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The Gibb machine in overdrive mode.
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Gibb machine in overdrive mode.
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Whatever happened to Leveson 2? Chris Mason, Kuntsberg et al now completely out of control & Reform continue to be given a disproportionate amount of air time. This will continue until the BBC board is dismantled
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Whatever happened to Leveson 2? Chris Mason, Kuntsberg et al now completely out of control & Reform continue to be given a disproportionate amount of air time. This will continue until the BBC board is dismantled
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The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
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Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
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The ghost is often a manifestation of things we ought to know, but cannot interpret correctly. A failure of translation across time, across place. For few truly speak the language of mystery, the tongues of the dead. - Rev. Æthelstan Morley, Church of England ghost-layer
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The ghost is often a manifestation of things we ought to know, but cannot interpret correctly. A failure of translation across time, across place. For few truly speak the language of mystery, the tongues of the dead. - Rev. Æthelstan Morley, Church of England ghost-layer
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Day 1 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. We retrieve the Bloody Boy ornament from the box of china Mummers. Some say it's not blood that makes his skin red, but crabapple bark dye. I say best not spoil the seasonal magic. Besides, we all know where the skin of his drum comes from.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Day 1 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. We retrieve the Bloody Boy ornament from the box of china Mummers. Some say it's not blood that makes his skin red, but crabapple bark dye. I say best not spoil the seasonal magic. Besides, we all know where the skin of his drum comes from.
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🎄ADVENT-DAY 1 💍
Silver Charms stirred into the Christmas Pudding could tell those on finding them, of their marriage prospects. A silver thimble for a young woman meant spinsterhood and a silver button (k/as bachelor button) for a young man told him that he would remain a bachelor.
Silver Charms stirred into the Christmas Pudding could tell those on finding them, of their marriage prospects. A silver thimble for a young woman meant spinsterhood and a silver button (k/as bachelor button) for a young man told him that he would remain a bachelor.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎄ADVENT-DAY 1 💍
Silver Charms stirred into the Christmas Pudding could tell those on finding them, of their marriage prospects. A silver thimble for a young woman meant spinsterhood and a silver button (k/as bachelor button) for a young man told him that he would remain a bachelor.
Silver Charms stirred into the Christmas Pudding could tell those on finding them, of their marriage prospects. A silver thimble for a young woman meant spinsterhood and a silver button (k/as bachelor button) for a young man told him that he would remain a bachelor.
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
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My wife got me a Russian Advent calendar. You open a window and an oligarch falls out. 😁
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My wife got me a Russian Advent calendar. You open a window and an oligarch falls out. 😁
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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These space suits from Star Trek ToS effin rule!
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
These space suits from Star Trek ToS effin rule!
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👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 180:
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 180:
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
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Much of my life and certainly Hookland has been based on the David Bowie lyric: ‘Turn and face the strange’. I am a Fully-grown Changeling. There is no other way.
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Much of my life and certainly Hookland has been based on the David Bowie lyric: ‘Turn and face the strange’. I am a Fully-grown Changeling. There is no other way.
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Nouveau poster du film The Mandalorian & Grogu (en VF : Le Mandalorian et Grogu), avec Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver & Jeremy Allen White.
Sortie en salles en France le 20 mai 2026
Intéressé de voir si ce passage grand écran va ramener le souffle Star Wars d’antan 👀
Sortie en salles en France le 20 mai 2026
Intéressé de voir si ce passage grand écran va ramener le souffle Star Wars d’antan 👀
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nouveau poster du film The Mandalorian & Grogu (en VF : Le Mandalorian et Grogu), avec Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver & Jeremy Allen White.
Sortie en salles en France le 20 mai 2026
Intéressé de voir si ce passage grand écran va ramener le souffle Star Wars d’antan 👀
Sortie en salles en France le 20 mai 2026
Intéressé de voir si ce passage grand écran va ramener le souffle Star Wars d’antan 👀
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
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The story of GARBO, the Spanish double agent who invented 27 fictional spies, all being paid by the Nazis. He was a vital part of Operation Fortitude, convincing Hitler that D-Day was happening elsewhere. He was also a vital part of cracking Enigma and won top honors from both sides!
Juan Pujol García - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The story of GARBO, the Spanish double agent who invented 27 fictional spies, all being paid by the Nazis. He was a vital part of Operation Fortitude, convincing Hitler that D-Day was happening elsewhere. He was also a vital part of cracking Enigma and won top honors from both sides!
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On this day 49 years ago, #SexPistols released their debut single, "Anarchy in the U.K."
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
On this day 49 years ago, #SexPistols released their debut single, "Anarchy in the U.K."
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
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Thanksgiving week continues with the beauteous Pecan-Plus Pie as #RecipeOfTheDay. The pastry is an easy, mix-up-in-a-bowl, press-in affair: no rolling or stress involved! www.nigella.com/recipes/peca...
Pecan-Plus Pie
This is somewhat of an Anglo-American enterprise. I have taken a pecan pie, and added other nuts, simply because for me, the English festive season means bowls of mixed nuts and the memory of my grand...
www.nigella.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thanksgiving week continues with the beauteous Pecan-Plus Pie as #RecipeOfTheDay. The pastry is an easy, mix-up-in-a-bowl, press-in affair: no rolling or stress involved! www.nigella.com/recipes/peca...
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The biggest problem in the world isn’t climate change, future pandemics, or democratic collapse.
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The biggest problem in the world isn’t climate change, future pandemics, or democratic collapse.
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
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Happy with this blurb: "A rabid anti-Trump individual" 😎
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy with this blurb: "A rabid anti-Trump individual" 😎
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1