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Malcolm Burtt #IStandWithUkraine #WokeAndProud
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Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations hack and all round technology geek with some left of centre politics thrown in. #FBPPR
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An advert for the "Swan roaster 3000". Perfect for roasting rumours, not wildlife.
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Some stellar performances from a great cast, including from Mr. Bowie himself.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Movie poster for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
September 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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It's probably why Rees Mogg has so many children. Some of them might vote for him, I suppose.
The Rees Mogg family
July 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Wind turbines looking beautiful against the setting sun on Kos
Wind turbines looking beautiful against the setting sun on Kos
July 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Is it The President?
Ian Mosley standing behind his drum kit which is wrapped in a perspex shield
June 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The same Times that wrote this kind of bollocks despite what they already knew about him.
A Times push piece on Johnson from when became Prime minister
May 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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... and what about military flags on commemoration days? E.g.,
The RAF ensign
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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You can't eat a badger but a beaver can be nice meaning...
Google's answer to the query "You can't eat a badger but a beaver can be nice meaning": The saying "You can't eat a badger but a beaver can be nice" is a play on words that highlights the difference between the literal and figurative meanings of the words "badger" and "beaver
April 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Its always fucking garlic. Why must they cook us with garlic?!
a newspaper headline reads "Scientists hear mushrooms 'thoughts' for the very first time. There was one phrase they kept repeating."
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Someone buy him a dog...
A newspaper headline that reads "Dog shoots man in bed"
March 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Would be nice to return to the days where £1 bought you almost $2...
A graph showing the GBP / USD exchange rate over the last month (current rate £1 = $1.29)
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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A photo you’d use for an album cover.
A part drunk bottle Melvill's Strawberry Beer and a miniature Christmas cake.
March 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"Do the shake and vac and put the freshness back"
A picture of Kier Starmer at a lecture saying "there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"
February 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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That "big beautiful ocean" that separates the USA from Russia is a little over 50 miles wide!
A section of an atlas showing Russia and Alaska.
February 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Saw this interesting comment about the Russia-Ukraine war on another platform. Full text in the ALT text for ease of reading.
In the context of recent events, I wanted to remind you of one episode of American history. The year 1968. The Vietnam War is one of the most devastating events that has had a profound impact on U.S. domestic policy. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was Ford's most successful top manager in the late 50s, a graduate of Harvard Business School and a model of success in the United States. Yes, that kind of Mask only 60 years ago. His arrival as the Minister of Defense, many then rejoiced and had high hopes. He started working with Kennedy and stayed in office under President Johnson. A few years later, it all turned into a tragedy for both Vietnam, and the country, and for McNamara and Johnson. McNamara decided to apply business approaches to the military case. And thought if he sent more arms and military to Vietnam sooner or later it would make them concede. But it turned out to be the other way around. The more weapons were sent, the more desperate the resistance was. America has suffered great losses, and when journalists began to reveal it to the American public, it took a painful blow to power. Led to large-scale protest actions and the split of society. In the Oscar-nominated documentary "Fog of War," McNamara recalls among other things his conversation with Vietnam's foreign minister 20 years after the end of the war. “Mr. McNamara, you’ve probably never read history books. If you read, you would know that we were not Chinese or Russian pawns. McNamara, didn't you know this? Don't you realize we've been at war with the Chinese for 1000 years? We fought for our independence. And we would fight to the last man. And we were determined to make it happen. And no bombing, no pressure from the United States would ever stop us". And that's what the most important thing is that the current Trump administration is forgetting today. And not only in the context of the war with Ukraine. In the context of the rest of the issues. Because what is a business approach? It's …
February 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Jane Godley holding a sign that reads "Trump is a Cunt"
January 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Scott and Alan Tracey on Thunderbird 5 in the episode Sun Probe. Scott is passed out from the heat while Alan is sweating profusely.
December 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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"Post you from a different era"

The initial stage of turning windfall apples in my parent's garden into cider was thirsty work on a sunny late summers day.
November 21, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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It's icy but beautiful out there this morning
Ice patterns swirl on a garden table top
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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I'd never be allowed to have this stuff on the walls in the house...
Original framed film posters for It's a Wonderful Life, The Kid and Lawrence of Arabia. Framed film posters for Lawrence of Arabia, Some Like it Hot and Blade Runner Signed album art for the Marillion album Clutch at Straws
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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Wisps.
November 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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Fab day in London with the family (well most of them) with a little time rambling over HMS Belfast
September 8, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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March 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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And yet...
February 21, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Two answers from Sunak given today in #PMQs. One saying that money saved from HS2 will be used on Buckinghamshire roads and another saying that the money saved will stay in the North. How can they both be true?
Rob Butler (Con) says money from the cancellation of phase 2 of HS2 is meant to be paying for better roads in Buckinghamshire. Will that happen? Sunak confirms that that is the plan. He says two road plans Butler has been campaigning for should benefit. Graham Stringer (Lab) asks if Sunak realised, when he cancelled phase 2 of HS2, that trains to Manchester would end up going more slowly as a result because they would have to use unsuitable track. Sunak ignores the point, but says that all the money saved from the HS2 cancellation will stay in the north, and that says that Labour does not have a position on HS2 phase 2.
February 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM