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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 12h

Strong "Your cheese scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" vibe
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...

They crossed moulds from stilton, gorgonzola and roquefort, and then inoculated cheese with the offspring. “We got some that tasted a little bit like the parents,” says Dyer. “But then we got one that was way out there. We had some professional tasters in, and they said it was the best blue cheese they’d tasted.” That was the extraordinarily tasty Danish blue I tried in Nottingham – an intense explosion of flavour and aroma, blue to its core, but with no hint of the acrid ammonia or sweaty-socks notes that often come with that territory. Plus, some flavour notes I had never experienced before.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 13h

Presumably the missiles are hidden at the end of the only very straight road leading from the Pyongyang parade ground.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

Columns of soldiers and a procession of powerful nuclear missiles rolled through the capital of North Korea on Friday, as senior officials from China and Russia joined the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, for a show of solidarity against the American-led global order.

North Korea Flaunts New Missiles in Parade With Chinese and Russian Officials

The parade, held in North Korea’s capital to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, gave its leader a chance to show off his growing power.

nyti.ms

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 14h

You do not imagine that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples.

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 14h

What is the SAS for if not quietly rounding these people up and rendering them to a black site until they sign over the money.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 16h

Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters

www.theguardian.com

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 17h

Unsolicited Slick pic

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 17h

I think it was a combo of FoM ending at the same time as London was becomeing more economically homogeneous due to independent shops, cafs and restaurants that had opened when rents were still cheap being taken over by brands you see on every high street.

David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 17h

Derek Hatton's Liverpool?

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 18h

Ah - the Sandra Dee look. There definitely weren't any Roman orgy parties - or at least not that I was invited to. 🤔

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 18h

January 1980, 5

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 21h

Given how many of today's London prime properties were subdivided into grotty flats the last time the UK was 'over,' it's just more bohemian squats in Notting Hill for the rest of us (well maybe the young people).

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Right I think. Left arm is much weaker. Which is why I'd always choose badminton rackets in a duel.

David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Writing: left. Camera: left eye. Rifle right eye. Can't use the number pad at the right side of a keyboard with right hand. Kitchen knife, screwdriver: right. Racket sports: can use both. Confuses the opponent.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Is this Antichrist in the room with us right now, Peter?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

I also have never watched.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Or Temple of Autos, as archaeologists in 3025 will call them.

Graffiti makes Canterbury Cathedral resemble ‘underground car park’

An art installation that has covered walls and pillars with graffiti-style artwork has drawn a mixed response

www.thetimes.com

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

applications are still open if you are interested in working with me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on the Unhedged newsletter

main task is to try and make me look clever and to compensate for my woeful inability to make nice charts

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Unhedged Reporter

London

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Presumably didn't count how many cars, mopeds and buses went through.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

10/10 Trolling. No notes.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado

Win dashes hopes of Donald Trump after US president repeatedly claimed he should be awarded prize

www.ft.com

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

But have you ever written a negative story about a G20 economy just to see it go cap in hand to the IMF.

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 1d

Unpaid soldiers roaming a deeply divided land, you say?

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are bracing for a missed paycheck amid the government shutdown, multiple US officials told CNN.

US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck | CNN Politics

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are ...

www.cnn.com

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 1d

Bad news: there’s more of it about - on.ft.com/4n2TVBq

There really isn't another paper in the same league as the Financial Times. Evidence in this free article

Bad news: there’s more of it about

More than 40 years of FT coverage, charted

on.ft.com

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 2d

Meols, Wirral and Meols, Southport

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

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

David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables revolution ?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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