gurnaik
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"There seems little point in wasting time on such an explanation since you would be incapable of understanding it."
Soon to be laid off IT consultant at a global megacorp.
I am not old enough to read DMs.
He/Him.
Soon to be laid off IT consultant at a global megacorp.
I am not old enough to read DMs.
He/Him.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
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They reckon they don't have a spaceship but here is an open admission that they do indeed fly around in space looking out of the window of their rocketship at clouds.
It's a struggle to see the UK from space today as it's hidden behind this mass of cloud 🛰️
This is associated with a frontal system, responsible for bringing the wet start to December 🌧️
This is associated with a frontal system, responsible for bringing the wet start to December 🌧️
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
They reckon they don't have a spaceship but here is an open admission that they do indeed fly around in space looking out of the window of their rocketship at clouds.
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At the end of the day, the media polices itself in the UK and nobody in power will take any kind of action against that situation because they live in fear of reprisals by the Mail and co. The media has gone feral at national level and is beyond cooked at regional level.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
At the end of the day, the media polices itself in the UK and nobody in power will take any kind of action against that situation because they live in fear of reprisals by the Mail and co. The media has gone feral at national level and is beyond cooked at regional level.
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They all hate and fear each other, and you have to find ways of cheering yourself up wherever you can these days.
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
They all hate and fear each other, and you have to find ways of cheering yourself up wherever you can these days.
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Current reading - Uwe Schutte's biography of Kraftwerk. Not only is it pretty much definitive, but it comes in a *fantastic* cover. Everything about this just works.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current reading - Uwe Schutte's biography of Kraftwerk. Not only is it pretty much definitive, but it comes in a *fantastic* cover. Everything about this just works.
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the media are going after Reeves and accusations of dishonesty in a way they didn't with Brexiters & Boris Johnson and it's so hard to work out why
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
the media are going after Reeves and accusations of dishonesty in a way they didn't with Brexiters & Boris Johnson and it's so hard to work out why
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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Further considering a recent Mamdani video, what struck me was how he actually seems to understand the real issue of regulatory impact on small businesses. UK politicians are simply not showing similar real life comprehension and tying them into policy. bsky.app/profile/davi...
Dangerous socialist or hitting one of the biggest problems with modern economies, that life is just getting too hard for small businesses and that saps energy from the market? Feels like EU and UK policy makers should be taking notice rather than the same old tired talk.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Further considering a recent Mamdani video, what struck me was how he actually seems to understand the real issue of regulatory impact on small businesses. UK politicians are simply not showing similar real life comprehension and tying them into policy. bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
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I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
... at the Building Safety Regulator - which has lead to 9 month delays at this stage alone:
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
Nine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
www.building.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
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1 December is the day we must mark the sad passing 504 years ago of Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici – or Pope Leo X, as he was also known. Leo was not one of those popes memorable for a sordid life, but is known for two things. Firstly, this:
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
1 December is the day we must mark the sad passing 504 years ago of Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici – or Pope Leo X, as he was also known. Leo was not one of those popes memorable for a sordid life, but is known for two things. Firstly, this:
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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NixOS, now with GNOME 49: https://distrowatch.com/12652
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NixOS, now with GNOME 49: https://distrowatch.com/12652
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This was well done and also what I’ve been saying for years, glad to see more people on it
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This was well done and also what I’ve been saying for years, glad to see more people on it
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My Nan would make a better President of the United States, and she's been dead since 1972.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My Nan would make a better President of the United States, and she's been dead since 1972.
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Public Service Announcement: Flash Gordon is on ITV4.
a man with a beard is wearing a helmet and wings and says [ laughs ]
Alt: Brian Blessed just laughing. The GIF has no sound and I’m deaf, yet I can somehow still hear it. Oh, he’s some kind of hawk man.
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Public Service Announcement: Flash Gordon is on ITV4.
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Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
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Everyone knows St Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland & St George slew that dragon. So why isn’t it common knowledge that St Andrew punched a pterodactyl in the face?
Happy St Andrew’s Day
Happy St Andrew’s Day
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Everyone knows St Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland & St George slew that dragon. So why isn’t it common knowledge that St Andrew punched a pterodactyl in the face?
Happy St Andrew’s Day
Happy St Andrew’s Day
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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Paul Doyle, the Liverpool parade car attacker. You never have to dig too deep. This explains everything. Hate.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Paul Doyle, the Liverpool parade car attacker. You never have to dig too deep. This explains everything. Hate.
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It becomes obvious very early on in U.N.C.L.E how much of an asset David McCallum is and with remarkable grace and generosity, Robert Vaughn shifts sideways to accomodate him. It becomes a two-man show, with Leo G in sterling support.
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It becomes obvious very early on in U.N.C.L.E how much of an asset David McCallum is and with remarkable grace and generosity, Robert Vaughn shifts sideways to accomodate him. It becomes a two-man show, with Leo G in sterling support.
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If anything online gambling should have punitive VAT treatment. Externalities and costs to society of it going wrong for people clicking on their phones are borne by the public instead of those making a mint off it...
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If anything online gambling should have punitive VAT treatment. Externalities and costs to society of it going wrong for people clicking on their phones are borne by the public instead of those making a mint off it...