Tracey Williams Allred

Mr Flibble's VERY cross.

Is there an opposite to telling someone to chill? Sometimes I wonder if certain people are angry enough...

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

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I found an untouched layer of '24' box sets last week, season 1 to 4 all clustered together on the table outside

…Let me say that again: Expert coders using "generative AI" demonstrated a nearly 20% *increase* in their time, vs when writing code on their own; oh, and those increases are *worse* on the tasks with which they have more familiarity.

But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…

The Beebican

The bees have discovered Brutalism

My first reaction: nobody can declare themselves the Roti King

After I saw the rotis: well, ok

It does feel compulsory.

I have my mum's old Delia cook books from the same period so I could technically do a whole dinner party with hedgehog centre pieces, but would anyone actually eat the food?

Photo of a packet of Del Monte pineapple and cheese chunks

I wasn't aware that the Boots meal deal could transport you back to the 1970s!

Should I get a foil wrapped potato and some cocktail sticks to make one of those hedgehogs?

It's become our family tradition to buy mince pies as soon as one of us sees them in the supermarket, so I got some two weeks ago.

However, that's it until December - I'm not a cretin!

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Assistant Professor in Psychology Ref: 40866 (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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Assistant Professor in Psychology (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover)
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I want to actually own the music, books and films I pay for rather than being granted temporary access to them which may disappear at any moment

The models for Grant Wood's 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 (1930) in front of the iconic painting, 1942.

The models for Grant Wood's 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 (1930) in front of the iconic painting, 1942.

My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you By Alex Andreou

I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.

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Tell me honestly - how are the buses right now in #London? So crowded you can't get on? Or not so bad now rush hour is over?

Like many people, I didn't get the super secret access code for Radiohead tickets.

Maybe it's guessable? Could be P@b1O_H0n€¥?

#Deaflympics

GB's Deaf Women's football team

Lucy Bronze has donated £10,000 to finance their kits, nutritions and stuff.

But it seems sponsors are hard to find for them as they aren't government funded.

Glad to hear it on all fronts!

I hope you're not planning a murderous beef wellington with foraged mushrooms like that woman in Australia, that ended badly for all involved...

Is it something like elderberries?

Revenge of the redcurrants?

Hmm.....

Blackberries?

Or beetroot. I get those confused.

REVENGE

I think people going into departments underestimate how expensive the things they want to do will be, and/or the extent to which the Treasury will reject their ideas (usually on the basis of value for money).

Ideally you'll have done some detailed groundwork to build the case before you start.

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Help Great Britain's Deaf Women's football team reach the Deaflympics!

They don't receive government funding so although they have qualified, they rely on donations to fund their travel to Japan in November. They are currently £50k short.

Please share!

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Help Great Britain's Deaf Women's football team reach the Deaflympics!

They don't receive government funding so although they have qualified, they rely on donations to fund their travel to Japan in November. They are currently £50k short.

Please share!

Photo of food counter of croissants with various fillings including fish fingers, chicken tikka and doner meat

Right I'll do the lunch run, what do you want in your croissant - fish fingers, chicken tikka or doner meat?

Photo of a fluffy white cat with black patches lying in a tray full of Lego

Today's family Lego build is going really well thanks to this guy