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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 9h

Martin's Churchill impression was literally the worst thing that's ever happened to me

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 8h

I'm afraid to say it's not the first time it has appeared! The episode about Peter Hitchens' war on daylight saving is worth digging through the archives for...!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 9h

Evening crew! Have a listen to this week's pod!

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20h

New episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA!

🐌 How snails stopped the build of *20,000* homes in Sussex
🌳 Have the Tories been abundance-pilled on energy?
🏠 And we speak to @prafulnargund.bsky.social from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social about housing, Eurostar and more!

www.abundancepod.com/p/natural-en...

Natural England's war on Sussex

Plus have the Tories embraced energy abundance?

www.abundancepod.com

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 11h

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 11h

This is very good:

www.noahpinion.blog/p/americas-f...

America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints

If the economy's single pillar goes down, Trump's presidency will be seen as a disaster.

www.noahpinion.blog

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13h

The latest CityEd video is so damn good.

youtu.be/VPkLUOfugjo?...

How Manchester became the UK's economic miracle

YouTube video by CityEd.

youtu.be

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 17h

A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas <-- Important following the introduction of the new EU entry/exit system!

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/a-disney-w...

A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas

It's time to stop trucking around and fix a recurring problem permanently

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13h

This week's pod is a good one!

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20h

New episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA!

🐌 How snails stopped the build of *20,000* homes in Sussex
🌳 Have the Tories been abundance-pilled on energy?
🏠 And we speak to @prafulnargund.bsky.social from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social about housing, Eurostar and more!

www.abundancepod.com/p/natural-en...

Natural England's war on Sussex

Plus have the Tories embraced energy abundance?

www.abundancepod.com

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13h

This isn't an original observation but it's still so strange to see Trump at international meetings, and everyone treating him like the kid of the Twilight Zone* who could read minds, who nobody would dare upset.

(*My actual reference point here is the Simpsons parody of the famous episode.)

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

Some personal news: I am now a Marxist.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 14h

This is tremendous and I dare say wherever you come from politically does a lot more to explain Britain's problems than stupid whingeing.

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20h

New episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA!

🐌 How snails stopped the build of *20,000* homes in Sussex
🌳 Have the Tories been abundance-pilled on energy?
🏠 And we speak to @prafulnargund.bsky.social from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social about housing, Eurostar and more!

www.abundancepod.com/p/natural-en...

Natural England's war on Sussex

Plus have the Tories embraced energy abundance?

www.abundancepod.com

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 14h

"Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up this situation."

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 16h

Not that I've seen...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 16h

Huh! Another weird massive outage of some critical national infrastructure! I guess this must be completely unrelated to the previous incidents.

Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 16h

Vodafone seems to have had a catastrophic outage. My fibre broadband is down, but worse Vodafone's website is inaccessible and calling its phone number gets a "this phone is switched off" message...

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Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social · 17h

"News-flavoured content" is such a good way of putting this

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 17h

I've been blaming memes for this, and I think it fits. A lot of the angriest people out there aren't actually consuming news, they're consuming news-flavored content, and the content is a funhouse mirror version of reality that they're mistaking for being real.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 17h

A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas <-- Important following the introduction of the new EU entry/exit system!

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/a-disney-w...

A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas

It's time to stop trucking around and fix a recurring problem permanently

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 18h

I distinctly remember a few GCSE IT lessons that took place in... classrooms without computers.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

I fear you would not like the answer...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20h

New episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA!

🐌 How snails stopped the build of *20,000* homes in Sussex
🌳 Have the Tories been abundance-pilled on energy?
🏠 And we speak to @prafulnargund.bsky.social from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social about housing, Eurostar and more!

www.abundancepod.com/p/natural-en...

Natural England's war on Sussex

Plus have the Tories embraced energy abundance?

www.abundancepod.com

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

It was a very exciting day in 1998 when my school installed a basketball hoop in the playground!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

Like I don't mean to keep going on about this but my schools didn't have enough geography textbooks for every student, and many of the classrooms were temporary caravan-like structures on the playground. And I didn't go to particularly bad schools!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

One of the things I like the most about the current government is that the vast majority of the cabinet went to normal schools. The people making decisions grew up in the real world and not like this:

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

Some personal news: I am now a Marxist.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19h

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