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Retired software engineer. Now just program for fun. www.tonyjewell.com Please don't follow me - when BlueSky supports it I will be removing all followers. Thx.
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Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years. The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Next to dog grooming shop? Wig Seller

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This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

submitted 15 days ago • 67 comments

Zelenskyy rejects claim Boris Johnson talked him out of 2022 peace deal

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

To those lovely humans that have followed me - I'm flattered you might think I might have something interesting to say - but may I ask that you unfollow me. Thank you :-)) To any bots: you will be blocked.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk's DOGE team gained access to NASA today. Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, which is NASA's largest private contractor. This is a MAJOR conflict of interest. Let's talk about it👇

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments

This Petition just needs 5,000 signatures to get over the 100k needed for consideration for a Parliamentary debate By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets start the conversation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 16 days ago • 50 comments

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

submitted 26 days ago • 6199 comments

The tools used to destroy Twitter may now be applied to the US government www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 111 comments

Happy Brexit Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ua...

submitted 28 days ago • 127 comments

A letter to the Times about *that* opinion piece on ‘Brexit freedoms’. “My late father…was adamant that the coming together of nations that had previously been at war was exactly what he had fought for.”

submitted 30 days ago • 5 comments

So nice having TV without the normal incessant background music. Thank you #WinterWatch

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The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla . Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...

submitted 35 days ago • 226 comments

ChatGPT has a Thursday lie down

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social why does the camera move around so much on the inside pieces to camera? Looks like it's hand held or maybe there's some tracking SW in it. It's very unsettling. #WinterWatch Example: Tues 22nd Jan, Chris and Lolo chatting about Woodhouse caching.

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Grift, institutionalised. Trump's scammy meme coin is just the start. He's also packing key regulatory positions with crypto evangelists. Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/t...

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

To those lovely humans that have followed me - I'm flattered you might think I might have something interesting to say - but may I ask that you unfollow me. Thank you :-)) To any bots: you will be blocked.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme

submitted 40 days ago • 24 comments

The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on | Editorial

submitted 41 days ago • 7 comments

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

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