Tim Burnett
@tritim.bsky.social
GB Age Group triathlete, dad, DIY guru and (when I get the chance) data protection professional & public speaker
It's a good read; very different from The Martian. Can't decide whether it's a good reflection of human nature. I fear that a film version wouldn't have the same impact.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's a good read; very different from The Martian. Can't decide whether it's a good reflection of human nature. I fear that a film version wouldn't have the same impact.
Still not as big as his ego
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Still not as big as his ego
So she can't see bright yellow painted poles from her elevated driving position? What chance would a small child stand. I'll bet she can't see cyclists, either.
Absolutely no sympathy for her. Perhaps some re-education is needed.
Absolutely no sympathy for her. Perhaps some re-education is needed.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So she can't see bright yellow painted poles from her elevated driving position? What chance would a small child stand. I'll bet she can't see cyclists, either.
Absolutely no sympathy for her. Perhaps some re-education is needed.
Absolutely no sympathy for her. Perhaps some re-education is needed.
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Greed is a form of mental illness. If you have everything you NEED but aren't happy with it, then you'll never be happy, however much more you acquire.
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Greed is a form of mental illness. If you have everything you NEED but aren't happy with it, then you'll never be happy, however much more you acquire.
Whereas lying in a newspaper is absolutely fine and normal.
At least, if you're the Mail, Sun, Torygraph, etc.
At least, if you're the Mail, Sun, Torygraph, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Whereas lying in a newspaper is absolutely fine and normal.
At least, if you're the Mail, Sun, Torygraph, etc.
At least, if you're the Mail, Sun, Torygraph, etc.
Perhaps he should downsize to a more practical property at around £1m and invest the difference in a pension pot; stocks and shares ISA and so on. Over the next 10 years, that should do nicely.
But then there wouldn't be this faux outrage for the Torygraph to publish 🙄
But then there wouldn't be this faux outrage for the Torygraph to publish 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Perhaps he should downsize to a more practical property at around £1m and invest the difference in a pension pot; stocks and shares ISA and so on. Over the next 10 years, that should do nicely.
But then there wouldn't be this faux outrage for the Torygraph to publish 🙄
But then there wouldn't be this faux outrage for the Torygraph to publish 🙄
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Drying hotspots are emerging across the Middle East, Asia, South America, along the US west coast + swathes of Canada, with Greenland, Iceland + Svalbard showing dramatic drying trends, + the Iranian government contemplating evacuating Tehran due to water shortage.
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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We'll also see more South to North migration as areas dry out, and water becomes scarce.
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We'll also see more South to North migration as areas dry out, and water becomes scarce.
Europe doesn't want them back... 😜
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Europe doesn't want them back... 😜
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This news is a total disaster for the NHS, and the economy as a whole. It is shameful that 60 years after the “end of empire” the UK still clings to racist exceptionalism and completely fails to acknowledge that immigrants (like my family) are why the UK became the 5th largest economy in the world…
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This news is a total disaster for the NHS, and the economy as a whole. It is shameful that 60 years after the “end of empire” the UK still clings to racist exceptionalism and completely fails to acknowledge that immigrants (like my family) are why the UK became the 5th largest economy in the world…
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If only we were more socialist
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If only we were more socialist
Office of Budget... What? 😂
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Office of Budget... What? 😂
Sounds as though it's a good budget, then 😁
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sounds as though it's a good budget, then 😁
Just in time for the Christmas shutdown 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just in time for the Christmas shutdown 🙄
Exactly this - the money should have been reinvested in more housing, but councils weren't allowed to do so.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Exactly this - the money should have been reinvested in more housing, but councils weren't allowed to do so.
Yes, but they'd raise it enough to cover all of the increase.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes, but they'd raise it enough to cover all of the increase.
Yep; not earth shattering. But we do need more council houses... Right To Buy was a dreadful policy as it depleted the social housing stock.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yep; not earth shattering. But we do need more council houses... Right To Buy was a dreadful policy as it depleted the social housing stock.
A landlord group that I'm on is upset about the extra 2% tax on rental income; the fear is that this will simply be passed to tenants and more landlords will sell up, also putting rents up.
We need more council houses so that people can still get somewhere to rent.
We need more council houses so that people can still get somewhere to rent.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A landlord group that I'm on is upset about the extra 2% tax on rental income; the fear is that this will simply be passed to tenants and more landlords will sell up, also putting rents up.
We need more council houses so that people can still get somewhere to rent.
We need more council houses so that people can still get somewhere to rent.