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Simon HB
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I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground
Rather than 'wear polite trousers', this is a project that has the opportunity to make a significant difference in people's air travel experience (also contains the 'fall off my chair every time' fact that DIA covers FIFTY THREE SQUARE MILES. (Well over ten times the size of Heathrow)
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There was a man from London (a place in South-East England) loudly opining before Adam Ant came on last night that he was surprised at the size of the crowd, given that we were "in the middle of nowhere", like we were in Tamworth or something
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Still makes me laugh
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yes, I can absolutely see this is the sort of thing you'd do if you're expecting to be a significant player in the next parliament
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Obviously you thank flight crew, unless you're some sort of monster, but they can shove this "dress with respect" thing right up their butts
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Oh, God, they're going with the 'shift the M25' option for Heathrow, and I think the traffic jam that's going to cause has probably already backed up to Luton
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Black shirts.

Apt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reading about the BBC censoring The Reith Lectures while listening to Tony Benn's Andy Kershaw session doing selections from Tom Paine et al
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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KNOW YOUR POP STARS:

Left - the first to go do a LIPA
Right - the first to be Dua Lipa
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
When Scooby Doo processes your Visa application...
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just muttering behind people's backs, then, is it? Odious AND cowardly?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Robbie Gibb says he finds the idea there's been a coup at the BBC is "offensive". I doubt he finds it nearly as offensive as I find his efforts to interfere with editorial independence or hiring decisions, but sure.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Amazing times: they're going to build AI chips in a place famous for growing tulips. All your bubble needs in one place.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Japan's gamble to turn island of flowers into global chip hub
The country once led the world in semiconductors and electronics, but over the years it fell behind Taiwan, South Korea and China.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Post a movie set where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just been sent work's "festive menu" and it's promising a "Merry Shroommas" sandwich which, if popular, means nobody on-site will be getting much work done on December afternoons.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Elon Musk did just say that his technology was going to be good at roasting people
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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You're just a bee charmer, Charlie Brown.
"Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Charlie Brown!"
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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So... Tariffing higher education while our universities are in the doldrums?
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I Thought We Were Going For Chips, Charlie Brown
I'm Funny How? I Mean Funny Like I'm A Clown, I Amuse You? I Make You Laugh, I'm Here To Fuckin' Amuse You? What Do You Mean Funny, Funny How, Charlie Brown?
You Won’t Find It Down There, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thing I had forgotten that happened: Back before Sara Cox was the new People's Pudsey Princess, she was at the heart of a "drug" advert storm www.timeextension.com/features/fla...
Flashback: "The S**t Absolutely Hit The Fan" - When WipEout (And Sara Cox's Bloody Nose) Shocked A Nation
"It seemed there'd been a not-very-robust sign-off process"
www.timeextension.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM