PWCoghlan
@pwc50.bsky.social
Old school bits, bytes and (r)aging optimist...
A "big beautiful battleship"
The Navy found the secret path to secure funding for their dream projects: just call it a #Trump something...
BBC News - Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Fleet' battleships named after himself
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Navy found the secret path to secure funding for their dream projects: just call it a #Trump something...
BBC News - Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Fleet' battleships named after himself
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump unveils new class of battleships named after himself
The US president has vowed to revive American shipbuilding after lagging behind China in naval capacity.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A "big beautiful battleship"
The Navy found the secret path to secure funding for their dream projects: just call it a #Trump something...
BBC News - Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Fleet' battleships named after himself
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Navy found the secret path to secure funding for their dream projects: just call it a #Trump something...
BBC News - Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Fleet' battleships named after himself
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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From Ireland 🇮🇪
Our government have advised all Irish people traveling to the US to get a new clean phone.
Thats how the US is seen now.
The world is waiting for the big beautiful obituary
Our government have advised all Irish people traveling to the US to get a new clean phone.
Thats how the US is seen now.
The world is waiting for the big beautiful obituary
December 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From Ireland 🇮🇪
Our government have advised all Irish people traveling to the US to get a new clean phone.
Thats how the US is seen now.
The world is waiting for the big beautiful obituary
Our government have advised all Irish people traveling to the US to get a new clean phone.
Thats how the US is seen now.
The world is waiting for the big beautiful obituary
Is this a coincidence @theipaper.com (yes I know the “independent” titles share ownership)?
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Is this a coincidence @theipaper.com (yes I know the “independent” titles share ownership)?
Why 11 years after this toolkit was sent to every medical practitioner in the UK are they still missing the symptoms of sepsis?
www.england.nhs.uk/2014/09/psa-...
www.england.nhs.uk/2014/09/psa-...
NHS England » Patient safety alert – resources to support the prompt recognition of sepsis and the rapid initiation of treatment
NHS England » Patient safety alert – resources to support the prompt recognition of sepsis and the rapid initiation of treatment
www.england.nhs.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Why 11 years after this toolkit was sent to every medical practitioner in the UK are they still missing the symptoms of sepsis?
www.england.nhs.uk/2014/09/psa-...
www.england.nhs.uk/2014/09/psa-...
So now we're measuring stuff in pizzas...
The DiskSats are 39 inches (1 meter) wide, about twice the diameter of a New York-style pizza
These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about - Ars Technica share.google/1GryzxZWntum...
The DiskSats are 39 inches (1 meter) wide, about twice the diameter of a New York-style pizza
These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about - Ars Technica share.google/1GryzxZWntum...
These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about
DiskSat’s design offers “a power-to-weight ratio unmatched by traditional aluminum satellites.”…
share.google
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
So now we're measuring stuff in pizzas...
The DiskSats are 39 inches (1 meter) wide, about twice the diameter of a New York-style pizza
These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about - Ars Technica share.google/1GryzxZWntum...
The DiskSats are 39 inches (1 meter) wide, about twice the diameter of a New York-style pizza
These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about - Ars Technica share.google/1GryzxZWntum...
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There is no ‘SUPER FLU’
A title that has been used in mainstream media, hyped by politicians and used as a narrative.
Nevertheless no one wants to be ill or in hospital this Christmas or New Year unless you are working.
Get your vaccine now.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
A title that has been used in mainstream media, hyped by politicians and used as a narrative.
Nevertheless no one wants to be ill or in hospital this Christmas or New Year unless you are working.
Get your vaccine now.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There is no ‘SUPER FLU’
A title that has been used in mainstream media, hyped by politicians and used as a narrative.
Nevertheless no one wants to be ill or in hospital this Christmas or New Year unless you are working.
Get your vaccine now.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
A title that has been used in mainstream media, hyped by politicians and used as a narrative.
Nevertheless no one wants to be ill or in hospital this Christmas or New Year unless you are working.
Get your vaccine now.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
The impartial, BBC hero Michael Prescott, again? 🤔
If you’d like to read the actual 33-page defamation lawsuit Donald Trump has filed “for damages not less than $5,000,000,000”, then here it is:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in TRUMP v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-25894) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION. Filing fees $ 405.00 receipt number AFLSDC-19044737, filed by DONALD J. TRUMP. (A...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The impartial, BBC hero Michael Prescott, again? 🤔
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🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Christmas Ident Calendar Day 15. BBC2's '2' stayed with Wallace & Gromit in 1995 to promote A Close Shave, which was watched by 10.62m on Christmas Eve. This presentation won a BAFTA for Best Graphic Design. Look out for the nod, the wink & the raised glass at the end.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Christmas Ident Calendar Day 15. BBC2's '2' stayed with Wallace & Gromit in 1995 to promote A Close Shave, which was watched by 10.62m on Christmas Eve. This presentation won a BAFTA for Best Graphic Design. Look out for the nod, the wink & the raised glass at the end.
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Incredibly brave man.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Incredibly brave man.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
Only the Graun feels the need to ask the question (hint:💰)
For the Daily Hate, Sunday Times etc & in true Xmas spirit, it’s:
‘Even at Christmas, Meghan hates her Dad’ ffs
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
For the Daily Hate, Sunday Times etc & in true Xmas spirit, it’s:
‘Even at Christmas, Meghan hates her Dad’ ffs
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father?
