Amro.
@amro.xyz
Amro.
Not a medical doctor.
Former physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory
Despite all that, still a daydream believer
[sorry - can't use DMs ... because I won’t scan my face or something]
bento.me/fitzrovia
Not a medical doctor.
Former physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory
Despite all that, still a daydream believer
[sorry - can't use DMs ... because I won’t scan my face or something]
bento.me/fitzrovia
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‘Suddenly the inner thoughts of power are projected onto the screen in everyone’s hand – all the drivelling banalities, the selfishness, the contempt for others, the lack of interest in anything the world has to offer except personal gain.’
T.J. Clark on Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark on Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark · The Job
What would politics be like in an age where one empire continued to hold sway over the ‘international community’, as...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
‘Suddenly the inner thoughts of power are projected onto the screen in everyone’s hand – all the drivelling banalities, the selfishness, the contempt for others, the lack of interest in anything the world has to offer except personal gain.’
T.J. Clark on Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark on Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I’ve become convinced that the most tedious psuedo-clever argument is that something is kind of like religion
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’ve become convinced that the most tedious psuedo-clever argument is that something is kind of like religion
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The sale of The Telegraph: a brief history.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The sale of The Telegraph: a brief history.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
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“Mild comedy”. Listings editors could be witheringly accurate.
OTD in 1983. Angels, TOTP and Only Fools and Horses are on BBC1. Dear Ladies is on BBC2 with Shelley and Hotel on ITV.
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Mild comedy”. Listings editors could be witheringly accurate.
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I spent one summer in the 1970s working out of a lockup garage welding rusty cars to get them through their MOT. There’s nothing quite like being dripped on by molten underseal and being set on fire multiple times a day with only a Fairy liquid bottle filled with water to put it out.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I spent one summer in the 1970s working out of a lockup garage welding rusty cars to get them through their MOT. There’s nothing quite like being dripped on by molten underseal and being set on fire multiple times a day with only a Fairy liquid bottle filled with water to put it out.
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Also an excellent 1976 British TV film, adapted by Frederic Raphael, directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter O'Toole.
Big news in Hollywood today—
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumberbatch Hoping To Adapt Classic British Novel ‘Rogue Male’ Next Year
Benedict Cumberbatch remains committed to adapting 'Rogue Male,' the classic British novel he says inspired Ian Fleming to write James Bond.
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Also an excellent 1976 British TV film, adapted by Frederic Raphael, directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter O'Toole.
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er, no thanks, Ocado Zoom
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
er, no thanks, Ocado Zoom
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Adoration of the Maggi®
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Adoration of the Maggi®
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There's not enough hot dog guy memes in the world
Rachel Reeves today told MPs that she had launched an inquiry into the number of leaks in the run-up to her Budget
The Chancellor said she was "frustrated" by the "unacceptable" number of leaks to the media
"That is why I'm doing something about it, because we cannot allow this to happen again"
The Chancellor said she was "frustrated" by the "unacceptable" number of leaks to the media
"That is why I'm doing something about it, because we cannot allow this to happen again"
Rachel Reeves Says She Has Launched An Inquiry Into Budget Leaks
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told MPs she was frustrated by the number of leaks in the run-up to her Budget last month, and said an inquiry is ongo...
www.politicshome.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There's not enough hot dog guy memes in the world
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Good to know UK government only wants to allow moderately inhumane and degrading treatment. Only brief episodes of torture (applied with politeness and a smile maybe)? Will they publish a guidance manual?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’
Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good to know UK government only wants to allow moderately inhumane and degrading treatment. Only brief episodes of torture (applied with politeness and a smile maybe)? Will they publish a guidance manual?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Great news for spaghetti bolognese
Italian cuisine granted world heritage status by UNESCO, as prime minister says honour 'can only make us proud'
Italian cuisine granted world heritage status by UNESCO, as prime minister says honour 'can only make us proud'
Loved the world over for its pizzas and pasta, Italian cuisine has been given world heritage status by the UN's cultural agency.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great news for spaghetti bolognese
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Calibri: is this really the world’s wokest font?
