Rick Crawford
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Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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First time Ada used the phrase "Thanks, Merkel" sarcastially (after her brother switched out the lights while she was doing some crafting). The grow up so fast 🥹
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
First time Ada used the phrase "Thanks, Merkel" sarcastially (after her brother switched out the lights while she was doing some crafting). The grow up so fast 🥹
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OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
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sex criminals stick together
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
sex criminals stick together
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
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Can't wait for the UK to vote for a Your Party & TUV coalition government in 2029. 💪
Zarah Sultana voted with the Tories in every vote on the Employment Rights Bill last night.
That includes voting to keep the Lords' wrecking amendments on strike ballot thresholds and to keep the 2016 Trade Union Act's restrictions on unions' political funds.
That includes voting to keep the Lords' wrecking amendments on strike ballot thresholds and to keep the 2016 Trade Union Act's restrictions on unions' political funds.
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Can't wait for the UK to vote for a Your Party & TUV coalition government in 2029. 💪
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Climbers - we can't let pull ups become fascist coded!💪🧗
RFK Jr and Trump official do pull-ups in bizarre airport press conference
RFK Jr and Trump official do pull-ups in bizarre airport press conference
RFK Jr and Trump official do pull-ups in bizarre airport press conference
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Climbers - we can't let pull ups become fascist coded!💪🧗
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Eigenspace Jam
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Eigenspace Jam
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What is the point of being a billionaire if you can’t even name names responsible for this deadly failure.
It’s Musk and Trump killing off USAID that did this.
It’s Musk and Trump killing off USAID that did this.
For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase.
Bill Gates to TIME: “It’s a tragedy that the world is richer, and yet because we have made disproportionate cuts to the money that helps the world’s poorest children, more of them are dying"
Bill Gates to TIME: “It’s a tragedy that the world is richer, and yet because we have made disproportionate cuts to the money that helps the world’s poorest children, more of them are dying"
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
What is the point of being a billionaire if you can’t even name names responsible for this deadly failure.
It’s Musk and Trump killing off USAID that did this.
It’s Musk and Trump killing off USAID that did this.
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I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
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An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
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taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
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My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
WSJ reports RFK Jr has instructed HHS to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiency.
Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.
www.wsj.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
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Shortly after getting their first vaccine, my child developed a personality.
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Shortly after getting their first vaccine, my child developed a personality.
No. I won't read the attached. If it was that important, you would put it in the body of the email.
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No. I won't read the attached. If it was that important, you would put it in the body of the email.
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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“GB News Accused of ‘Circling the Wagons’ to Downplay Nigel Farage Racism Scandal Engulfing Their Star Presenter.
The Reform UK leader is being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to present shows on the channel”
No surprises there
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/g...
The Reform UK leader is being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to present shows on the channel”
No surprises there
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/g...
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“GB News Accused of ‘Circling the Wagons’ to Downplay Nigel Farage Racism Scandal Engulfing Their Star Presenter.
The Reform UK leader is being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to present shows on the channel”
No surprises there
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/g...
The Reform UK leader is being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to present shows on the channel”
No surprises there
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/g...
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So ad breaks then.
News: Every 2026 World Cup match will feature two "hydration breaks," no matter the weather.
Each half will pause for exactly three minutes midway through.
It's a player welfare measure. It also has sporting & commercial implications.
More @theathleticfc.bsky.social:
Each half will pause for exactly three minutes midway through.
It's a player welfare measure. It also has sporting & commercial implications.
More @theathleticfc.bsky.social:
2026 World Cup to feature three-minute hydration breaks in every half throughout tournament
Every game will pause for three minutes in the middle of each half, which will essentially split the match into quarters.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So ad breaks then.
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Every few years, the media discovers that Nigel Farage is a fascist. Then they forget so they can discover it all over again.
How about we just don't let him destroy our country?
How about we just don't let him destroy our country?
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every few years, the media discovers that Nigel Farage is a fascist. Then they forget so they can discover it all over again.
How about we just don't let him destroy our country?
How about we just don't let him destroy our country?
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UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS