Victoria

Not sure why the red arrows flew in formation back to Waddington from Blackpool via York but I appreciated the impromptu show.

Yep

Same

Let’s say you’re a country with a statistics crisis. Today’s episode is about how to cook the books, and then, when you realize it was a bad idea, how to uncook them. Two statistical historical cautionary tales, from Argentina and Greece.

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1. Arrestable Palestine action ⬆️

2. Acceptable Palestine action ⬇️

It's not often that a t-shirt sale and my state of mind coincide so perfectly.

Flippin heck, well I’m going to need an extra helping of gravy to get the white keys down, but ok I’ll give it a go

life lesson learned # 734,898,172: do not watch John Oliver whilst doing your nails.

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Friday ditty
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Ona Falling Blocks Border Print Midi Dress Meet Ona Jersey Dress Features: Versatile – can be worn day or night Fun Falling Blocks Print   Pockets Half Sleeve Trapeze Midi Length Designed and made with love in the UK Family Business Model is 5...

Heads up for any geeky/gamer followers who like pockets: Popsy have released a tetris style dress today. I could not resist. www.popsyclothing.co.uk/products/ona...

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Trading 212 didn’t hang about after the interest rate cut. Same-day email about lowering interest, and the cash ISA rate drops the very next day (today).

Well this is a first. I'm sat outside a cinema waiting for it to open.

Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as M&S and Tesco contain highest level of nitrites

"Cancer charities said the widespread use of nitrites showed that people should eat as little processed meat as possible, such as ham, bacon & sausages, because consumption increases the risk of bowel cancer."

...Among many reasons to eat more plants, less meat & dairy!
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The blank piece of paper that cost taxpayers £32,000 Government ‘obsession with secrecy’ descends into farce

🚨 New: The UK government spent £32,251 fighting to hide a blank form.

Yep - 30 grand plus to avoid releasing a blank template of the ministerial interests form.

A wild story - with a surprise twist. Would read to end of this one... 🙄 (🧵)

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Help please!

It is soon time for my annual lecture on legal blogging and social media.

Can you please offer any links or examples of legal commentary on a blog or social media account which you have found especially useful.

In particular, anything which has changed your mind on something?

LETTER TO MP - GAZA STUDENT VISA BIOMETRICS DEFERRAL Dear [INSERT NAME OF YOUR MP], I am writing to ask you to call on the Home Office, as well as on the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, to facilitate a biometric visa deferral and open a ro...

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The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories

Please write to your MP and demand that the Home Office act to help these students make it out of Gaza to study in the UK this September. Time is running out to get the government to move on this; they absolutely could take action and are — so far — choosing not to.

I'd kick off if I wasn't leaving in two weeks.

I'm starting to think we're all in some kind of Truman Show and Trump is secretly the host of a new game show called Tariff or No Deal.

Oh dear god, work have got rid of the proper decaf and I'm reduced to instant 😱☕🤢

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The industrial economy has created more than 100 million “novel entities”, or chemicals not found in nature, with somewhere between 40,000 and 350,000 in commercial use and production, the report says. But the environmental and human health effects of this widespread contamination of the biosphere are not widely appreciated, in spite of a growing body of evidence linking chemical toxicity with effects ranging from ADHD to infertility to cancer. Continue reading...

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

Penny Wong warns that there may be no Palestine left to recognise.

How easily the press ignored Palestinians, including myself, who made this exact point for years. Israel didn’t kill the two-state solution alone; journalists helped them along by providing cover.

The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic.

US nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb have just been transported to England, new evidence suggests.

The government doesn’t want the public to know.

Here’s how Nukewatch UK tracked the bombs’ journey.

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It’s National Watermelon Day! 🍉

And if you were wishing you could watch 15 seconds of a rescued bat eating watermelon… here is an adorable rescued bat, eating watermelon 🖤

📸 Batzillathebat

Can I just spend today in bed listening to the rain?

A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.

Really not into Fernando's pornstache. #F1 #HungarianGP

No Martin, the reason you can't find the drivers on the grid anymore before the race is because it's rammed with randos. It's become a hospitality area just as they need to get their head in race mode. #F1 #HungarianGP

I never feel more organised than when I've set a load of washing to run at 5.30am on a Sunday.

The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to 'Unregulated' Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers

Pass over your biometrics, your passport, and financial details to dodgy companies – or accept a child-proof version of the web. (or get a VPN)

Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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