Calibri: is this really the world’s wokest font?
It was the Windows typeface for 17 years – and adopted by the Biden administration for its readability for those with visual impairments. But Marco Rubio has ruled that Calibri lacks ‘decorum’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@betteridgeslaw.bsky.social has entered the chat
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Me, researching Lord Byron for LLBD: so, Byron absconded with a teenage Greek boy, stranded him in Malta, made a show of writing him into his will and then removed him as soon as he could, and then never spoke to him again? That's... insanely fucked up even by 1811 standards?
20C Byron scholars:
20C Byron scholars:
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Me, researching Lord Byron for LLBD: so, Byron absconded with a teenage Greek boy, stranded him in Malta, made a show of writing him into his will and then removed him as soon as he could, and then never spoke to him again? That's... insanely fucked up even by 1811 standards?
20C Byron scholars:
20C Byron scholars:
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"Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born."
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born."
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10-12-25
Dear Editor of the Independent:
In answer to your intriguing question - if you could fuck off forever, would you?
Yours,
A STATE PENSIONER
Dear Editor of the Independent:
In answer to your intriguing question - if you could fuck off forever, would you?
Yours,
A STATE PENSIONER
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
10-12-25
Dear Editor of the Independent:
In answer to your intriguing question - if you could fuck off forever, would you?
Yours,
A STATE PENSIONER
Dear Editor of the Independent:
In answer to your intriguing question - if you could fuck off forever, would you?
Yours,
A STATE PENSIONER
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Ooh gosh let me think about this one
Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters?
Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ooh gosh let me think about this one
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One of those films where you think, “Haha! If only it was as half as deranged as the poster!” and it is.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One of those films where you think, “Haha! If only it was as half as deranged as the poster!” and it is.
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Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?
Lib Dems announce 5 peers including ex-MP Sarah Teather, Tories announce 3 including Olympic swimmer/ women's rights activist Sharon Davies, historian Simon Heffer and former cabinet minister John Redwood. Reform UK don't get any.
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?
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Good to talk to @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social about why resident doctors in the NHS are angry.With Andrew Goddard and @markgdayan.bsky.social Listen at The Briefing Room.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Briefing Room - Why are early career doctors angry? - BBC Sounds
Why is there a shortage of training posts for resident doctors?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Good to talk to @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social about why resident doctors in the NHS are angry.With Andrew Goddard and @markgdayan.bsky.social Listen at The Briefing Room.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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This moved me more than I can say. It made me very happy, too!
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This moved me more than I can say. It made me very happy, too!
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How do far right people get through the day?
Some highlights from the X reaction to Sofie Jenkinson's concept of "Silly Sausage Britain":
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How do far right people get through the day?
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this is surely why Edison beat Tesla
Oh my! archive.org/details/SF120
Trapeze Disrobing Act (Standard 4:3) : Thomas Edison : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Camera is positioned as if in the audience at a vaudeville or burlesque show. Two men with long hair and beards in rough clothing appear to be eating and...
archive.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this is surely why Edison beat Tesla
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Nigel Farage's new strategy is to call the childhood victims of his racism liars while lashing out at any journalists who dare to report his actions.
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nigel Farage's new strategy is to call the childhood victims of his racism liars while lashing out at any journalists who dare to report his actions.
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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After much consideration I have made the formal decision to rewatch the American procedural drama Elementary from the start. There will, of course, be times when I am compelled to compare it to the significantly inferior Sherlock but I will try and keep those outbursts to a minimum.
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
After much consideration I have made the formal decision to rewatch the American procedural drama Elementary from the start. There will, of course, be times when I am compelled to compare it to the significantly inferior Sherlock but I will try and keep those outbursts to a minimum.