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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 21h

“Is that condensation, or is the plane leaking?”
Not something you want to overhear the cabin crew say as you board a flight

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David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

David Squires on … plane sailing for Tuchel’s England amid off-field distractions

Our cartoonist on a smooth journey towards the World Cup for England against a backdrop of patriotic uproar

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

William the Conqueror killed Harold II at Hastings on this day 1066. Of his Harrying of the North, one writer said: 'So terrible a famine fell upon the humble and defenceless people, that more than 100,000 Christian folk of both sexes, young and old alike, perished of hunger.'

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s angling for a change to the 2034 hosts. The pan-Middle East ‘Board of Peace’ Games. Trump Towers to provide the new stadiums

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 2d

All the 2s in my half marathon finishing time yesterday

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Just over two hours in the half marathon.

Now for some recovery Guinness

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 3d

Getting ready for the half marathon 🏃

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Chinny Honk @chinnyhonk.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Diane Keaton. Legend.
La di da.

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 3d

A few tomatoes holding out for the autumn sun

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 3d

Last of the summer courgettes

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 4d

Somebody to Love (Queen): 9
Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane): 9

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 4d

Peaches (Stranglers): 8/10
Peaches: (Presidents of the USA): 7/10

Not the highest of scores, but the only one I’ve come up with so far

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 5d

No one ever knows how to pronounce Slaithwaite

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 5d

"Built as tough as the President" is a great get-out clause on their website. When it starts telling the wrong time and falls apart in 12 months they can just say 'told you so'

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 5d

After queueing up to buy World Cup tickets, this is all I get. Classic fifa ticketing sites

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

The resale ticket prices for the World Cup are crazy. These for group games in Mexico

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

It's £129k for Lee Anderson. The resolution on my screenshot isn't great

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

Farage's income from his 12 other jobs is more than twice the amount of the next highest earners, Rishi Sunak and Sir Geoffrey Cox

You can check out how much each MP has earned using our interactive: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

Nigel Farage's income from jobs outside of Parliament tops £1m since the election, as the Reform leader declares financial interests for the first time since May.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

£145,000 of extra income logged since his last entry in the Spring

David Dubas-Fisher @dubasfisher.bsky.social · 6d

For the first time since April, Nigel Farage has declared his income from second jobs. I've not entered it into our system yet, but this will definitely take him over £1million in additional earnings since the election

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 7d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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