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Controversy as I don’t hate the new proposed GBR brand and livery. I think it needs some tweaks (don’t think it works on the intermediate vehicles) but it’s not bad & will no doubt evolve over time and improve. Happy #GBRDay everyone… #GBR

An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.

I'm planning to set up a straightforward blog, with the occasional supporting image. In an ideal world, I'll also build a watch-along community of sorts. Should I go down the Wordpress route, or choose Ghost? Or something else? (Not Substack.)

Following Rishi Sunak and Nick Cleggs' move to advising tech companies, let's all wish Liz Truss well on her first day at Amazon Web Services.

The oldest curry recipe published in the UK dates from 1747. The first fish and chip shops opened in about 1860. Why is the latter British food but the former isn’t?

This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

This has melted my tired embattled heart.... 😭💕💕💕

I don't like to brag but I do think our cat Jim is probably better at stretching than virtually any other cat in Britain.

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia. I disagree. RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

❤️ the Viz

Joke's on us, at least two of these will be on a bbc political panel shows within the year, pretending to be an expert from The International Institute Of Degeneracy In Art or whatever Tufton st makes up next

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

OH MY LIFE!!! This weekend, TBP will be 7 years old!!! How on Earth did that happen? Not bad really for something we used to call "a fancy off-licence". We've had ups & downs! Spats with CWaC, survived lockdowns, won local, regional & national awards, & now also run an annual beer festival!

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here. Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .

Well that's the trouble. We did. We voted out the Tories, only to get a government that now does the same or worse. It's not hard to see why people feel like giving up on politics.

Experts feared it would take 193 years to reduce London's deadly levels of NO₂ air pollution to legal levels. This week Mayor Sadiq Khan announced his team had defied the howls of pro-fossil fuel and motoring lobbyists to achieve the life-saving target in just 9 YEARS. Here's how they did it 🧵

Woo hoo! Finally.

Today is Global James Bond Day! Here is 'Roger Moore' looking very dashing on a Zorin locomotive at the entrance to Main Strike Mine. Which is here at Amberley. Amberley Museum was used as the location of Main Strike Mine for the 1985 film 'A View to a Kill'. #jamesbond #bond #aviewtoakill

Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious" I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge. We know exactly how LLMs work.

So, that Discord data breach? The headlines *should* have focused on the Age Verification angle. It affected a 3rd party service Discord uses for Age Verification appeals. It took 3 months from the start of the UKs OSA age checks for the first known data leak. www.theverge.com/news/792032/...

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

I’ve never read any of the LOTR books nor seen any of the films.

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Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨ elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com

Amberley is such a lovely place to be but it can change after dark. If you want to experience the chills and frights of the Museum at night, try our Halloween Evening on Saturday 1st November... if you dare! www.amberleymuseum.co.uk

“Woman named…” where?

We affirm that racism, hate and intolerance has no place in our venues or our city. We invite anyone who is in the city centre and in need of a safe space on Sunday to find shelter in our venues. You do not need to buy anything. You are welcome for as long as you need. In solidarity.

One of the better photos I have taken of a sheep staring at me insouciantly moments after it has set fire to the world.

You can use a buttercup to tell if you like butter or not. To find out if you like primates you need a chin pansy.

Those who have claimed asylum from violence or trafficking or state persecution or war should not be spoken of as lottery winners. Shame on Keir Starmer.

In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.

Non anon opinion - they should be made to buy the round of everyone they’ve pushed in front of and this should be legally enforced.

I’m a socialist mayor. Sewage systems are sexy.

And it took ages for people not to be weird about me just coming to the pub and having a coke. So tedious. Some people can’t be in pubs (eg some alcoholics) and if you can’t find a way to socialise with them without alcohol you are a shit friend.

To my reader friends! Simon at @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has set up a club, where we can all give just £1 a week and Simon will spend it on books for disadvantaged kids who need them. As membership grows, the more books he can send out - please join in! www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

once again, Nicole writes superbly. Follow this woman.

Found the gate that leads to winter.

Dave Stewart of Eurythmics once said that Martinis were like breasts. One was not enough, and three are too much.

"Heathrow, it's me, I'm Cathay"

The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November. If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look. They welcome donations too.

A therapist who doesn't respect your pronouns has someone else as a client; they are serving an interest that is not yours and you shouldn't participate.

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

"Once, Lisa and I had been best friends. If I spotted a film or a gig I ached to see, she was who I would call. We'd often talk on the phone, well into the early hours, about everything & nothing. Now, as we passed one another on the lane without even a nod, I wondered: 'How had it come to this?'."

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.