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Mechanical Engineer. Imperial College - alumnus. Lived & worked Italy in early 1990s. Now retired.

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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

10.03.2026 08:02 👍 937 🔁 407 💬 80 📌 50
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Warwickshire County Council's Reform leader faces no confidence vote Warwickshire County Council's George Finch is accused of bringing the authority "into disrepute".

Reform UK Warwickshire leader is facing a vote of no confidence after being accused of bringing the authority into disrepute.

10.03.2026 06:27 👍 189 🔁 76 💬 16 📌 13

The basic premise of the current righty groups is that they don't like government interfering or telling them what to do or think.

How's that work, then?

It's 24/7.

10.03.2026 05:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A woman with brown curly hair smiles

A woman with brown curly hair smiles

Our own Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky’s CEO to become chief innovation officer, the company has announced. Toni Schneider will be interim CEO. (TechCrunch)

09.03.2026 19:46 👍 223 🔁 50 💬 12 📌 1
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How come it feels like Thursday already?

Goodnight all.

09.03.2026 23:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please tell me this is not real? Please tell me it’s an AI fake? It’s too horrendous to comprehend. While he jokes, the region is in chaos, economies upended, lives lost, and enhanced threat of terrorism worldwide, esp against Americans.

09.03.2026 21:59 👍 151 🔁 50 💬 14 📌 1

The IRGC says any Arab or European country that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the United States from its territory will, starting tomorrow, have full authority and freedom to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

09.03.2026 21:41 👍 452 🔁 182 💬 54 📌 45
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Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler - Series 1: Episode 1 Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they’re changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, joins a Nato exercise and meets a family building a nuclear bunker.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

09.03.2026 22:25 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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UK-EU SPS Agreement - Legislation in scope To cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation.

UK government releases list of 76 EU laws that it says UK will align with under food standards treaty with EU www.gov.uk/government/n...

09.03.2026 12:52 👍 665 🔁 216 💬 55 📌 50
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Seascape by 19th century French artist Jules Noël

#Maritime #Sea #Ageofsail

09.03.2026 09:50 👍 92 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
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The War | Rationing and Recycling | Ken Burns During the war everything seemed to be rationed or in short supply:

www.pbs.org/video/war-ra...

09.03.2026 21:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂😂😂😂😂🙄

09.03.2026 20:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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René Ménard (1862-1930)
Twilight on the Canal, 1894

09.03.2026 19:49 👍 59 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam YouTube video by Ronnie Hilton - Topic

youtu.be/4vSeo3lVTLM?...

09.03.2026 20:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Denmark strikes back 👇😂

09.03.2026 19:55 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 2
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I'm happy for him. Although he's probably been up to shenanigans...

09.03.2026 17:29 👍 535 🔁 44 💬 12 📌 1
The Ariane 5 rocket barely discernible at the top of its exhaust plume, the only way to see the vehicle's progress as it disappeared into thick cloud during its nighttime launch in March 2008.

The Ariane 5 rocket barely discernible at the top of its exhaust plume, the only way to see the vehicle's progress as it disappeared into thick cloud during its nighttime launch in March 2008.

ATV Jules Verne with its distinctive cross-shape solar arrays seen approaching the International Space Station in 2008.

ATV Jules Verne with its distinctive cross-shape solar arrays seen approaching the International Space Station in 2008.

#OTD: 9 March 2008, launch of Ariane 5 V181 from Europe's Spaceport, carrying ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Jules Verne, first of a series of autonomous spacecraft designed to resupply and reboost the ISS.

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

@exploration.esa.int @cnes.fr @transport.esa.int

08.03.2026 21:26 👍 175 🔁 25 💬 5 📌 2
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the first group of Ukrainian military experts will depart for the Middle East on Monday, to share experience gained during four years of war with Russia.

09.03.2026 03:21 👍 5842 🔁 1709 💬 649 📌 239

On Fox News, Trump suggested that oil tankers and their commanders should show some guts, brave the risk, and navigate their ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The tankers replied in unison that they would love to do this but are simply unable, due to bone spurs.

From the other place

😆 🤣 😂 😹

09.03.2026 19:45 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Stick with Starmer - I will. Good message from him today.

09.03.2026 19:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

this makes a lot of sense to me

09.03.2026 12:52 👍 199 🔁 44 💬 11 📌 0

Well, that's going to fix the potholes.

09.03.2026 19:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Global Eye - The Week That Changed The Middle East Carine Torbey is in Lebanon reporting on the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran in an extraordinary week when longstanding tensions finally erupted into open conflict.

Global Eye, The Week That Changed The Middle East: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002sjl0 via @bbciplayer

09.03.2026 19:35 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Global Eye - The Untold Story of Nepal's Mass Protests We go behind the mass protests in Nepal that toppled the government. Eyewitness accounts reveal how unarmed demonstrators were killed as authorities lost control of the crowds.

Global Eye, The Untold Story of Nepal's Mass Protests: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002s71x via @bbciplayer

09.03.2026 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the distance, a car enters a cobblestone Street through a thick veil of mist. There are three story brick houses on either side and a bit of green by the sidewalks.

In the distance, a car enters a cobblestone Street through a thick veil of mist. There are three story brick houses on either side and a bit of green by the sidewalks.

Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem

09.03.2026 12:32 👍 3731 🔁 178 💬 65 📌 3
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Lots of love from me and Steve!

09.03.2026 14:02 👍 665 🔁 103 💬 20 📌 4

If you don't like the look of the Dow, wait to see the bond markets.

09.03.2026 18:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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09.03.2026 14:24 👍 607 🔁 154 💬 13 📌 8
Darkened profile of a kitten on a cat tree throwing her head back and yawning, tongue curling up, against the backdrop of a dimly-lit window with the trees blossoming outside.

Darkened profile of a kitten on a cat tree throwing her head back and yawning, tongue curling up, against the backdrop of a dimly-lit window with the trees blossoming outside.

We are at work an hour early thanks to the time change. Boooo! Clover wasn't ready to get up yet. Big girl yawn!

09.03.2026 12:36 👍 2716 🔁 107 💬 52 📌 6

He speaks to himself and his base.

Why we continue to tolerate or humour him like one might a real 8-year old beats me.

09.03.2026 16:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0