alan
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I would only trade our Devon lifestyle for a palazzo in Venice, or a Villa on the Venice Lido.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Zero confusion about what Europeans should do.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
February 16, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Zero confusion about what Europeans should do.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
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Great to welcome Keir Starmer to Putney to announce new action to keep children safe online.
From tackling illegal AI content to speeding up powers to restrict harmful features, this is about giving children the childhood they deserve and parents real peace of mind. (1/2)
From tackling illegal AI content to speeding up powers to restrict harmful features, this is about giving children the childhood they deserve and parents real peace of mind. (1/2)
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Great to welcome Keir Starmer to Putney to announce new action to keep children safe online.
From tackling illegal AI content to speeding up powers to restrict harmful features, this is about giving children the childhood they deserve and parents real peace of mind. (1/2)
From tackling illegal AI content to speeding up powers to restrict harmful features, this is about giving children the childhood they deserve and parents real peace of mind. (1/2)
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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Another misleading headline from the Times. Read the article and it’s clear, a failure to meet a five year plan for maintenance is the fundamental problem.
February 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Another misleading headline from the Times. Read the article and it’s clear, a failure to meet a five year plan for maintenance is the fundamental problem.
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The real story here is that privatised grid owners have failed to maintain our power networks - this is not a net zero issue it’s the failure of private monopolies to run our vital national infrastructure properly.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The real story here is that privatised grid owners have failed to maintain our power networks - this is not a net zero issue it’s the failure of private monopolies to run our vital national infrastructure properly.
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“Get it off me! Get it off me!”
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“Get it off me! Get it off me!”
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Today I welcomed the Prime Minister to Putney, where he announced the Government’s plans to keep children safe online.
@london.gov.uk @lizkendallmp.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @smartphonefree.bsky.social #putney #socialmedia
@london.gov.uk @lizkendallmp.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @smartphonefree.bsky.social #putney #socialmedia
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Today I welcomed the Prime Minister to Putney, where he announced the Government’s plans to keep children safe online.
@london.gov.uk @lizkendallmp.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @smartphonefree.bsky.social #putney #socialmedia
@london.gov.uk @lizkendallmp.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @smartphonefree.bsky.social #putney #socialmedia
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Mike Lindell is asked to explain why he has spent over half of the $350,000 in campaign contributions he’s taken in buying copies of his own book. He says he hands them out instead of fliers and “we got them for a good price.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Mike Lindell is asked to explain why he has spent over half of the $350,000 in campaign contributions he’s taken in buying copies of his own book. He says he hands them out instead of fliers and “we got them for a good price.”
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Yesterday some people on the internet chose to send me extremely hurtful emails filled with negativity:
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Hateful Emails I Received on Valentine's Day—A Day Meant for Love
Since the pandemic, I’ve believed in joy and hope as positive tools to spread brightness and optimism across the country and beyond.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Yesterday some people on the internet chose to send me extremely hurtful emails filled with negativity:
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gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/emails-rec...
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Kat also covered this topic (and others) while eating hot sauces.
February 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Kat also covered this topic (and others) while eating hot sauces.
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Good thing Fox doesn’t do this.
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Good thing Fox doesn’t do this.
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Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Mary Brian as Wendy Darling, Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell in Peter Pan (1924)
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Mary Brian as Wendy Darling, Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell in Peter Pan (1924)
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I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
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This would be national vandalism on a MAGAesque scale
My book about Britain ends with a memory.
Of the first time I ever worked at Broadcasting House as a guest commentator, what that meant to me, and what the BBC means for 🇬🇧’s place in the world.
The idea that the World Service could end is awful, and frankly embarrassing for the British Government.
Of the first time I ever worked at Broadcasting House as a guest commentator, what that meant to me, and what the BBC means for 🇬🇧’s place in the world.
The idea that the World Service could end is awful, and frankly embarrassing for the British Government.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This would be national vandalism on a MAGAesque scale
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This. Why throw away one of the tools for countering Russian disinformation when it’s never been so important. Especially with US antics going on.
All those conferences I have participated in with top officials with very concerned faces going on and on about soft power and countering Chinese influence, Russian disinformation, it is all terrible, etc…
Guys.
Fund. The. BBC.
Guys.
Fund. The. BBC.
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This. Why throw away one of the tools for countering Russian disinformation when it’s never been so important. Especially with US antics going on.
How it started and how it's going
February 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
How it started and how it's going
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Imagine being so "patriotic" that you protest the Royal National Lifeboat Institute for saving lives.
Racist morons fuelled by hate.
Racist morons fuelled by hate.
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Imagine being so "patriotic" that you protest the Royal National Lifeboat Institute for saving lives.
Racist morons fuelled by hate.
Racist morons fuelled by hate.
If you don't like the current Government just buy the Daily Mail as a comfort blanket, but don't tell pollsters that you are going to vote Reform (because you likely won't)
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If you don't like the current Government just buy the Daily Mail as a comfort blanket, but don't tell pollsters that you are going to vote Reform (because you likely won't)
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Pointless polls. 2 years 5 months to go.
February 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Pointless polls. 2 years 5 months to go.
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They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
February 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
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I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.