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Putin is agitating for war with Europe.
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Putin is agitating for war with Europe.
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It's been almost two weeks and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's been almost two weeks and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚
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As usual. some people don't take the consequences of ruinous austerity policies into account.
Our justice system is on its last legs because it has been starved of adequate funding.
Meanwhile, the richest 1% own more wealth than 50% of our population.
*That* is bulldozing everything!
Our justice system is on its last legs because it has been starved of adequate funding.
Meanwhile, the richest 1% own more wealth than 50% of our population.
*That* is bulldozing everything!
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As usual. some people don't take the consequences of ruinous austerity policies into account.
Our justice system is on its last legs because it has been starved of adequate funding.
Meanwhile, the richest 1% own more wealth than 50% of our population.
*That* is bulldozing everything!
Our justice system is on its last legs because it has been starved of adequate funding.
Meanwhile, the richest 1% own more wealth than 50% of our population.
*That* is bulldozing everything!
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By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
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Seriously. Take ten fkn minutes off to be a person.
Choir singing carols. Xmas tree lights on. Jolly cheers.
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
Jon Craig on Sky: It's huge, more colourful, a better tree than we've seen in recent years. If I were to make a cynical point, I wonder if the PM is thinking whether he'll be switching it on next year.
These people are just exhausting. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Seriously. Take ten fkn minutes off to be a person.
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Mason's misinformation was the top news item for two days. Not a bulletin went by on national TV or Radio in which he didn't put in a shift. Today he is NOWHERE to be found, of course.
The correction was given 25 seconds, at the end of News at 6, "in other news", just before an item about Santas.
The correction was given 25 seconds, at the end of News at 6, "in other news", just before an item about Santas.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Mason's misinformation was the top news item for two days. Not a bulletin went by on national TV or Radio in which he didn't put in a shift. Today he is NOWHERE to be found, of course.
The correction was given 25 seconds, at the end of News at 6, "in other news", just before an item about Santas.
The correction was given 25 seconds, at the end of News at 6, "in other news", just before an item about Santas.
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Why is British politics so lousy with people who have no interest in solving problems?
Look how visibly excited Robert Jenrick is by his brilliance as a statesman; how high on his own supply.
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why is British politics so lousy with people who have no interest in solving problems?
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That's the one that makes them look like a Portuguese man o'war, right?
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That's the one that makes them look like a Portuguese man o'war, right?
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it's Ofcom so the major social media platform they'll kick off with could easily be myspace
NEW: Ofcom has launched a new investigation into whether social media platforms are doing enough to identify and remove illegal terror and hate content
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
it's Ofcom so the major social media platform they'll kick off with could easily be myspace
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Does Ilford not count as London? (Streeting majority in 2024: 528)
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Does Ilford not count as London? (Streeting majority in 2024: 528)
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This would be an INSANE move, to anyone familiar with how local politics works in Walthamstow.
I don’t think I’m over interpreting but Polanski seems to hint quite strongly in his Rest is Politics podcast that he’s thinking of running against Stella Creasy in Walthamstow. Think that would be a pretty brave move (in the Sir Humphrey sense). One of the v few Labour with a genuine personal vote
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This would be an INSANE move, to anyone familiar with how local politics works in Walthamstow.
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Road-Railer Buses is one of those things that seems like a good idea if you know nothing about railroad operations but is in actuality completely impractical
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Road-Railer Buses is one of those things that seems like a good idea if you know nothing about railroad operations but is in actuality completely impractical
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Unsurprisingly @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media (a brilliant substack reporting London which is worth your time and money) has the background on Zipcar. Council fees is a part of the story though not all. TLDR: no centralised transport policy.
www.londoncentric.media/p/zipcar-lon...
www.londoncentric.media/p/zipcar-lon...
Why Zipcar gave up on London
The car-sharing scheme was hit by rapidly increased costs, a new congestion charge, and a lack of support from councils.
www.londoncentric.media
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Unsurprisingly @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media (a brilliant substack reporting London which is worth your time and money) has the background on Zipcar. Council fees is a part of the story though not all. TLDR: no centralised transport policy.
www.londoncentric.media/p/zipcar-lon...
www.londoncentric.media/p/zipcar-lon...
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"The San Francisco city attorney will file the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed fare, arguing that cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies’ products."
Everyone agrees here. Rare!
#Pinks
Everyone agrees here. Rare!
#Pinks
San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"The San Francisco city attorney will file the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed fare, arguing that cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies’ products."
Everyone agrees here. Rare!
#Pinks
Everyone agrees here. Rare!
#Pinks
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NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
thesecretbarrister.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
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Bass lovers have noted that AB InBev have been promoting the much-loved "Red Triangle" cask ale. A look at why they have bowed to pressure & the history of the world famous Burton Pale Ale. #BskyBeer
Bass lovers have noted that AB InBev have been promoting the much-loved "Red Triangle" cask ale. A look at why they have bowed to pressure & the history of the world famous Burton Pale Ale. #BskyBeer
Draught Bass is bouncing back – Protz On Beer, by Roger Protz
AB In Bev, the world's biggest brewer, has bowed to grassroots campaigners and has launched a major promotion for Draught Bass. Bass was once Britain's leading premium cask ale, worth…
protzonbeer.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
protzonbeer.co.uk/comments/202...
Bass lovers have noted that AB InBev have been promoting the much-loved "Red Triangle" cask ale. A look at why they have bowed to pressure & the history of the world famous Burton Pale Ale. #BskyBeer
Bass lovers have noted that AB InBev have been promoting the much-loved "Red Triangle" cask ale. A look at why they have bowed to pressure & the history of the world famous Burton Pale Ale. #BskyBeer
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At last, the authorities finally address the Curse of Bullseye.
WATCH: Abandoned boats at controversial Broads pub crushed and removed
Broads Authority's rangers have crushed or removed three boats moored up at the Berney Arms pub's private moorings along the River Yare, sparking…
www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
At last, the authorities finally address the Curse of Bullseye.
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Breaking: San Francisco today will sue 10 of the biggest manufacturers of ultraprocessed food, arguing the companies knew their products were making people sick but sold them anyway. The fare makes up 70% of the country’s food supply.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Breaking: San Francisco today will sue 10 of the biggest manufacturers of ultraprocessed food, arguing the companies knew their products were making people sick but sold them anyway. The fare makes up 70% of the country’s food supply.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Kinzinger Has A Good Starting
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December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Come for the 🍺 🧪, stay for the third place 🍻.
Seven-year study uncovers the holy grail of beer brewing
ETH Zurich scientists have found the holy grail of brewing: the long-sought formula behind stable beer foam. Their research explains why different beers rely on different physical mechanisms to keep b...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Come for the 🍺 🧪, stay for the third place 🍻.
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when i am president i will make it illegal to make an app where you can't select and copy text
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
when i am president i will make it illegal to make an app where you can't select and copy text
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
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Something has him completely rattled.
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Something has him completely rattled.
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Legacy Update has significantly expanded its archive of the Microsoft Download Center all the way back to 2012. It now indexes 41,000 downloads, of which over half have been deleted by Microsoft.
More about what went into this, and what we’re still planning to do:
More about what went into this, and what we’re still planning to do:
Expanding the Download Center Archive | Adam Demasi
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December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Legacy Update has significantly expanded its archive of the Microsoft Download Center all the way back to 2012. It now indexes 41,000 downloads, of which over half have been deleted by Microsoft.
More about what went into this, and what we’re still planning to do:
More about what went into this, and what we’re still planning to do: