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Hmm, I'm trying not to be too negative, but it looks somewhat underwhelming. 😒

If you cancel your subscription to BIDS ISI via telnet, you can sign up to Disney+. 😉

Business idea: shut up about AI for five fucking minutes.

Yep.

Ha ha, I've just been looking up how to watch it too. I need to update my knowledge of propane and propane accessories. 🙃

Well, up to a point. But information - including reliable, accurate information - has never been as available as it now is. The revealed preference is that a lot of people just aren't bothered about knowing very little.

Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewards, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

"The way to see off the populist right isn’t to cower in its shadow; it’s to step up and offer a compelling, positive alternative."

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Got so excited by the #bcfc Prime documentary that I had to look up that Jay Stansfield transfer reveal video again. 😍 Also, trying to imagine what young me would have said in 1983 if she could have read that previous sentence? 🤔
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🎉 Opening Soon: MySide 🎉

A new short exhibition at Side Gallery featuring work from our local and international community.

Photographers reflect on "Documenting the Self" and "Places That Made Us", sharing honest, everyday moments from their lives.

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Been a while since I saw a new book with an errata slip. Shame it has QUITE so many errors.

More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

The headline here should say:

"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".

(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)

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I have a feeling I may dream of trains tonight. The trains of my youth. Thank you to everyone who helped make the Greatest Gathering such a memorable day. There may be more photos to follow...

Crying at this

And a six month consulation period. 👍

Scrap the asylum system—and build something better Rich countries need to separate asylum from labour migration

Thanks Sam, that was really informative. Was wondering what you thought of this recent article too?

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Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu... ‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense.

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Same (but not as nicely presented). And this is just half. You think I'd be good at stock withdrawals..😬

Strong Lady Catherine de Burgh arriving in her barouche landau vibes. 🧐

Me at the start of today's race vs me at the finish. 😬

It’s a unique brand of political genius that decides to remind the voting public of the political disaster that happened under her own party’s leadership, and then claims the current government is even worse than that when that’s blatantly not the case.

A colour photograph of an art deco staircase and hallway at 63 Harley Street

Our latest Anatomy of a House blog features 63 Harley Street, austere outside but with a wonderfully crafted interior. It was designed by Wimperis, Simpson and Gutherie for renowned ophthalmologist Sir Stewart Duke-Elder and his wife. Read more here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/anatomy...

Barry Bannan is a free agent. His #SWFC contract expired over a month ago. No one would begrudge him jumping ship and joining a stable Championship club.

But despite the chaos at Hillsborough, Bannan is still training with the club. The man is a bona fide SWFC legend. 🦉⚽️

I fear we can quietly delete 'for repairs' from the headline, given the complete lack of progress on the other bridge. 😒

The next bridge along has been closed for several years because of a similar structural issue.

Almost like the Council deciding to outsource the parks to a charity, and then that failing and bringing them back in house hasn't really worked in either case.

For the £49bn cost of a 3rd runway at Heathrow, the Spanish could build more than 3 high speed rail lines.
- London-Glasgow in 3h (linked to HS1 to Paris)
- Bristol-Newcastle in 2h
- London-St Ives in 2.5h

Plus they'd be near zero carbon. Explain to me why a 3rd runway is good value?

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Are plurals allowed?

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Promoting our new documentary right outside the other lot's stadium is extremely petty and childish.
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In the spirit of the age, as the parkrun results bizarrely show that I didn't finish first, I'm sacking the timekeeper and barcode scanner. 😏

[Seriously though, many thanks as always to the volunteers. 👏]

Me three months ago:

The Unbound/Boundless chapter has now come to a predictably ugly end. The morals of the story being 1) have some basic competence when it comes to money, and 2) pay the people who feed you.

Yes, Unbound - without authors, publishing companies are nothing.

And fancy that. Now you're nothing.