Elliot
@els76uk.bsky.social
🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈 Gym. Cycling. Relocation coach. Woke, tofu eating, Guardian reading twitterati. Lover of all things four-legged and furry. Married to @eliotlovell.bsky.social
My brother used to work in a driving theory test centre. He has so many stories!
Can the British state stop this obvious and easily solved scam? Let’s find out!
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My brother used to work in a driving theory test centre. He has so many stories!
I think my cat deserves a peace prize. He's not bitten me in days. And he hardly ever uses his claws these days!
Did you all see the Fifa Peace Prize BS? How is this man-baby POTUS?
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I think my cat deserves a peace prize. He's not bitten me in days. And he hardly ever uses his claws these days!
My friend just returned from the US with high fructose corn syrup-based snacks. He described these as like crack. He's not wrong!
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My friend just returned from the US with high fructose corn syrup-based snacks. He described these as like crack. He's not wrong!
I bought myself a new electric shaver, and because I'm 49 and no-one ever taught me, I decided to teach myself with YouTube (using incognito mode!).
Literally every vid I clicked on was a barely disguised and over long advert for an expensive shaver.
I clicked away, not sure I learned anything
Literally every vid I clicked on was a barely disguised and over long advert for an expensive shaver.
I clicked away, not sure I learned anything
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I bought myself a new electric shaver, and because I'm 49 and no-one ever taught me, I decided to teach myself with YouTube (using incognito mode!).
Literally every vid I clicked on was a barely disguised and over long advert for an expensive shaver.
I clicked away, not sure I learned anything
Literally every vid I clicked on was a barely disguised and over long advert for an expensive shaver.
I clicked away, not sure I learned anything
US senator plans to ban dual citizenship. If passed, a US citizen who acquires foreign would have to relinquish their US.
If they don't, they'll lose US after a year.
They might change that, after realising all the people who'll no longer be filing their taxes from abroad.
If they don't, they'll lose US after a year.
They might change that, after realising all the people who'll no longer be filing their taxes from abroad.
thehill.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
US senator plans to ban dual citizenship. If passed, a US citizen who acquires foreign would have to relinquish their US.
If they don't, they'll lose US after a year.
They might change that, after realising all the people who'll no longer be filing their taxes from abroad.
If they don't, they'll lose US after a year.
They might change that, after realising all the people who'll no longer be filing their taxes from abroad.
The meat lobby is seeking to cause confusion, not resolve or, by insisting that non meat burgers can't be called burgers. Same as the milk or plant milk argument.
This whole discussion is an enormous waste of time, it should be focused on food fraud not on food habits. People are not that stupid and the lobby should be ignored.
Is anyone really misled by the term 'veggie burger?' Our research suggests consumers are savvy
The European Parliament recently backed changes to the rules around the labeling and marketing of plant-based meat alternatives. New definitions specify that words like "burger," "sausage," or "steak,...
phys.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The meat lobby is seeking to cause confusion, not resolve or, by insisting that non meat burgers can't be called burgers. Same as the milk or plant milk argument.
Episode one asks what they're for; parts two and three are more like “Is the Monarchy a Giant Ponzi Scheme?” and “Are the Monarchy Personally Repellent?” …
"Next week we’ll learn just how staggeringly expensive the royals are, and for what? As demonstrated here: not much."
"Next week we’ll learn just how staggeringly expensive the royals are, and for what? As demonstrated here: not much."
What’s the Monarchy For? review – David Dimbleby’s demolition of the royals is hugely entertaining
Now he’s free of the BBC, he’s gone combative. He drives a horse and cart through a piece of Dominic Grieve sophistry, and tries his best to skewer the institution based around a jewelled velvet hat
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Episode one asks what they're for; parts two and three are more like “Is the Monarchy a Giant Ponzi Scheme?” and “Are the Monarchy Personally Repellent?” …
"Next week we’ll learn just how staggeringly expensive the royals are, and for what? As demonstrated here: not much."
"Next week we’ll learn just how staggeringly expensive the royals are, and for what? As demonstrated here: not much."
Tax reforms in Berlin means many businesses being forced to pay way more than they can afford… Berghain now has to pay €90,000, up from €20,000 – while at riverside spot YAAM, the tax has risen by an unbelievable 1300% to €213,000.
via @20percentberlin.bsky.social
via @20percentberlin.bsky.social
Clubs und Biergärten vor „Existenzvernichtung“: Die Grundsteuerreform droht, das Berliner Stadtbild zu verändern
Die neue Grundsteuer basiert auf einer marktüblichen Verwertungslogik von Flächen. Für Clubs oder Gewerbe in deutschen Großstädten wird das zur Gefahr. Berlins Politik sucht eine Lösung.
www.tagesspiegel.de
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tax reforms in Berlin means many businesses being forced to pay way more than they can afford… Berghain now has to pay €90,000, up from €20,000 – while at riverside spot YAAM, the tax has risen by an unbelievable 1300% to €213,000.
via @20percentberlin.bsky.social
via @20percentberlin.bsky.social
Oh joy! A letter from the local tax office (Finanzamt) asking me a question about my 2020 tax return 🤨
even my accountant (who’s amazingly responsive when there’s a short deadline) doesn’t understand why they’d send that to me now. She wondered if the letter is fake.
even my accountant (who’s amazingly responsive when there’s a short deadline) doesn’t understand why they’d send that to me now. She wondered if the letter is fake.
