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Fantastic Russ, enjoying it immensely so far. Letās hope it does well on all platforms.
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Death toll for the Afghanistan earthquake has now risen to 1100.
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Itās exhausting and the media are helping radicalise these people. I sent my partner to give fruit to some neighbours and tonight he told me a seemingly sweet old lady told him these immigrants are getting given new houses and electric cars. I could weep.
Iām so damn tired of this shit. Can someone wave a magic wand and make the racists go away. Itās absolutely horrible
Surely āPresenter of the Yearā belongs to @GaryLineker at this year's National Television Awards? Heās hosted his last MOTD Lovely followers, you know what to do: š Vote here: nationaltvawards.com/vote šļø Deadline: 12th September
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Visas, no visas, visas, no visas. Consider that these are, for the families, decisions that can involve hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of the lives of their kids. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Germany and France have announced a joint European early-warning missile defense system, JEWEL, which integrates space-based sensors from the Odinās Eye project with advanced ground-based radars.
The problem with X. Clearly AI. And clearly Paris. š¤¦š»āāļø
Almost every PM tries this, from Harold Wilson onwards. And each fail, because of the sheer institutional weight of the Treasury in Whitehall. Departmental gravity is crucial. ~ a former Treasury lawyer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Absolutely love Palma, fab photos.
Something else Trump has stripped the value from.
US military C-17 transport aircraft and a US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft have been deployed to Puerto Ricoās Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, likely as support for the unfolding situation in Venezuela. (Vanguard Intel)
Quiet day as always, started a new book and found an Amazon delivery lady roaming down the side of my house with a parcel, sadly it wasnāt yours š unless you ordered a big metal angle thing for marking straight edges.
Absolute state of this old racist, abusing a Muslim couple. I hope the local police in Leicester have paid him a visit.
Theyāre also very similar, often the same cast and generally not that good.
This is brilliant šš¼
Forget Orwellās āTwo Minute Hateā ā the immigration debate shows real loathing | John Crace
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: āVenezuela is confronting the biggest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years. āA situation like this has never been seen.ā
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isnāt white. *Do not* use the term āremigrationā. Itās an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
This guy went all in. You could suspend him naked over hot coals and be wouldnāt still admit he was wrong. Letās all have a chicken ticket masala in his honour
Leaked āGaza Rivieraā plan dismissed as āinsaneā attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
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President Donald Trump has plastered taxes on products from almost every country on earth abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir... via ABC News
Canāt think of a single beneficial thing š
Oooh night skies
Canāt tell if this says more about Reformās status or that airport lobbying wars are back. Back in 2015 Heathrow/Gatwick were both throwing so much Ā£Ā£Ā£ around that they basically funded most internet UK political media. āOh yeahā¦ we have a podcastā¦ two MPs have listened to itā¦ Ā£200k for sponsorshipā
I didnāt really need more evidence that RFK Jr is nuts and delusional.
Your climate-changed future is here. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Yes weāve started the process of trying to dismantle our rights š”
Remember all those fantastic beneficial things we could do when weāve left the EU. Have we done any of them yet? #RejoinEU
Every day a new media outlet disappoints.
Weāve become a selfish lazy society. They probably think theyāre doing us a favour by picking it up.
I used to buy cheapo Japanese from wilko but last couple of years Iāve bought from here . Tried Japanese, snowball and radar. Snowball where poor so going for radar again. You need to make sure theyāre autumn sets. www.simplyseed.co.uk/onion-sets.h...
This is a big deal - especially as Unite has said it has put employers "on notice" about new sexual harassment laws. Unite says the issues were "raised a number of years ago but have now resurfaced." So when did Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham (who appointed him) know about them?
Wtf
Yep the tow path here is littered as theyād rather Chuck on the floor or the hedgerows than carry it a tiny bit further and put it in the bin, worse still they Chuck it on the floor next to the bin š
Just finished the first chapter and Iām hooked.
šØšØ"Vote Brexit, stop the boats ā the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appease". Excellent piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
Government decisions are led by statisticsāon the economy, employment, housing and more. The UKās statistics are in a mess. There are question marks over key figures, the ONS is underfunded and in crisisā¦do we even know how things are going any more? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...
Buy a small bag of sets and put them in from towards the mid/end of next month . They need the cold. Theyāll Hardly grow over winter but roots will settle then next year theyāll get going.
This is what weāve been saying: Russiaās economy is facing a catastrophe. And these figures are from *before* Ukraine started its successful campaign to degrade Putinās oil facilities. (Data from Bloomberg via @jayinkyiv.bsky.social on the other place.)
Banning refugees ā people whose asylum claims have been processed by a hostile system and found to be legitimate ā from bringing family members has one predictable and awful effect: instead of travelling alone, men will bring their wives and children on small boats, and some will drown.
Fucking bigoted mouth breathing morons, lowering themselves over a trainline to place flags. www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Just looking at who is pushing for ECHR withdrawal should be enough to confirm that we should fight to stay in
Russia has redeployed forces from Sumy and Kherson for a new offensive in Ukraine. (War Unit Observer)
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isnāt even news.
Kemi Badenoch wants to maximise North Sea fossil fuel production. Here are 12 questions it would be nice to think CCHQ is able to answer. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Give em a try, honestly theyāre so easy. I grew a few tubs and had to throw away about half a dozen that where soft. Got loads left.
