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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 1d

In more vigilant country news, here's how the Dutch government keep citizens informed (Vaccines for 60 and older by the way) www.rivm.nl/en/coronavir...

Weekly coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 figures

On this page, RIVM provides a weekly update on Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) figures in the Netherlands, such as newly reported COVID-19 infections, the new hospital and Intensive Care admissions,...

www.rivm.nl

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, good to know. I got the Superdrug flu jab for £9.95 with their loyalty card but £90 is still too much, I'll just stick to opening bus windows and avoiding airless pubs.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 1d

Flu jab £21.95 at Boots, Covid jab £98.95.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 2d

This is a brilliant listen.

Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 2d

When AI systems are being tested, they pretend to be dumber than they are. Eek. Also contains (a few) laughs.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

Listen here: link.chtbl.com/AIWhatCouldG...

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays, he's back in your ears with The Weekly Show -- a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with a range of special guests. From experts a...

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 3d

It's like sky dramas that show "speaks foreign language" obliterating the subtitles helpfully translating that foreign language. Been going on for years.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 3d

BBC employee? Talksport unless I've missed something.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 4d

Have you got any Gauhaus?

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 4d

Generic Bob seems an awful person

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 4d

Unless someone's moved the Alex from Birmingham to Eastbourne while I wasn't looking I would question the proof reading.

Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 5d

Your heist during the interval plot must have been a columbo episode.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 5d

Not all the UK media, but sadly you have to dig quite deep, part of the reason I stick to trusted news podcasts these days.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 6d

The Morrisons self checkout machine told me it was lovely to see me. Fair put a spring in my step I can tell you.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 7d

he believed it enhanced masculinity

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 7d

Probably explains Barnt Green then

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 7d

Trouble is, there is no trace of the business on Companies House.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks

'It's 100% legitimate'

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 11d

It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 11d

Clearly explained, especially the impact of Brexit. It would be interesting to see the comparison of the numbers of UK citizens leaving for work/retirement in the EU before and since Brexit.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 11d

Mexican Bookshop #BookshopForRadio

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 12d

On a recent podcast, Mike Bubbins tells how Mike Post wrote the theme tune for his sitcom Mammoth for no fee. He later flew from LA in to Cardiff on his private jet to play golf and go for a chinese and a pint with Bubbins

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 15d

Tremendous. Never heard this before. Thanks for playing it.

Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 16d

Peter Haber, the increasingly marginalised Martin Beck, nipping over the Øresund bridge to recapture some limelight.

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 21d

The number of women departing New York holding a frog has fallen off a cliff as well

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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 23d

Verschlimmbessern

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 24d

It's honestly depressing how bad previously respected local news media have become. Fortunately places like @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social have sprung up offering actual reporting, rather than whatever this is

Richard Servian @serwianski.bsky.social · 24d

Conkers or Bonkers
'Drivers told to place conkers in car in September or face £2,500 fines' - A correction'

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

'Drivers told to place conkers in car in September or face £2,500 fines' - A correction

We are happy to clarify this and the article has been amended

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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