I wrote about the animal welfare strategy for England released by government just before Christmas. If you heard about it, it was probably in rows about hunting or boiling lobsters alive. I'm most interested in the measures for farmed animals which could improve the lives and deaths of millions

Some of the things you'd need to believe for the national-security case on nationalising British steel to hold up—not an impossible set of premises, but a weightier than advocates typically acknowledge. Link ➡️ notes.archie-hall.com/p/some-quest...

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities. It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --

Markets update: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

He is JACKED as well x.com/MarkRober/st...

the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team

Good to make building things legal imo

ABBA Voyage is worth about 3x the value of the UK fishing industry to the British economy.

Zoomer revolution

Spotify playing me the woke version of Fairytale of New York

What is the new Syrian government’s tax policy?

Urgh, just watched Event Horizon and now I have a fear of FTL travel. Great.

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This seems bad to me (assuming not just random variation or a shit study) Cash bad! Used for illegal activities!

Can you imagine a world without constant discourse from suspect data?

Wots the deal with Indian monetary policy - are they deliberately running high inflation?

Horrendous

me and fiance

A major new report from @centreforcities.bsky.social calls for the Government to take much bolder action on reform to be sure to achieve its goal of 1.5 million new homes this Parliament! (thread)

The suitcase pile, the lack of window, the sharply sloped ceiling with smoke alarm - prisoners would live better than this.

I often encounter the strange view that asking humans about things will automatically produce responses grounded in reality. Humans are not that reliable.

This Claude prompt is working well for me

My bedroom has a lock but only on the outside 😳

New table!

not seen it mentioned elsewhere so: my theory is that Elon has become obsessed with Britain because he's essentially stopped sleeping due to drugs and/or madness but for like six hours of his nights Americans are sleeping so Brits are the one English-speaking timezone awake and posting

Convinced if you showed this to someone from 2010 they would have a stroke

Dad just described the govt as: “Starmer the farmer harmer and his trotskyites” So it’s all going well.

Nooooo I lost my gloves noooo

Oh no they made a Cities Skylines UK asset pack

I’d forgotten how Irish the Irish party names are

Having a headache and feeling it diminish as the healing power of a two paracetamol enters my bloodstream - 10/10 feeling

Only 90s kids will remember these

Holding space for the lyrics of Dancing Through Life today Life is fraught-less When you're thoughtless Those who don't try Never look foolish Dancing through life Mindless and careless Make sure you're where less trouble is rife Woes are fleeting Blows are glancing When you're dancing Through life

According to me go.bsky.app/D34oYEo

Tolkien has a good description what my cat feels when she sees a fox in the garden: “Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung.”

Laugh all you want, but are people taking the music of Gladiator 2 and really holding space with that and holding power in that? Didn’t think so.

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This recipe was literally designed by the tomato lobby. It has: * Cherry tomatoes * Tomato paste * Tinned chopped tomatoes * Sun dried tomatoes

What’s the household appliance that’s changing fast enough it’s almost worth holding off on the purchase to get a better one in a couple of years?

VERY happy with my electric foot warmer. I’ve always had bad circulation in my feet and it’s difficult to keep them warm in winter

@andymasley.bsky.social this is the sort of content I’m asking for btw

Let's address the elephant in the room. The actors presently racing towards AGI are all US-based companies. The government being lobbied most actively to race/support racing towards AGI is the USG. China is being used as a justification for rushing forward on the most 1/2

Desperate for my enemies to write such an article about me

Not sure I can live the combi boiler life tbh. Water pressure is diabolical. Bf doing washing up destroys my shower. Etc. But I dunno if the current boiler can run to a tank, or if I need a whole new boiler (or heat pump)

I LOVE FRENCH DRAMA