Joe Daziel
@joedalziel.bsky.social
Rugby Union tragic. Lover of classic cars. Interested in politics, theatre and science.
#FBPE
Any nonsense arguments or ad hominem = Block.
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Kiri Te Kanawa - O Mio Babbino Caro
YouTube video by NottsUK
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I've never been a huge fan of opera, but this particular aria, 'Oh, Mio Babbino Caro' by Puccini chokes me up every time. 😭😍
youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q?...
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Please boycott the billionaires.
Thank you!
Thank you!
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please boycott the billionaires.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Mega-shark remains found on beach in Australia. Experts say it was absolutely massive.
Good job we only have the pesky Great Whites to contend with these days. 🫣🦈
www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...
Good job we only have the pesky Great Whites to contend with these days. 🫣🦈
www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...
Mega-shark remains found on beach in Australia. Experts say it was absolutely massive | Discover Wildlife
After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length and weighed significantly more than today's great white sharks.
www.discoverwildlife.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Mega-shark remains found on beach in Australia. Experts say it was absolutely massive.
Good job we only have the pesky Great Whites to contend with these days. 🫣🦈
www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...
Good job we only have the pesky Great Whites to contend with these days. 🫣🦈
www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...
'The main contributor was electricity (up 37.1 per cent in the 12 months to October), influenced by the winding down of government rebates.'
#auspol
RBA could hike interest rates in early 2026 as banks rewrite forecasts - ABC News share.google/VYpsaYwOU6H8...
#auspol
RBA could hike interest rates in early 2026 as banks rewrite forecasts - ABC News share.google/VYpsaYwOU6H8...
The RBA's likely next interest rate move has surprised just about everyone
Hotter-than-expected inflation figures have caught most economists and policy makers off guard. The ongoing price pressures in the economy open the door for an RBA interest rate hike in 2026.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'The main contributor was electricity (up 37.1 per cent in the 12 months to October), influenced by the winding down of government rebates.'
#auspol
RBA could hike interest rates in early 2026 as banks rewrite forecasts - ABC News share.google/VYpsaYwOU6H8...
#auspol
RBA could hike interest rates in early 2026 as banks rewrite forecasts - ABC News share.google/VYpsaYwOU6H8...
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Let me get this straight...
Trump destroys boats off the coast of South America supposedly to stop drug smugglers...
Then pardons a real convicted drug smuggler...
Trump pardons ex-Honduran President convicted in the smuggling of 100s of tons of cocaine into US.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump destroys boats off the coast of South America supposedly to stop drug smugglers...
Then pardons a real convicted drug smuggler...
Trump pardons ex-Honduran President convicted in the smuggling of 100s of tons of cocaine into US.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump pardons ex-Honduran President convicted in the smuggling of 100s of tons of cocaine into US
In April 2022, US authorities extradited Juan Orlando Hernández from Honduras to stand trial for running a violent drug trafficking conspiracy and helping to smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine to the...
www.dailykos.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Let me get this straight...
Trump destroys boats off the coast of South America supposedly to stop drug smugglers...
Then pardons a real convicted drug smuggler...
Trump pardons ex-Honduran President convicted in the smuggling of 100s of tons of cocaine into US.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump destroys boats off the coast of South America supposedly to stop drug smugglers...
Then pardons a real convicted drug smuggler...
Trump pardons ex-Honduran President convicted in the smuggling of 100s of tons of cocaine into US.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
Another stupid MAGA worth blocking. The state of this👇
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Another stupid MAGA worth blocking. The state of this👇
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Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' - BBC News share.google/WdOfpA13kb1o...
As if this makes it any better?
My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
Farage joked about gas chambers.
And yet about 30% of British people want to vote for this waste of oxygen.
As if this makes it any better?
My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
Farage joked about gas chambers.
And yet about 30% of British people want to vote for this waste of oxygen.
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' - BBC News
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' - BBC News share.google/WdOfpA13kb1o...
As if this makes it any better?
My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
Farage joked about gas chambers.
And yet about 30% of British people want to vote for this waste of oxygen.
As if this makes it any better?
My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
Farage joked about gas chambers.
And yet about 30% of British people want to vote for this waste of oxygen.
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😢 We are monsters: As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
😢 We are monsters: As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
I've never been a huge fan of opera, but this particular aria, 'Oh, Mio Babbino Caro' by Puccini chokes me up every time. 😭😍
youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q?...
youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q?...
Kiri Te Kanawa - O Mio Babbino Caro
YouTube video by NottsUK
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I've never been a huge fan of opera, but this particular aria, 'Oh, Mio Babbino Caro' by Puccini chokes me up every time. 😭😍
youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q?...
youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q?...
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Anyone who's had a bad chicken curry after a few beers can relate to this. 😬👇
Filter-Feeding Pterosaur Becomes The First Extinct Species Discovered In Fossil Vomit 🤮🦖
www.iflscience.com/filter-feedi...
Filter-Feeding Pterosaur Becomes The First Extinct Species Discovered In Fossil Vomit 🤮🦖
www.iflscience.com/filter-feedi...
