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GenX male. Space. International stuff. Badgers. History. SciFi. At a push teaching but I do enough of that at work. Will only follow back those who engage.

Joined November 2018
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What a fucking twat.
President Trump today advanced an important discussion with several European leaders about the need for a broader European security architecture that can help establish the conditions for lasting peace. Building on his leadership and the substantive work undertaken this week in Brussels with Ukraine, NATO, and our European partners, @SEPeaceMissions and I wanted to share some of the objectives guiding our ongoing discussions. For more than 30 years, Europe and Russia have struggled to establish a sustainable security framework. Decades of mistrust, competing security concerns, and the devastating consequences of this war make this an extraordinarily difficult challenge, but one that is essential to lasting peace. Our objective is to develop practical arrangements that address the security concerns of all sides, reduce the risk of future conflict, and create a more stable and predictable security environment. We are exploring five principal goals: permanent security consultations, reliable crisis communications, greater military transparency, reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks, and an enduring framework for long-term European security and stability. Any arrangements must fully respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independent decision-making of every nation. Each country will retain authority over its own security and alliances, and no country would have a veto over another’s sovereign choices. NATO will remain central to European collective defense, and this initiative would build upon existing institutions and commitments. We will continue consultations through the Shell Bay format with Ukraine, NATO, the EU, and our European partners, expanding engagement to ensure that all relevant perspectives and ideas are considered. We will also engage Russia as part of the peace negotiations. Next week in Abu Dhabi, the United States will convene the first trilateral peace discussions with Ukraine and Russia since February. All parties remain intensely engaged in preparing for substantive and productive negotiations. We will consult closely with our European partners on the sidelines and, if progress is made, aim to move toward a broader multilateral format with their direct participation. These ideas continue to evolve, and we welcome thoughtful input. Creating the right structure will be critical to ending this war and transitioning from conflict toward conditions that make possible a durable peace. This is difficult, detailed work. There are no easy solutions. But the opportunity to help end this devastating war and build a foundation for a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous Europe for generations to come makes it a challenge well worth undertaking. We will see how these discussions develop and continue working intensively with all parties toward President Trump’s objective of a comprehensive and lasting peace.
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All that was needed was for parents to do their jobs. But no... so here we are.
The UK is set to restrict in-game chat for under-16s Players will be required to verify their age in order to use communication features
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"LeTs AtTaCh EvErYtHiNg To ThE iNtErNeT"
BREAKING: This morning’s cyberattack against supermarket fridges and freezers has now spread to Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia. The hackers increased the temperature up to 50C. Food worth millions of euros has been spoiled. Experts warn that such cyberattacks on supply chains and logistics can constitute a threat to national food security in many Western states.
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A report on a railway line, 3.3 miles, between Bristol and Portishead is 80,000 pages long. Placed end to end the paper report would be 14.7 miles. Makes me think
MPs LEFT FUMING as a witness breaks ranks and exposes their FAILURES one by one! The truth they clearly didn’t want to hear! 😡🔥
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Finished my rewatch of Stargate SG1 last night. Very satisfying. Now to begin my annual tradition of rewatching the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings each weekend up to Xmas.
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A private company actively working against US military assets... very weird. And very off-putting of @SpaceX ... shame to see you become a Russian allied company.
Below, we proved SpaceX/Musk coordinated w/ Russia to block U.S./NATO satellite after crippling Ukraine's air defenses. At the time, we hadn't measured downstream fallout of 40-hour pin. We have now. W/in the hour, we're dropping complete orbital/RF audit. It's devastating.
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Controversial thought: we shouldn't be providing benefits to anyone claiming for "polygamous marriages" ... anyone.
Why are the DWP paying benefits for polygamous marriages when polygamy is illegal in the UK?
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I will vote for any party that promises to scrap this. @Conservatives @reformparty_uk @LibDems @TheGreenParty @RestoreBritain Won't be voting for @UKLabour
🚨 NEW: The age-check methods for Brits to access social media from March have been announced 1. Photo ID matching (passport against a live photo) 2. Banking checks 3. Digital ID services 4. Facial age estimation (additional check if needed)
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RIP Mr Koenig. I especially admired you for your role in Babylon 5 as Mr Bester, devious Psicorp psicop.
🖖 RIP Walter Koenig - #StarTrek's Chekov Passes Away at Age 90 💖 Koenig portrayed Ensign Pavel Chekov in The Original Series, all six original Star Trek films, and voiced President Anton Chekov in #StarTrekPicard! 1936 - 2026 💔
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Oh look... showing weakness has led to increased demands... Slow clap for @SecRubio
Putin is going to demand NATO withdrawal to its 1997 borders in Ukraine peace talks as a key condition, he wants no NATO troops in Finland, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland and cites this as a key condition for starting the war in Ukraine-Telegraph Wow…
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or @JohnHealey_MP could cut the onerous taxes on UK business and industries and make them globally competitive, creating jobs and income for this co... nah... just whack up taxes... same old boring playbook.
Replying to @PolitlcsUK
Under current rules, British refineries face millions of pounds in net-zero expenses that their competitors do not, allowing imported fuel to undercut local industry The move would aim to level the playing field Story: telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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For some odd reason the @BBCNews is only reporting the violence in France and not how it was spread to Spain, Belgium and Italy. Hell, they stormed the Colosseum and yet the BBC just quietly ignore it.
Spaniards shopping at the Corte Inglés shopping mall at Barcelona's have been locked in the store. The shopping mall was forced to close its doors with customers inside to prevent looters from storming the building. Europe 2026…
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What's actually going on in Ukraine is... a Russian invasion. Such a simple fix.
What’s actually going on in Ukraine is that there is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people. The former have grown very rich off the hundreds of billions flowing to Ukraine, while the latter’s children are conscripted to die in trenches.
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These people are useful idiots. And we all know who they are useful to...
Thousands of students protested in Florence this weekend to demand more funding for public education & less funding for the Italian military and military aid for Ukraine They marched with Palestinian flags & chanted “we’re all Antifa”
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Piano in a public place... it gets played. Utterly depressing. Some silly jobsworth.
Mohammad the security guard stops the music on the London public piano (Allah says music is Haram)
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Obviously, only a Russian asset would think this way.
⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children. kyivindependent.com/what-rus…
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Spot on... the nonsense of teacher pay has been with me through all 23 years of my career.
Organising Teacher Pay:
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Come on @BBCNews you use to have standards
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Why is it you can always rely on sanctimonious Americans to have the most asinine takes?
to anyone breathless over burning belleépoqueslop: 1883 isn’t ancient history and if you want to get upset about the condition of building take a look at some of the schools
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