Tony Šedivý 🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE

Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

A collection of flowers, dahlias, cornflowers and marigolds.

From this time last year, the final flowers from the allotment.
#allotment
#bloomscrolling
#flowers

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

A scene that would make Tippi Hedron nervous… #Photography #Monochrome #B&W #Portland 📷🐸

It's disgraceful that Rachel Reeves didn't take any questions from GB News! The fact that they claim to not be a news channel every time Ofcom find they have breached impartiality rules shouldn't stop them from pretending they are a news channel whenever it suits them.

Troughing. These are the sums that Ayanda Capital's Tim Horlick, Andrew Mills and Nathan Engelbrecht made from the taxpayer despite providing faulty PPE during the Covid-19 pandemoc.

Private Eye's Richard Brooks has revealed how financiers behind Ayanda Capital (which is owned by a Mauritius-based holding company)—Tim Horlick, Nathan Engelbrecht, and Liz Truss adviser Andrew Mills—amassed £64m from UK taxpayers despite supplying faulty PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.

How do trees speed up anything? Does a loop have speed anyway?

They invented the 'subway' underground rail 163 years ago.

Apparently Musk has never heard of it.

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday Link for more information: https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys Who is Nigel Farage?

Who is Nigel Farage?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi...

We are in the heyday of traitors being easy to spot.

If the Putin-fluffing bootlicker had a shred of dignity he would resign, but then, if he had a shred of dignity, he wouldn't be fluffing Putin.

#FuckoffWitkoff

Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.

But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.

My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

BOOM 💥 50k

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

1,000 comments, almost 1,000 quote posts. This little post has generated enough content to be the subject of a PhD. Well, maybe a MA thesis.

Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

🖍️ Costume of the Kapıcıbaşı (Chief of the Palace Gatekeepers) for Rainy Weather, Istanbul, c. 1580

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.

Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.

Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.

YouTube video by John Portman Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni: Concerto for oboe solo, strings & b.c. in D major (Op. 7 n. 6)

This is one of the masterpieces of Venetian Baroque: playful, cheerful music. Whenever I listen to this concert, I can see in my mind's eye how the sunlight plays on the rippling water of the Venetian lagoon.

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni: Concerto for oboe solo, strings & basso continuo in D major.

Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY

The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget £25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning

Essential reading 👇 - The Bear’s analysis of Reform UK's budget.

It's a masterclass in brutal, forensic analysis revealing their "£25bn Plan" is one of imaginary savings and real-world cruelty. 🔥

Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

UK Faces Hidden Brexit Damage: Lost Output Could Top £240 Billion, Economists Warn A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that Brexit has caused economic harm to the UK nearly double previous estimates, impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £1...

"The economic harm caused to the UK by Brexit is nearly double previous estimates. Brexit is impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £180–£240 billion in losses. If GDP were 6% higher, Reeves would have £60 billion more to work with — without raising taxes."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

The Punishment Model of Government League tables, political cruelty and the quiet fear spreading through the NHS this winter.

The NHS won’t survive this winter with one of the reasons being that social care has fallen off a cliff - but Shabana Mahmood got to punch down on the migrants propping it up as “low-qualified” and “never expected to be net economic contributors”, so… I guess there’s that.

20 Northmoor Road, Oxford. Professor and Mrs. Tolkien request the pleasure of your company on Wednesday, November 21st, 1945, to assist them in celebrating the Coming of Age of their Son Sub-Lieut. C. J. R. TOLKIEN, R.N.V.R. 6.30 p.m. onwards. R.S.V.P. if not coming. Carriages at midnight. Ambulances at 2 a.m. Wheelbarrows at 5 a.m. Hearses at daybreak.

In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin

It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

US military officials in Ukraine amid reports of draft Russia peace plan It comes after reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly with major concessions for Ukraine.

So, after his illegal invasion of a sovereign, democratic state, Vladimir Putin is about to largely get his own way - given to him, by his pet poodle Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, in our own country, a Putin-admiring Trump fanboy leads the opinion polls...

Scared yet?

www.bbc.com/news/article...