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Sam Wilson
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
“Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” came with Josh Lyman commenting, “our second year doesn’t seem to be going much better than our first” and a technocratic leader outsourcing decisions to a powerful chief of staff who tends to the centre
All I’m saying is Starmer needs to appoint some corkers to the FEC
All I’m saying is Starmer needs to appoint some corkers to the FEC
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” came with Josh Lyman commenting, “our second year doesn’t seem to be going much better than our first” and a technocratic leader outsourcing decisions to a powerful chief of staff who tends to the centre
All I’m saying is Starmer needs to appoint some corkers to the FEC
All I’m saying is Starmer needs to appoint some corkers to the FEC
Absolutely loving this photo of the new High Commissioner from New Zealand meeting HM The King.
Which is a bit of a spiderman meme situation because this is the King’s Representative from one of his realms to another of his realms.
Which is a bit of a spiderman meme situation because this is the King’s Representative from one of his realms to another of his realms.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Absolutely loving this photo of the new High Commissioner from New Zealand meeting HM The King.
Which is a bit of a spiderman meme situation because this is the King’s Representative from one of his realms to another of his realms.
Which is a bit of a spiderman meme situation because this is the King’s Representative from one of his realms to another of his realms.
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At Labour’s conference, Keir Starmer promised his government would “fight with everything we have” against those pushing racism and the idea of two-tier Britishness.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At Labour’s conference, Keir Starmer promised his government would “fight with everything we have” against those pushing racism and the idea of two-tier Britishness.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
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This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
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Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.
Get fucked.
Get fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.
Get fucked.
Get fucked.
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A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance. www.fox5ny.com/news/michiga...
Michigan man who shares same initials as JD Vance convicted of threatening to kill president, vice president
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance.
www.fox5ny.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance. www.fox5ny.com/news/michiga...
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37. You can measure the speed of light using a kitchen microwave.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
37. You can measure the speed of light using a kitchen microwave.
What a way to start your own media huddles - denying racism and antisemitism in your leadership
After prime minister's questions we had our first ever media "huddle" with Reform UK - normally it is just the govt and then Tories. Nigel Farage's spokesperson reiterated the denials of racist and antisemitic behaviour when Farage was at school, saying it was so long ago people could mis-remember.
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What a way to start your own media huddles - denying racism and antisemitism in your leadership
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Never play board games with an accountant.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Never play board games with an accountant.
Britain and the US are two nations divided by a common language and Matt Y takes
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Britain and the US are two nations divided by a common language and Matt Y takes
J just had his first experience of hail. Big fan of the car alarms going off, not so big on the moment when dad dropped the umbrella
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
J just had his first experience of hail. Big fan of the car alarms going off, not so big on the moment when dad dropped the umbrella
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Heat pumps news! DESNZ is expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to cover air to air heat pumps and heat batteries.
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Government set to expand scheme to include air conditioning heat pumps
Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts
www.businessgreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Heat pumps news! DESNZ is expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to cover air to air heat pumps and heat batteries.
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
Both will be eligible for a £2,500 grant if it fully replaces a gas or oil boiler…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521952...
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More evidence that the #Synod papers relied on by the House of Bishops to radically change the trajectory of the LLF process is full of holes.
A house built on sand.
viamedia.news/2025/11/17/c...
A house built on sand.
viamedia.news/2025/11/17/c...
Cries of Suffering: A Response to ‘The Nature of Doctrine and the Living God’ - ViaMedia.News
by Mike Higton, Professor of Theology and Ministry at Durham University The Faith and Order Commission’s recent document on ‘The Nature of Doctrine and the Living God’ (GS Misc 1429) is not, in my jud...
viamedia.news
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
More evidence that the #Synod papers relied on by the House of Bishops to radically change the trajectory of the LLF process is full of holes.
A house built on sand.
viamedia.news/2025/11/17/c...
A house built on sand.
viamedia.news/2025/11/17/c...
Looks like a reporter finally noticed, considering their annual return was published in May. Presumably trying to sniff out info about the bust-up there about the choir.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
King Charles 'donates £50k' to repair his mother's favourite church
The Grade Two listed church is on the Royal Sandringham Estate, and the late Queen would often attend Sunday services at the chapel before her death in September 2022.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looks like a reporter finally noticed, considering their annual return was published in May. Presumably trying to sniff out info about the bust-up there about the choir.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Good to see! A lovely, intimate cathedral* which I appreciated worshipping in during my last visit to Dublin.
Roman Catholics in Dublin finally granted their own cathedral
Decree by Pope Leo resolves a long-running anomaly in the city
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Good to see! A lovely, intimate cathedral* which I appreciated worshipping in during my last visit to Dublin.
Really interesting and important thread
Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Really interesting and important thread
Christmas came early
This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Christmas came early
Half expecting this policy to be mooted each time I watch the news
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Half expecting this policy to be mooted each time I watch the news
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I'm sorry, I have as much distrust of some media outlets as others but when they are citing departmental sources, literally being briefed by officials, and then you have a minister on the airwaves quasi-confirming it as incoming policy - to continue to deny that's the case is just wishful thinking.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I'm sorry, I have as much distrust of some media outlets as others but when they are citing departmental sources, literally being briefed by officials, and then you have a minister on the airwaves quasi-confirming it as incoming policy - to continue to deny that's the case is just wishful thinking.