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oh joy! A letter from the local tax office (Finanzamt) asking me a question about my 2020 tax return 🤨
even my accountant (who’s amazingly responsive when there’s a short deadline) doesn’t understand why they’d send that to me now. She wondered if the letter is fake.
even my accountant (who’s amazingly responsive when there’s a short deadline) doesn’t understand why they’d send that to me now. She wondered if the letter is fake.
German customer service just wished me "noch einen schönen ersten Advent.🕯️🎄" – a wonderful first advent day. Which was nice of them.
Honestly not sure I even knew. I'm sure no UK customer service would ever wish me that.
Honestly not sure I even knew. I'm sure no UK customer service would ever wish me that.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
German customer service just wished me "noch einen schönen ersten Advent.🕯️🎄" – a wonderful first advent day. Which was nice of them.
Honestly not sure I even knew. I'm sure no UK customer service would ever wish me that.
Honestly not sure I even knew. I'm sure no UK customer service would ever wish me that.
Just £2m (€2.3m) for this 2 bed, 70 sq m, 2-up 2-down house spitting distance from Covent Garden. Beautifully decorated, it would be considered any TV period drama producer's wet dream www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 2 bedroom town house for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom town house for sale in Goodwin's Court, Covent Garden, London, WC2N for £2,000,000. Marketed by Unique Property Company, Unique Property Company
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Just £2m (€2.3m) for this 2 bed, 70 sq m, 2-up 2-down house spitting distance from Covent Garden. Beautifully decorated, it would be considered any TV period drama producer's wet dream www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Inspired by Bake Off, @eliotlovell.bsky.social made vegan, gluten free chocolate tart with berry compote. Was sooo good!
Delicious oaty tart case, a layer of mixed berry compote covered in a light and not too sweet chocolate cream filling made with chocolate and silken tofu.
Delicious oaty tart case, a layer of mixed berry compote covered in a light and not too sweet chocolate cream filling made with chocolate and silken tofu.
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Inspired by Bake Off, @eliotlovell.bsky.social made vegan, gluten free chocolate tart with berry compote. Was sooo good!
Delicious oaty tart case, a layer of mixed berry compote covered in a light and not too sweet chocolate cream filling made with chocolate and silken tofu.
Delicious oaty tart case, a layer of mixed berry compote covered in a light and not too sweet chocolate cream filling made with chocolate and silken tofu.
Today I almost crashed into two schoolgirls who ran across the road without looking. Mum had just dropped them off (late) and they ran from the car straight in front of me.
If it had been my mum, she'd have gone crazy yelling at me I shd have looked. This mum couldn't have been less bothered 🤨
If it had been my mum, she'd have gone crazy yelling at me I shd have looked. This mum couldn't have been less bothered 🤨
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today I almost crashed into two schoolgirls who ran across the road without looking. Mum had just dropped them off (late) and they ran from the car straight in front of me.
If it had been my mum, she'd have gone crazy yelling at me I shd have looked. This mum couldn't have been less bothered 🤨
If it had been my mum, she'd have gone crazy yelling at me I shd have looked. This mum couldn't have been less bothered 🤨
BBC iPlayer has one episode of Fawlty Towers (the Orelly Men). I watched it yesterday – and it’s really not funny anymore.
The casual racism, overacting and hamming it up for the camera seems so outdated now.
I remember crying with laughter, but not these days. It’s not stood the test of time.
The casual racism, overacting and hamming it up for the camera seems so outdated now.
I remember crying with laughter, but not these days. It’s not stood the test of time.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
BBC iPlayer has one episode of Fawlty Towers (the Orelly Men). I watched it yesterday – and it’s really not funny anymore.
The casual racism, overacting and hamming it up for the camera seems so outdated now.
I remember crying with laughter, but not these days. It’s not stood the test of time.
The casual racism, overacting and hamming it up for the camera seems so outdated now.
I remember crying with laughter, but not these days. It’s not stood the test of time.
Reposted by Elliot
‼️‼️ 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.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ 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."
Snowy morning in Berlin so I'm getting the train to work. Unfortunately I chose the carriage where the heating doesn't work :(
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Snowy morning in Berlin so I'm getting the train to work. Unfortunately I chose the carriage where the heating doesn't work :(
Nyusha happily snoozing on my lap. She loves tummy strokes and moves her paws out of the way for better access!
My feet are on the coffee table.
Later, she yawned, stretched and fell off my lap to the floor with a surprised little miow 🥰
#NyushaTheCat #TurkishVan #Caturday #Cat #Cats #Katze
My feet are on the coffee table.
