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I mean it’s bad the head of FEMA admitted he didn’t know there was a hurricane season but it could be worse, you could have an anti-vaccine lunatic running the health department or a brain-melted wannabe dictator who backed a conspiracy theory Joe Biden was replaced by a robot as President

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Today in things that sound like the field of study for a 60s Marvel villain but are an actual real thing.

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Today is the 91st anniversary of the last diary entry of the first man who tried to climb Everest solo. Mind you, his plan had been to crash land a plane 14,000 feet up and then stroll the rest of the way, so perhaps he wasn’t destined to succeed

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An important life skill to develop is the ability to not have an opinion on a thing. This is because there are many things which it is not necessary for you to have an opinion on. A related skill is recognizing that the list of things on which an opinion is required is different for everyone.

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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

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I think we’ve got enough of a crowd* to make this work. Shall we say 8pm, Saturday 24th May. Pizza and wine optional. Bend and snap compulsory. *i.e. me and the cat

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Tariff Otaku prepares to lick the hot stove again.

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Kemi Badenoch to Keir Starmer at PMQs: “He needs to stop whining about what the last government did.”

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Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.

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Train delayed due to a swan on the track.

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What UK politics needs is far more sustained attention to expertise shown in threads like this, in place of the 24-hour commentary and snap analysis. And then the experts and the politicians to be working together effectively. Not very confident...

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Oh well done. You didn't consider maybe identifying your strategic industries and supply chain vulnerabilities BEFORE starting a trade war with the only gorilla in your weight class, you absolute clown cabal?!?

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HAPPENING NOW: Bail hearing for Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who remains in detention in Louisiana after she was taken from her home in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities. The hearing is before a Vermont judge. Ozturk is appearing virtually from Louisiana.

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As I have said before, trying to defeat fascism by making concessions is like trying to cure gangrene by giving it your leg.

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Top tip for politicians: try standing up for the principles and vision of the future you actually believe in, forming policies based on that, and then convincing the public to vote for those principles, vision and policies. (I know, this’ll never catch on)

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Labour's base-punching strategy reminds of the Seinfeld episode where George is so obsessed with making Jerry's girlfriend like him (she clearly hates him) that he neglects his own girlfriend (who does like him) and she leaves him

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I really hope he promised free eye tests for all residents.

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Kemi Badenoch keeps calling for inquiries into the rape gangs. I’m just very confused as to why she never thought to look into this important issue herself when she was Minister for Women. #PMQs

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This video should have the music from Benny Hill in the background.

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CBC finally calls Carleton - the Canadian Tory leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his own seat

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“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and above all, we have to take care of each other” - Mark Carney

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The Trump Effect. Kind of like King Midas except that everything he touches turns to shit.

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Trump's cabinet gathered around him, exchanging concerned glances behind his back while assuring him over and over again that China's, "definitely going to call," with the too-earnest energy of a girl's group chat after Stacy has what was clearly a one night stand with a club promoter.

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I have waited my whole life, for this moment....

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If you are asking this morning what Labour can learn from this, the answer is - almost nothing. The election is four years away.

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This is Dino. He saw you with that hot dog bun. Tried to get away but tripped over his own ears. 12/10 he has a family

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NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...

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Animals have a certain way of celebrating the warm days

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For #worldpenguinday, if you've never heard a penguin being tickled before, here's a penguin being tickled.🔊🆙

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I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

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When more than one person lives in a house with a Labrador who tells lies.

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Memories.

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I've just become aware of a road in Aylesbury called Paradise Orchard and I wondered if there were any other roads whose names don't entirely reflect reality

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Favourite protest sign of the day - #handsoff #protest #resist

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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

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Folding like origami is unquestionably the right move when you have a strong hand but forgot the rules, are holding the cards facing out, handed two to your opponent, lit your pants on fire, called your wife by her sister's name, and just realised raising would require wagering your kidney.

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Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises

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First picture of the new US iPhone factory revealed!

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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

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Fun. But completely removed from reality.

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