Simon Ferrigno
@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social
Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal
Pinned
European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal) - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)' on Wednesday 29 October 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
Pin Farage's lies and Davey's response somewhere - they will be needed in the years ahead hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
Climate change kills - and the culprits are still free www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Escalated heatwave mortality risk in sub-Saharan Africa under recent warming trend
Nighttime heat exposure is driving increased vulnerability to heatwaves across African populations amid recent warming.
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Climate change kills - and the culprits are still free www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is Russia getting desperate? engelsbergideas.com/notebook/why...
Why Russia has come to the table
Moscow is burning through its reserves and staring into a deep domestic abyss. Everyone in Putin’s Russia — from the poorest pensioner to the wealthiest oligarch — is feeling the strain. That's why th...
engelsbergideas.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Is Russia getting desperate? engelsbergideas.com/notebook/why...
Another Maga win. A la votre! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prestigious Chicago brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes | CBC News
The Siebel Institute of Technology, North America’s oldest brewing school, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January 2026. The relocation is aimed at improving accessibility for international stud...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Another Maga win. A la votre! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AI conference flooded by AI slop .... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
AI conference flooded by AI slop .... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'm sure this was a common movie plot on the old sci-fi channel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data
The issue is thought to affect 6,000 planes, which will need to undergo an urgent software update or have computers replaced.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm sure this was a common movie plot on the old sci-fi channel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform - it's a going to be a bumpy ride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alton Towers boss chosen as next CEO of Reform UK-run council
Neil Crittenden is set to take on the role of chief executive at Derbyshire County Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reform - it's a going to be a bumpy ride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin's investment in Brexit still paying off by keeping UK divided from Europe
#BBCNews - Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Putin's investment in Brexit still paying off by keeping UK divided from Europe
Yep
Will Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
@sussexbylines.co.uk
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Willl Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yep
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Yes, everyone can, and should.
It's time. Just do it.
It's time. Just do it.
Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?
Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed b...
dub.uu.nl
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yes, everyone can, and should.
It's time. Just do it.
It's time. Just do it.
Can they keep him?
#BBCNews - Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
Russia's leader praised what he called Orban's "balanced position on the situation in Ukraine".
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Can they keep him?
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and another one
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
and another one
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Interesting listen, as my family hail from the sth of Italy (Minori+Atrani), with great-granfather starting to trade between Italy and London around the the Risorgimento. He was a pacifist, & the more I learn, the more I suspect the conflict drove this audioboom.com/posts/881017...
The Risorgimento myth
Gerald Warner (https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-risorgimento-myth/) on the origins of a 'black legend' designed to discredit the once-flourishing Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Rea...
audioboom.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Interesting listen, as my family hail from the sth of Italy (Minori+Atrani), with great-granfather starting to trade between Italy and London around the the Risorgimento. He was a pacifist, & the more I learn, the more I suspect the conflict drove this audioboom.com/posts/881017...
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Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
Rapists buddy with rapists
Somebody paid.. He is selling pardons from the white house..
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Rapists buddy with rapists
Human rights would be a very good thing
"If you don’t give the land now, tomorrow you’ll be in trouble."
#Uzbekistan's bid to develop tourism has seen a spate of illegal land seizures and the expropriation of 3,000 ha of orchards. Again, the victims are farmers.
bit.ly/48kYVuH
#Uzbekistan's bid to develop tourism has seen a spate of illegal land seizures and the expropriation of 3,000 ha of orchards. Again, the victims are farmers.
bit.ly/48kYVuH
Uzbekistan’s Tourism Ambitions are Driving Illegal Land Seizures
Farmers in Parkent district of Tashkent region face intimidation, unlawful land confiscations and a coordinated pressure campaign A major tourism development planned in Parkent district of Tashkent…
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Human rights would be a very good thing
Payments or not, Reform politicians spout Russian propaganda all the time, and do their work, Brexit being one of their "successes" (for Russia, not the UK). Cool Britannia to Nul Britannia in 30 years of Farage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Payments or not, Reform politicians spout Russian propaganda all the time, and do their work, Brexit being one of their "successes" (for Russia, not the UK). Cool Britannia to Nul Britannia in 30 years of Farage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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He is a client journalist and cannot hide his bias. Shameful
Bluntly Mason is a twxt. A gossip ‘journalist’ and a disgrace in terms of so called a BBC ‘balance’ - balance equals bias
Chris Mason on the budget this morning, completely negative. Discussing the removal of the two-child limit which is appreciated by most, he found a negative slant "There isn't universal support for it though on the Labour benches", he makes no effort to hide his bias.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
He is a client journalist and cannot hide his bias. Shameful
So wrong. Up to employers to behave...
