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Chartered Civil Engineer (retired), London, Military History, Lapsed Wargamer, Guide and Trustee for the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. AKA JustsomeguyJohn. "If you're always curious, you'll never be bored." Vincent Price.
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

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Amused by this. I think we know the answer.

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The Lib Dems have 14 times as many MPs at Westminster (72) as Reform but nowhere near as much broadcast media coverage. Meanwhile the Greens have 4 compared to 5 Reform MPs in the HofC and don’t get a fraction of the coverage Reform get. Sign the petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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When Starmer pledged to get the numbers down I assume he was referring to Labour membership

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Labour might wonder why, less than a year into a new government promising “change”, people are giving up on it in droves. So let me help it out with a few clues. 1. Cutting disability benefits 2. Freezing Local Housing Allowance. 3. Maintaining the cruel, Malthusian two-child benefit cap .... 🧵

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My prayers today are for all who find being / not being / having / not having / missing a mother like an open wound rather than a saccharine pink greetings card. #motheringsunday #mothersday #lent #laetaresunday ⚓🕯️ #cofepeeps

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The stealth training for our newest sniffer dog is nearly complete.

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On March 25, 1949, the Soviet Union committed one of its many crimes against humanity deporting 90,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to forced settlement in Siberia. - 70% of them were women and children - 2850 were solitary elderly - 185 were unaccompanied minors - 146 were disabled

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This! There’s a book I’ve been looking at getting, but can only get in ebook form. On Amazon, an edition on kindle (and restricted to just kindle) is 25usd. Straight from the publisher! It’s 10usd and unrestricted. I can get it in pdf format if I wanted.

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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

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You should buy stuff from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social Their stuff is good and their customer service is excellent. You will not regret, except perhaps from the shame of adding to your pile of unpainted miniatures. But it is a passing shame and it does not hurt much.

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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

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Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live... bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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Good grief. If you ride Lime bikes or know anyone who does, please read this…

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Just be prepared. We've all seen that headline going around today that Bluesky is the current #1 app, and X dropped out of the top 25. That means the absolute worst people in the world are going to be coming here trying to turn THIS place into just as much of a shithole. Block them. Don't engage.

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Sounds like a plan

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