Today Americans celebrate Independence Day when Americans inc George Washington refused to pay taxes to help with the 7 years war debt, a war started by a shot fired by George Washington...

Why do I get the feeling the DIP drones announcement is the new attrib a capability to something and say cheaper so can cut elsewhere

Over on other social media Reach Media and Daily Express as pushing bullshit that pensioners will be charged 20% income tax on their state pension and gullible pensioners are going apeshit. This is why just banning kids from SM achieves nowt

SpaceX has now crashed to below its IPO price...

No , Natural England aren't looking to kill all the Dartmoor ponies , as disingenuous politicians across the political divide would have you believe . A lot of hysteria about this news story over the past few days – well and truly debunked here . . . www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...

Sustainable transport thought- we have masses of canals in this country with limited traffic on them. Autonomous electric canal barges with a single crewman for locks ( until pay automate infra) every 5 or 6 barges. Slow, steady and green for non-perishable loads. Could run 24/7 too

FFS just ban Twitter if they can't act to remove Doxing of 2 police officers

We have supported children to get a correct age assessment after they were wrongly assessed as adults by the Home Office. These are not decisions for AI systems. Age assessments must be human and expert-led. No child should be stripped of the protections they need.

When someone makes a statement that companies 'just want your details' and when you explain thst breaches GDPR they tell you loads of companies do it and its legal... you explain no its not and they have a meltdown its like arguing with a sponge! Honestly supposed intelligent ppl and ignorance

Given the negative comments about young peopleafter the Alan Milburn report, mostly from older eople and pensioners itsprobably a good idea to remind them without young people paying tax the state pension ceases to exist. They 'paid in all their lie' for the people retired before them

Failure Gullis seeks to shaft his community. Remember he said he was unemployable after being voted out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another day wasted on politicians desperate to position themselves and not getting that the more of this circus the more people think politicians aren't interested in improving the lives of public just their own job prospects. Slow hand clap

Watching the political car crash that is the factions in Labour vying to do wat best suits their preferred leadrship contender over any national interest and filling papers, hiding all those Reform councillors that are having to resign / be suspended or in one case may not exist. Toryshambles mk2

And the Labour self indulgence begins - what the country wants another leadership contest and rife infighting FFS. Morphig more into crazy Tory days each passing moment

Overheard in cafe yesterday - two pensioners saying tax is state theft then complaining about potholes and UK not paying decent state pension... Because billionaire owned press has convinced people taxes are bad

Today a contact passed my details to a woman who found 3 dead small fox cubs in her garden. Expecting poisoning or something similar found 3 cubs covered in scratches dead - and her bengal cat playing with the bodies as she tells me he never bothers the wildlife... No poisoning just dumb cat owners

@tanktales.bsky.social You recently commented om the SDR discussion on here being positive. Side note am also seeing what I believe is Treasury placed pushback against Lord Robertson and Fiona Hill. Note how quickly folks with no understanding of SDR were directed to his jobs as if a revelation or

Its amazing how many people when shown they are actually completely ignorant of the thing they are spouting off on have to generate a fake bogeyman and then block

Imagine you are a shot down aircrew and during your descent to terra firma the thought the asshat in charge of Pentagon made a big 'no quarter will be given' speech a short while ago... That's why shit for brains people cost lives

Who knew that a guy with a crusader cross symbol and pontificates about God being on his side would blunder into the Middle East clueless and cause havoc...

The amount of people on this platform that are no better than the Twitter types is getting ridiculous. Same level of brain death but think they are geniuses

Where the clothes you give to charity shops or recycling bins really end up - my report from Ghana on the destructive impact of fast fashion and clothes dumping mol.im/a/15669611

There is a telling moment in original Arnie The Running Man film where a crappy TV host asks his oft insulted bodyguard to protect him and gets told he's 'off to pop some steroids' instead of savinghim from his comeuppance Can't think why Trump thretening NATO allies then being told to FO reminds me

Somewhere in an Emirates lounge I have created what can only be termed a kit explosion

Scotland absolutely rampant #SCOvsENG

Italy deserved to win that, they must be absolutely gutted #IREvsITA

If anyone wants to complain about the NHS and wants a Farage insurance setup I can show them the £275 referral fee I've just had to pay for a consultation before I've even been looked at... this is with the NHS dentists providing all Xrays, etc... for a single £30 NHS visit..

FFS Wales I'm annoyed for you at this. The off field mess is bad enouh for a proud rugby nation but boneheaded antics costing 2 in the bin #Rugby6N #ENGvWAL

This French side are looking ominously dominant #Rugby6N #FRAvIRE

Pandora's box level 1 opened - the exped boxes slowly being emptied into duffel bags... Exped countdown started #kitexplosion

When a Trustafarian who bought a RED and calls themselves an expert tries to explain how they are right by saying how expensive their watch collection is 😂

#Craghoppers seem to be having a nightmare with their sizings atm. Worn them for 25 years and tried on 3 different pairs of 32" trousers and only 1 was actually 32". GF is size 12 in Rab and Montane and older Craghoppers kiwi trousers, couldn't get the 12s or 14s on except in zip offs which then

457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment. This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.

My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring. I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.

I know its easy and they acknowledge it themselves but FFS this a story that answers its own questions inc 'fitness influencer' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Also doing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks is not adequate exp for the mountains FFS BBC. One is an endurance trail, the other a knife edge arete route

The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals. Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏

So unexpectedly ran into someone I haven't seen in 10 years since hemoved to Spain. Listening to the anti-immigrant bollocks and views he has gained from watching GB News from Malaga myself and all mates agreed happy he's been missing 10 yrs and hopefully gone another 10. The cherry ontop was him

Bunch of photographers having photo club dinner evening and it was like the pub bore club unleashed hearing them wang on about system X or Y being no good and all the excuses. If you cannot take a half decent photo with any major manufacturer's camera released since 2012 the issue is not the camera

It is the 21st Century and I'm having to drive a letter to a dr surgery because the NHS still sends out letters instead of emails to GPs and the one detailing an important change of meds for parent got lost in post...

If I hear one more 'they want the army to fight with one arm tied begind their back' because of a war crims investigation into potential extrajudicial killings will slap that person with a bloody rules of war VHS. Its a war crime whoever does it

One thing missed in all the 'we are punishing fat cats' talk of salary sacrifice is a lot of private sector pensions went here and quite a few 30 somethings I know who never had pensions got told only way could retire is by putting half their age in as % of salary... That blows the new cap

Just watched Evri driver drop item over gate without even opening it. I'm in, I'm expecting delivery, not even troubled the doorbell

UK government consultation alert. Details are in the linked website.

Joined up thinking NHS rant no god knows how many. MDS prepacked meds a requirement for most care companies... most pharmacies opting out as too time consuming and costly... those that do have waiting lists. GPs & soc serv recommending MDS for patient + carers Round and round the circle we go.

Evri delivery to 'secure location' supposed to be 6.30-8.30pm realy 11pm so spent night in frost Was in and up they just don't care

Air Force one earlier...

Going to be quite interesting to see Trump try his lawsuit attempt to shaedown money when his only leverage is not allowing them in the WH, when he won't allow them in WH afterwards anyway. Esp given he basically did what they said

We could probably solve a lot of recyclable litter issues if they had a deposit scheme on cans, glass and any takeaway charged £2 wrapper deposit. Delivery apps could have a recycle collect split the surcharge on a collect day or take yourself for full refund. Supermarket voucher for returned cans

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago. So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year? Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share! 1/