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Sam Wilson
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· Aug 1
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bill of attainder
bill of attainder
BILL OF ATTAINDER
bill of attainder
BILL OF ATTAINDER
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
bill of attainder
bill of attainder
BILL OF ATTAINDER
bill of attainder
BILL OF ATTAINDER
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"Its a once in a generation crisis, but putting NI back where it was in late 2023 is obviously not an option."
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 AM
"Its a once in a generation crisis, but putting NI back where it was in late 2023 is obviously not an option."
Yeah, I read the emails too
you have surrounded us with a great cloud of witnesses
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Yeah, I read the emails too
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The priest’s opening remarks: “what a delightful couple and a joyful day but we’re also conscious of other events south of here, so let’s not hang about”. Fastest catholic wedding mass and shortest communion queue I have ever witnessed.
Found out later he had a TV in the vestry.
Found out later he had a TV in the vestry.
February 2, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The priest’s opening remarks: “what a delightful couple and a joyful day but we’re also conscious of other events south of here, so let’s not hang about”. Fastest catholic wedding mass and shortest communion queue I have ever witnessed.
Found out later he had a TV in the vestry.
Found out later he had a TV in the vestry.
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generationally good "if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike" comment there
February 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
generationally good "if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike" comment there
Sent off an email I've been putting off for nearly two years. A personal best.
February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Sent off an email I've been putting off for nearly two years. A personal best.
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punxsutawney phil (just had visions of pestilence, blood rain, malignant false idols, stillborn livestock): uuuh 6 more weeks of winter
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
punxsutawney phil (just had visions of pestilence, blood rain, malignant false idols, stillborn livestock): uuuh 6 more weeks of winter
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Three parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson.
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Three parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson.
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Had to share this article by Michael Ellis just for this phrase:
"In a virtue-signalling move, the Church..."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
"In a virtue-signalling move, the Church..."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
Now that Anglicans are in the reparations game, should Catholics and Jews demand recompense too?
From early abolition to the Royal Navy’s patrols against the vile trade, we should be proud of Britain’s role in fighting slavery
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Had to share this article by Michael Ellis just for this phrase:
"In a virtue-signalling move, the Church..."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
"In a virtue-signalling move, the Church..."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
Just had a notification from the Microsoft Word app on my phone and I didn’t know that was a thing
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Just had a notification from the Microsoft Word app on my phone and I didn’t know that was a thing
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Wake up babe, new church fresco restoration controversy just dropped
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Wake up babe, new church fresco restoration controversy just dropped
Bill of attainder when?
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has urged House of Lords to urgently modernise disciplinary procedures so that Peter Mandelson can be stripped of his peerage and removed from upper chamber.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Bill of attainder when?
After a one year review of the Bread and Circuses, that has taken place with Senators and Tribunes, I have determined that the fastest way to achieve Bread and Circuses is to close Circuses and to blame the price of Bread on Sleepy Joe.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
After a one year review of the Bread and Circuses, that has taken place with Senators and Tribunes, I have determined that the fastest way to achieve Bread and Circuses is to close Circuses and to blame the price of Bread on Sleepy Joe.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Personally, I transsubstantiate every kitkat I eat.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Personally, I transsubstantiate every kitkat I eat.
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Working out travelling to London for the first time since we moved out of Greater Manchester.
Discovering the local train station (which is on the WCML) only has 70 parking spaces and they all fill up before you’ve had chance to blink
Estate agents don’t mention these things, I have realised
Discovering the local train station (which is on the WCML) only has 70 parking spaces and they all fill up before you’ve had chance to blink
Estate agents don’t mention these things, I have realised
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Working out travelling to London for the first time since we moved out of Greater Manchester.
Discovering the local train station (which is on the WCML) only has 70 parking spaces and they all fill up before you’ve had chance to blink
Estate agents don’t mention these things, I have realised
Discovering the local train station (which is on the WCML) only has 70 parking spaces and they all fill up before you’ve had chance to blink
Estate agents don’t mention these things, I have realised
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We do, regretfully, have to give her this.
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We do, regretfully, have to give her this.
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While rare things happen once 'in a blue moon' in English, in Czech they occur once 'in a Hungarian year' ('jednou za uherský rok').
It's been suggested that this is a legacy of the Ottoman wars in Central Europe, when military service in Hungary could stretch on indefinitely.
It's been suggested that this is a legacy of the Ottoman wars in Central Europe, when military service in Hungary could stretch on indefinitely.
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
While rare things happen once 'in a blue moon' in English, in Czech they occur once 'in a Hungarian year' ('jednou za uherský rok').
It's been suggested that this is a legacy of the Ottoman wars in Central Europe, when military service in Hungary could stretch on indefinitely.
It's been suggested that this is a legacy of the Ottoman wars in Central Europe, when military service in Hungary could stretch on indefinitely.
Jackie Pearcey has been standing to represent Gorton in parliament since before I was born. That is commitment.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liberal Democrats name Gorton and Denton by-election candidate
Local activist Jackie Pearcey is the Liberal Democrats' candidate for the Greater Manchester seat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Jackie Pearcey has been standing to represent Gorton in parliament since before I was born. That is commitment.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"the committee is however unenthusiastic about the petitioners' choice of chair"
Doesn't get more brutal than that in the Church of England
Doesn't get more brutal than that in the Church of England
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"the committee is however unenthusiastic about the petitioners' choice of chair"
Doesn't get more brutal than that in the Church of England
Doesn't get more brutal than that in the Church of England
A friend was trying to see if Chat GPT could identify a location of a painting hanging in our home and happy to report that Christopher Wren designed so many London churches that it can't tell them apart.
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A friend was trying to see if Chat GPT could identify a location of a painting hanging in our home and happy to report that Christopher Wren designed so many London churches that it can't tell them apart.
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Yes, obviously I am, you're the Department of International History. It's literally your job.
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Yes, obviously I am, you're the Department of International History. It's literally your job.
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Based on Trump’s most important criteria of “looks good on TV”, I’d think Waller, except his patrician looks might remind him too much of Powell. Warsh has that reality TV look.
August 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Based on Trump’s most important criteria of “looks good on TV”, I’d think Waller, except his patrician looks might remind him too much of Powell. Warsh has that reality TV look.
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AI is coming for our jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
AI is coming for our jobs.