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#cocktail
- Blessed (fka Black) Manhattan 60ml Bourbon, 30ml Averna, dash Angostura, dash orange bitters, Cherry, orange twist
about 12 hours ago
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Just checked the settings | preferences | posting defaults and I allow quote posting from anyone. Good. Have at it.
about 21 hours ago
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Last night on BBC News, we had Chris Mason talking about Ed Davey's LibDem conference speech. Never mind the content. Chris Mason really is a nasty, slimy snake in the grass like Kuenssberg. And Davey is just plain boring, like Starmer. In the UK, the party leaders seem to be almost universally […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115258076980642450
about 22 hours ago
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NI is highly regressive. Yes, take 2p off employee NI and move it to income tax. But only on the higher rates of Income tax. Not basic rate.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/23/reeves-urged-to-take-2p-off-employee-ni-and-add-it-to-income-tax-in-budget
2 days ago
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If Palestine is now recognised in the UK, does that mean it's legal to fly the Palestine flag? Just as long as you don't have the word ****** anywhere near it.
2 days ago
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A new first for me and a new low on Facebook. I got accused of being the "Local Fascist". After I called out "Typical Zionist / Rightist Rhetoric". And then the Ad Hominems started.
2 days ago
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Instead of "Small Boats", we should talk about "Brexit Boats" and "Farage Boats". Instead of "BorisWave", we should use "BrexitWave", "UKIPWave" and "FarageWave". Instead of "Far Right", just use "Righty" as in "Typical Righty Rhetoric" or "Righty Pile-In" Language matters. And so does […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115252331514995796
2 days ago
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Instead of "Small Boats", we should talk about "Brexit Boats" and "Farage Boats". Instead of "BorisWave", we should use "BrexitWave", "UKIPWave" and "FarageWave". Instead of "Far Right", just use "Righty" as in "Typical Righty Rhetoric" or "Righty Pile-In" Language matters. And so does […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115252317947573441
2 days ago
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Happy Autumn Equinox! Greenwich 22-sept-2025 BST New moon, last night 20:54 Sunrise 06:46 Moonrise 07:25 Moonset 18:56 Sunset 18:58 Equinox 19.19
3 days ago
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Happy "Talk like a Pirate day". Aaargh!
5 days ago
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What is it with all the spiders? Not many orb spiders. But loads of all the others.
5 days ago
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#cocktail
- Hawksmoor Collins 35ml Gin, 20ml lemon juice, 10ml dbl syrup, 7ml Campari, Dash orange bitters. Collins, Build, add ice, soda, grapefruit slice Another one that tastes better in the bar because they have a spray of Ambience to finish it off. Pretty though, and low alcohol when […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115232188682882900
6 days ago
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#cocktail
- Ohio 45ml Scotch, 45ml Red Vermouth, Orange Bitters, Cherry 🍒 Scotch & It?
6 days ago
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Slogans in England. Where do they come from? Why are they so widespread? -- It's a class thing. They tried to silence us for 20 years with labels : ‘Racist’, ‘Islamophobe’, ‘Far-Right’. They don’t work any more! Just ordinary people with ordinary jobs who care about our women and kids […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115224987057930472
7 days ago
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Reform UK Party Ltd didn't support Tommy Robinson's "Unite The Kingdom" March. But the vast majority of the people who marched, vote, support and promote Reform. Isn't that obvious?
7 days ago
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Some amazing photos of last Saturday's March. Putting the anti-demo in Whitehall with their backs open to Trafalgar Square was a major miscalculation by the Police. They only just got away with it. It must have been properly scary with a baying mob on both sides and no way out to the side […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115223960166838544
7 days ago
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#cocktail
- Madhatter 50ml Rye, 20ml Lime, 10ml dbl syrup, dash Absinthe Also Bourbon Shake - Bourbon no Absinthe. Commodore - Bourbon, orange bitters. Expat - Bourbon, mint sprig.
8 days ago
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As electronic dub plunderphonic works backwards, we've reached the Prog-pop era as the source for the remixes.
https://nthng.bandcamp.com/track/owner-of-a-lonely-heart
choon.
