Tao of Airfix
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Everything I know about life I learned from model aeroplanes.
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Reform names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor 👇🏼
Fun Fact about #BentBob - In 2020 as Housing Sec he was embroiled in a "cash for favours" scandal after overturning officials to approve a £1 billion East London housing development by a Tory donor, saving them circa £45 million in council fees 🤷🏼♂️
Fun Fact about #BentBob - In 2020 as Housing Sec he was embroiled in a "cash for favours" scandal after overturning officials to approve a £1 billion East London housing development by a Tory donor, saving them circa £45 million in council fees 🤷🏼♂️
Reform UK names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor
Leader Nigel Farage says Reform is
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Reform names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor 👇🏼
Fun Fact about #BentBob - In 2020 as Housing Sec he was embroiled in a "cash for favours" scandal after overturning officials to approve a £1 billion East London housing development by a Tory donor, saving them circa £45 million in council fees 🤷🏼♂️
Fun Fact about #BentBob - In 2020 as Housing Sec he was embroiled in a "cash for favours" scandal after overturning officials to approve a £1 billion East London housing development by a Tory donor, saving them circa £45 million in council fees 🤷🏼♂️
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As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
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USAF Ready To Make All B-52s Nuclear-Capable, Load ICBMs With Multiple Warheads If Directed www.twz.com/air/usaf-rea...
USAF Ready To Make All B-52s Nuclear-Capable, Load ICBMs With Multiple Warheads If Directed
The end of New START treaty has left the U.S. nuclear arsenal unbounded for the first time in decades.
www.twz.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
USAF Ready To Make All B-52s Nuclear-Capable, Load ICBMs With Multiple Warheads If Directed www.twz.com/air/usaf-rea...
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Most of the country has some sort of election this May.
Are you registered to vote?
How do you intend to defeat Reform or you're not even registered?
If you are, double check.
Then encourage others to register - children at uni, friends or neighbours who have moved house.
We can all do our bit!
Are you registered to vote?
How do you intend to defeat Reform or you're not even registered?
If you are, double check.
Then encourage others to register - children at uni, friends or neighbours who have moved house.
We can all do our bit!
Register to vote
Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
www.gov.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Most of the country has some sort of election this May.
Are you registered to vote?
How do you intend to defeat Reform or you're not even registered?
If you are, double check.
Then encourage others to register - children at uni, friends or neighbours who have moved house.
We can all do our bit!
Are you registered to vote?
How do you intend to defeat Reform or you're not even registered?
If you are, double check.
Then encourage others to register - children at uni, friends or neighbours who have moved house.
We can all do our bit!
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Yes it's necessary to prepare, but there's no adapting to a 3C world
This is such a dangerous message
This is such a dangerous message
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Yes it's necessary to prepare, but there's no adapting to a 3C world
This is such a dangerous message
This is such a dangerous message
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I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
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The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
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⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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Jaywalking in the United States is a made up "crime" that was literally a psyop campaign....
funded by automakers
because their cars were killing pedestrians
So they turned it back around on the victims. "Jay" was a negative slang at the time for someone who was a gullible rural person.
funded by automakers
because their cars were killing pedestrians
So they turned it back around on the victims. "Jay" was a negative slang at the time for someone who was a gullible rural person.
I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.
Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
February 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Jaywalking in the United States is a made up "crime" that was literally a psyop campaign....
funded by automakers
because their cars were killing pedestrians
So they turned it back around on the victims. "Jay" was a negative slang at the time for someone who was a gullible rural person.
funded by automakers
because their cars were killing pedestrians
So they turned it back around on the victims. "Jay" was a negative slang at the time for someone who was a gullible rural person.
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Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN MOZAMBIQUE
42.0C at Beira right on the coast,
it smashed its February heat record by 3C.
It's one of the most extreme heat events ever seen in Southern African tropics.
Over 170 countries are breaking records.
There had never been anything like this month.
42.0C at Beira right on the coast,
it smashed its February heat record by 3C.
It's one of the most extreme heat events ever seen in Southern African tropics.
Over 170 countries are breaking records.
There had never been anything like this month.
February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN MOZAMBIQUE
42.0C at Beira right on the coast,
it smashed its February heat record by 3C.
It's one of the most extreme heat events ever seen in Southern African tropics.
Over 170 countries are breaking records.
There had never been anything like this month.
42.0C at Beira right on the coast,
it smashed its February heat record by 3C.
It's one of the most extreme heat events ever seen in Southern African tropics.
Over 170 countries are breaking records.
There had never been anything like this month.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK as 'pro-Putin' at the Munich Security Conference
28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
February 14, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK as 'pro-Putin' at the Munich Security Conference
28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
February 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
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It seems like we have the dumbest trolls in government, but it's way worse than that.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It seems like we have the dumbest trolls in government, but it's way worse than that.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
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When we trawled data on excess nitrate & phosphate pollution (key drivers of algal blooms) we found agriculture was the primary source in rural areas, sewage in urban areas. As Chowns says, to save our rivers, we need to tackle both.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
When we trawled data on excess nitrate & phosphate pollution (key drivers of algal blooms) we found agriculture was the primary source in rural areas, sewage in urban areas. As Chowns says, to save our rivers, we need to tackle both.
share.google/bLY8yWL1AeIQ...
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Canal and River Trust used to the British Waterways Board, a statutory body.
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
“Julie Sharman…of the Canal & River Trust, a charitable organisation in charge of maintaining 3,200km of waterways across England and Wales…’People sometimes think canals are looked after by local authorities or by the government, and they’re not. They’re looked after by us, as a charity’”
Crumbling canals.
On a winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggle to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed. The sight starkly illustrates an ongoing battle to maintain the UK's historic, yet deteriorating, waterways
u.afp.com/S29E
On a winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggle to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed. The sight starkly illustrates an ongoing battle to maintain the UK's historic, yet deteriorating, waterways
u.afp.com/S29E
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Canal and River Trust used to the British Waterways Board, a statutory body.
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
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the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
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Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...