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A gentle reminder about true Romantics. They spend Valentines Day alone.

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Graff, who wrote this, is a former editor of POLITICO.

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www.facebook.com/100003307626...

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‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde

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Within arm’s reach.

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We regret to inform you that, yes, there is a tomorrow.

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And the name of this band is....?

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Sorry. You caught me at a bad historical moment.

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Still my favorite platform.

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Trust me: 2025 doesn’t want to be here either.

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The good news: the year is ending. The bad news: I’m told there will be another.

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United could do the funniest thing tomorrow.

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The most important plot for understanding UK politics & economics now - the collapse in productivity growth since the mid-2000s. Nothing that governments of last 15 years have done has made a material difference, & if we continue doing the same things we'll get the same result.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like a late-capitalism consumer-fest.

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Christmas - a time for radio and tv presenters to embarrass themselves by pretending to interview a man in a red suit and false white beard.

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You boy! Here’s a farthing. Purchase a broadsheet and see if Mr Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is the Christmas No1 again this year.

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Admission - videos from Syria. I'm somewhat reluctant to believe some videos coming out. It's a rich environment (horrible to say) for manipulation. People emerging from supposed starvation but looking ok. How much our view is tainted by bad faith actors. Just uneasy about 'wins' by journos. Wrong?

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Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.

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Journalists are v good at asking the right questions and politicians so good at answering, that we are no nearer to knowing the make-up of the next government than we were a week ago.

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Sophisticated electorate anyone?

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The Shinnerbots are very inactive on X this morning.

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Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’

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Street sign warning of horse and cart traffic ahead in Hawassa,Ethiopia.

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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship

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Is this racist? Should we be outraged? I think we should be told.

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x.com/AmjamboAfric...

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RTE News is doing something right when it is criticised by Sinn Fein and Joe Brolly for its Gaza coverage and by Eoghan Harris for its Israel coverage.

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Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised | Jane Martinson

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A gentle reminder that someday all social media will end. And we’ll return to our books. And hope they’ll still speak to us.

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There used to be a poster on Twitter channeling Dr Samuel Johnson. Musk’s rules did for him/her. Greatly missed. Would love here.

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This election refuses to catch fire.

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