8 days ago
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Make England Great Again Trying to unpack this. A tiny parish council meeting. Shouty flag people at the back. Quietly angry old people at the front. Here's the speech from a parish councillor, Reform UK official, and promoter of flags and hotel protests. This is a class thing. A class […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115218936213176859
8 days ago
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You can see it. But can you say what it is yet?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/16/israel-committed-genocide-in-gaza-says-un-inquiry
9 days ago
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Three Crows together is too small for a "Murder of Crows". A "GBH of Crows" perhaps?
9 days ago
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That feeling when you order a book on pre-order months and monhs ago and then forget about it. And then out of the blue, it drops through your door.
https://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/atomic-albion/
Looks wonderful and a quick dip into the middle held my attention.
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Atomic Albion
___By Tom Bolton_ _ _ **£18.99 /£30** Unlimited paperback & hardback edition of 300 copies 360pp. | 135 x 195 mm 20 BW Illustrations _ISBN 9781913689971_ **Available late August 2025 **_** All hardback copies will come with a signed bookplate and a risograph print by Error Press.**_ **PRE-ORDER HERE** **_Journeys Around_ _Britain’s Nuclear_ _Power Stations_** _No one has revealed more occluded or_ _buried sources of fascination to me than_ _Tom Bolton, and with this book he has_ _excelled himself. _**Tom Holland** _Awesome in the true sense of the word, Bolton’s brilliant_ _and disturbing nuclear travelogue manages to be elegiac_ _as well as terrifying. _**Phil Baker** The United Kingdom has sixteen nuclear power stations. Most go under the radar, but their presence is enormous, both physically and culturally. They divide opinion like nothing else. Are they relics of a past era, or a crucial part of our futures? Are they cathedrals of science or temples of doom? _Atomic Albion_ is a journey around Britain’s nuclear power stations and the country itself. From the Essex marshes to the Anglesey coast, from the Dungeness shingle to the far north of Scotland, Tom Bolton explores how nuclear sites shape the places around them, and enters the awesome world of nuclear power and weapons. **PRE-ORDER HERE** **JOIN US AT OUT LAUNCH EVENT on 22 September at The Social, London.**
https://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/atomic-albion/
9 days ago
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What is going on here? Christian Values?
9 days ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/15/record-numbers-of-americans-have-applied-for-uk-citizenship-because-of-londons-values-says-khan
Americans ... Coming over here ...
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Record numbers of Americans seeking UK citizenship because of London’s values, says mayor
Ahead of Donald Trump’s state visit, Sadiq Khan hit back at US critics of the capital’s crime rates and diverse population
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/15/record-numbers-of-americans-have-applied-for-uk-citizenship-because-of-londons-values-says-khan
9 days ago
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Stories about US-UK Nuclear power station deals look very thin on detail. In particular - How big are the reactors? - How many, when? - How proven are the designs or is this all new? - Where's the grid investment to match the supply? - Fuel, waste, decommissioning costs? […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115209377686826832
10 days ago
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Labour deputy leadership race. Are Phillipson and Powell sisters?
10 days ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/15/occupational-health-service-fabian-society
UK. 9 million working age adults (16-64) economically inactive. 3 million due to long term sickness. Driven by a surge in mental health issues, particularly for young adults. Especially since 2020. Calls […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115207110334434845
10 days ago
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Nailed it again
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2025/sep/15/edith-pritchett-week-in-venn-diagrams-cartoon
10 days ago
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#climate
That about wraps it up for the Arctic Melting season for both Jaxa Extent and NSIDC Area. Early minimums around 8-Sept. Extent 14th lowest Area 5th lowest Volume 2nd lowest No BOE this year. Very high dispersion / low compactness. Large areas that look like rubble.
10 days ago
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If you join a march organised by far-right, racist, fascists. Featuring far-right, racist, fascist speakers. Where some far-right, racist, fascists kick off and attack the Police. You can't claim that it's just a peaceful march of ordinary people to "Unite the Country". You're literally […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115203781146925375
11 days ago
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#cocktail
- Admiral 50ml Scotch, 20ml Lime, 10ml dbl syrup, Orange Bitters, dash Absinthe. One of the Whisky Gimlet family.
11 days ago
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None of the Reform UK Party Ltd MPs or councillors were allowed to march yesterday. There’s a reason for that. Plausible denyability. And to distance themselves from the terms "Fascist", "Racist" and "Far-Right".
