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Great! Now do a Customs Union!
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Great! Now do a Customs Union!
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I see Pat Cummins is back for Australia.
a black and white photo of a woman with a white bow in her hair .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with a white bow in her hair .
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I see Pat Cummins is back for Australia.
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Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
Lime and Forest are on their "last warning" if they don't fix "persistent problems" with rider behaviour and dangerous parking.
Council demands “urgent action” from Lime and Forest hire bike operators to “fix persistent problems”
Islington Council has threatened that e-bike hire companies Lime and Forest are on their “last warning” and face losing permission to operate in the borough unless they deal with the dangerous parking...
road.cc
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
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The UK version of Mad Men is exactly what you would expect the UK version of Mad Men to be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxAz...
1970: The Office Christmas Party | Man Alive | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The UK version of Mad Men is exactly what you would expect the UK version of Mad Men to be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxAz...
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I knew his response to this was going to be one of the worst things he ever posted and somehow, it was even worse than I imagined it could be.
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I knew his response to this was going to be one of the worst things he ever posted and somehow, it was even worse than I imagined it could be.
This recipe is absolutely delish. 😋 (but I used hazelnuts and pine nuts instead of almonds, due to procurement inadequacies).
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/fe...
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for leek and beans romesco | The new vegan
This lovely, rustic dish is all about the punchy sauce, to be devoured doused in olive oil and with fistfuls of crusty bread for dunking
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This recipe is absolutely delish. 😋 (but I used hazelnuts and pine nuts instead of almonds, due to procurement inadequacies).
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/fe...
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Happy Feast Day
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia
December 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Happy Feast Day
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia
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In what universe could you look at this and think yeah let’s reopen this to cars.
December 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In what universe could you look at this and think yeah let’s reopen this to cars.
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Our Brand New Exhibition "Padua to Edinburgh: Cultures of Art and Medicine in European Anatomical Drawings" is now open on Level 2 of the Philip Robinson Library.
Curated by Robinson Bequest Student Hannah Reynolds, the exhibition traces the story of anatomical illustration through time.
Curated by Robinson Bequest Student Hannah Reynolds, the exhibition traces the story of anatomical illustration through time.
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our Brand New Exhibition "Padua to Edinburgh: Cultures of Art and Medicine in European Anatomical Drawings" is now open on Level 2 of the Philip Robinson Library.
Curated by Robinson Bequest Student Hannah Reynolds, the exhibition traces the story of anatomical illustration through time.
Curated by Robinson Bequest Student Hannah Reynolds, the exhibition traces the story of anatomical illustration through time.
Story that gets more infuriating with every paragraph. 😯
BBC News - 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
A botched roof extension caused the ceiling to collapse at Kate Morris’s top-floor flat.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Story that gets more infuriating with every paragraph. 😯
BBC News - 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Red skies in North East and Cumbria brighten up gloomy winter days - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Red skies in North East and Cumbria brighten up gloomy winter days
Images of the magnificent early morning vistas were also captured by the BBC's Weather Watchers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BBC News - Red skies in North East and Cumbria brighten up gloomy winter days - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
"an important learning"
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"an important learning"
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Yes, this works. youtu.be/PNmcF6eRE7w?...
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yes, this works. youtu.be/PNmcF6eRE7w?...
Tonight's club training: hill pyramids. 😫
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Tonight's club training: hill pyramids. 😫
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Hard to think of anywhere that shaped my musical and literary personality more strongly than Birmingham Central Library in the 1970s. Designed by John Madin in the Brutalist style, now sadly demolished. Great to see it being celebrated in these Christmas cards by @gailmyerscough.co.uk
Birmingham Central Library Christmas card - pack of four | Gail Myerscough
Send some brutalist festive cheer with our pack of four Birmingham Central Library Christmas cards.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hard to think of anywhere that shaped my musical and literary personality more strongly than Birmingham Central Library in the 1970s. Designed by John Madin in the Brutalist style, now sadly demolished. Great to see it being celebrated in these Christmas cards by @gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Good news! ✨ From June 2026, #EuropeanSleeper will connect Brussels and Amsterdam with Berne, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, and Milan.
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good news! ✨ From June 2026, #EuropeanSleeper will connect Brussels and Amsterdam with Berne, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, and Milan.
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
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I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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"I wonder why the public aren't aware of much of the amazing research that goes on in universities..."
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"I wonder why the public aren't aware of much of the amazing research that goes on in universities..."
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My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
Arsenal are going to come third in a two horse race aren't they? 😬
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Arsenal are going to come third in a two horse race aren't they? 😬