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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

A Tory speaker ranting about cheating, benefit claimants saying they're disabled when they're really not.

She needs reminding. Even a member of the Tory party who is pure in heart and says their prayers by night can still get Long Covid and find themselves disabled and unable to work.

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Vote Tory get Reform.
Vote Reform get Tory.

#gtto (Get The Tory Out)
#gro (Get Reform Out)
#kro (Keep Reform Out)

7 Tory defectors. Repeated picture

Top: I'm never voting tory ever again
Bottom: I'm voting reform in future

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

One more. A conference on the implications of overshooting the 1.5C goal for air temperature.

Summary
https://www.carbonbrief.org/overshoot-exploring-the-implications-of-meeting-1-5c-climate-goal-from-above/

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

#climate UK

Did you want to know Conservatives and Reform mean when they say scrap NetZero and the Climate Change Act?

Here's the long read.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-the-climate-change-act-does-and-does-not-mean-for-the-uk/

What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK

The UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world.

www.carbonbrief.org

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Air temperature : September 2025 was 0.27°C cooler than the warmest September on record, in 2023, and only 0.07°C cooler than September 2024. 23, 24, 25 well above the pack on all measures except Arctic Ice.

Daily graphs and maps here
https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

#climate Official Press Release

3rd hottest September in the records for global daily average 2m air temperature. 0.66°C above 1991-2020 avg. 1.47°C above Pre-industrial. 12-month Oct-24 – Sept-25 1.51°C above Pre-industrial.

Sea surface temperature, 3rd highest in the records. 0.20°C below […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

#cocktail - Yokohama Romance

50ml Cognac, 20ml Lime, 15ml Cherry Heering

A little tart. Try 50,20,20 or 50,15,20.

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Transnistria is in the news again. It's all very Bruce Sterling. Or Catch-22. https://x.com/Daractenus/status/1975652470685605997 Russian gas shipped free (for debt), turned into electricity, sold to Moldavia via money laundering network.

Back in the day they were building knock off, Russian […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Just stumbled across this again. it's 1973. A fine example of hippy, trippy, jazz, prog, rock from Zero The Hero, the Pot Head Pixies, the Octave Doctors and all the other creatures from the minds of Planet Gong. All that's missing is Shakti Yoni and her Space Whisper […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I fancy a Framework laptop, next. But I can't seem to buy a Laptop 13, Ultra 1, pre-loaded windows, Extended Productivity, British keyboard and PSU, Because the keyboard/psu are out of stock.

https://frame.work/gb/en/products/laptop13-intel-ultra-1/configuration/new

If I can't buy that, maybe […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Next Wednesday should be the last Windows 10 Reboot Wed as the monthly updates for Windows 10 come to an end.

But both our house laptops let us enrol for an extra year of support for free. It needs an MS account, signed in, MS Drive and Backup to be free.

Settings > Update & Security > Windows […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Just got one of those emails that looks so much like phishing that it should be in junk. But is it real?

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We wanted to let you know that we're changing the country and state associated with your Google Account. We associate your Google Account with a region so that we can better provide our […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Old enough to remember buying a copy of Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handsworth_Revolution

And the Handsworth Riots in 81, 85, 91, 05, 11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handsworth_riots

Handsworth Revolution - Wikipedia

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Don't talk to me, talk to the Whig.

So, Mr Whiggy, who's going to be the next leader of the Tory Party?

Not you, Mr Jenrick. Not you.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/08/starmer-says-jenrick-is-hard-to-take-seriously-after-birmingham-comments

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Does Covid increase the risk of cancer?

Proof by correlation says yes.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1975294307201654880

Thread by @1goodtern on Thread Reader App

@1goodtern: Come on. Let's do guess the trend. Where do you think it goes? 😢 I'll give you options. Yep. It's the big C. 😢 How about malignant neoplasm of the corpus uteri, cancer of the uterine...

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

I saw this and LOLed. But then search is now broken across the internet and socials so I couldn't find it again. So I just remade it.

Leave Britney Alone Meme modified to
LEAVE BRITIAN ALONE
In honour of the mis-spelled Tory Conference chocolate bar […]

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Leave Britney Alone Meme modified to

LEAVE BRITIAN ALONE

In honour of the mis-spelled Tory Conference chocolate bar.

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

> “I think we need to be upfront about what’s prompted this,” he said. “It’s not far-right rallies. The target to begin with was Extinction Rebellion, and now it’s Palestine Action.”

And yet. Policing repeated demos like the Hotel in Epping is also draining Police time and money […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

These days you can be arrested and thrown in jail for going on a protest march.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/07/first-edition-shabana-mahmood-palestine-action

What? Arrested, just for going on a march?
Yes, these days, you can be arrested for going on a march.
And thrown in jail? […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Mel Stride (shadow chancellor) is actually Roger Allam playing a clueless shadow chancellor in an Iannucci satirical political comedy.

"END OF"

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Moon! Greenwich, London BST

Moonrise 18:00
Sunset 18:26
Full Moon 04:47
Sunrise 07:11
Moonset 07:32

This Full moon is the first of 3 SuperMoons. Full moon simultaneously to it's closest path in the orbit. Meaning it appears slightly bigger. Harvest Moon because it's the nearest to the Equinox […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

So, farewell then, Jolly Super.

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

“Many pharmacy owners reporting that a THIRD to HALF of patients booked via the National Booking System are NOT eligible for vaccination...”

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Bonus link. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/06/monday-briefing-is-kemi-badenoch-leading-a-tory-party-on-the-brink-of-extinction

Monday briefing: Is Kemi Badenoch leading a Tory party on the brink of extinction?

In today’s newsletter: Badenoch has tried to bring a rallying spirit back at conservative conference – but their prospects look far from fun

www.theguardian.com

jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

It's the Tory Party Conference. Who knew?

Good analysis here of their current state.
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/the-tories-are-not-okay-and-we-urgently-need-them-to-be/?fsp_sid=3482

But. Maybe we don't need a "serious, centre-right Conservative party that can hold a Labour […]

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jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @jbond.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

People are turning up at GPs expecting the Covid jab but not eligible. Surgeries pointing them at Pharmacies, so they use the national booking system, and turn up there instead, still not eligible. Chaos ensues.

Meanwhile pharmacies snowed under by free and paid flu jabs booked though multiple […]

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