Francis Hitchens

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To prove that a politician can play a round without cheating, I'm releasing a galactic premiere. An 18-minute film of me playing 18 holes of crazy golf with Ben Fogle! See the whole thing by subscribing to me at BetterThanX.co.uk. Here's a taster...

Excellent as always - can't wait for part three!

You don't like Marmite 😢👊🇺🇸🔥

This is worth having a play with.

Wow, just wow.

Are you all ready for August the 9th?

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Champaign Co. records 13 fatal crashes in 2025 so far; commission seeking input on prevention plan URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission is looking for community input on how to reduce traffic fatalities as 2025’s year-to-date total is the worst the …

The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission is looking for community input on how to reduce traffic fatalities as 2025’s year-to-date total is the worst the county has seen in two decades.

No Google TV app 😭👊🇺🇸🔥

War is peace buddy 👊🇺🇸🔥

Padilla: "If this is how Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they are doing to farm workers, cooks, day-labourers out in the Los Angeles community, throughout California, and throughout the country."

A post from the official Department of Homeland Security's X account.

"I am Senator Alex Padilla" is the first thing he says.

There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.

There is no justification for the aggressive behavior displayed today toward Senator Padilla. This is a U.S. Senator. In a federal building. In his own state, doing his job.

If they can handle a Senator like this, they can do this to anybody. It is an authoritarian response.

Mother of missing Virginia Navy sailor speaks out Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Resendiz hasn’t been seen since late May.

The investigation into missing Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Resendiz out of Naval Station Norfolk is still ongoing.

Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and Trump didn't call in the National Guard.

It's not a surprise to hear a statement from Miller like this. Don't forget her memorable praise of Adolf Hitler not so long and far ago.

Ouch. Just ouch.

The Night of the Long Tweets

Don't worry, I'm sure there will be exceptions for right wing extremists, rapists, tax avoiders, conmen and anyone who can pony up a big enough ✈️ bribe. 👊🇺🇸🔥

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

A bad President, for instance, has the power to do what? What can he not do? If he wanted to revolutionize this government, he could easily do it with this ponderous power; it would be an auxiliary power. He could cry “havoc, and let slip the dogs of war,”29 and say to the conspirators: “I am with you. If you succeed, all is well. If you fail, I will interpose the shield of my pardon, and you are safe. If your property is taken away from you by Congress, I will pardon and restore your property. Go on and revolutionize the government; I will stand by you.” The bad man will say or might say this. I am not sure but we have got a man now who comes very near saying it. Let us have done with this pardoning power. We have had enough of this. Pardoning! How inexpressibly base have been the uses made by this power—this beneficent power. It has been that with which a treacherous President has trafficked. He has made it the means of securing adherents to himself instead of securing allegiance to the government.

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

Yet another wise, science based decision that will help us all in the long run NOT. 👊🇺🇸☔

This could come in handy right now in Illinois, I can smell the smoke now and the sun was hazy.

A diagram for building a DIY Corsi-Rosenthal filter box. This will help keep your indoor air cleaner.

My kid's Melbourne Australia Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Because she's such a perfectionist, she used clear duct tape; my three CR boxes are much messier looking but still very effective at cleaning indoor air of viruses and wildfire smoke.

#CorsiRosenthalBox invented in the US @corsiaq.bsky.social and @jimrosenthal5.bsky.social serves as a DIY air filter for a fraction of the cost of a HEPA filter unit. A box fan, 4 particular furnace filters, duct tape and scissors are all you need to help clean your indoor. Great for wildfire smoke.

Oh dear, time to stock up on N95 masks and antibacterial masks and toilet paper ...

At least they won't have the disappointment of finding all the swings and other equipment padlocked up on Sunday* as the council don't have the cash to pay the park keepers.

* Fun wasn't allowed on Sundays when I were a lad.

Now that's a TRUTH(TM)

no offence to Carrie but "you have birthed Boris Johnson's fourth child in five years" is something you'd have to say to me in the hope that the sheer horror of it would finally wake me up from a lengthy coma