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British man charged in Dubai for alleged filming of Iranian missiles Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family.

Where are the "I feel safer here than I do in the UK", crowd now?

Oh yeah, on a tax payer funded, flight back to the UK...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can also get this in Tankōbon size, which has me ridiculously excited for some reason.

I can already feel it in my back pocket

12.03.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You probably didn't notice, due to all the sampling you do now

12.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's not called The Princ3 of Darkness, for nothing... and that was before all of the stuff mentioned in the article

12.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It will be when the money comes out, so that's fine... I guess

11.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's kind of the issue though, because it can be seeded with misinformation.

If a million of us make flat earth websites and all visit each others sites for hits, the next day ChatGPT would be a flat earther.

10.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"No kiclstarters this month"...

10.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Young soldier, in United Nations beret, in Bosnia

Young soldier, in United Nations beret, in Bosnia

1992, in Bosnia as part of UNPROFOR on Op Grapple... it was fucking freezing but definitely one of the most rewarding things I've done in my life.

10.03.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bots are trying credit card details on the website again.

Our security measures are stopping it, but they're all trying it via PayPal, so if you have a PayPal account you should make sure it's secure.

10.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's what now?!

Why am I only finding this out, today?

09.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Part of me never wants context for this.

08.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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simonoxfphys on insta

Wind turbines kill birds, yes but...

07.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 173 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Dusting off my theory that the reason the right wing press went so hard on portraying Media Studies as a "Mickey Mouse degree" in the 1990s is because they didn't want a generation of people growing up able to call out this bullshit.

05.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My granddaughter wanted to go in her Spider-man costume, then asked for a Batman one, before settling on Little Red Riding Hood

04.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

See you at @bertsbooks.bsky.social

04.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a complete and utter shock. Whodathunk?

04.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has Harry found another Horcrux?

02.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can't win with Trump so you might as well accept a loss and keep your integrity.
A lesson Starmer appears to be entirely fucking incapable of learning.

02.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely a typo...Bored of Peace

02.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Warning UK at risk of being pulled into illegal war

Warning UK at risk of being pulled into illegal war

Why is Keir Starmer utterly incapable of saying no to Donald Trump?

Our national security requires us not to be dragged into illegal wars.

The Prime Minister is making us less safe. Did we learn nothing from Iraq?

01.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 1671 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 30
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UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer The prime minister says it remains the case that the UK will

That whooshing sound, was the only bit of respect I had left for this spineless wankspangle

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

01.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump: winner of FIFA Peace Prize. Founder of Board of Peace. A man who ended wars before they even existed. A man who cried hard because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.

A man who has taken his country to war to save his own arse.

(Yes, the Iranian regime are also appalling)

28.02.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for the Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture at Latitude, with the headliners: Robin Ince, Helen Czerski, Helen Sharman, Chris Jackson, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, Reece Shearsmith, Robert Llewyllen and Roma Agrawal.

Poster for the Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture at Latitude, with the headliners: Robin Ince, Helen Czerski, Helen Sharman, Chris Jackson, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, Reece Shearsmith, Robert Llewyllen and Roma Agrawal.

The @cosmicshambles.com Forest of Science and Culture will be BACK at the Latitude festival this year, and we have a fabulous line-up already.πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ It'll be bigger and even more exciting than last year. If you fancy immersion in some really interesting ideas, plus comedy & music, this is for you

27.02.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gorton and Denton by-election result:


GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)


Green GAIN from Labour.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

Expect weeks of "family voting" rhetoric from Reform. They're out of the gates on it already.

It mustn't be allowed to wash because look at the scale of that win.

Tactical voting has obviously played a massive part.

Gorton and Denton rejected Reform and its hateful agenda.

27.02.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 1352 πŸ” 312 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 31

So many lifts at that station

27.02.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Eddie Murphy.

Dude has so much range...

27.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0