Why would God want Arsenal to win? The god of the New Testament was famously on the side of the underdog.
So, if he took an interest in Premier League football, then teams like Arsenal would be fucked.
So, if he took an interest in Premier League football, then teams like Arsenal would be fucked.
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Why would God want Arsenal to win? The god of the New Testament was famously on the side of the underdog.
So, if he took an interest in Premier League football, then teams like Arsenal would be fucked.
So, if he took an interest in Premier League football, then teams like Arsenal would be fucked.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bit of news from me. Hugely honoured to be able to announce that I've been awarded The Checkatrade Trophy Peace Prize. 🙌 🕊️
If anyone wants to buy me a pint, I'll be up The Drapers later. 🍻 🕊️
If anyone wants to buy me a pint, I'll be up The Drapers later. 🍻 🕊️
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Bit of news from me. Hugely honoured to be able to announce that I've been awarded The Checkatrade Trophy Peace Prize. 🙌 🕊️
If anyone wants to buy me a pint, I'll be up The Drapers later. 🍻 🕊️
If anyone wants to buy me a pint, I'll be up The Drapers later. 🍻 🕊️
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Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
Enough to make a pair of sailor's trousers. A small sailor.
The grim weather on the M6 is clearing. Glad I'm not driving.
The grim weather on the M6 is clearing. Glad I'm not driving.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Enough to make a pair of sailor's trousers. A small sailor.
The grim weather on the M6 is clearing. Glad I'm not driving.
The grim weather on the M6 is clearing. Glad I'm not driving.
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Singing the blues...
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Singing the blues...
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Big fan of the new electric buses in Bristol. Especially when the sun goes down and they glow in the dark.
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Big fan of the new electric buses in Bristol. Especially when the sun goes down and they glow in the dark.
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Really interesting read if design, graphics and music are up your street!
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Really interesting read if design, graphics and music are up your street!
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I find this Nazi era ID card horribly fascinating. The card would have been designed by an ordinary civil servant, just doing their job, as best they could.
To facilitate the transportation of undesirables. Like Maria.
Made me think about Hannah Arendt's work on the banality of evil.
To facilitate the transportation of undesirables. Like Maria.
Made me think about Hannah Arendt's work on the banality of evil.
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I find this Nazi era ID card horribly fascinating. The card would have been designed by an ordinary civil servant, just doing their job, as best they could.
To facilitate the transportation of undesirables. Like Maria.
Made me think about Hannah Arendt's work on the banality of evil.
To facilitate the transportation of undesirables. Like Maria.
Made me think about Hannah Arendt's work on the banality of evil.
"According to a recent survey commissioned by the brewer Greene King, 70% of people regularly take part in a pub quiz and almost one in 10 goes every single week."
If this was a multiple choice quiz question, I wouldn't have chosen 70%. I suspect the sample was people in the pub on quiz night.
If this was a multiple choice quiz question, I wouldn't have chosen 70%. I suspect the sample was people in the pub on quiz night.
Q: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz? A: Not according to these question setters
Q: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz? A: Not according to these question setters
Bans on smart devices, dedicated apps for all players and plain old honesty can all combat trivial offences
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"According to a recent survey commissioned by the brewer Greene King, 70% of people regularly take part in a pub quiz and almost one in 10 goes every single week."
If this was a multiple choice quiz question, I wouldn't have chosen 70%. I suspect the sample was people in the pub on quiz night.
If this was a multiple choice quiz question, I wouldn't have chosen 70%. I suspect the sample was people in the pub on quiz night.
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That's how to do an opening speech as a newly elected mayor of NYC. No pandering, no punches held back, no messing.
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
That's how to do an opening speech as a newly elected mayor of NYC. No pandering, no punches held back, no messing.
The SUV of bikes. Just taking up the 5 spaces in the bike rack. Are bikes and their owners going the same way as cars? Bigger and more selfish.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The SUV of bikes. Just taking up the 5 spaces in the bike rack. Are bikes and their owners going the same way as cars? Bigger and more selfish.
Gloucester Road rainbow #bristol #palestine
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Gloucester Road rainbow #bristol #palestine
A good evening at The Drapers Arms for Garvan's birthday. Molly, ex Drapers, had brewed a special birthday beer for him with Bruhaha Brewery. It was a late night.
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A good evening at The Drapers Arms for Garvan's birthday. Molly, ex Drapers, had brewed a special birthday beer for him with Bruhaha Brewery. It was a late night.
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Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040
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Thames Water may not fully comply with rules on pollution of England’s waterways for as long as 15 years, according to a new plan by creditors who are scrambling to avoid the utility being forced into government administration.
The creditors who in effect own Thames Water have said they will commit to paying fines for pollution, as well as writing off more of their loans and investing more in the company, in new proposals published on Thursday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
Good to see @thebristolcable.bsky.social namechecked in this article.
Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Good to see @thebristolcable.bsky.social namechecked in this article.
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Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
"The police said in a statement four adults were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications"
How is posting a picture of a couple of old pals 'malicious communications'?
How is posting a picture of a couple of old pals 'malicious communications'?
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"The police said in a statement four adults were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications"
How is posting a picture of a couple of old pals 'malicious communications'?
How is posting a picture of a couple of old pals 'malicious communications'?