Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’)
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
Kevin Drum was the first journalist to really get into the ties between lead and crime rates (not just serial killers) and I think it is one of the most important articles we’ve ever done www.motherjones.com/environment/...
A drill shaped thing wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper
Me holding a toblerone taped to a bottle of Baileys
My son bought me what I thought was a drill. Turned out to be a toblerone gaffer-taped to a bottle of Bailey’s.
Justus von Liebig probably didn't intend to ruin society when he invented the silver-backed mirror but that's what he did. When mirrors were expensive, most people never saw themselves. Now people to care more about surface appearance rather than behaviour.
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s
This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division
American Christians deciding the Pope doesn't know the Bible because he said immigrants are human is the perfect summary of the evangelist movement
The BBC are constantly fawning over Farage's every move despite Reform only having four MPs. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.
Imagine how difficult it would be if you had two colleagues, one called Ian and one called Iain, but Iain only had one eye.
One of the single most depressing phenomena of modern politics has been watching immigration expand from “one policy area” to “the only policy area” with a bunch of mad zealots subordinating every single other aspect of politics to it and dragging entire political systems with them
The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
🧵 NEW: Why is Britain so skint?
We pay huge amounts of tax, yet the chancellor is expected to make widespread cuts. Where is all our money going?
My column, and a primer ahead of Wednesday
@thetimes.com
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www.thetimes.com/article/e1a6...
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
Great goal.
With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Rangers' lack of goals this season are well-documented - but why aren't they creating many chances?
While Dessers will keep scoring this season, Danilo's return should solve a long-standing issue...
www.rangersreview.co.uk/tactics/2472...
I was thinking, "What will my first post be?". Rosie, with her favourite toy, Big Steve, is as good a choice as any.
