Dr Adrian McMenamin
@adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social
I write Forth compilers for fun. Living with cancer. E pur si muove. Social democrat.
The amazing thing is that once upon a time the electrons and protons and neutrons in your body were just centimetres from this galaxy’s building blocks but we can never meet
A barred spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (155.76054, 15.65037).
28 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (155.76054, 15.65037).
28 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The amazing thing is that once upon a time the electrons and protons and neutrons in your body were just centimetres from this galaxy’s building blocks but we can never meet
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Ross Career has spent his whole parliamentary Greer so far voting for SNP budgets that push brutal austerity onto councils
Today's UK budget could have delivered for people and planet by taking on the rich and powerful.
But that's not what it did. 👇
But that's not what it did. 👇
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ross Career has spent his whole parliamentary Greer so far voting for SNP budgets that push brutal austerity onto councils
Lots of supposed lefties on here thing that their tax is going up to help the poors aNd whY dId’Nt keEf tAx thE riCh InSteAd
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Lots of supposed lefties on here thing that their tax is going up to help the poors aNd whY dId’Nt keEf tAx thE riCh InSteAd
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If you have to put £8k into a taxable savings account instead of a cash ISA, and you're getting 4% interest, and as a higher-rate taxpayer your interest is taxed at 42%, then that'll cost you £134 a year. I don't think that's "big" relative to £100,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you have to put £8k into a taxable savings account instead of a cash ISA, and you're getting 4% interest, and as a higher-rate taxpayer your interest is taxed at 42%, then that'll cost you £134 a year. I don't think that's "big" relative to £100,000.
@unitesharon.bsky.social here with tinpot Tory tribute act
Rachel Reeves could have taxed wealth & profits.
She could have invested in jobs & services.
“The chancellor has picked a side. Health workers, engineers & tanker drivers will pay through stealth taxes, while city bankers & billionaires go largely unscathed” @unitesharon.bsky.social
She could have invested in jobs & services.
“The chancellor has picked a side. Health workers, engineers & tanker drivers will pay through stealth taxes, while city bankers & billionaires go largely unscathed” @unitesharon.bsky.social
Unite budget response: Stealth taxes are workers paying the price, this is the wrong choice
In response to today’s budget Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:
www.unitetheunion.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@unitesharon.bsky.social here with tinpot Tory tribute act
Far too long, meandering, speech from Badenoch
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Far too long, meandering, speech from Badenoch
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
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"having changed my mind about the OBR, my internship there has begun smoothly"
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"having changed my mind about the OBR, my internship there has begun smoothly"
This is still the supreme moment. Budgets are why we elect Labour governments. Rachel Reeves is actually one of the best Commons performers on any side of the House and a pleasure to listen to, if you like that sort of thing (I do).
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is still the supreme moment. Budgets are why we elect Labour governments. Rachel Reeves is actually one of the best Commons performers on any side of the House and a pleasure to listen to, if you like that sort of thing (I do).
Amazingly awful performance by Badenoch. She *knew* what was in the Budget because she had the OBR fiscal assessment and she didn't use it. That's missing five penalties in row scale of awful.
I am genuinely shocked about how bad she is at her job.
I am genuinely shocked about how bad she is at her job.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Amazingly awful performance by Badenoch. She *knew* what was in the Budget because she had the OBR fiscal assessment and she didn't use it. That's missing five penalties in row scale of awful.
I am genuinely shocked about how bad she is at her job.
I am genuinely shocked about how bad she is at her job.
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“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform showing more of their open, different approach to politics.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reform showing more of their open, different approach to politics.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’m quite surprised at the strength of my reaction to Farage. As the kids say, I’ve been triggered. Because he is the racist abusers I met in English schools who, 45 years ago, excused their abuse in exactly the same way.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I’m quite surprised at the strength of my reaction to Farage. As the kids say, I’ve been triggered. Because he is the racist abusers I met in English schools who, 45 years ago, excused their abuse in exactly the same way.
Anybody who has ever been subjected to racist abuse will recognise Farage’s weasel words for what they are. He could have apologised but instead he pretends it didn’t matter. 1/3
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anybody who has ever been subjected to racist abuse will recognise Farage’s weasel words for what they are. He could have apologised but instead he pretends it didn’t matter. 1/3
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Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
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To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
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The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
28 Points Later
A definitive guide to the Russian zombie diplomacy of Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine — aka what happens when you let the Russians eat your brains
www.greatpower.us
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
Trump’s ‘deal’ on Ukraine is this generation’s Munich Agreement. In 38 Czechoslovakia wanted to fight but was pressed to surrender. Have Europe’s leaders learned anything since then? We’re about to find out.
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Trump’s ‘deal’ on Ukraine is this generation’s Munich Agreement. In 38 Czechoslovakia wanted to fight but was pressed to surrender. Have Europe’s leaders learned anything since then? We’re about to find out.
Another flashing red light?
Mortgage lenders say house buying at risk from surveyor ‘down valuing’
London and the south-east said to be worst affected, with valuations often coming in at 10% below the agreed sale price
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Another flashing red light?
Weller preaching the gospel of class war on TOTP. Tore down the House of Commons with your brand new shoes…
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Weller preaching the gospel of class war on TOTP. Tore down the House of Commons with your brand new shoes…
How does Marco Rubio, this year’s Lord Halifax, sleep at night?
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How does Marco Rubio, this year’s Lord Halifax, sleep at night?
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Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly claimed that had "virtually eliminated" COVID and blamed English tourists for reintroducing it Scotland. That wasn't remotely true.
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted "at no point did I behave politically" during her time leading Scotland through the coronavirus pandemic.
Nicola Sturgeon denies she 'behaved politically' during covid response
The former first minister said it was "very difficult" working with Boris Johnson during the peak covid years in 2020 and 2021.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly claimed that had "virtually eliminated" COVID and blamed English tourists for reintroducing it Scotland. That wasn't remotely true.