Tom Hawkins

The Angry Corrie memorial edition published A final edition of the Angry Corrie has been published, in memory of Dave Hewitt, who passed away last year. Dave founded the hillwalking fanzine with back in 1991, and it ran until 2008. Dave...

A final edition of the Angry Corrie has been published, in memory of Dave Hewitt, who passed away last year.

www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/the-ang...

Bloke on the tram watching some TV drama on his phone, on speaker: annoying

Bloke on the tram watching some TV drama on his phone, on speaker, AT WHAT SOUNDS LIKE 1.5x SPEED: ENRAGING

I mean, anyone who expresses contempt for the way other people choose to spend their leisure time should be forced to produce a schedule of their own activities over the previous fortnight for the internet to pull apart with gusto

Political commentators dribble the Ratcliffe story aimlessly around their own half. Politicians attempt well-intentioned passes but don’t land it in the box. It’s Barney Ronay, in the sport pages, who delivers it magnificently into the back of the net.

The piece that annoyed the non-existent culture secretary - you know what to do

Film people! Are there any good theoretical/critical studies of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl you would recommend?

Wherefore *art* though, Romeo? When thou couldst have chosen a sensible A-level like physics?

Postcard from Mahir

Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.

TIL!

I like that people describing the idea of liveable neighbourhoods and 15minute cities as "Orwellian" is correct, but not in the way they think

Am torn about this chart - it shows that despite the always defeatists talk, Europe and the EU in particular have stepped up for their security.

However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.

Colourful image from the webpage of the Royal Society. Background is a mix of images of electronic circuits and silicon wafers. Text reads: "Welcome to the Royal Society. We are the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity."

FOR THE RECORD: one year on, I lay out clearly how Elon Musk FRS has breached the @royalsociety.org’s code of conduct, why the Society’s failure to defend its values has been so damaging, & what they need do to recover their standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/...

Government launches Charter Review to future-proof the BBC The Culture Secretary has launched the once-in-a-decade review of the BBC’s Royal Charter with the aim of bolstering trust in the broadcaster and putting it on a sustainable financial footing.

Only 27 days to have your say over the future of the BBC! Don’t leave it to other people - take part!. You love it? You think it could be better? There’s something special you don’t want to lose? Tell the government! Closes Tuesday 10th March.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

I got picked! Help me win a mug!

I love that its official name is ‘the green footbridge’.

DOJ Identifies UAE Sultan Behind Epstein Email on Torture Video Members of Congress are slowly pressuring the Justice Department to identify redacted names in the Epstein files.

DoJ Identifies Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chair and CEO of DP World, which owns London Gateway and Southampton container ports as well as P&O Ferries, as the recipient of the “I loved the torture video” email from Jeffrey Epstein.

There must be a pub quiz question in that

Honestly, flash back to 2023 when it was all "can't wait for a boring Labour government being boring with a boring PM"

Oooh we’re going to see Mahagonny

Looks like today is a good news day! (crosses fingers tightly)

'A much needed surge in momentum': Green economy reacts to latest record clean power auction Green economy stakeholders give warm welcome to government's latest clean energy auction results and release of much-anticipated Local Power Plan

Here's all the details on what are very significant announcements:
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525420...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525418...
www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

A question on UTF-8 tabled by Zöe Franklin remained unanswered.

This is better than you think.

Can’t claim to have tried the other 33 but that sounds like a bit of a stretch to me.

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’ Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, whose parents migrated to the UK from Pakistan, is facing the suggestion from a veteran Labour peer that she is “pulling up the drawbridge once inside” when considering the plight of refugee children trapped abroad. Alf Dubs, who came to the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, said the home secretary and other ministers had “kowtowed” to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK by preventing unaccompanied children from seeking refuge with UK-based family members. Continue reading...

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

So bleak that net zero, a decade old Conservative climate policy that is wholly inadequate in scope and ambition, is now too radical for parts of the Labour Party

If Epstein is Trending, Why Isn’t +1.7°C? The news cycle has become a hall of mirrors: Epstein, Trumpism, war, outrage, retribution. A thousand scandals designed to keep us anxious, tribal, and tired. We have to hold multiple truths at once: ...

"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...

It’s funny how their polling always looks the bleeding same

If anyone who follows me knows of any decent support groups near Manchester for

+ people with early onset Alzheimers
+ *and* the youngish adult children that care for them

then LMK