Celestial M Weasel
@celestialweasel.bsky.social
I shot a man in Waitrose just to watch him die
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Pinned
I know it is a small thing in the scheme of things, but the thing that grates is that this (gestures expansively) demonstrates that every pious word we have read from Americans about their glorious constitution, free and fearless press, separation of powers, free speech, checks and balances has
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crypto bros: welcome to every single deal anyone has ever made with donald trump
we did warn you
we did warn you
Hoskinson: "You've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad .... Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends."
www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 AM
crypto bros: welcome to every single deal anyone has ever made with donald trump
we did warn you
we did warn you
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A projected £1.9bn haircut? Thats the costa doing buisness I guess
Coca-Cola scraps Costa Coffee sale after bids fall short ft.trib.al/S4QDCH8
Coca-Cola scraps Costa Coffee sale after bids fall short
Coke had been seeking about £2bn after paying £3.9bn for UK coffee chain in 2018
ft.trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
A projected £1.9bn haircut? Thats the costa doing buisness I guess
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Good to know Newcastle and hull will get to benefit from 'regular services ' on 'existing infrastructure'
I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Good to know Newcastle and hull will get to benefit from 'regular services ' on 'existing infrastructure'
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A point I keep finding myself making is that if you allow yourself, as a Pro-Union party, to start arguing that the Union and Devolution are best when you are in total control, people will reasonably wonder why bother sticking with a framework that only delivers that supposed best rarely.
Kind of extraordinary that the new Local Growth Fund is to be distributed by the Welsh Government in Wales, but directly by the UK Government in Scotland, and that the rationale for the difference seems to be no more than "we don't trust the Scottish Government".
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A point I keep finding myself making is that if you allow yourself, as a Pro-Union party, to start arguing that the Union and Devolution are best when you are in total control, people will reasonably wonder why bother sticking with a framework that only delivers that supposed best rarely.
Labour will be blamed for not undoing stupid Tory decisions to a much greater extent than the Tories will be blamed for those decisions, obviously
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when the WCML is at full capacity. I don't mean that in a good, hopeful, optimistic way though
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Labour will be blamed for not undoing stupid Tory decisions to a much greater extent than the Tories will be blamed for those decisions, obviously
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A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
If it wasn't for the Nazi and the CSAM and my new year's resolution I would pop over to the bad place to see how the cat that yada yada is taking it
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM
If it wasn't for the Nazi and the CSAM and my new year's resolution I would pop over to the bad place to see how the cat that yada yada is taking it
"We were elected as Cheems Labour and we will govern as Cheems Labour"
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"We were elected as Cheems Labour and we will govern as Cheems Labour"
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For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
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Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
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'Removing barriers to trade creates prosperity. Adding barriers to trade *with one particular trading partner* also creates prosperity.'
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
'Removing barriers to trade creates prosperity. Adding barriers to trade *with one particular trading partner* also creates prosperity.'
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
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Show the statisticians some bloody respect, it's 11.69% of the executive team.
Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team
Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team
Data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 7,274 people worked at Statistics Canada as of March 31, 2025.
www.thestar.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Show the statisticians some bloody respect, it's 11.69% of the executive team.
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The dude arrested is FORTY-EIGHT by the way.
I think this is the thing about most graffiti artists, they're almost always depressed Gen-Xers who think that they're Banksy rather than a failed systems analyst from Walthamstow.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/man...
I think this is the thing about most graffiti artists, they're almost always depressed Gen-Xers who think that they're Banksy rather than a failed systems analyst from Walthamstow.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/man...
Man arrested over £260,000 graffiti spree on Northern line trains
A person suspected of causing nearly £260,000 of graffiti damage to tube trains has been arrested following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The dude arrested is FORTY-EIGHT by the way.
I think this is the thing about most graffiti artists, they're almost always depressed Gen-Xers who think that they're Banksy rather than a failed systems analyst from Walthamstow.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/man...
I think this is the thing about most graffiti artists, they're almost always depressed Gen-Xers who think that they're Banksy rather than a failed systems analyst from Walthamstow.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/man...
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going from paragraph 1 to paragraph 2 is a real whirlwind
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
going from paragraph 1 to paragraph 2 is a real whirlwind
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Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
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A friend holidaying in Medellin, Colombia, just sent me this. HE IS IN THE ACTUAL CABLE CAR. And he said "Everyone is very happy with the public transport cable car here, and tbf it IS great".
(I think we should consider one in Oxford, for more context)
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(I think we should consider one in Oxford, for more context)
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January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
A friend holidaying in Medellin, Colombia, just sent me this. HE IS IN THE ACTUAL CABLE CAR. And he said "Everyone is very happy with the public transport cable car here, and tbf it IS great".
(I think we should consider one in Oxford, for more context)
🚠❤️
(I think we should consider one in Oxford, for more context)
🚠❤️
WTF? Also didn't we get rid of Hendy for telling a contractor to get rid of a bloke he didn't like or they wouldn't be given any contracts?
At the Rail Industry's parliamentary reception. The world has turned on its head. Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden, says we need more conventional rail electrification. Hendy is saying that train OEMs should have contracts for trains and power, not GBR.
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
WTF? Also didn't we get rid of Hendy for telling a contractor to get rid of a bloke he didn't like or they wouldn't be given any contracts?
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One of my first tasks as a new graduate was checking calculations for the much needed new reservoir at Abingdon. 35 years on, not a single spade in the ground yet.
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
One of my first tasks as a new graduate was checking calculations for the much needed new reservoir at Abingdon. 35 years on, not a single spade in the ground yet.
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Vote for me for London mayor and I will put a little squeegee on a chain in every top deck
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Vote for me for London mayor and I will put a little squeegee on a chain in every top deck
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At the start of my dad's career as a civil engineer, fresh out of university, he did some grunt work on a proposal for a new runway at Heathrow. He has now retired.
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
At the start of my dad's career as a civil engineer, fresh out of university, he did some grunt work on a proposal for a new runway at Heathrow. He has now retired.
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*Final year of university* Sits in a room as Andrew Adonis explains how he built a coalition to build HS2 despite civil service and political intransigence
*Final years of my working life* Might finally get HS2-lite to Manchester????
*Final years of my working life* Might finally get HS2-lite to Manchester????
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
*Final year of university* Sits in a room as Andrew Adonis explains how he built a coalition to build HS2 despite civil service and political intransigence
*Final years of my working life* Might finally get HS2-lite to Manchester????
*Final years of my working life* Might finally get HS2-lite to Manchester????
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Rip Scott Adams, you taught this loner growing up in the suburbs that it's OK to be a dickhead
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Rip Scott Adams, you taught this loner growing up in the suburbs that it's OK to be a dickhead
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Nevertheless,
I LOL'd
For I am involved in mankind.
Nevertheless,
I LOL'd
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Nevertheless,
I LOL'd
For I am involved in mankind.
Nevertheless,
I LOL'd