11 days ago
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#cocktail
- Mañana 60ml Light Rum, 15ml Lemon, 10ml Grenadine, 15ml Abricot, lemon twist Lots of disagreement over the exact quantities. This seems to work though.
12 days ago
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Younger kids don't know why they've been ill so much, or what it was. Because nobody will tell them.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1966483740479123566
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Thread by @1goodtern on Thread Reader App
@1goodtern: Last week I saw someone write about how 6 year olds have never heard of Covid even though they've had it at least five times here. So this week I asked school children of all ages...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1966483740479123566
12 days ago
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#cocktail
- Manhattan Jr: 45ml Rye, 30ml Red Vermouth, dash Angostura, Orange twist Not the usual, 60-30 and orange twist instead of cherry.
13 days ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/12/uk-rejoining-eu-european-union-membership-nick-thomas-symonds
> “We’ve pledged not to rejoin the single market or the customs union or go back to freedom of movement and that remains,” he said. Nobody expects a quick return. But it starts with […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115190127407802270
13 days ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england
This one is all a bit close to home : On fields a 20 min walk away. Leached liquids from land fill. Passed to Sewage treatment plants for money. Mixed with biosolids from foul water processing […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115190111445225563
13 days ago
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Mandelson. What if he was made UK Ambassador to the US in full knowledge of his links with Epstein. As a way of keeping Trump sweet and taking advantage of their friendship and shared secrets. The UK secret services and vetting aren't completely useless, so Starmer and many others must have […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115189913201182264
13 days ago
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#cocktail
- Gin & French 4ml Gin, 40ml Noilly Prat, dash of orange bitters, twist of lemon, rocks. Simples!
14 days ago
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Don't say "Deep State", because that would be a conspiracy theory, like "intellectual dark web". Do say, Tufton St, again?!? Junktanks with links to and advising Labour, Tory, Reform. I didn't donate to them, or vote for them but they're still running the show […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115184481713237453
14 days ago
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Asymmetrical provocation. Gerbera drones costing about $10,000 vs F-16/35 fighters using AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles costing about $1.5 million. Unsustainable. drones, drones, drones.
14 days ago
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It's Microsoft Reboot Wednesday. Perhaps the last one. Perhaps one more. Maybe I won't just by 2 more laptops to get Windows 11. And take my chances on no more security updates. That'll show 'em.
15 days ago
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#cocktail
- Bonny Prince Charlie (aka Comet) 45ml Cognac, 22ml Lime, 22ml Drambuie Not much sugar in this one.
15 days ago
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> Sloppy headline from the guardian. And sloppy inferences in the original study - correlation dressed up as causation "persistently high rates of absence since the Covid pandemic" but no mention of absence due to sickness. Or correlation with staff absence due to sickness […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115179048038382256
15 days ago
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> In the last 24 hrs Israel bombed Tunisia, Qatar, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. > The USA put forward a ceasefire proposal and then facilitated an attempted massacre of the negotiating team discussing it. Can you see what it is yet?
15 days ago
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Bridget Phillipson is being presented as front runner for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. This is the person who was Shadow Education minister. Who called for Covid mitigation in schools, clean air, CO2 monitoring and so on. Who was then made Secretary of State for Education in the current […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115178718425474123
15 days ago
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Starmer : A man incapable of seeing a hole that he won't step in. With reference to tomorrow's meeting with the Israeli head of state, Isaac Herzog, in London.
15 days ago
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#climate
Official Press Release 3rd hottest August in the records for global daily average 2m air temperature. 12-month Sept-24 – Aug-25 1.52°C above the pre-industrial level. Sea surface temperature, 3rd hottest in the records Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Area are fairly unremarkable, 7-10th […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@jbond/115175504528740366
16 days ago
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Back to Reality - Only 34 years.
https://youtu.be/TB54dZkzZOY
16 days ago
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Old enough to remember the days when any old maniac could get a free Blogger site and rant at the sky.
https://seagullscreamingkillherkillher.blogspot.com/2011/11/open-letter-to-all-babies-born.html
Dear Shithawks, Congratulations! Not only have you arrived pissing and screaming on Planet […]
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16 days ago
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