Government waters down landmark workers' rights bill in U-turn
It will no longer include protections for all workers against unfair dismissal from the first day in their job. The promise was included in Labour's election winning manifesto.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
It will no longer include protections for all workers against unfair dismissal from the first day in their job. The promise was included in Labour's election winning manifesto.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Government waters down landmark workers' rights bill in U-turn
After negotiations with unions and firms the Employment Rights Bill will no longer include protections for all workers against unfair dismissal from the first day in their job
www.mirror.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So wrong. Up to employers to behave...
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B*stds! 🤬
When will the UK 🇬🇧 and EU🇪🇺 Sanction the US Administration?
Come on, is time!!!!! Do it! 🙏🏻🫶🏻✌🏻
Send a hard message!
Do it!
#SanctionTheUS
When will the UK 🇬🇧 and EU🇪🇺 Sanction the US Administration?
Come on, is time!!!!! Do it! 🙏🏻🫶🏻✌🏻
Send a hard message!
Do it!
#SanctionTheUS
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported despite a federal judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported despite a federal judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
abcnews.go.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
B*stds! 🤬
When will the UK 🇬🇧 and EU🇪🇺 Sanction the US Administration?
Come on, is time!!!!! Do it! 🙏🏻🫶🏻✌🏻
Send a hard message!
Do it!
#SanctionTheUS
When will the UK 🇬🇧 and EU🇪🇺 Sanction the US Administration?
Come on, is time!!!!! Do it! 🙏🏻🫶🏻✌🏻
Send a hard message!
Do it!
#SanctionTheUS
The Farage Brexi-squeeze www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Households face 'dismal' rise in spending power, says IFS
Average disposable income is set to grow by
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Farage Brexi-squeeze www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A quick wikipedia check shows the person backing the teens is, *gasp*, a libertarian with an adviser linked to neo-nazis.... so we have another bit of anti-woke fronting which essentially is deregulatory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Get rid of harmful content instead of us, say teens
From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A quick wikipedia check shows the person backing the teens is, *gasp*, a libertarian with an adviser linked to neo-nazis.... so we have another bit of anti-woke fronting which essentially is deregulatory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
![My photo shows a thin, rectangular, dark brown leaf of wood, which is broken in places. Across the surface are six lines of cursive Latin handwriting. The text is written in black ink which appears faded and faint. The Latin reads:
nenụ ...[.]n. Brittoneṣ
nimium multi ‣ equites
gladis ‣ non ụtụṇtur equi-
tes ‣ nec residunt
Brittunculi ‣ ụt ‣ iaculos
mittant
Translated as:
… the Britons are unprotected by armour (?). There are very many cavalry. The cavalry do not use swords nor do the wretched Britons mount in order to throw javelins.
On display at the British Museum.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreiepntyce43pmmptw3xewwjw46tha2u4sqm7mptegttx5u2mqj527a@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Quite close to where there was a reported gunshot not long ago, and a couple of streets away from here... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man arrested over knife threat after police stand-off in Derby
Derbyshire Police say a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of affray.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Quite close to where there was a reported gunshot not long ago, and a couple of streets away from here... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI is a prude...
For "reasons" we've been thinking about the Lloyds Bank Turd: the biggest fossilized human poo ever found (it's from Viking York).
It's 8" long and 2" wide. We asked AI what else is that size...
"A large cucumber, a deck of card or a thick smartphone", apparently. 😬
It's 8" long and 2" wide. We asked AI what else is that size...
"A large cucumber, a deck of card or a thick smartphone", apparently. 😬
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
AI is a prude...