This Filter Feeding Pterosaur Is The First Extinct Species We’ve Described… From Fossilized Vomit
Mixed among fish remains, the pterosaur appears to have upset a spinosaurid's stomach.
www.iflscience.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Anyone who's had a bad chicken curry after a few beers can relate to this. 😬👇
Filter-Feeding Pterosaur Becomes The First Extinct Species Discovered In Fossil Vomit 🤮🦖
www.iflscience.com/filter-feedi...
Filter-Feeding Pterosaur Becomes The First Extinct Species Discovered In Fossil Vomit 🤮🦖
www.iflscience.com/filter-feedi...
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Fuck the shareholders. Nothing says "we care more about our shareholders than our customers" than this shit.
Makes me so angry.
Makes me so angry.
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Fuck the shareholders. Nothing says "we care more about our shareholders than our customers" than this shit.
Makes me so angry.
Makes me so angry.
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Why doesn't the present government release the Russia Report?.
Bring into the spotlight who did collude and is still colluding with Russia to devastate Britain.
#RussianInterference
#Brexit
#RussiaReport
Bring into the spotlight who did collude and is still colluding with Russia to devastate Britain.
#RussianInterference
#Brexit
#RussiaReport
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Why doesn't the present government release the Russia Report?.
Bring into the spotlight who did collude and is still colluding with Russia to devastate Britain.
#RussianInterference
#Brexit
#RussiaReport
Bring into the spotlight who did collude and is still colluding with Russia to devastate Britain.
#RussianInterference
#Brexit
#RussiaReport
Just walking up the hall in the house, spotted this little critter. White-tail spider. 🕷️😬
Fortunately their reputation for causing necrosis in the bite wound is greatly exaggerated.
Now outside where it can hunt something other than me. 🫣
Fortunately their reputation for causing necrosis in the bite wound is greatly exaggerated.
Now outside where it can hunt something other than me. 🫣
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just walking up the hall in the house, spotted this little critter. White-tail spider. 🕷️😬
Fortunately their reputation for causing necrosis in the bite wound is greatly exaggerated.
Now outside where it can hunt something other than me. 🫣
Fortunately their reputation for causing necrosis in the bite wound is greatly exaggerated.
Now outside where it can hunt something other than me. 🫣
The Independent not holding back. 👇
Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong
Editorial: The chancellor’s decision to break a manifesto pledge cannot so easily be flipped from yes to no, especially when there has been no change in the economy to warrant it. This is no way to ru...
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Independent not holding back. 👇
Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on income tax is needless, cowardly – and wrong
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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Trump: the World's Biggest and most dangerous Bag of Wind.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump rolls back tariffs on dozens of food products
The executive order allowing products like coffee and bananas to escape tariffs comes as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure over rising prices.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump: the World's Biggest and most dangerous Bag of Wind.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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At least 27 people sickened & 6 are dead in the latest US listeria outbreak. Illnesses & deaths are due to a multistate outbreak of listeria linked to pasta meals sold at major grocery chains. On the list of food-borne bacteria that are no longer monitored by the feds listeria is on the list👇
At least 27 people sickened and 6 dead in latest US listeria outbreak. What you should know | CNN
Six people have died due to an outbreak of listeria linked to prepared pasta meals sold at major US grocery chains. A doctor explains how to reduce your risk of illness.
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
At least 27 people sickened & 6 are dead in the latest US listeria outbreak. Illnesses & deaths are due to a multistate outbreak of listeria linked to pasta meals sold at major grocery chains. On the list of food-borne bacteria that are no longer monitored by the feds listeria is on the list👇
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Kim Hunter #BOTD, pictured here in a publicity still with co-stars Roger Livesey, David Niven and Raymond Massey taken at Denham Film Studios 🎥 in England on the set of “A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH” (1946) directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Kim Hunter #BOTD, pictured here in a publicity still with co-stars Roger Livesey, David Niven and Raymond Massey taken at Denham Film Studios 🎥 in England on the set of “A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH” (1946) directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
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The Guardian says this should be the BBC's response to Trump. I tend to agree!
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Arkell v Pressdram [1971]
In April 1971, Private Eye carried the story of how James Arkell, a retail credit manager, had dispensed with the services of two bailiffs who were on bail on charges of conspiracy to create a publ…
proftomcrick.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Guardian says this should be the BBC's response to Trump. I tend to agree!
proftomcrick.com/2014/04/29/a...
proftomcrick.com/2014/04/29/a...
A nice illustration of the evolution of life on earth.🤔
Some Democrat senators apparently evolved at around 20:48 (8:48 p.m.) 😬
Some Democrat senators apparently evolved at around 20:48 (8:48 p.m.) 😬
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A nice illustration of the evolution of life on earth.🤔
Some Democrat senators apparently evolved at around 20:48 (8:48 p.m.) 😬
Some Democrat senators apparently evolved at around 20:48 (8:48 p.m.) 😬
Yeah, nah. I'll pass. 😬🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found
Researchers say well over 100,000 spiders from two different species coexist in this remarkable underground metropolis for arachnids
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yeah, nah. I'll pass. 😬🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Well, at least my microwave appreciates me. 🤭
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Well, at least my microwave appreciates me. 🤭
Explain a film plot badly.
Musicians flee the mob dressed in drag.
Musicians flee the mob dressed in drag.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Explain a film plot badly.
Musicians flee the mob dressed in drag.
Musicians flee the mob dressed in drag.
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Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.