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manthonee.bsky.social
Digital refugee. Here for cycling, wine, architecture and journalism. Irreverent humour also.
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Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.

“WITHOUT ME YOU HAVE NO CARDS”

'Did you even say thank you?'

So, when are the UK planning that state visit for Trump? Charlie boy going to be even less popular I think.

WE WANT MORE KNOBS!

That’s how you write a headline, people.

Neville Chamberlain, to do him justice, never amplified under his own byline Hitler's propaganda against the Czechs

This is so good.

On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

When you punch a Nazi, claim it was an "awkward gesture"

Germany and France have warned the US against military intervention in Greenland. Starmer and UK silent. Time to pick a side Kier, appeasement doesn’t work. Let history tell you that at least.

US media casually discussing invading a sovereign nation by force to steal their rare earth minerals.

Wonder if Apple’s AI will have any issues with its own news platform (like it appears to have with other platforms, eroding public trust in their accuracy)?

A mum on £12k a year says she won’t be able to afford private school – 17 attempts to make it all add up. www.thepoke.com/2025/01/02/m...

Is it me or do people now just assume when they see a #tesla on fire, they assume it’s the battery and not a bomb? Is being this bad now just normal for these EVs?

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you have a wonderful day. And what a day it is, by the way..

This every day.

It's freeing to realize that you can't control what others think, so there's no point in letting it affect your happiness. Embrace who you are, love who you are, and remember that your worth isn't determined by anyone else's opinion. 💖 @motivationstation.bsky.social 💖

Happy 99th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, inventor of the DVD player.

This definitely happened in real life.

Has California finished counting votes yet?

Believe in yourself as much as this woman believes in her shirt’s buttons…

This year we’ve got one of those Advent Calendars where, each day, you open the door and get a bottle of vodka. Well, technically it’s not actually an Advent Calendar, it’s big Tesco.

Only 23 Gregg Wallace apologies until Christmas

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...