Havenāt met a man yet you doesnāt love a good rummage around a ferreteria š¤
It was good of the DWP to text me all the way from Indonesia to remind me to apply for the Winter Fuel Allowance. (But seriously, beware of scams. There seem to be more and more every day.)
āThe very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.ā Donāt trust me, trust 8 former directors of the CDC.
Partner chopped some of our onions earlier for a chilli thatās in the slow cooker and my eyes are still stinging š but theyāre very tasty.
Extremely small detail of this bizarre missive, but we as Americans need to stop calling politicians by titles they no longer hold. Giuliani hasn't been mayor of anything in 24 years.
WARNING! A reminder I don't ever do adverts. I don't ever endorse "investment schemes". If you see any adverts or promotions anywhere for "innovative platforms", "get rich quick" "revealed investment secrets" then... THESE ARE CRIMINAL SCAMS ILLEGALLY USING MY NAME & FACE. YOU'LL LOSE YOUR MONEY!
Has he surfaced in public yet ?
Just goes to show toms donāt have to taste of water. Used to love the big tomatoes you got on holiday in Spain but even they donāt taste the same anymore . Iād rather have a small crop of tasty stuff than loads of bland.
Passing the baton of justification
All these posts are easily AI-generated by the way.
We have a group of vicious old people determined to burn everything to the ground before they drop dead.
Years ago I had a holiday in Tunisia and theyād just had a plague of locusts, I saw a lady sat stroking one that had landed on the table, it was huge. Very surreal. Nature is a fascinating thing.
Iāve seen those moves outside the pub after closing time!
I saw a programme the other week where a commercial grower had them growing really high up in what looked a bit like guttering. Kind of dangling upside down and No compost at all, I guess water and feed are the key. Fascinating.
Erā¦ Good Lord. news.sky.com/story/retire...
I understand (though I do not accept) the government's case for remaining on X. What is totally indefensible is the *exclusive* presence of many MPs & departments on that site. They are handing a monopoly of key government communications to a site that's increasingly run by & for the radical right
Do you feed them ? Ive reused the same compost for last 3 yrs , with a small top up but I add a big handful of grow more at planting and feed twice a week soon as fruit sets.
Best to stick with 1 per pot. I get loads off a single plant. Not sure why I did so many this year as Iām not supposed to eat anything acidic š
Heās learning. He doesnāt mind with anything that doesnāt require kneeling down. Knees are shot. Iāve sent him off with bags of apples, plums and toms for friends and neighbours.
Oooh black ones. Iām having to ripen indoors but it doesnāt take long and theyāre delicious. I normally grow a couple of cherry that get ravaged but didnāt bother this year. Lesson learnt, will grow them as sacrificial next year as I donāt normally have problems.
King Charles shifts slightly on his sofa, glances at the portrait of George I, and brings the subject back round to pesticides.
Afternoon Stephen, good to hear. Sheās a contented looking kitty.
Good point , making it look the more moderate of the 3 evils
Morning / afternoon Mike Mr toasty giving off mr chips vibes
Awkward moment Nick Robinson reminds Chris Philp he opened Bell Hotel for asylum seekers www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/asyl...
Dubai resident who recently went bankrupt owing Britain over a million pounds in tax, and who cannot legally be a director of a company for four years, wants your vote to make him Mayor of London so he can use the blockchain to "shape and change the face of politics."
Everything is perfectly normal and fine. Nothing to see here.
I have 6 pots, all bush variety and itās 1 plant per pot. I normally thin the leaves out but Iāve not been well enough so am reliant on my non gardening partner.
Good advice. Starve them of oxygen
Australia might be the craziest country in the world. It produces enough food to feed its population three times over, has more habitable land than Western Europe, and fewer people than Delhi or Tokyo. And yet they complain, because the migrants are brown.
What an absolute cesspit
The ādecorative medallions that festoon the walls of the ( #Trump Oval Office) bear more than a passing resemblance to āFoam Veneer Accessoriesā available from Chinese e-commerce site Ali Baba for just $1 a piece.ā
Elon Musk will be championing the Tommy Robinson 13/9 rally, on grounds that Nigel Farage is "weak sauce" on mass deportation and too soft on Islam Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
Always the same 3 profiles following every time
Wow those squashes are fantastic. Iām having to pick my toms whilst theyāre still green. Went to pick the first red ones last week and bloody caterpillars had started eating them š©
Here's the ECHR polling from @yougov.co.uk. It ill behoves a generation who've had everything on a plate for two decades to yet again burn the surface off the Earth and leave the young to try to rebuild. Maybe take a pass on this one eh Boomers.
Brexit - the gateway drug to a dangerous obsession with immigration - next come deportation schemes, #Farageriots, increasing authoritarianism, overt racism from politicians and media, cruelty as policy, leaving the ECHRā¦ On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Iāve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom ā and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
My main issue with the debate around ECHR is that no one advocating for it seems willing to accept that the past decade of politics has shown us that withdrawing from organisations/treaties/institutions always has more unintended consequences than intended, usually negative.
āThe number of small boats crossing the English Channel fell to 55 last month, down from 75 for the same period last year, the Home Office said on Monday. The figure was the lowest total since 2019 when it stood at 34.ā
Ursula von der Leyenās plane was forced to land in Bulgaria and use paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disabled its navigation, the FT reports.
This is utterly heartbreaking. People like Rylan, the media and many politicians need to stop the hate and lies! This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.
