Amro.
@amro.xyz
Amro.
Not a medical doctor.
Former physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory
Despite all that, still a daydream believer
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bento.me/fitzrovia
Not a medical doctor.
Former physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory
Despite all that, still a daydream believer
[sorry - can't use DMs ... because I won’t scan my face or something]
bento.me/fitzrovia
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Daphne has enjoyed my birthday very much, especially the ham from @abbeythelab.bsky.social, and the ribbon from @maggiephilbin.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Daphne has enjoyed my birthday very much, especially the ham from @abbeythelab.bsky.social, and the ribbon from @maggiephilbin.bsky.social
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Wes Streeting majority 528 thinks that NHS staff - 1.5 million of them - don’t vote
Wes Streeting accuses BMA of behaving like 'moaning minnies'
Wes Streeting accuses BMA of behaving like 'moaning minnies'
The health secretary has accused the British Medical Association of "juvenile delinquency" and behaving like "moaning minnies" after the union announced that resident doctors will go on strike in the run-up to Christmas.
news.sky.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Wes Streeting majority 528 thinks that NHS staff - 1.5 million of them - don’t vote
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A fabulous party in London yesterday evening to celebrate Hannah Durkin winning the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social, from an extremely impressive shortlist. Can’t wait to read them all!
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A fabulous party in London yesterday evening to celebrate Hannah Durkin winning the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social, from an extremely impressive shortlist. Can’t wait to read them all!
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Farage, the deranged weather man.
Pact or no pact, the risk is the same for Labour: that a united right beats a divided left. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Should Labour fear a Reform-Tory pact?
Deal or no deal, the risk for Starmer is that a united right beats a divided left
www.newstatesman.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Farage, the deranged weather man.
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Almost exactly like this. Wow!
Something like this horrendous AI slop creation (risking a block, I realise – I shall henceforth behave!)?
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Almost exactly like this. Wow!
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IPSOS do a regular poll of the extent to which the public trust members of various professions. I find it's often a useful reference point.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
IPSOS do a regular poll of the extent to which the public trust members of various professions. I find it's often a useful reference point.
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CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
Cats on Film: in black & white
Cats on Film: in black & white : Billson, Anne: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
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Midweek Treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is my Snowball in Heaven! You know you deserve it. ‘Tis the season, after all. www.nigella.com/recipes/snow...
Snowball In Heaven
If Christmas isn’t the time for a kitsch cocktail, I don’t know when is. And while I have nothing against a straightforward Snowball (and I make mine with one part advocaat to about 3 parts lemonade, ...
www.nigella.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Midweek Treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is my Snowball in Heaven! You know you deserve it. ‘Tis the season, after all. www.nigella.com/recipes/snow...
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
@katebevan.com darn! He wanted me to wish you a Happy Birthday not Happy Borthdau.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@katebevan.com darn! He wanted me to wish you a Happy Birthday not Happy Borthdau.
@katebevan.com Percy wanted me to wish you a Happy Birthdua! 😻😸 So I guess I should say Happy Birthday too! 🎂🎁
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@katebevan.com Percy wanted me to wish you a Happy Birthdua! 😻😸 So I guess I should say Happy Birthday too! 🎂🎁
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Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, 1650: painter & rebel. Gutted her family by becoming Catholic. Here by her art teacher Gerrit van Honthorst, whose day is today.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, 1650: painter & rebel. Gutted her family by becoming Catholic. Here by her art teacher Gerrit van Honthorst, whose day is today.
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WHAT? LRB on Gris-Gris? Bookmarked with a JAVELIN.
‘There is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all the hokum and stage magic might be misdirection of the sort that enables something secret to enter the room.’
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘very strange record’ ‘Gris-Gris’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘very strange record’ ‘Gris-Gris’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding · Hoodoo Man: Dr John and ‘Gris-Gris’
Beyond or beneath the theatrics there is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
WHAT? LRB on Gris-Gris? Bookmarked with a JAVELIN.
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He’s turning into a parody.
Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years
Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years
President Trump says he's instructed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time in over 30 years.
www.democracynow.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
He’s turning into a parody.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1964
First Release East German A1 - Schleissing Grouppe Artwork
movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...
First Release East German A1 - Schleissing Grouppe Artwork
movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1964
First Release East German A1 - Schleissing Grouppe Artwork
movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...
First Release East German A1 - Schleissing Grouppe Artwork
movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...
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this unremarkable knob routinely sets unholy gobs of money on fire to pretend his boomer sneaker ad company is innovative and interesting, and the press just endlessly normalizes it
Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter
The Reality Labs business, focused on virtual and augmented reality, lost $4.4 billion loss in third quarter while recording $470 million in sales.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
this unremarkable knob routinely sets unholy gobs of money on fire to pretend his boomer sneaker ad company is innovative and interesting, and the press just endlessly normalizes it
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Diana would’ve loved all this
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Diana would’ve loved all this
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Andrew Windsor should move to a new residence with a royal connection, one which starts with HMP
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Andrew Windsor should move to a new residence with a royal connection, one which starts with HMP
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also a supersized boot scraper (the missus generously modelling)
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
also a supersized boot scraper (the missus generously modelling)
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This week’s #CookbookCorner stars Curry: Recipes from Indian Home Kitchens by the wonderful Maunika Gowardhan! Read more about it and get her recipe for Sweetcorn and Pepper Curry with Cumin, Coriander and Garam Masala right here:
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This week’s #CookbookCorner stars Curry: Recipes from Indian Home Kitchens by the wonderful Maunika Gowardhan! Read more about it and get her recipe for Sweetcorn and Pepper Curry with Cumin, Coriander and Garam Masala right here:
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years