Later, she yawned, stretched and fell off my lap to the floor with a surprised little miow 🥰
#NyushaTheCat #TurkishVan #Caturday #Cat #Cats #Katze
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Nyusha happily snoozing on my lap. She loves tummy strokes and moves her paws out of the way for better access!
My feet are on the coffee table.
Later, she yawned, stretched and fell off my lap to the floor with a surprised little miow 🥰
#NyushaTheCat #TurkishVan #Caturday #Cat #Cats #Katze
My feet are on the coffee table.
Later, she yawned, stretched and fell off my lap to the floor with a surprised little miow 🥰
#NyushaTheCat #TurkishVan #Caturday #Cat #Cats #Katze
I just finished this astonishingly powerful book. Set in early 1940s Germany, in a small town near Munich. The main character is a young girl who's already experienced death and will come to see so much more.
I read it in record speed, because I couldn't put it down! 5*
#libby #booksky
I read it in record speed, because I couldn't put it down! 5*
#libby #booksky
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Amazon man pressed my doorbell about 100 times.
I was going to tell him off but he started explaining it's because often people are asleep or don’t hear the doorbell, and I felt a bit sorry for him.
Plus he was really cute. I thought about one of those special movies you hear about ;)
I was going to tell him off but he started explaining it's because often people are asleep or don’t hear the doorbell, and I felt a bit sorry for him.
Plus he was really cute. I thought about one of those special movies you hear about ;)
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Amazon man pressed my doorbell about 100 times.
I was going to tell him off but he started explaining it's because often people are asleep or don’t hear the doorbell, and I felt a bit sorry for him.
Plus he was really cute. I thought about one of those special movies you hear about ;)
I was going to tell him off but he started explaining it's because often people are asleep or don’t hear the doorbell, and I felt a bit sorry for him.
Plus he was really cute. I thought about one of those special movies you hear about ;)
@tubemapper.bsky.social one for your underground, overground collection. Always makes me smile :)
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@tubemapper.bsky.social one for your underground, overground collection. Always makes me smile :)
Reposted by Elliot
Yes he may have bungled his response to a lethal pandemic, but this book about Shakespeare that Boris wrote instead of attending those COBR meetings will clearly stand the test of time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yes he may have bungled his response to a lethal pandemic, but this book about Shakespeare that Boris wrote instead of attending those COBR meetings will clearly stand the test of time.
When the Tories were still in power and Boris on his way out, I asked my dad who he'd prefer to be PM. He still wanted Boris, "because he got us through Covid" 🤦🏼
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When the Tories were still in power and Boris on his way out, I asked my dad who he'd prefer to be PM. He still wanted Boris, "because he got us through Covid" 🤦🏼
I don't really understand how any qualified lawyer could think this is OK. How did they expect to get a conviction?
Or did they think, just like in Germany in the 1930s, that paying lip service to procedure is enough?
Or did they think, just like in Germany in the 1930s, that paying lip service to procedure is enough?
NEW: This is one hell of an opening paragraph from Jim Comey's attorneys in his motion to get the grand jury materials in the case against him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I don't really understand how any qualified lawyer could think this is OK. How did they expect to get a conviction?
Or did they think, just like in Germany in the 1930s, that paying lip service to procedure is enough?
Or did they think, just like in Germany in the 1930s, that paying lip service to procedure is enough?
With tuna vessels at sea for up to 4 years in one stretch, the industry's become a hub for forced labour and modern slavery.
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
With tuna vessels at sea for up to 4 years in one stretch, the industry's become a hub for forced labour and modern slavery.
ICE body cam footage records agent using ChatGPT to help him fill out a "use of force" report 🤯
Judge Ellis also found that a top CBP leader's testimony was not credible, in part because he admitted that was relying on unreliable "use of force" reports generated by DHS officers — and in a footnote, says video showed an officer asking ChatGPT to help him fill out a use of force report!
![As for the evidence Defendants marshalled through Parra with respect to CBP’s actions, Parra testified in his deposition that he had only been in the field with CBP a “handful of times, four to five,” during Operation Midway Blitz. Doc. 191-9 at 30:7–10. And he made clear that he based much of his declaration on information he gleaned from use of force reports, with maybe some (unidentified) review of video footage. See, e.g., id. at 81:17–82:16, 85:17–23, 86:15–91:1 (describing that Parra viewed some video footage, but that he could not recall how much or of what events). Given the inconsistencies between the BWC footage and the use of force reports, with the BWC footage undermining what agents put in their reports, the Court cannot rely on Parra’s broad generalizations of protesters’ actions or Defendants’ responses to those actions. [FN 9]
[FN 9] 9 The Court also notes that, in at least one instance, an agent asked ChatGPT to compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images. Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-03_0949_D01A2556T at 00:00–00:42. To the extent that agents use ChatGPT to create their use of force reports, this further undermines their credibility and may explain the inaccuracy of these reports when viewed in light of the BWC footage.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidrgcuxzzkkyozeaimpri73bx75rjcbkhvo5gpkv2lbm4kgpcsk74@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
ICE body cam footage records agent using ChatGPT to help him fill out a "use of force" report 🤯