David Frew

So they should be...

3. Charles de Gaulle Airport (France) Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) accounted for 2.4% of all flight disruptions. Handling nearly 20 million passengers in three months, CDG faced industrial action, ATC restrictions, and adverse weather conditions. According to Eurocontrol, there was an average delay of 21 minutes per flight, while Cirium ranked CDG’s punctuality at 72%. Delays were common on Paris–London, Paris–Amsterdam, and transatlantic flights to New York and Montreal https://skyrefund.com/en/blog/most-delayed-airports-europe

CDG is a terrible airport for delays: "reason for delay - incoming flight delayed"

Beaten into 3rd place by Heathrow this year, but I hated my weekly Paris trips.

I've also become suspicious of the narrators in audiobooks. I check to see what else they've read and listen to samples.

I don't know if Audible *is* yet using AI to read books, but there's no way I'm buying that.

And yes I am ranting, because I am so far beyond angry that anger is a mere blip behind me.
"Oh you just keep bashing Labour". No, I keep attacking inhumane and plain stupid policies made by the sitting government. I would be doing that regardless of who was running this shit show. 16/

Have to agree with this - the worst government since Thatcher!

I am very pleased to have seen photos of Kate Bush dresses as a bat today.

I do not need any further information on this topic.

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...

NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.

We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Amazing picture!!

I am still 'burning' CDs to protect my data.

My ritual does work, I have not had a hard disk crash since I started doing this.

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”

“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”

You can have those for nothing, lads.

The former 'prince' Andrew is being formally removed from the Order of the Garter.

The last person to lose this knighthood was Emperor Hirohito, who was suspended due to Japan's involvement in the war, "which shows how bad he's been."

ht: @andrewhunterm.bsky.social & @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Just to really wind me up, when I migrated from my last Pixel phone, the upgrade process did NOT migrate my spell check settings, so *enshittification* is flagged as misspelled.

For Android users the latest updates (full of Gemini.) The "What's New" does not tell you how to turn off the latest enshittification features, helpfully you can search in Settings for Gemini and turn most of them off.

I got all the Gmail 'features' in the QT early, so I'd already turn them off.

No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”

Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW

Britain has set a new wind generation record.

"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"

"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"

They are indeed very effective (& not only "British" terfs)

Here's the link:
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Congratulations! Trump has become the most disliked president since the end of World War II.

He's got dementia hasn't he?

This is what his defense will claim when he's brought to justice.

Mike Johnson's official bio says he has "two decades of previous experience in Constitutional law." Yet, when Trump threatens to execute Democratic members of Congress, he suddenly has no opinion.

This is what shameful cowardice does to someone like Johnson and it is how he will be remembered.

Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.

It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).

I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.

86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

A strong theme in Terry Pratchett's books

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

It seems to get earlier every year.

It's not a medical treatment - it's a religion!! (Possibly only for tax reasons,)

There's a "Behind The Bastards" podcast episode you can search for.

I'm not sure if this is a functional link.

Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.

If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.

/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.

I mean, Lemons must understand that at point his license is in jeopardy. I’ve never seen anything close to this.

This is the “four seasons total landscaping” of prosecutions. Except here, there will most certainly be lasting professional consequences, if not criminal.

Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got THIS