Another year (nearly) over, and what have markets done?

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Based on some rough calculations, Nvidia's market cap is equivalent to Europe's top 45 most valuable companies combined.

Spice Bag and the word 'Class' have made it into the Oxford English Dictionary - with Derry Girls being cited as a source.

They do a festive tractor drive down on Achill Island

Very surprising to see that Father Christmas has written a first person piece for the Mail this morning.

my sister is a paramedic, and there is a drunk man at the a and e telling children that Santa doesn't visit hospitals.

A Christmas classic for anyone having a can of Fosters and oven pizza combo on the big day. youtu.be/3ucdPfXdwh4?...

I had Fury winning two rounds. Which is definitely a bit biased, but I don't think it was that close.

@jsphctrl.bsky.social - Hello! There is an account pretending to be you, using the handle: @jsph-c.bsky.social - I'm sure you may be aware, but just in case!

Are there any pieces about whether more right leaning voices are likely to move to BlueSky for functionality and not feeling like it's a one way conversation?

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What I will say for BlueSky is that it has a Tweetdeck alternative called Blue Deck.

Today I published a big leak of documents from inside TfL showing the per-mile road pricing scheme that was planned for London in September 2026, until Sadiq Khan killed it under political pressure.

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Hello to lots of new followers over the last week! To reintroduce myself, I'm a producer for @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social and we cover things like disability, entertainment, business and more for BBC Scotland news. As Ian will say, "our patch is Scotland". And if you've got a story, get in touch

Eight years ago today.