Looking at the stars
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Pensioner, artist, antique collector, gamer, Green Party. UK needs a proportional voting system before the next general election. It may give Reform the largest number of seats of any UK party, but it won't give them the overall majority that FPTP will.
I don't think I've ever recommended a YouTube video before, but try this compilation of amazing clips featuring snow and ice. Our world is truly a magical place.
youtu.be/lyXE6goUV3s
youtu.be/lyXE6goUV3s
Satisfying Winter Moments Caught on Camera
YouTube video by #Mind Warehouse
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December 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't think I've ever recommended a YouTube video before, but try this compilation of amazing clips featuring snow and ice. Our world is truly a magical place.
youtu.be/lyXE6goUV3s
youtu.be/lyXE6goUV3s
With each wriggle and fudge of the Trump government over the Epstein files, more MAGA voters are realising that they were conned: Trump *is* the swamp that he claimed he was going to drain. Citizens across the world who might have cast their votes for populist candidates are watching and learning.
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
With each wriggle and fudge of the Trump government over the Epstein files, more MAGA voters are realising that they were conned: Trump *is* the swamp that he claimed he was going to drain. Citizens across the world who might have cast their votes for populist candidates are watching and learning.
If, for a moment, we ignore the moral abhorrence of Bad Enoch's post, tactically alone it's a foot-in-mouth own goal. She's handed her opponents a gift which they will delight in demonstrating is statistical nonsense.
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Kemi Badenoch on X: "It’s not 11-year-old boys who are committing violence against women and girls. We need to get people who have come from cultures that don’t respect women out of our country! Not all cultures are equally valid. Labour’s plan to lecture schoolboys to respect women and girls is a https://t.co/fjdMBDo9FA" / X
It’s not 11-year-old boys who are committing violence against women and girls. We need to get people who have come from cultures that don’t respect women out of our country! Not all cultures are equally valid. Labour’s plan to lecture schoolboys to respect women and girls is a https://t.co/fjdMBDo9FA
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December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If, for a moment, we ignore the moral abhorrence of Bad Enoch's post, tactically alone it's a foot-in-mouth own goal. She's handed her opponents a gift which they will delight in demonstrating is statistical nonsense.
x.com/KemiBadenoch...
x.com/KemiBadenoch...
A polar bear mother adopts a cub that's not her own, because animals are amazing
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Polar bear mother adopts cub in rarely documented case
It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied for nearly five decades in the northern Canadian area.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A polar bear mother adopts a cub that's not her own, because animals are amazing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
HP Lovecraft's mythos suggested that some evil creatures which passed for human were of batrachian descent...
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
HP Lovecraft's mythos suggested that some evil creatures which passed for human were of batrachian descent...
What a morally repulsive man Trump is.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What a morally repulsive man Trump is.
Watch out for a smartish phishing email claiming to be about verifying cPanel.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Watch out for a smartish phishing email claiming to be about verifying cPanel.
What do Andrew and The Artist have in common?
They were both formerly known as Prince.
They were both formerly known as Prince.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
What do Andrew and The Artist have in common?
They were both formerly known as Prince.
They were both formerly known as Prince.
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event: the end of an ear. No, I haven't misspelled that, I'm just thinking of Cody Rhodes.
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event: the end of an ear. No, I haven't misspelled that, I'm just thinking of Cody Rhodes.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
Such a delight to hear Oba Femi doing the media round ahead of his match with Cody Rhodes at WWE Main Event tonight. More articulate and intelligent in his second language than most of us are in our first.
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Such a delight to hear Oba Femi doing the media round ahead of his match with Cody Rhodes at WWE Main Event tonight. More articulate and intelligent in his second language than most of us are in our first.
Good to see Yaxley Lennon celebrating the birth of Jesus, whose family had to flee persecution immediately after his birth and become migrants in Egypt.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Good to see Yaxley Lennon celebrating the birth of Jesus, whose family had to flee persecution immediately after his birth and become migrants in Egypt.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Guess it's coming on Christmas, then
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Guess it's coming on Christmas, then
Can you imagine the chaos of a Reform national government? You don't even need *two* Reform politicians in a room to have internicine war. These histrionic sociopaths couldn't run a whelk stall.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Can you imagine the chaos of a Reform national government? You don't even need *two* Reform politicians in a room to have internicine war. These histrionic sociopaths couldn't run a whelk stall.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"But there is also wider question about whether MI5 can be trusted to provide truthful and full evidence to courts and investigations."
