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Museum educator, roleplayer, folkie, mountain biker, rock climber and attention deficit sufferer.

Winchester
Joined January 2010
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Pratchett's luggage, updated for the internet meme age
I was attacked by a vicious animal, today
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I suspect advertising standards would have something to say about the term "quality education" in this advert
Meanwhile Mick Huckabee former Governor of Arkansas has brought out a series of books for kids. Look away now if you value books, history, brain cells or the future of the planet.
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Here's a picture to haunt your weekend...
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I know this is a serious point but... ...it feels like there is a strong overlap in these demographics with those getting enraged by concocted culture wars. Should creating culture wars be a public health issue?
Replying to @ONS
The age groups with the highest total estimated number of cases of undiagnosed hypertension in the population were: ▪️ Males aged 55 to 64 years (500,000 ) ▪️ Females aged 65 to 74 years (460,000) ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…
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Shameless retweet plug time...
Replying to @Back_pedalling
Having ridden the north side of Cut Gate, we still had to come back and do the south: youtu.be/xabOfpJK4CI
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One to flag up for everyone
Twitter has verified the (previously banned) far-right party Britain First as an "official organisation" and is giving blue ticks to anyone "affiliated" with it That will amplify their tweets to non-followers
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This does not resonate with me, in any way, not at all. Nope, can't see where this chap is coming from... (I feel seen)
I am having washing machine delivered today. Same vibe.
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That's better than I could have put it. Well done.
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This is what the Global Disinformation Index calls an "adversarial Narrative". One which is factually correct but framed in a way to deliberately mislead disinformationindex.org/blog…
FACT: Local Greens voted to scrap weekly bin collections in Arun District in May 2022 - can you imagine the smell? Your local Conservatives are committed to protecting weekly bin collections to stop rubbish from piling up on street corners.
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In the week that Tories are up in arms about Bannau Brycheiniog getting its name back and the waste of money. They are also wasting money on removing signs that are to "nice". Gold. Fucking. Star
Genuinely nothing more hilariously on the nose about how miserable and nasty we’ve become as an island than changing our welcome signs to warnings
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*This* is how scared the tories are of the SNP: they need to post childish gifs to undermine them at every opportunity. If the SNP weren't a threat, they wouldn't bother.
We now go live to the Humza Yousaf press huddle.
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Does this mean that Gary Lineker was behind it all along?
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Replying to @BrineHealth
@BrineMP I've responded to @DefraGovUK sandeel consultation to support a ban on industrial trawling for this important fish in English waters. Will you support this and help save our globally threatened seabirds who rely on sandeels to survive? #SaveOurSeabirds
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Is "junior doctor" the worst term ever for someone with up to 11 years professional experience?
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All that money that goes on making sure that your house is built to standards that means it won't kill you after you've bought it. Wouldn't that be better in the pockets of developers?
How do you bring home a date if you're 35 & living in your mom's basement?
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For the avoidance of doubt, the thing barring developers from developing is not that they have to comply with standards, it's them waiting until they can build for the least amount and charge the most to buyers.
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Yer man from the Mandalorian as birds? *This* is what Twitter is for
Pedro Pascal as birds. A thread.
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March 2023 has very much been a breadless-shit-sandwich
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Thank you for this, it's made my day. As someone for whom the "last tube to Govan" was a fact of life for years, I'm very fond of the clockwork orange
A short Glasgow Subway thread, starting with a little animated map of the 10.5km / 6.5 mile route, which opened in December 1896
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Well, at least we know what the Active Travel budget is being spent on...
The PM has announced that the UK will ramp up investment in defence to meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile & complex world. This £5bn investment will bolster ammunitions, modernise the UK’s nuclear enterprise & fund the next phase of the AUKUS submarine programme.
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