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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently that position is very American and not shared by anyone else in the world in their interpretation of when a civilian target becomes a valid military target.

Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand the position that a gas pipeline isn't a military target.

It was a potential revenue source for the government and it wasn't operating - attacking it before it came online was possibly the only time it was a valid target before it veered into war crimes territory.

“If you want to argue that this was an act of war, you would have to establish that the pipeline is a military target, which is not the case. It’s a civilian target, so you cannot just attack it,” he said, adding that he believed Germany did have jurisdiction because the yacht allegedly used in the attack was rented in Germany.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 2d

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 2d

That's an old map of TEN-T in the image?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-E...

Trans-European Transport Network - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 4d

Short, sweet, and ends on a note that will chill the bones of any millennial.

I'm a sucker for everything Tom Lloyd has written, but I really love this series.

Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 5d

IT'S ALIVE!

Ahem... I mean the book's now live on amazon for purchase, in ebook and paperback

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0FX...

Promo card for the devil in the vicarage

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stuaa.bsky.social @stuaa.bsky.social · 5d

This is just to say

I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert

and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand

Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old

Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 5d

Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 5d

There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 5d

Riding a motorcycle convinces you that everyone who drives a white van is, in fact, trying to kill you.

My most unpopular opinion is that you shouldn't be able to drive anything that weighs more than 1000kg without passing a more stringent driving test.

beautiful women updates @aoife.bsky.social · 5d

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5d

I should be as clear as I can: there is no future worth fighting for that accepts as a compromise building detainment camps for undesireables, and it is incumbent on anyone looking to a future worth having that that we find ways to take care of each other without building Alligator Omelas.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5d

bell riots bell riots bell riots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

www.nytimes.com

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 5d

Sam Gamgee is the hardest person in middle earth

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 5d

It allows for a more hydrodynamically efficient shape without serious stability issues.

Keeping them further back probably solves a key issue - getting close enough to reprovision.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 6d

My dad's first cousin was always aunt, and we have plenty of people in the family with no blood relation who got unofficially adopted as cousins and are invited to every family gathering.

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Olive Rae Brinker @olivebrinker.bsky.social · 6d

the muppets are enduring cast of characters because each of them represents the duality of man

kermit is nervous but charming
fozzie is confident but untalented
gonzo is deranged but dignified
miss piggie is rude but elegant
sam eagle is socially liberal but fiscally conservative

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone who has ever had to interact with the Home Office could have told her that. Thing is, with a singular focus on making life worse for marginalised groups Mahmood is making the whole thing worse. 1/

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood says Home Office 'not yet fit for purpose'

The home secretary's response comes after The Times revealed a report calling the Home Office “dysfunctional”.

www.bbc.com

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Matovilka @matovilka.bsky.social · 7d

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 8d

Pre-ordered and eagerly awaited. 😄

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 8d

The nice weather is gone and reading has commenced - I devoured this in short order. Please, sir, may I have some more?

Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 11d

Devil Inside - a contemporary British fantasy of magic, spies and a young woman just trying to escape her past.

Out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...

cover art for Devil Inside with the captions "a secret family legacy" "possessed, sick or a bit of both?" "mansions, money and Tory ministers" "sex, spies and great bit wands", "some very good dogs" "government secrets" with the caption "this is romantasy"

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Adam Cain @adamcain.bsky.social · 9d

So, I am going to hoist my unpopular opinion: hooray for Greenwich Mean Time!

Hooray for dawn before 7 am! OK, so the evening will be dark, but it's supposed to be. Nights are dark, mornings are supposed to be light.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 9d

London is 4° further north, so that would be an increase in daylight. 😅

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 10d

To be honest, if Bondi was more competent she could have already gotten rid of the 1980 and 1981 memos that create the need for shutdown and put new ones in place that says to act as if there's a rolling continuing resolution until Congress says otherwise on spending priorities.

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Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 10d

women are about 78% of the healthcare workforce in america. i know people know this but it’s always worthwhile to state it outright. not only is it gendered to underpay healthcare workers but men who get “caught up” in it are undervalued for doing female-coded work. same with teachers.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10d

It will never not bother me how often when you’re talking to someone — in life, for work, w/e — who is struggling that that person works in healthcare. Nurses, orderlies, home health aids, people who draw blood, etc

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 11d

1.5 miles in 14 minutes is about the pace expected of support units in the army (REME is 14 minutes in the British Army iirc).

It's a pretty bare minimum level. I'm a poor runner but I could hit that just fine at 20, even if the sub-12 mins for other options were beyond me.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 11d

Even where programmers have COBOL skills, they don't necessarily want to use them. Maintenance work is pretty boring - steady work before retirement, but it's mostly a dead end if you're trying to build a resume.

If you're older, it's pretty hard to get in the door because you're already over 60.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 11d

Wait, the Spitting Image reboot is still going? Did it ever find the funny?

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13d

I am going to leave the Platner thing alone soon I swear, once I'm done being disappointed at people for whom "no literal Nazi tattoos" is a bridge too far, but I want to point out something is off here about his statements and I think this might be another lie. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The US military already has a policy that checks for extremist, racist and sexist tattoos, and Platner added that the Nazi connection never came up during security screenings, including when he joined the army national guard after his marine service and later for the state department when he worked as security detail for the US ambassador to Afghanistan.

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Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 14d

Surely I can't transport mold spores between bread by using the same knife on different loaves.

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