As soon as a government agency decides it's no longer bound by rule of law, it's no longer serving its employers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
As soon as a government agency decides it's no longer bound by rule of law, it's no longer serving its employers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
MI5 subjected to increased scrutiny amid growing distrust
Concerns are raised over whether the MI5 can be trusted to provide full evidence to courts and investigations following the findings of Operation Kenova.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"But there is also wider question about whether MI5 can be trusted to provide truthful and full evidence to courts and investigations."
As soon as a government agency decides it's no longer bound by rule of law, it's no longer serving its employers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
As soon as a government agency decides it's no longer bound by rule of law, it's no longer serving its employers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
After Trump so comprehensively perverted the message of Thanksgiving, the world waits to see how he corrupts the season of glad tidings and good will to all. At least we know that he's dreaming of a white Christmas.
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
After Trump so comprehensively perverted the message of Thanksgiving, the world waits to see how he corrupts the season of glad tidings and good will to all. At least we know that he's dreaming of a white Christmas.
"A Reform spokesperson said: 'These inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor.'"
To paraphrase P G Wodehouse, there actually don't seem to be many gruntled Reform Councillors. They're all falling out in lumps with the party and with each other.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
To paraphrase P G Wodehouse, there actually don't seem to be many gruntled Reform Councillors. They're all falling out in lumps with the party and with each other.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ over alleged election spending breaches in Clacton
Reform campaign accused by ex-councillor of falsely reporting expenses during Farage’s run to become MP last year
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"A Reform spokesperson said: 'These inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor.'"
To paraphrase P G Wodehouse, there actually don't seem to be many gruntled Reform Councillors. They're all falling out in lumps with the party and with each other.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
To paraphrase P G Wodehouse, there actually don't seem to be many gruntled Reform Councillors. They're all falling out in lumps with the party and with each other.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fascinating article in the Guardian about the art of making fictitious 'films within films', inspired by the annual return of Home Alone, with its nested 'fake noir', Angels with Filthy Souls. Enjoy it, ya filthy animals.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
From Angels with Filthy Souls in Home Alone, to Deception in The Holiday, fake movies are taking on a life of their own
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fascinating article in the Guardian about the art of making fictitious 'films within films', inspired by the annual return of Home Alone, with its nested 'fake noir', Angels with Filthy Souls. Enjoy it, ya filthy animals.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
In the light of the politically driven inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest, I will be boycotting the broadcast this year. Though as I have never watched it, I'm not sure how great the impact of my protest will be.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In the light of the politically driven inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest, I will be boycotting the broadcast this year. Though as I have never watched it, I'm not sure how great the impact of my protest will be.
Whether or not you dread, as I do, the possiblility of Reform mayors, this is still an affront to democracy. If you postpone elections because you're afraid of who might win (which, ofc, is *actually* what this is about) then you have abandoned democratic process
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 to delay four England mayoral elections amid accusations of ‘cancelling democracy’
Ministers will argue that four newly created mayoralties need more time to complete reorganisation
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Whether or not you dread, as I do, the possiblility of Reform mayors, this is still an affront to democracy. If you postpone elections because you're afraid of who might win (which, ofc, is *actually* what this is about) then you have abandoned democratic process
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If the European Broadcasting Union decides today to allow Israel to participate in Eurovision, it should at least have the guts to embark on fast-track readmission of former EBU member, the Palestinian Authority Broadcasting Corporation, with the aim of seeing a Palestinian Eurovision entry in 2027
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If the European Broadcasting Union decides today to allow Israel to participate in Eurovision, it should at least have the guts to embark on fast-track readmission of former EBU member, the Palestinian Authority Broadcasting Corporation, with the aim of seeing a Palestinian Eurovision entry in 2027
Artificial intelligence. For people without real intelligence.
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Artificial intelligence. For people without real intelligence.
Netanyahu admits his corruption by pleading for a pardon for crimes he hasn't yet been convicted of. If he wasn't guilty, there would be nothing to pardon.
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Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
He denies any wrongdoing in three ongoing trials over allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Netanyahu admits his corruption by pleading for a pardon for crimes he hasn't yet been convicted of. If he wasn't guilty, there would be nothing to pardon.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...