Duchess of Sussex says journalistic ethics breached as dad turns to journalist first to break news of leg amputation
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Only the Graun feels the need to ask the question (hint:💰)
For the Daily Hate, Sunday Times etc & in true Xmas spirit, it’s:
‘Even at Christmas, Meghan hates her Dad’ ffs
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
For the Daily Hate, Sunday Times etc & in true Xmas spirit, it’s:
‘Even at Christmas, Meghan hates her Dad’ ffs
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's the 21st century & yet Aer Lingus, being situated north of the Liffey, seems to cling on to some very ancient north / south cultural tropes 🙄
‘Posh Belvedere boy’: Aer Lingus pilot tells WRC about co-pilot’s use of word ‘apologies’
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
‘Posh Belvedere boy’: Aer Lingus pilot tells WRC about co-pilot’s use of word ‘apologies’
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
‘Posh Belvedere boy’: Aer Lingus pilot tells WRC about co-pilot’s use of word ‘apologies’
Airline denies statutory complaints brought by Declan McCabe, under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It's the 21st century & yet Aer Lingus, being situated north of the Liffey, seems to cling on to some very ancient north / south cultural tropes 🙄
‘Posh Belvedere boy’: Aer Lingus pilot tells WRC about co-pilot’s use of word ‘apologies’
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
‘Posh Belvedere boy’: Aer Lingus pilot tells WRC about co-pilot’s use of word ‘apologies’
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
And for Trump & Putin, Poland would only be the start
🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fuller version of Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU"
notesfrompoland.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And for Trump & Putin, Poland would only be the start
Perhaps Specsavers can help Donna Quixote see the real enemy
Excellent from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A braver Tory leader than Badenoch would dare to call out Farage's bogus patriotism | Rafael Behr
Across western democracies, established conservatives are yielding to radical nationalism. There’s no sign that Britain will be the exception, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Perhaps Specsavers can help Donna Quixote see the real enemy
Excellent from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
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So this week shall I write about how killing unarmed civilians is murder or about how unwise it would be to limit the human right against torture.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
So this week shall I write about how killing unarmed civilians is murder or about how unwise it would be to limit the human right against torture.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
I appreciate I’m no longer the targeted demographic but this effort at revitalising the Whovian whatnot is thin gruel; a opportunity down the pan, like the plot 😕
#doctorwho
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...?
#doctorwho
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...?
The War Between the Land and the Sea review – prepare to roll your eyes a lot at this fishy Doctor Who spinoff
Dodgy character names, zero subtlety, a dubious approach to female roles … Russell T Davies’s show about fishfolk is entertaining – but feels like a wasted opportunity to make genuinely great TV
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I appreciate I’m no longer the targeted demographic but this effort at revitalising the Whovian whatnot is thin gruel; a opportunity down the pan, like the plot 😕
#doctorwho
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...?
#doctorwho
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...?
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I have a 94yo neighbour who plans to vote reform. I've looked after him through ill health, sorted out his computer and smartphone pretty much every night. To him Farage's policies might mean deportation for my ILtR wife (and therefore kids). His response: "I couldn't give a shit".
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I have a 94yo neighbour who plans to vote reform. I've looked after him through ill health, sorted out his computer and smartphone pretty much every night. To him Farage's policies might mean deportation for my ILtR wife (and therefore kids). His response: "I couldn't give a shit".
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Still the best ever tweet about the World Cup draw
(might be tricky for non-Irish people to get)
(might be tricky for non-Irish people to get)
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Still the best ever tweet about the World Cup draw
(might be tricky for non-Irish people to get)
(might be tricky for non-Irish people to get)
As allegedly overheard by Luke #Skywalker in the Mos Eisley Cantina:
'We're pissed off because we overlooked an opportunity for a #StarWars prequel so based on a "letter agreement" we found behind the desk, we now want a slice of the cake'
parade.com/news/1993-co...
'We're pissed off because we overlooked an opportunity for a #StarWars prequel so based on a "letter agreement" we found behind the desk, we now want a slice of the cake'
parade.com/news/1993-co...
A 1993 Contract Could Rewrite 'Star Wars' History — and Disney’s Not Happy
Fans loved it, despite the lawsuit!
parade.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As allegedly overheard by Luke #Skywalker in the Mos Eisley Cantina:
'We're pissed off because we overlooked an opportunity for a #StarWars prequel so based on a "letter agreement" we found behind the desk, we now want a slice of the cake'
parade.com/news/1993-co...
'We're pissed off because we overlooked an opportunity for a #StarWars prequel so based on a "letter agreement" we found behind the desk, we now want a slice of the cake'
parade.com/news/1993-co...
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🚨🚨 God #America, this is grim and a very stark wake-up call to European political ledaders on the (non) future of the "transatlantic alliance":
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🚨🚨 God #America, this is grim and a very stark wake-up call to European political ledaders on the (non) future of the "transatlantic alliance":
😐
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
😐
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1. That the BBC has not been positive enough about the great famines in Ireland and Bengal. They don’t specify which of the Bengal famines, but assuming both that would be some 14 million deaths. Surely the BBC should have found a way of claiming them as triumphs of British rule?
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
1. That the BBC has not been positive enough about the great famines in Ireland and Bengal. They don’t specify which of the Bengal famines, but assuming both that would be some 14 million deaths. Surely the BBC should have found a way of claiming them as triumphs of British rule?