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@quigonsmith.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Moving my thread over from The Other Place ... coming to the end of the Capaldi era in my Pilgrimage.
Monk trilogy was better than I remembered. Really like all three episodes.
Monk trilogy was better than I remembered. Really like all three episodes.
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YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
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Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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"what are you?"
"I'm an idiot sandwich"
"I'm an idiot sandwich"
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"what are you?"
"I'm an idiot sandwich"
"I'm an idiot sandwich"
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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Now is the time for Primark to sell Blue Velvet merch...
The new season of Stranger Things is up on Netflix today, but what you might not know is that Netflix has also just put up Blue Velvet and The Blair Witch Project.
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Now is the time for Primark to sell Blue Velvet merch...
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Can't believe you geeks are still talking about the budget when Your Party conference starts (and possibly ends) tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Can't believe you geeks are still talking about the budget when Your Party conference starts (and possibly ends) tomorrow.
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
The people of Clacton must be so proud that this is what they’re known for now.
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The people of Clacton must be so proud that this is what they’re known for now.
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Well now that's upsetting.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Well now that's upsetting.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Wtf
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Wtf
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'Rising Sun', Blackheath (1942) by Francis Dodd
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'Rising Sun', Blackheath (1942) by Francis Dodd
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
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The death toll from the fire in Hong Kong has risen to 36, and 279 more are missing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The death toll from the fire in Hong Kong has risen to 36, and 279 more are missing.
Christ, awful pictures from Hong Kong.
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Christ, awful pictures from Hong Kong.
And still might get re-elected as part of a coalition because the opposition has been driven mental by Twitter.
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And still might get re-elected as part of a coalition because the opposition has been driven mental by Twitter.
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The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
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Twin Peaks: Audrey dancing at the RR Cafe.
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Twin Peaks: Audrey dancing at the RR Cafe.
Me reading your posts
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Me reading your posts
BBC East Midlands with the shocking news that farmers are complaining again.
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BBC East Midlands with the shocking news that farmers are complaining again.
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Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
Chris Mason's on again.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Chris Mason's on again.
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.