 and 🇫🇷 beyond Paris are elsewhere, as I explain in this piece for the iPaper inews.co.uk/inews-lifest... #CrossChannelRail
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Owning a Tesla is going to become like choosing to holiday in South Africa under apartheid
"Tesla Inc.’s sales plummeted 59% last month in Germany, where Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk asserted himself in national politics like never before." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Sales Plunge 59% in Germany, Its Worst Showing in Years
Tesla Inc.’s sales plummeted 59% last month in Germany, where Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk asserted himself in national politics like never before.
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Owning a Tesla is going to become like choosing to holiday in South Africa under apartheid