Gary White
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"When it comes to science, the White House could not have crafted a more effective America Last policy."
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Brain drain is undermining America’s scientific edge
Policy decisions grounded in Maga talking points are helping to fuel a PhD exodus from government
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February 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
"When it comes to science, the White House could not have crafted a more effective America Last policy."
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The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Try not to fuck this #BBCWorldService situation up, #Starmer
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Try not to fuck this #BBCWorldService situation up, #Starmer
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
@cheeseford.bsky.social
Has anyone ever done a jazz swing version of Lilliburlero.
World Service in funding hell, btw.
youtu.be/WuJ5_j4U6HQ?...
Has anyone ever done a jazz swing version of Lilliburlero.
World Service in funding hell, btw.
youtu.be/WuJ5_j4U6HQ?...
BBC World Service idents over the years (Lilliburlero)
YouTube video by shriramvenu
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February 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
@cheeseford.bsky.social
Has anyone ever done a jazz swing version of Lilliburlero.
World Service in funding hell, btw.
youtu.be/WuJ5_j4U6HQ?...
Has anyone ever done a jazz swing version of Lilliburlero.
World Service in funding hell, btw.
youtu.be/WuJ5_j4U6HQ?...
This isn't like looking for Atlantis or something.
People who were involved with this are still around.
If a full enquiry is the only way to get the whole truth, then so be it.
People who were involved with this are still around.
If a full enquiry is the only way to get the whole truth, then so be it.
Corby waste dumped in Kettering, documents suggest
#Northamptonshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Northamptonshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
Corby toxic waste dumped in Kettering, documents suggest
A Green councillor is calling for a public inquiry following the revelations.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
This isn't like looking for Atlantis or something.
People who were involved with this are still around.
If a full enquiry is the only way to get the whole truth, then so be it.
People who were involved with this are still around.
If a full enquiry is the only way to get the whole truth, then so be it.
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Note, for my future self that, in the rapidly extending evening light, that, last evening, 11th February, although cold, & got colder later, was not damp.. felt much more 'hopeful'.
I wonder if damp & cold are the toxic twins for humans. 🌡️Damp more for plants, definitely, but damp cold vs temp?
I wonder if damp & cold are the toxic twins for humans. 🌡️Damp more for plants, definitely, but damp cold vs temp?
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Note, for my future self that, in the rapidly extending evening light, that, last evening, 11th February, although cold, & got colder later, was not damp.. felt much more 'hopeful'.
I wonder if damp & cold are the toxic twins for humans. 🌡️Damp more for plants, definitely, but damp cold vs temp?
I wonder if damp & cold are the toxic twins for humans. 🌡️Damp more for plants, definitely, but damp cold vs temp?
@manmademoon.bsky.social
I hope you don't mind, but even if you do, I've put you forward as a Consulting Imagineer Shamen on this one...
You know what you have to do.
I hope you don't mind, but even if you do, I've put you forward as a Consulting Imagineer Shamen on this one...
You know what you have to do.
AI satellite factory on the moon? Giant space catapult? Self-sustaining city on the moon? A billion daily active users on X?
Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...
Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
@manmademoon.bsky.social
I hope you don't mind, but even if you do, I've put you forward as a Consulting Imagineer Shamen on this one...
You know what you have to do.
I hope you don't mind, but even if you do, I've put you forward as a Consulting Imagineer Shamen on this one...
You know what you have to do.
@cheeseford.bsky.social
Train Crash! Train Crash! TRAIN CRASH!
Cut to the wheels.. the wheels.. the fucking WHEELS.. oh Christ
Always GWR locos. It's always bloody GWR locos.
Tell Network Rail to fuck off.
Train Crash! Train Crash! TRAIN CRASH!
Cut to the wheels.. the wheels.. the fucking WHEELS.. oh Christ
Always GWR locos. It's always bloody GWR locos.
Tell Network Rail to fuck off.
70 YEARS AGO TODAY: Saturday Night Out, maybe the first big BBC OB live event shows, deliberately crashes a train by blowing up a training railway track, because that's what made for prime-time entertainment then. The result is however not as planned.
Saturday Night Out -- Longmoor Train Crash
Saturday Night Out was originally hosted by Robert Beatty as 'The Man with the Mike'. The memorable title sequence started with a picture of a telephone on a desk. This would ring and a voice would…
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February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
@cheeseford.bsky.social
Train Crash! Train Crash! TRAIN CRASH!
Cut to the wheels.. the wheels.. the fucking WHEELS.. oh Christ
Always GWR locos. It's always bloody GWR locos.
Tell Network Rail to fuck off.
Train Crash! Train Crash! TRAIN CRASH!
Cut to the wheels.. the wheels.. the fucking WHEELS.. oh Christ
Always GWR locos. It's always bloody GWR locos.
Tell Network Rail to fuck off.
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Surprisingly surprise news, surprising no-one.
#Surprised?
#Surprised?
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Surprisingly surprise news, surprising no-one.
#Surprised?
#Surprised?
@cheeseford.bsky.social
The spectrum of Jaahzz music..
The spectrum of Jaahzz music..
a man in a suit is sitting on a stage with a band behind him and says ha !
ALT: a man in a suit is sitting on a stage with a band behind him and says ha !
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February 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
@cheeseford.bsky.social
The spectrum of Jaahzz music..
The spectrum of Jaahzz music..
Brilliant, Graun. "Aviation Flu".
February 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Brilliant, Graun. "Aviation Flu".
'If Eddie The Eagle
Had had the needle,
He'd have increased his girth & er,
Flown much further'
#WillyThisDo ?
Had had the needle,
He'd have increased his girth & er,
Flown much further'
#WillyThisDo ?
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
'If Eddie The Eagle
Had had the needle,
He'd have increased his girth & er,
Flown much further'
#WillyThisDo ?
Had had the needle,
He'd have increased his girth & er,
Flown much further'
#WillyThisDo ?
My god, Starmer though.
A former lettuce, now a cabbage with a college education, etc.
How insanely thick?
Yes, *that* thick.
#Lettuce, part deux, trois.. And then it cinq.
A former lettuce, now a cabbage with a college education, etc.
How insanely thick?
Yes, *that* thick.
#Lettuce, part deux, trois.. And then it cinq.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has tabled an amendment to the Tory motion which would exempt "papers prejudicial to UK national security or international relations"
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
My god, Starmer though.
A former lettuce, now a cabbage with a college education, etc.
How insanely thick?
Yes, *that* thick.
#Lettuce, part deux, trois.. And then it cinq.
A former lettuce, now a cabbage with a college education, etc.
How insanely thick?
Yes, *that* thick.
#Lettuce, part deux, trois.. And then it cinq.
@cheeseford.bsky.social go on xander, now do some cradle of filth.
January 31, 2026 at 11:21 PM
@cheeseford.bsky.social go on xander, now do some cradle of filth.
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SHOCK: UK Studio Goes SILENT After USA🇺🇸 Rant 😳 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
SHOCKING: UK News Host Has USA Meltdown - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
SHOCK: UK Studio Goes SILENT After USA🇺🇸 Rant 😳 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
Here's a little story. When I went to university, a couple of us used to go 'to the cricket', when we could. A day at Old Trafford was inexpensive in those days and they were good times.
I met Leapy, just by going to the dressing rooms and asking...>
I met Leapy, just by going to the dressing rooms and asking...>
January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Here's a little story. When I went to university, a couple of us used to go 'to the cricket', when we could. A day at Old Trafford was inexpensive in those days and they were good times.
I met Leapy, just by going to the dressing rooms and asking...>
I met Leapy, just by going to the dressing rooms and asking...>
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Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.