Gaia Vince

I regret to inform America that this was just posted by the HHS Secretary.

Personally, my favorite allied-country expression of naval non-commitment is “intensively looking”. What’s yours?

Plug-in solar in the uk!

AI might be in abundance but skepticism remains a skill in short supply.

Good thread on an exaggerated claim.

Tax fugitives from Britain tho

The UAE has taken functionally zero refugees from Middle East conflicts. Contrast that with counties like Jordan or Turkey which, while with more than their own share of problems, host millions of Syrians alone.

Amazing card! Happy birthday

I have some notes re “ta daa”…

Desperate stuff

Someone wants to interview me about how I make money from writing. Hahahahaha oh god

Sadiq Khan may give up armoured car as part of clampdown on SUVs in London Mayor says he will encourage Met to scale down his official vehicle alongside plans for new charges for big cars

Khan is perhaps the only Londoner for whom it makes sense to be driven in an armoured suv. Rid the city of the rest of these gross beasts

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Feels like we kind of have a real life trolley problem with billions of people vs a handful of billionaires but nobody standing by the lever.

Maybe. I guess I self select my circle

The vast majority of the scientists I know are smart, thoughtful, kind liberals.

It still shocks me every day that the boundary between this sort of slurry and the ‘mainstream’ right in this county has completely collapsed. And that there has been so little pushback. I fear for the future.

Can’t believe nobody wanted to read the articles nobody bothered to write

Did the nonexistent interviewee also say she is worried about an asylum center in her neighborhood

Wealthy British nationals fleeing Gulf conflict bypass UK to avoid tax bills High-net-worth residents of UAE heading to Ireland and France to wait out missile attacks before tax year ends Wealthy UK nationals fleeing war in the Gulf are seeking sanctuary in countries such as Ireland and France to avoid hefty tax bills back home. In the face of possible demands from HM Revenue and Customs, high-net-worth individuals who had been living in the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries are hoping to wait out the missile and drone attacks elsewhere rather than return to the UK. Continue reading...

Wealthy British nationals fleeing Gulf conflict bypass UK to avoid tax bills

Is the dog embarrassed in front of dog friends?

So it's like 2020 was for the epidemiology and infectious disease researchers?

And climate science and weather researchers last year?

Very much like the way the film is edited so that the described “partner” is clearly actually the dog, who sometimes drives the car and is in no way responsible for the minor prang…

Sweet dreams

Bailiffs board Ryanair plane after airline refuses to pay delayed flight compensation Austrian officials took action after airline ignored court order to pay €890 to unnamed women

More of this type of holding large corps to account, please!

A little arsenic in the claret would have done us all a favour, but this is a more professional way of slaying him :)

Maybe he and Trump should lead the way through the very open straits

For Portuguese readers!

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

King Donald