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Professor of Infrastructure Materials at the University of Leeds. Posting about materials, resilience, circular economy, green stuff, and whatever else I stumble on that I find interesting. No DMs, unless they're size 12 cherry reds.
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The proliferation of these groups is a bit odd given it's all the same people on all of them. (And they have fairly similar policy views to most of the existing right-wing think tanks).

That gibberish food tray liner compared to the original it's AI/OCR'd from. Weird and why? Just to avoid paying the original artist?

Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x

It was one of the key attractions on the "Manchester's Surprisingly Flammable Historic Buildings On Valuable Development Sites" walking tour

I'm at a beach party. We've had Taylor Swift, A-ha, Kenny Loggins and the Spice Girls. We've now reached the Maccarena. At least if I post about impending nuclear armageddon, I'm not going to get an email from a funding council.

By the time you’ve reached your forties you will have lived to see the newspapers that insisted that the country you grew up in was on the verge of social collapse portray those very same years of your youth as a period of blissful social cohesion.

"The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia." George Orwell, 1984

If you've never read Persepolis here's your reminder to read Persepolis

Andrew Neil got 1.7 million views just asking questions about whether this bonkers conspiracy theory was true. When given the answers, he got 200k views for noting it was 'Twitter bollocks peddled by numpties'. He then took credit for 'discrediting' the conspiracy, not amplifying it!

👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers. That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value. It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Enjoy the solstice. After June 21st the days get shorter, the nights longer, our headlong descent into the howling abyss faster, and our prayers for a swift and merciful release louder and increasingly hysterical. Never mind, it'll soon be Christmas, if we last that long. Cheers!

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PMT going into administration is a huge blow. The ability to pock up and play an instrument in their stores was inspirational. The look of sheer joy on my daughter's gave the first time we visited was wonderful. bbc.com/news/article...

THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. 👇👇

Average age of the panellists picked to discuss "the next generation": 48

An awful lot of "most since 2008" popping up in official mortgage data releases at the moment. Which, you know, is fine.

What happens when a political agenda takes over any semblance of journalistic standards Telegraph admits its story about private school family not being able to go on five holidays was complete nonsense and not remotely fact-checked Beyond embarrassing www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-t...

UK media is so wild. It is tough to properly convey how shockingly deceptive this article is. It's desperate I guess but a lot of people will still read this, and trust it bc it's coming from what looks to be a reputable media outlet. archive.ph/1z7Ie

I normally like Lewis Goodall's work, but this is simplistic nonsense. HS2 was not basic rolling out of 20th century technology.