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I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

The sad thing about this is when you talk to girls they will mention in passing “there’s a trans girl in our class she’s really nice, what’s for tea?” this is just cruelty towards children.

Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

As with ATED, it seems vulnerable to future adjustments, to expand the taxpayer base paying it, once established? (Which may, or may not, be good policy.)

This is true. It is the best email I got this year.

I posted on X for the first time In ages. Immediately deleted the post. Holy Christ. It’s bad bad. Like sticking your head in a wasps nest

A hearty "FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP THIS" to Xero accounting software, which now, every time I log in, prompts me with an undismissable box to turn on AI-powered auto-reconciliation of bank account entries. No. I don't want your AI to GUESS this stuff based on an algorithmic hunch. So MASSIVELY annoying.

People on here are constantly sharing screenshots of stories they think are important without linking to the original work, and then wondering why the media ecosystem is so broken. If you can't be bothered to even link to the work you're sharing, you're part of the problem!

It’s always “YOU NEED YOUR HEARING CHECKED” and never “I’m going to get tested for mumbling”

This is the most absolute-state-of-everything-in-2025 news story imaginable

Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!

I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.

absolutely. which is why this was the definition for AI that @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I included in our recent TiCS article

I told people at work that I don't like hot drinks. Truth is I do , but I'd rather go without than face the hassle of doing a tea round for a bunch of fussy bastards who can't agree on the correct shade or what milk is.

It’s ironic to resign over editing a bunch of lies to reflect the truth.

Well done to everyone who remembered to vote.

Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.

Let's do it all again next year.

Can we just stop please? Just let it go. We are not anywhere close to “conscious” machines.

We’re going to look back on hot takes like this in 20 years and wonder how people fell for such clear fairytales.

When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.

We should teach our kids this stuff like we do road safety.

(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)

Do you know anybody still on "X"?

Please tell them to delete their account. I am really not a harcore lefty, but this stuff is just not ok.

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VO5 Revive Me Daily conditioner.

*extremely Fine Young Cannibals voice*

Wasn't it great being young? Wish I'd noticed at the time.

I wonder how often prisoners get accidently discharged when they should be being moved?

Is this only being reported because of the significance of the criminal?

Or is it incredibly unfortunate a very rare thing has happened with this person?

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

A small fluffy dog sits outside at a European cafe. They are surrounded by classical architecture. In front of them is a small cup of coffee, designer sunglasses, and a designer purse.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett walking with each other. Gates is wearing a peach colored short sleeve button-up shirt with tan chinos. Buffett is wearing a bright green, short sleeved shirt with geckos all over it. He also has stone colored pants.

online style accounts that try to look rich vs actual rich people

“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”

I think the Marika Lemos KC comment on LinkedIn is the most plausible explanation

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’

"on a technicality"

Not really.

A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.

Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...