Lawrence
@munkey-boy.bsky.social
I like the idea of the easy life, but I chose video games and Manchester City instead. European/Canadian hybrid. 🇪🇺🇨🇦
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'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
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Absolutely insane list
I've just checked on the social media requirement, because this has been on the ESTA application for a few years now but you were able to leave it blank
Giving details of your social media will be a mandatory requirement to get an ESTA
I've just checked on the social media requirement, because this has been on the ESTA application for a few years now but you were able to leave it blank
Giving details of your social media will be a mandatory requirement to get an ESTA
This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Absolutely insane list
I've just checked on the social media requirement, because this has been on the ESTA application for a few years now but you were able to leave it blank
Giving details of your social media will be a mandatory requirement to get an ESTA
I've just checked on the social media requirement, because this has been on the ESTA application for a few years now but you were able to leave it blank
Giving details of your social media will be a mandatory requirement to get an ESTA
Good to see FIFA's Peace Prize winner doing more excellent peace making
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good to see FIFA's Peace Prize winner doing more excellent peace making
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"Old and true. And sturdy. One of the best [gaming] tools ever built. We've grown reliant on Imperial tech, and we've made ourselves vulnerable. There's a growing list of things we've known and forgotten, things they've pushed us to forget. Things like freedom."
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Old and true. And sturdy. One of the best [gaming] tools ever built. We've grown reliant on Imperial tech, and we've made ourselves vulnerable. There's a growing list of things we've known and forgotten, things they've pushed us to forget. Things like freedom."
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I was raised on these streets
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I was raised on these streets
I think I realise now I was radicalised by Trading Places. What a film.
a man in a santa costume with trading places written on the bottom right
ALT: a man in a santa costume with trading places written on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I think I realise now I was radicalised by Trading Places. What a film.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If that's a foul it's the same as Foden's penalty
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If that's a foul it's the same as Foden's penalty
I just love this version of City. I know it's open and that makes people uncomfortable, but this is what I want (let's hope I'm still saying that at the end of the season!)
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I just love this version of City. I know it's open and that makes people uncomfortable, but this is what I want (let's hope I'm still saying that at the end of the season!)
Haaland's defending is just unreal
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Haaland's defending is just unreal
Donnarumma is such a get out of jail free card
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Donnarumma is such a get out of jail free card
2x pens denied. But if a European handball call perhaps but we're unlucky not to get either
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2x pens denied. But if a European handball call perhaps but we're unlucky not to get either
C'mon City! Have to be confident after recent form, but this'll be a test, they'll have a go
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
C'mon City! Have to be confident after recent form, but this'll be a test, they'll have a go
Kind of mad how far Liverpool have fallen. Superb from City but not really that much to worry about surprisingly. Surprised they didn't want to mark Doku at all
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Kind of mad how far Liverpool have fallen. Superb from City but not really that much to worry about surprisingly. Surprised they didn't want to mark Doku at all
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Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
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Yes Pep! Fuck the Mail
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Yes Pep! Fuck the Mail
Microsoft complicit ... again. Not a good look
Trump administration's use of Halo "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation", says key series designer
www.eurogamer.net/trump-admini...
www.eurogamer.net/trump-admini...
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Microsoft complicit ... again. Not a good look
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
How's that not a pen?!
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How's that not a pen?!
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The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...