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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm … 1/6 for ten and 9d for five, same price per blade.

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 1d

This is is my favourite …

Emmanuel Macron leaning in to kiss Georgia Meloni (on the cheek), the latter appearing apprehensive/quizzical. Macron is gripping her shoulder.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Apple caved to the Trump DOJ and removed the anti-ICE apps from its App Store. Cowardice.

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 3d

You won’t be able to get it on the NHS before 65 unless you are immunocompromised. Otherwise when you turn 65 or 70 or are 70 to 79 years old, but do always check for up to date info on the NHS websites for your home nation. It made me feel like 💩 but I think it was worth getting it.

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John86 @john86l.bsky.social · 4d

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 4d

20s in a pound, 12d in a shilling. If you grew up with it, it was easy. Also can do exact division by 1/3 and 1/6 as base 12, eg 1/3 of £1 is 6s 8d.

Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 4d

Guinea prices weren’t used except in expensive shops for furniture etc. A Guinea was £1 1s, there were
no actual Guinea coins when I was growing up (stopped in 1814!) .12d in a shilling not 12p.

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 8d

Imgur no longer available in the UK ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

So that may be why images are missing in some websites you visit.

Statement: Update on Imgur investigation

ico.org.uk

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 11d

I don't have an issue with identity cards as a category. Some of my concerns about this particular announcement here www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...

Unpacking Digital ID - can the government deliver on its ambitions? — Careful Industries

A look at what has been proposed, how it might work, and whether it will be effective.

www.careful.industries

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 12d

The Ivy is flowering now & so provides food for insects that pollinated it in this lean time of year.Thus producing berries for birds, mice & bank voles.The mice & voles become food for owls, foxes & other creatures. That’s how biodiversity works so please don’t tidy up your Ivy at this time of year

A blackbird purchased on a branch of Ivy. At the tip of the branch, a bunch a bunch of Ivy berries that it is about to eat

Creamy flowers of the Ivy plant form pom-poms of pale yellow against the dark green glossy leaves

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13d

Legal migration was not "uncontrolled". Why accept far right framing?

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13d

He's essentially saying 'I didn't agree with the 1993-2016 economic model, and I didn't agree with Boris Johnson's either'. Okay, but you didn't agree with Corbynism either. What is yours, to hope that it turns out that 'the easiest route in every poll' turns out to drive growth?

Equally, the belief that uncontrolled legal migration was nothing but good news for an economy should never have been accepted on the Left. It is not compassionate Left-wing politics to rely on labour that exploits foreign workers and undercuts fair wages.

The huge increase in immigration that happened under the Conservatives was based on a hyper-liberal free-market viewpoint. Labour is clear that there must be no return to that.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

Don’t look up: how Trump’s deregulation drive could obscure the stars and threaten our access to space

Astronomers are warning that the proliferation of satellite constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, are making their work harder than it’s ever been

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 13d

Ah, I skimmed the paper and it does say “Define a minimum viable “non-digital channel” as part of service design (e.g. printable or
smartcard-based version of the BritCard)”

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 13d

Not everyone has a mobile phone, will there be a physical card? Also, (completely off the point) the NHS app is England only.

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Thomas Aubrey @thomasaubreycca.bsky.social · 16d

My latest @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk piece on how the Chancellor can finance the next wave of infrastructure without unnerving the bond market. The Chancellor’s attempt to increase capital investment resulted in a negative reaction from the bond market. As www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...

Financing infrastructure without unnerving the bond market - Bennett School of Public Policy

The Chancellor’s attempt to increase capital investment in her first budget resulted in a negative reaction from the bond market. As growth slows, the Chancellor needs to fundamentally rethink her app...

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16d

Imagine paying the slightest bit of attention to this drivel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 18d

It’s from the General Post Office, the state postal and telecoms system, giving last posting dates.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 19d

Not waving but drowning: Stevie Smith, born #OTD 1902, English poet & novelist, whose work inspired Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath.
Stevie Smith Archive Hull

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Graham Adams @graham-adams.bsky.social · 20d

70 so can no longer get COVID 19 vaccine on the NHS after rules change (can get flu vaccine though). Me and wife getting it privately. £85 each eeurgh.

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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 21d

Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?

The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are

open.substack.com

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Christian @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 23d

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22d

Google PR: "We have set a climate moonshot to achieve net-zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain by 2030"

Google in real life: 🛢️🔥📈

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 22d

Now Google says they need 497% more diesel tanks than they originally lied about needing and also they need 547% more diesel generators than they lied about needing and our city & county leaders are gonna pretend to think about it then say lol ok obviously sure

www.wane.com/top-stories/...

The proposal requests 179 generators onsite that will create about 528 megawatts of power, along with 179 storage tanks that will hold 1,074,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The original request, approved in 2024, was for 36 generators and 36 tanks, which hold 6,000 gallons each of diesel fuel.

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 23d

If you’ve enjoyed my videos over the last few years I’d love to see you at my live shows. My tour starts in a month and sales have been slower than last year - probably partly because I’m not on X anymore. But it’s a fun show and I’d love more people to see it! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...

Matt Green Tickets, Tour and Concert Dates – www.livenation.co.uk

www.livenation.co.uk

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 25d

Didn't have much time to look at this earlier in the week, but catching up on it now: Apple Corp's top-level overview on their "Memory Integrity Enforcement" technology designed to dramatically increase the cost of breaking into next-generation iPhones security.apple.com/blog/memory-...

Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research

Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...

security.apple.com

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Lindsay 👩‍🔬🚲 @llbroadwell.bsky.social · 24d

did a whip-round of my discord server and we're raising money for the RNLI

because "stop the boats" assholes are giving the RNLI a hard time and also because my late grandfather would never have stood for that. so. this is also for him.

if you want to donate (€ or £) also: rnli.org/support-us/g...

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