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Rich
@rich-bryant.uk
· Oct 10
your periodic reminder that the safest way to cook is by temperature. The internal temperature of cooked chicken is 74^C but note that temp will rise during the resting period (that's what it's for) so if you stop cooking at 70-71 and rest for five minutes, you won't get the shits.
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You don't hear many people claiming that a particular banned organisation are non violent these days
I'm also not hearing many apologies
I'm also not hearing many apologies
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You don't hear many people claiming that a particular banned organisation are non violent these days
I'm also not hearing many apologies
I'm also not hearing many apologies
I too wish I was gullible enough to believe in a magic "rejoin the EU and fix everything" except there isn't one and there'll never be one while Mr Toad is polling so highly.
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I too wish I was gullible enough to believe in a magic "rejoin the EU and fix everything" except there isn't one and there'll never be one while Mr Toad is polling so highly.
Here's a truism - some men are highly motivated deceptive sexual predators who will go to any lengths, legal or illegal, to prey on women and children.
Not very controversial. We can all accept that one, right?
Not very controversial. We can all accept that one, right?
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here's a truism - some men are highly motivated deceptive sexual predators who will go to any lengths, legal or illegal, to prey on women and children.
Not very controversial. We can all accept that one, right?
Not very controversial. We can all accept that one, right?
Ah, the post is here. By which I mean 12 spam leaflets and a hearing aids appointment for my mother who died in July 2024.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ah, the post is here. By which I mean 12 spam leaflets and a hearing aids appointment for my mother who died in July 2024.
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The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
New asylum policies making homeless refugees “targets for the far right”
Labour’s abrupt return to the 28-day move-on period is pushing vulnerable people into rough sleeping and exposing them to fraud and abuse.
national.thelead.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
Even if never used it for anything else - which I absolutely do - the Tefal Optigrill's ability to turn a simple ham and cheese roll into an appetising lunch would still have made it a valid buy four years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Even if never used it for anything else - which I absolutely do - the Tefal Optigrill's ability to turn a simple ham and cheese roll into an appetising lunch would still have made it a valid buy four years ago.
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The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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I'm so pleased that the age-old barrier against gay men in fashion is finally crumbling.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm so pleased that the age-old barrier against gay men in fashion is finally crumbling.
I don't think Christopher Hitchens was "a bad writer". That's one hell of a way to dismiss someone you merely disagreed with.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I don't think Christopher Hitchens was "a bad writer". That's one hell of a way to dismiss someone you merely disagreed with.
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11 days apart. Brutal.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
11 days apart. Brutal.
As an aside, an indication of how stupid I actually am is that it wasn't until last year that I realised that MMT also stands for Magic Money Tree.
would not surprise me in the least if he were an MMT crank
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As an aside, an indication of how stupid I actually am is that it wasn't until last year that I realised that MMT also stands for Magic Money Tree.
YES YES DEAR GOD THIS
The latte tax should only apply to those who pronounce it 'lahtay'
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
YES YES DEAR GOD THIS
Forced to ask myself "would I have obeyed an illegal order" and can only answer that I would not have done so knowingly but I am not a lawyer so it's possible that I simply wouldn't have recognised one.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Forced to ask myself "would I have obeyed an illegal order" and can only answer that I would not have done so knowingly but I am not a lawyer so it's possible that I simply wouldn't have recognised one.
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"This country has a plan for war with Putin. It puts the UK to shame."
Unusually, the "this country" that puts the UK to shame is in this case not Poland, Estonia, or Finland. It's Italy.
Paywalled.
inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Unusually, the "this country" that puts the UK to shame is in this case not Poland, Estonia, or Finland. It's Italy.
Paywalled.
inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
This country has a plan for war with Putin. It puts the UK to shame
While Italy sounds the alarm over Russian aggression, much of Europe is still snoozing - even as the Kremlin's sabotage campaign escalates
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"This country has a plan for war with Putin. It puts the UK to shame."
Unusually, the "this country" that puts the UK to shame is in this case not Poland, Estonia, or Finland. It's Italy.
Paywalled.
inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Unusually, the "this country" that puts the UK to shame is in this case not Poland, Estonia, or Finland. It's Italy.
Paywalled.
inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Google was shitty long before Gemini came along. Bad results, endless paid results to scroll past, effort made to deliberately ruin search to maximise ad views for more money.
What a Gemini has done is make promoted results obsolete. It will hurt Google's profits more than your search experience.
What a Gemini has done is make promoted results obsolete. It will hurt Google's profits more than your search experience.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Google was shitty long before Gemini came along. Bad results, endless paid results to scroll past, effort made to deliberately ruin search to maximise ad views for more money.
What a Gemini has done is make promoted results obsolete. It will hurt Google's profits more than your search experience.
What a Gemini has done is make promoted results obsolete. It will hurt Google's profits more than your search experience.
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Presumably using a VPN to access hard Dutch pornography
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Presumably using a VPN to access hard Dutch pornography
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AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
AND I SAID
WHAT ABOUT...
bovril amphetemines
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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AND I SAID
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AND I SAID
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Not since the Corn Laws have we had a government this committed to keeping food prices high.
UK supermarkets set to be hit by higher business rates after Treasury U-turn
Chancellor expected to use Budget to include large retail premises in the top band of the property-based levy
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Not since the Corn Laws have we had a government this committed to keeping food prices high.
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Properly moving xkcd
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Properly moving xkcd
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
We joke but someone is definitely going to get the shit kicked out of them at an under 10s swimming gala or gymnastics display.
Meta’s new wearables trade-in program gives you Ray-Ban and Oakley discounts
Meta’s new wearables trade-in program gives you Ray-Ban and Oakley discounts
The trade-in offers end December 31st.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We joke but someone is definitely going to get the shit kicked out of them at an under 10s swimming gala or gymnastics display.
She's a ten but she's never said "chorizo" the same way twice
She's a ten but calls Lea & Perrins 'wash your sister sauce'.
He's a 10 but he says pussketti & meatballs
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
She's a ten but she's never said "chorizo" the same way twice
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Definitive Stars Wars ranking:
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Definitive Stars Wars ranking:
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
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We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…