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I know lot of you have interesting interests, can anyone help Beth with this dilemma that doesn’t involve starting the tank from scratch?

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"To make matters worse, in a separate incident a House employee went to a party dressed as Jimmy Savile and ended up having sex with a blow-up doll, for which he has been subsequently dismissed. Just another day at the office, I guess." Not even The Thick of It would have played with that script

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Number crunching: Fine handed to Barclays by FCA over ‘reckless’ fundraising in the 2008 financial crisis v bonus pool shared by Barclays’ bankers in 2024.

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When the universe sends us “Don’t Look Up” as a metaphor and we tried its patience

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Today's GB News advertisers include •Jet2 Holidays •TrailFinders •Freshpet •All Clear Travel •Staysure •Boxt •Dormeo •Brackenwood.com •Roomes •Rangeford Living •Polish Tourism Organisation •Raging Bull Snacks •Body By Nature •Bullards Gin •Spire Healthcare •Housing Units

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So Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has finally spelled out the quiet part in neon letters for those who hadn’t got it yet. This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger. There’s no pretending you didn’t know.

submitted 10 days ago • 92 comments

In Nazism this was called the Führerprinzip, which meant that everything Hitler wanted was legitimate and beyond the rule of law. Just saying..

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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

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If you work in the creative industries, please give feedback on this government public consultation on AI and our copyright. ALCS provides help here with answering the questions, and you don’t have to answer every question to submit it. The consultation ends SOON, Feb 25th:

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Wow... Is everyone a cunt? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Google: What’s the quickest way to lose trust and the good will of our customer base? Answer: This shit 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽

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Are you a man? 50+ ? Any Prostate symptoms? Any relative with prostate cancer? Perhaps your husband? Brother? Father? Uncle? Son? Neighbour? Friend? Read attached and get them to read it I was 'low risk' but my PSA was 20 stage 3b cancer with a Gleason score of 9/10 (aggressiveness)

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I have the lead story at the Post for now, breaking the news that the UK has secretly ordered Apple to provide a back door to the strongest encrypted storage it offers--while making it a criminal offense to tell users the truth. Free version here, no sign-up needed. archive.is/EzboV

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This should be a film. Less than 24 hours after enabling Hitler’s appointment as chancellor, Hugenberg reportedly spoke with Carl Friedrich. “I’ve just committed the greatest stupidity of my life, I have allied myself with the greatest demagogue in the history of the world.”

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My version of those “saw you on the bus and wish I’d asked you out” classifieds - tall man with orange knitted hat and moustache on southbound Victoria Line at 1330 - you looked like you were really enjoying the book you were reading, but I couldn’t see the spine. What was it?

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When Fines are not Fines. On 6 August 2024, Ofwat announced fines totalling £168m on three water companies – Thames Water £104m; Yorkshire Water £47m; Northumbrian Water, £17m. Not a penny has been paid. Companies with 400 criminal convictions are allowed to negotiate what and when they will pay.

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Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

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This whole story is horrific, and exactly what the demonisation of trans people and trans kids leads too. The targeting of women & girls who do not conform to gender stereotypes. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Having flashbacks to when Boris Johnson said this about the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte “There’s a group of UK business people who have got a brilliant vision to turn it into the next Dubai. The only thing they have got to do is clear the dead bodies away.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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submitted for your approval: the potoo bird it escalates quickly

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On BBC Sunday Morning Live yesterday, Emma Webb repeated @telegraphnews.bsky.social's debunked lie that "1 in 12 Londoners is an illegal migrant." Very happy to be able to put the record straight on air (at about 10 minutes in here). www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Gavin Ashenden, a former BBC podcaster who these days is an occasional guest and writer for a number of mainstream British media outlets, performed a Nazi salute on Friday in unison with his fellow hosts of the "Catholic Unscripted" podcast in the UK. They say: "Our hearts go out to you."

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The Room Next Door - Donald Trump Plane Crash Fact Check

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Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be) theneuroscienceofeve... In-lieu of the young guys working on Musk's behalf, the old "Your brain isn't fully developed until your 25" is doing the rounds again Here's why it's BS #Brains #25 #Misinformation

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You may well disagree with what I’ve written - it’s just a starting point of thoughts

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On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science. The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people. The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.

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An urgent message from the nation's health journalists:

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There is no reasonable defence for anyone still agreeing to appear on this channel bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g...

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Information literacy pro-tip: If you want to help an author out, you can ask your local public library to consider shelving their book. There's usually a form on the web site to do this, and it makes books available to folks low on cash. As an author myself,

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This is the HQ of Avis Capital. It claims to be one of the largest companies in the UK, with £58bn in assets and 31% returns promised to investors. Except it's all a lie. Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.

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This 💯

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I’m still angry about Neil Gaiman. This is my standard video of Matthew MacFayden and Julia Garner that I post. Enablers are not your friend. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=762...

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'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for my eyes were too googly.'

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🇬🇧 JUST IN: Government Claims Austerity Is Definitely Over. UK Rejoices. 👇 Please watch this #BrokenNews report, then share. youtu.be/Bdq6B7zchYE?...

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Next weekend’s gigs in Narberth and Swansea are sold out - still some tickets left for Llanelli - hope some of you can make it www.theatrausirgar.co.uk/en/shows/rob...

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We were lured in with the promise of a tantalisingly evil genius that had our sapiosexuality questioning our own morals. “This combination of evil and embarrassment is a unique horror, one that science fiction has failed to prepare us for.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This is cool. A guy's ring door camera captured audio and video of a meteorite slamming into the ground, possibly for the first time ever. www.iflscience.com/for-possibly...

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#GoogleAI has moved into predicting the future. Everyone wait until next week to search the lottery numbers, my turn first.

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BrewDog’s James Watt and Georgia Toffolo need to shadow a nurse’s schedule for a week, separate hospitals, while living on their wage (transport, food, childcare) no support from family or ex partners before I take any of what they say as anything but privileged guff said for clicks and faux outrage

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A horrible reminder of the use of child labour in the 19th century and the long struggle to reform the law. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Released a recovered #hedgehog back to our garden and he returned like a 2am drunk 😂 rummaged around the garden for 2 hours, climbed on top of the hibernating HHs, napped in a spare house, ate for an hour straight and then buggered off to do whatever HHs do. Good luck little guy

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