@mrjamesob.bsky.social I know it’s not logical, but the world of football came up with their own resolution of the pronunciation issue: eg Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax are pronounced in the ‘local’ way. Madrid, both Milans, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are not. No one ever pronounces the J in Ajax. 👍

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is the same agreement Biden proposed late summer of ‘24. Both Hamas and Israel initially agreed to it. Then Trump called Bibi and told him to NOT agree because it would help Trump and hurt Biden's reelection chances.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.

Whatever happened to BlueSky?

@rachelreevesmp I doubt you’re on BlueSky, but I have suggestions to help get us out of the Tory created fiscal hole. 1. Introduce the Neil Kinnock ‘Wealth Tax’. 2% on assets over £10m. 2. Increase the tax threshold and reduce the 20% tax rate to 19 or 18%%. 🧵 1/2

Forget air conditioning. In the UK, this is all you need. 😁

@mrjamesob.bsky.social it’s Arnie SchwarzenEgger

We are witnessing..........

@mrjamesob.bsky.social (I really love you but) it’s Zelenskyy, not Zelinskyy. 🙁

Can you imagine that awful Tory mayoral candidate (Susan something?) coming up with a plan like this? No, me neither.

The Pope’s a good bloke, He’s a proper Marxist And he’s very woke. 🙂

A possible ray of light? We’ve been driving regularly from London to Suffolk and back for 20 years, and this is the first time we can remember seeing this.

These ‘tariffs’ that Trump keeps saying other countries have been imposing on the US for decades, are actually trade deficits. He doesn’t know the difference between trade deficits and tariffs. He doesn’t know the difference between trade deficits and tariffs. OMG.

There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week.

To our American friends. This is a pub.

Even though it’s not as much fun as it was in the late 70s, I still enjoy a bus ride up the King’s Road.

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

@cyclist.co.uk Re your interview with Dr Aron D'Souza. You know you can ask a supplementary follow-up question, right? You gave this highly dubious character a ridiculously easy ride. His arguments were so weak, that he left the door open for you, but you failed to take advantage. Doping is boring.

He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!

I guess the same RULES don't apply to everyone!

Ukraine: ‘We left the Soviet Union and held elections because we believe in democracy. To enhance our democratic credentials we’d like to join the EU and NATO. This would protect us from our aggressive anti-democracy neighbour - Russia. What’s not to like!?’ Donald Trump: ‘Hold my hat.’

@meidastouch.com guys, it’s not ‘Macrone’ it’s ‘Macron’ with a silent ‘n’. No one has ever heard him being called Macrone before. The French pronunciation is widely used in Europe and the rest of the world. Love the pod!

Am I writing thinking that Fulham, Crystal Palace and Brighton have never won a major trophy? Unlike Charlton Athletic of course 😁

There were certainly signs

I sincerely hope that Starmer is going to push Trump to allow the extradition of Andrew Tate and his brother who are wanted in the UK on criminal charges of rape and human trafficking dating back to between 2012 and 2015.

JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

Threads v. Bluesky. Algorithm differences?

I never expected to see America become a pro-Russian, anti-western, anti-democratic country during my lifetime. Not during anyone’s lifetime for that matter.

Well, as billionaires go, I like his posts so far! I’ve worked with him a few times, and he always came across well. 👍

It really is time to boycott BrewDog. There was rejoicing when one one closed down near me. Apart from the unhappy staff, the beer was pretty awful & it was appallingly badly run (they were always running out of lager). Fortunately it has been replaced by the Northcote Saviour which is thriving. 🍺

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Please, I don’t want to see a picture of your cat. Not really. 🙁

It’s 100% clear that Donald Trump would not only have appeased Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, he would have been an active cheerleader for him.

Said the BBC through clenched teeth... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

The Democrats have launched a whistleblower portal for those wishing to report government corruption: www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers Nature of Complaint includes: Retaliation Wasteful Spending Fraud Criminal Activity Other PLEASE SHARE

Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Big show today. Lu was late home yesterday after work, up at four with maybe four hours sleep under her belt!

Labour isn’t the perfect party for me, but it’s the best that we’ve got & I’ll support it 100% along the way. However, part of me would like to see a new party that was fully committed to returning to the heart of Europe and the EU, progressive, and pro nationalisation of water energy and transport.

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Bit of a shocker. Threads is 6th in the AppStore, (X is only 40th), but BlueSky doesn’t feature in the top 200! How is that possible!?

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Did Trump and Musk steal the election? Looks like he may have done. There are more investigations coming and some already underway. They’ll be looking at the swing states soon. Here's their website. Click the analysis tab and it will have Clark County, NV as an option. electiontruthalliance.org/eta

Thank you Capt Steeeve & youtube. UN-POLITICALIZED factual analysis. Captures skilled professionalism of Air traffic controller & DC airport. Citizen journalism from current commercial pilot, using Tower & radar Also-thanks Adam Kinzinger 4 ur expertise & compassionate take youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...