Russ
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Dogs, politics, economics, funny animals, cars, football (with feet), rugby union. From Coventry (the original one), unashamedly of the left.
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
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Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So, by government diktat, it's a deckchair-rearranging exercise, avoiding the one measure that would make a decisive difference. A measure which would cost far less than sustaining the current system. This is not about the public good. It's about protecting the worst excesses of capital.
July 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So, by government diktat, it's a deckchair-rearranging exercise, avoiding the one measure that would make a decisive difference. A measure which would cost far less than sustaining the current system. This is not about the public good. It's about protecting the worst excesses of capital.
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Lots of time and effort has gone into the Independent Water Commission, which reports tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's a largely wasted exercise, because the government insisted that renationalisation of the water companies was outside its terms of reference: ie, it was not allowed to consider it.🧵
July 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Lots of time and effort has gone into the Independent Water Commission, which reports tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's a largely wasted exercise, because the government insisted that renationalisation of the water companies was outside its terms of reference: ie, it was not allowed to consider it.🧵
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OTD in 1944 the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler failed. It left the madman with an injured ear, heroic status in his cult & a maniacal sense of his invincibility.
July 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
OTD in 1944 the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler failed. It left the madman with an injured ear, heroic status in his cult & a maniacal sense of his invincibility.
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Trump will reveal his actual weight before he releases the Epstein client list.
July 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump will reveal his actual weight before he releases the Epstein client list.
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Dear Keir Starmer,
On National Talk Like Yoda Day, reversed your winter fuel policy have you. Too late it is. Voters' goodwill up the wall have you pissed. Choose Binface they will.
On National Talk Like Yoda Day, reversed your winter fuel policy have you. Too late it is. Voters' goodwill up the wall have you pissed. Choose Binface they will.
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dear Keir Starmer,
On National Talk Like Yoda Day, reversed your winter fuel policy have you. Too late it is. Voters' goodwill up the wall have you pissed. Choose Binface they will.
On National Talk Like Yoda Day, reversed your winter fuel policy have you. Too late it is. Voters' goodwill up the wall have you pissed. Choose Binface they will.
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Carl Sagan: Goal For Human Species
May 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan: Goal For Human Species
Late contender from Rosie for #TongueOutTuesday.
It's a fair size, that one, excellent for surprise kisses for the unwary. 😁
It's a fair size, that one, excellent for surprise kisses for the unwary. 😁
May 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Late contender from Rosie for #TongueOutTuesday.
It's a fair size, that one, excellent for surprise kisses for the unwary. 😁
It's a fair size, that one, excellent for surprise kisses for the unwary. 😁
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I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?
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Boss of a small regional office decided that he liked the idea of everyone staying an extra 10 mins after their shifts to fill in an online form listing five things they did that day. He changed his mind very quickly after just one email from Unite the Union. Join a union.
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Boss of a small regional office decided that he liked the idea of everyone staying an extra 10 mins after their shifts to fill in an online form listing five things they did that day. He changed his mind very quickly after just one email from Unite the Union. Join a union.
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If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.
April 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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🚨🚨 #brexit's disastrous impact on the #NHS led to 1485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study, particularly due to qualified EU nurses leaving and being replaced by more unskilled staff. #brexitshambles www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨🚨 #brexit's disastrous impact on the #NHS led to 1485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study, particularly due to qualified EU nurses leaving and being replaced by more unskilled staff. #brexitshambles www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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An exclusive extract for easter! (From this week’s @theguardian.com books)
April 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
An exclusive extract for easter! (From this week’s @theguardian.com books)
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
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February 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Oh dear, Cybertruck seized by UK police. Why?
1) They haven't passed UK safety standards, and hence are illegal on UK roads.
2) They self-identify the driver as a complete tool, and the police are just doing him a favour. 🙂
Oh dear, Cybertruck seized by UK police. Why?
1) They haven't passed UK safety standards, and hence are illegal on UK roads.
2) They self-identify the driver as a complete tool, and the police are just doing him a favour. 🙂
Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK - BBC News
The eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, is not yet legal on UK roads.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh dear, Cybertruck seized by UK police. Why?
1) They haven't passed UK safety standards, and hence are illegal on UK roads.
2) They self-identify the driver as a complete tool, and the police are just doing him a favour. 🙂
Oh dear, Cybertruck seized by UK police. Why?
1) They haven't passed UK safety standards, and hence are illegal on UK roads.
2) They self-identify the driver as a complete tool, and the police are just doing him a favour. 🙂
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Thinking a lot about Jimmy Carter, born a white, rural man in 1924 in a strictly apartheid Georgia and how he became a champion for racial justice and human rights, demonstrating once again that racism, xenophobia, crass and selfish individualism, are always a choice.
January 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thinking a lot about Jimmy Carter, born a white, rural man in 1924 in a strictly apartheid Georgia and how he became a champion for racial justice and human rights, demonstrating once again that racism, xenophobia, crass and selfish individualism, are always a choice.