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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown@tonyivb.bsky.social |
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Husband, father to 3 teenage kids and keeper of a menagerie of pets. Geologist for past 15 years, who knows for the next 15?
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Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
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There's a thing that has happened disturbingly often where a radioactive source gets accidentally used as scrap metal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioac...
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Kate Klonick
@klonick.bsky.social
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Something I never knew existed when I was younger: There is an elite system of arbitrage in which the rich want to be famous and hang out with famous people; famous people want to be seen as smart and hang out with smart people, and smart people want money so they hang out with rich people.
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Hens Breet
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Engeland heeft het verdiend. Een nationaal feestje met dit kabinet zou sowieso heel ongepast zijn geweest.
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Amanda
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England are through to the final of Euro 2024. The Tories have been voted out. I’d just like to suggest to the person with the magic lamp that they use their last wish very wisely.
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Paperback Paradise
@paperbackparadise.bsky.social
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Book
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Claire Willett
@clairewillett.bsky.social
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I think all the time about the interviewer who asked Meryl Streep “how did you not know about Weinstein” and she was like “I didn’t know because he NEEDED me not to know” it isn’t a character flaw to have been deceived by someone who is a deceit expert cultivating the cover of your faith & goodwill
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Before they become adult MPs, Tories go through a larval stage (eg Michael Fabricant)
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Meher Oliaji
@mehero.bsky.social
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Dyson the Brexiter decided to reduce his UK workforce, but held off the announcement till after election as a favour to his Tory friends. Will any Labour minister have the nerve to shame him?
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Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
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A public service announcement from Holmfirth Festival of Folk Music
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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It’s a bit soggy in the Netherlands this evening!
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Bellingcat
@bellingcat.com
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Latest: An analysis of open source evidence, as well as multiple missile experts, have pointed to a Russian launched Kh-101 cruise missile being the weapon that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/07...
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Dustin Du Cane
@dustinducane.bsky.social
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Was he planning suicide by two shots to the head like a Kremlin critic?
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mizer
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le sword < le pen < le ballot box
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Make a band meatier Dead Kidneys
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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(Via Ben Ansell from the other place)
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Stephen Farrow
@stephenfarrow.bsky.social
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Art, innit?
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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SCOTUS votes 6-3 that Le Pen gets to be President of France
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David Noll
@david.noll.org
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BREAKING: Upside side down French flag spotted outside the Alitos' summer residence
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klaus radke
@kradke.bsky.social
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Donald Tusk Ministerpräsident Polen Quelle: X
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Dan Thomas
@itsdanthomas.bsky.social
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Well done France! What a week!
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Gregg McLennan
@strayarc.bsky.social
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When you find common ground with people with whom you agree some of the time but not all of the time, you can prevent people with whom you agree none of the time from taking power. The left and the center have far more in common than either wants to admit.
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Moose Allain
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This made my day.
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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When my wife was sick, I would say that it was awful for her Mum… this was because whenever she would call her and mention her ailment, it was inevitable that MiL also has it but much, much worse!
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Medusa’s Wink😉
@medusaswink.bsky.social
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Why is it smiling at me make it stop
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Midnight Runs
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Existential Comics
@existentialcomics.bsky.social
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European sports rivalries just hit different. In America we will hate a rival because they beat us in the playoffs a couple times. In Europe they are like "yes we hate that team, because in 1456 they disposed our king and did a light genocide against us. Also they dive a lot."
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drewtoothpaste
@drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
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lol
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Cornucopist
@cornucopist.bsky.social
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Content of Starmer’s speech. Like a reassuring relative. Calm. Not tribal or triumphalist. Inclusive. Proof is in the eating but the smell from the kitchen is promising.
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Make a band more vegetable: Charde
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Another scrap one: melting down a bunch of lead in a pan on a campfire… fire gets a bit out of control, so we throw a bucket of water on it causing the contents of the pan to explode and showering us in molten lead shrapnel.
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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We would collect scrap metal, and identified an ‘opportunity’ in a large cable running alongside an abandoned railway bridge… we started on one end with a hacksaw while I cleared away the other end. BOOM! it was the main supply to a nearby village… we got away with a melted hacksaw & a few burns.
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Climbed up a tree, but couldn’t be arsed to climb down again, so just jumped out… almost nailed the rolled landing, but left arm got in the way and snapped. Would go mushroom picking with Dad… me & brothers ate some raw in the back of the car & promptly started throwing up everywhere.
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Excellent thread of self-injuries by… let’s say ‘misadventure’
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Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
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Love this thread! One of my earliest memories: bending over & holding onto a climbing frame while trying to spin around… lifted my head back and caught the lower bar and semi-scalped myself like a boiled egg. ~50 years later, crescent moon shaped scar still very visible if I have a short haircut.
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JimBobbers
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• balanced a full bucket of water on top of my bedroom door to ‘deter intruders’. Forgot about it. Opened door. Knocked myself unconscious and woke up drenched. • has a most unfortunate incident with the hot tap on a bidet. Again, knocked myself unconscious and burnt my hoop. </twat>
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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This is so cool! Frog & amphibian have been dessimated by the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by a fungal pathogen. Researchers have realised that the fungi is heat intolerant so little brick saunas for frogs can help kill the fungi! Recovered frogs more resistant to further infxn 🧪
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Chef Gaykwon
@gaykwon.bsky.social
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This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.
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Keith W. Dickinson
@keithwdickinson.bsky.social
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Ken Tindell
@kentindell.bsky.social
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Britain decided but we won’t get back square one. Yet another broken Tory promise.
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Grodaeu
@grodaeu.bsky.social
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If UK hae copied swedish system (proportional 349 seats, 4% national/12% regional cutoff) it would be: Lab 123 Tor 86 Ref 52 LD 44 Green 25 SNP 9 SF 3 Alliance 2 PC 2 DUP 2 UUP 1 So majorities could be: Lab+LD+Green or Lab+LD+SNP or Tor+Ref+LD
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Dr Dean Burnett
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One overlooked issue with all these Tory losses is that the Daily Telegraph is going to end up being thicker than a phone book with so many new columnists
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Liz Anderson
@lizanderson.bsky.social
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I love Susie Dent.
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Yair Wallach
@yairwallach.bsky.social
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Labour won decisively by playing to 2024 conditions. It shifted to the right, took advantage of Conservative implosion and division. It told its left leaning urban constituency - young voters and ethnic minorities - to get lost, and gambled correctly that losses in urban areas won't matter. 1/
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John Bull
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- Labour's vote spread was way more efficient than under Corbyn. Brilliant groundgame - Tory vote was cannibilized by Reform - soft tories stayed at home, unlike with Corbyn - Labour will need to win back the votes lost due to terrible trans and gaza policies ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺
@codfather.bsky.social
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Good riddance
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HappyToast
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At least the Greens will get as much coverage as Reform across all the channels now.
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Tom Ewing
@tomewing.bsky.social
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The clear lesson Farage needs to learn from the Lib Dems is that you get more seats by doing stunts. But because his voters are rock hard, unlike those woke yoghurt drinkers, the stunts he does should all be exceptionally dangerous
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Dave Hutchinson
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And in a brief ceremony later today, Jonathan Gullis will be released back into the wild.
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