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Theo Hopkins
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Banner. Midnight in the Arctic.
I think differently; very, very, occasionally I am right.
Britain also welcomes the young men who deliver my pizzas.
Home pizza delivery is what makes England England.
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Morning.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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This is not Stock, but it indicates the nastiness of some trans advocates - here in Oxford. Stock faced similar in Sussex.
I was there. Wearing 'freedom of thought' hat.

morningstaronline.co.uk/node/50411
Women have every right to discuss changes to the law that could affect them
I’VE been an environmental and human rights activist all my adult life, from being jailed in Holloway prison for my part in the Twyford Down direct action protests to organising the back-turning prote...
morningstaronline.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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very well
August 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"The people of the UK, you might think twice before you let Mr Farage make Britain great again" *drops mic* 🎤
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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So wonderful.
Well isn’t this lovely.

Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?)

What a terrific voice.
#opera

I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.
August 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Augurs in Rome will be like:

Shit! Shit! Run for your lives!
This Starling murmuration over Rome.
August 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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April 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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When traffic flow is more or less continuous, the same number of drivers are going to wait briefly when the lights change. So why not have lights change immediately? Why does it matter which specific drivers are the ones waiting?
How long are you waiting to cross the road? 🚦

Research shows that after 30 seconds pedestrians are more likely to run out of patience and risk crossing the road before the signals change.

Discover our resources for #BetterCrossings 🚶
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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July 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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As so often. A vast ‘urban’ 4x4 blocking wheelchairs and the like and with its almost obligatory ‘vanity’ number plate.
July 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Cowley Rd. Blocking lowered kerb.
Why is it so common that dropped kerb vehicles are large ‘urban’ 4x4s?
July 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Hard to say if this pickup truck is ‘badly painted’ as it is wider than the actual parking bay.
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Second attempt to post.
This is a regular visitor to Bartlemas Rd.
Blocking wheelchairs but also always has a brick under the front wheel so may have a defective parking brake.
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Bartlemas Rd. With ‘vanity’ plate, essential for all urban 4x4s.
July 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
July 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Upper end of Divinity Road.
July 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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95 Divinity Road. It now has a parking ticket (thanks, neighbour, for reporting it). But it was there overnight and probably longer. Wheelchairs? Mobility scooters? Baby buggies?
Grrrr!
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Physicists from Oxford & Lisbon have simulated a phenomenon that relies on a strange quantum property – that electron-positron pairs can spontaneously form in a vacuum, interact with light & disappear again. The simulation involves three intense laser beams generating a fourth beam from darkness.
Oxford physicists recreate extreme quantum vacuum effects
Physicists have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once thought to belong to science fiction; the findings pave the way for real-world laser facilities to exper...
www.physics.ox.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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It’s Oxfordshire County Council’s first Cabinet meeting since the May elections, and the decision on whether to proceed with a congestion charge is due to be taken today. We’ll be live-tweeting proceedings.
June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM