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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve just watched EP 1 this evening. It’s *so* good. as good as anything and better than most things on TV right now.

(Another of Mick Herron’s books is starting in a couple of weeks - “Down Cemetery Road”)

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 8h

We have a dog who tells us in no uncertain terms that it’s bed time (and for that matter tea time (ours) and that we should be in the kitchen.

He’s going to be confused in a couple of weeks when the clocks change.

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 13h

It’s never the fault of the dog and always the fault of the owner.

He should go to prison for this.

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

XL bully owner pleads guilty over Staffordshire dog attack death

James Harrison Trimble-Pettitt was charged over the death of Ian Price, just hours before a ban was announced.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 20h

“Bloke denied entry to Australia because he tried to enter the country on a work trip with a tourist visa”

Why is it even news?

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 1d

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based
Get your revision done

In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum

(More advanced classes are available)

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so glad we sent the “contractors” packing. The job had been sub-contracted so many times from the Energy company offering the service that they (the two men that arrived at our house) were unable to give me any confidence that they weren’t opportunist conmen. They may well have been!

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

Sensible vote to expand voting rights at Royal College of Physicians to Members as well as Fellows. @rcphysicians.bsky.social

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

Our Chief Executive @ruthcurtice.bsky.social spoke to the Treasury Select Committee today about the role a wealth tax could play in addressing our key fiscal challenges as a country ⤵️

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who has read @edconway.bsky.social ‘s book “Material World” will enjoy this piece he’s written for Sky News

news.sky.com/story/got-a-...

Got a pair of AirPods? There's more to them than meets the eye - and it may mean global trade war

Right now, about 70% of the world's rare earth elements - key to everything from AirPods to cars - are mined in China, which announced last week that anyone using Chinese rare earths would have to app...

news.sky.com

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 1d

Pharmacies are a vital cornerstone of communities, but Jhoots Pharmacy is letting our community down.

It's good to see some some much needed attention on the situation at the Morriston branch of Jhoots in the South Wales Evening Post - staff and customers deserve better.

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 1d

Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!

1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 2d

I guess the question is, did it scam customers out of more than this while the practice was ongoing?

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

Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it £2bn

The bank has set aside an additional £800m, saying the number of eligible claims is expected to be higher than previously thought.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 2d

They presumably also have a councillor who they could contact? Our councillors are quite visible - perhaps we’re lucky?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Riot Women review – Sally Wainwright’s menopausal punk drama is one of her best

This high-pedigree TV drama about midlife women who form a punk band is up there with Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. It’s rich, plot-packed, and perfectly seasoned with humour

www.theguardian.com

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

‘Twas ever thus.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?

www.theguardian.com

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes I get signed up for stuff by people who accidentally or by intent use my real email. Some organisations are better at resolving this than others. A local ReformUK group were good (no I hadn’t donated to them & didn’t want their mailings), EE less so.

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

Gmail ignores dots in email addresses, so if your Gmail address is FN.LN@… you get loads of mail from FNLN@….

I never use that for of my address but the vast majority of Gmail emails that I receive are of that form.

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

I did see the smiley

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

This is *very* true. I have to live here!!

(Well I don’t *have to* but currently do)

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

Weird that East Mids is describing 200m visibility as mist. (Gloucester (cropped out of screen shot) shows 200m as fog.)

I though vis <1000m was fog and >1000m was mist

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

They help you be seen

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3d

It’s *really* foggy. Birmingham
Airport next door is reporting 50m visibility. It’s probably about that here 3 miles away (and I bet plenty of of drivers around here will have no lights on!)

METAR (aviation weather report) for Birmingham and East Mids airports in UK

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 4d

Is it me, or is this year’s #Strictly cohort extraordinarily good?

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 5d

Why, you might ask, as a housing lawyer have I not commented on the Green Party's new policy to end the private rented sector? Simple answer - it is mad. I'm all in favour of largely ending the PRS, but their policy is simply, practically, mad. Bring back an owl for everybody and then we are talking

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