Michael McDonald FACT: he cannot sing the letter G

If true, we get 3 things. None good. 1. The direct negative growth/fiscal impacts of cutting immigration. 2. A Chancellor who prioritises their own personal/ideological obsessions over the UK economy. 3. A PM who through myopia or weakness chooses 1 and 2.

I'm with Russ Jones on this.

Ooh.

'Patriot News' reporter Chris Atkins (scatatkins.bsky.social) was just kicked out of Liz Truss' CPAC conference for asking the wrong questions. So much for free speech.

I give up - Liz Truss just made parody accounts redundant.

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On 14 July, the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) published a shocking – but sadly unsurprising – report into the stark Islamophobia on display at the Spectator, the UK’s oldest political magazine. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director

Norway: Thousands row together celebrating the return of the National Team USA: People in the streets protesting another ICE murder

Great track - and great to hear it again, along with a brief glimpse of a very young Neil Young.

Data Centers are being built in secret. 🤐

Would this be considered cheating, by my co-wordlers? #wordle_NYT

Is Mahmood *really* right for a Labour Government? Burnham seems to think so.

An amazing example for everyone, really!

SOLAR IS WINNING 👀

Seemed too easy this morning? But at least I picked the right option!! 🥳 Wordle 1,851 2/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_NYT

One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Old photo: "Leigh Court Barn is an outstanding example of English medieval carpentry, and the largest cruck framed structure in Britain. Built for Pershore Abbey in about 1325, it is over 42 metres long with 18 cruck blades each made from a single oak tree". Text: English Heritage. Photo: me.

He also owns major stock holdings in the detention & deportation companies contracted by the administration.

Don’t bother me, I’m watching….

Wordle 1,850 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I wd normally be v pleased, but my friend got it in 2!!! 😉 #wordle_NYT

Sometimes it is nice to be Irish!

Good luck, then bad luck - but is there even such a word?!? Wordle 1,849 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_NYT

Norway got some sort of boost at half time - they now look much more interested in winning than a lacklustre England do. Extra time . . . . come on England - wake up!!

Demented old man has the power to launch a nuclear war. He is a raging threat to humankind. Please Congress- you must impeach him

Great scenario!

Whew - after a *lot* of pondering . . . . Wordle 1,848 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_NYT

‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...

“Spending $700 million to bail out the coal industry is like throwing a lifeline to a ship that has already sunk.”

Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.

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Erling Haaland♥️ * Vocal supporter of men cooking and cleaning * Self-aware of the historical context of the vikings ("Yes viking history is incredible. But a lot of things were not good... what they did. Let's be honest.") * Vocal anti-racist who used his platform to defend UK players from UK fans

Hahaha! “Drop everything in a genuine, competitive and important mayoral election in Manchester and come and help me argue with a bin in Clacton!” screams Farage as he once again prioritises his own monstrous ego over being a serious party that can cope under pressure. Nasty clowncar falls apart.

Another bog standard - luck not required (but wd have been appreciated!!) Wordle 1,846 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_NYT

There is zero chance this is real.... right? Right?? Like being murdered by a cow, the odds of this being real are low.. but never zero.

Matt Goodwin appears to have missed two key facts: 1) Andy Burnham was not already an MP 2) Nigel Farage was already an MP 3) Andy Burnham was not under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and the National Crime Agency (Farage is).

Blimey - what's come over the Daily Mail?!!

Did you know that cats have 32 muscles in each ear to help them ignore you?

Man spent five hours filling his bucket with fish, until he woke up to find every single one gone. On May 20th, a man was fishing off a dock when he started having one of the best days he’d had in weeks. Dock camera showed his Dog was feeding a Dolphin 🐬

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

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A tailorbird is a bird known for its remarkable ability to sew leaves together to create a nest. This process involves puncturing the edges of leaves and using plant fibers to stitch them together, creating a sturdy and camouflaged nest that protects the chicks from predators.

Damn - silly 3rd choice! Wordle 1,844 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_NYT

"Thousands of pieces" - actually thousands of middle fingers!! 😆

@australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social Instead of sending billions to a rapist in America invest in Australia's future. Do this www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerla...

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