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Political failure. Political failure. /Political failure/

They'll have doctors & schools & shops, & train stations, right? They'll be flood proof, affordable, with solar panels & heat pumps & swift bricks, right? It won't just be a bunch of isolated houses with only car access, in the middle of some muddy fields, built by the cheapest bidder? Right?

There seems to be some *confusion* among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them “But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes” “But, but he was in UKIP” “But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy” So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵 1/14

A favourite shot of mine from last night's #Railway200 event at Darlington, ft @davidhorne.bsky.social.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

The brief summary of the “coppers storming Nicola Sturgeon’s house” stuff is that the police were told the SNP had spent donations they were given for a second referendum on day-to-day party maintenance. I’m not even sure that is a crime. Now, look at what these clowns have done.

On a similar topic, a reminder that James Blunt (yes, that one) and General Sir Mike Jackson (using creative politics and a bottle of whisky) completely fouled up direct orders to be stupid in Kosovo. It can be done!

You could write a book about how shit Starmer is and how shit he is at his job and how everything he touches turns to shit. A decent man doesn't attack trans women and girls, asylum seekers, disabled people, old people, or poor families like he does, nor bully or lie or cheat people like he does.

Here it is from the ground the other day 📡

but I think what we're looking at is essentially a longer, worse 1970s, one that ends with Britain solidly relegated to the second tier of European nations (with the result that a lot of people become more bitter and resentful against Europe, alas)

Same Hulk. Same.

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

The Right is nakedly trying to make it illegal to call them fascists which is about the most obviously fascist thing you could come up with.

Outstanding

Re-posting for the nothing-much-else-to-do-on-Sunday-morning crew. This one is for anyone who likes nigh-incomprehensible Cooncil stushies and very small details on old maps.

The community note has it right.

#Mars A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the Martian surface. www.europlanet.org/epsc-dps2025... 🧪 #PlanetSci Video: field tests with the Tumbleweed Science Testbed. Credit: Team Tumbleweed/Sas Schilten.

Flight demonstration of the Mirage G (single-engine) and Mirage G8 (twin-engine) in the early 1970s. This was a series of experimental variable-geometry aircraft. The G8 remains the fastest Western European aircraft in history, with a speed of Mach 2.34.

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Even as a kid I remember watching this first episode. (Well I remember watching the last five minutes but I assume I was there for the rest of it)

Got my new shirt, it rules!

Possibly the least surprising buyout ever kotaku.com/report-saudi...

Ever wondered why it's ABXY and not ABCD on SNES controllers? And I presume on any other controller too that inherited this design choice? One young reader of Nintendo Power in 1993 wrote in to ask. What a CAD...

Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.

If I controlled an animation studio- any animation studio- I would jump both feet forth. Alas- for good or bd- I do not.

If you are a general or admiral en route to Quantico, @duffelblog.com has you covered shop.duffelblog.com/products/thi...

Well don't I feel stupid

Definitely not showing this to my wife…

I want a government that asks 'how can we make things better for people?' not 'how can we make things harder for those people you don't like?'

They aren't bringing ID cards in to make people's lives easier, they are specifically bringing them in to make certain people's lives harder.

Butterfly!

My last post about digital ID today, but reading this Independent piece (in which I'm quoted) and what is this quote from Morgan Wild at Labour Together? Using the NHS app doesn't mean "your data is online". If this is the level of digital understanding of people writing digital policy, god help us

Power swords look so nice in acid green 💚 #40k #EmperorsChildren #Commission

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

We learned this during Brexit and under Boris Johnson. The BBC rapidly moved on from Vote Leave/Boris Johnson broke the law to 'they breached guidelines'

Check out the colours in this tree!

Now children, this is how we used to play rock and/or roll when I was young. www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

Great article by @schneier.com on threat modelling, how the government can (mis)use our data (especially important as the US goes full authoritarian): www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵

I have a, let's call it an under-thought, about immigration. It's not the key point, but it's also not one that I'm seeing discussed at all. The key point is that dehumanising a group is always bad because that group /are human/, and we all suffer when our humanity becomes conditional.

I finally cleaned up my messy cablework

Thrown out on a procedural issue. The government did not think it was necessary to consent to a trial, or give the legal go-ahead. Not sure if this was incompetence or purposeful.

Watching Pikachu and Eevee on the ramp of the Arena Mexico is really the fusion between my two worlds

Be not afraid.