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“I’ll get you Bernard Butler!”
Happy 79th birthday to David Bowie. Here he is in a publicity still from the unreleased remake of On The Buses as Blakey
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
“I’ll get you Bernard Butler!”
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The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.
The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro – and attacks on Venezuela – have no justification in international law
This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.
So here’s a theory; Trump regime has deal with Putin to leave Europe vulnerable, but US can’t be seen to abandon it’s allies. The move into Greenland leads to end of NATO, with the conceit that Europe EXPELLED US from its soil. Therefore rationale Europe the architect of its defeat by Putin.
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
So here’s a theory; Trump regime has deal with Putin to leave Europe vulnerable, but US can’t be seen to abandon it’s allies. The move into Greenland leads to end of NATO, with the conceit that Europe EXPELLED US from its soil. Therefore rationale Europe the architect of its defeat by Putin.
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Wikipedia template for every prominent right wing businessman
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Wikipedia template for every prominent right wing businessman
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
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'self-strangled traffic' (1914) ... interesting this was noticed in the earliest days of the motor car
January 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
'self-strangled traffic' (1914) ... interesting this was noticed in the earliest days of the motor car
Overheard at Highgate Woods Cafe:
Woman on phone;
“We’re outside, in the indoor bit, next to the actual inside”
Woman on phone;
“We’re outside, in the indoor bit, next to the actual inside”
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Overheard at Highgate Woods Cafe:
Woman on phone;
“We’re outside, in the indoor bit, next to the actual inside”
Woman on phone;
“We’re outside, in the indoor bit, next to the actual inside”
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I like the Daily Mirror's cover this morning.
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I like the Daily Mirror's cover this morning.
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Big thanks @XOBikes for fixing my broken wheel today at their new shop at 176 Blackfriars Rd.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Big thanks @XOBikes for fixing my broken wheel today at their new shop at 176 Blackfriars Rd.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
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Want to come spend two years in the UK working on a research project? Come to KCL on British Academy International Fellowship. Guidance for our internal selection process available here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun... happy to chat about it
Fellowships for Early Career Researchers | King's College London
Join a vibrant, dynamic community of postdoctoral and early career researchers
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Want to come spend two years in the UK working on a research project? Come to KCL on British Academy International Fellowship. Guidance for our internal selection process available here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun... happy to chat about it
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There are of course loads of books on this history. I wrote one that touches on it called Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder & the Cold War in the Caribbean. About Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic rather than Venezuela, but really there was a heck of a lot going on
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There are of course loads of books on this history. I wrote one that touches on it called Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder & the Cold War in the Caribbean. About Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic rather than Venezuela, but really there was a heck of a lot going on
Today, Iearned from Radio 4 that the word Atonement is from Tyndale's Bible, (a heretic translation into the English Language) and is pronounced At One-ment, that is to reconcile oneself with God.
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Today, Iearned from Radio 4 that the word Atonement is from Tyndale's Bible, (a heretic translation into the English Language) and is pronounced At One-ment, that is to reconcile oneself with God.
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decades of "lol the french are cheese-eating surrender monkeys" seems funnier in a different way when you realise the french public will burn down the government if it even looks at them wrong while the american people are the most house-broken nation in existence
November 16, 2024 at 6:50 AM
decades of "lol the french are cheese-eating surrender monkeys" seems funnier in a different way when you realise the french public will burn down the government if it even looks at them wrong while the american people are the most house-broken nation in existence
Ah, the East India Company playbook
Q: Is it possible that the US ends up administering Venezuela for years?
TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial
TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ah, the East India Company playbook
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Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
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Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Job opportunity: Engagement Assistant, Birds of Poole Harbour (Dorset)
The charity Birds of Poole Harbour (the fabulous team behind the Osprey Reintroduction Project, amongst many other things) is advertising for an Engagement Assistant to help them deliver a number o…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
No doubt Reform will claim the Swiss catastrophe as a victory of Common Sense over Health & Safety gone mad.
January 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
No doubt Reform will claim the Swiss catastrophe as a victory of Common Sense over Health & Safety gone mad.
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No cheating. Post your most recent pic of your pet.
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
No cheating. Post your most recent pic of your pet.
Waiting for Daddy to finish his tea before afternoon walk
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Waiting for Daddy to finish his tea before afternoon walk
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi; where do I start?
Hi; where do I start?
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi; where do I start?
Hi; where do I start?