Chandos.
@chandos64.bsky.social
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. Law, leaseholds, property valuation, and Oxford commas. European. Lagomorphs, bees, tea & cake.
Properly gone at the idea of having this awarded like a corporate award gigs in one of those massive but soulless business hotel ballrooms, with Romesh Ranganathan hosting.
Civil Service World@civilserviceworld.bsky.social · 10h agoBritish foreign intelligence agency ranked top in Europe in Ballon d'Or and Eurovision-inspired competition www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
OK. Hard sudoku can present a bit of a challenge. But ironing and folding a fitted sheet seems to require a phd in topology. Any tips?
The way a neighbourhood looks could influence how well people sleep, new research suggests, adding to growing evidence that urban design can affect public health.
Greener streets linked to longer sleep, study suggests
The way a neighbourhood looks could influence how well people sleep, new research suggests, adding to growing evidence that urban design can affect public health.
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“Apparently they pleaded with the Judge to show them some Mersey…”
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · yesterday'Got to get back to Liverpool' - Robbers who pretended to be Scouse jailed
fucking hate it when rob gives away our lambos
Summer woollen wash. The venerable cardigan has been de-moth-holed. Almost invisible isn’t it. ISN’T IT?
My thoughts are with the friends and families of the Greek and Danish wildfire pilots who tragically died earlier today in a collision with another helicopter while on duty in Greece. I wish a full recovery to those injured.
"Yikes, Odysseus -- you looke prettye roughe aftir your journeye." "Well, you Odyssey the othir guye!"
Women out here quietly crushing men and women’s endurance race records www.bbc.com/news/videos/... by *days*
Runner on smashing Alps ultramarathon record by 6 days
Sophie Woods ran the Via Alpina through storms, heat of up to 37C and dodged floods and wildfires across eight countries.
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"To lose a war once, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose it twice looks like carelessness".
The 🇬🇧 Headline Bot@uk-headlines.bsky.social · 3d ago📰 BBC Trump cancels Iran strikes subject to deal being made 'rapidly' ⟶ BBC | headline in context
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says reut.rs/4yUrtb5
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says
An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
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My local seafood restaurant was scrimping on portions so I took them to the small clams court.
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
Postdoc position coadvised by me, @jennytung.bsky.social, and Dr. Mercy Akinyi at the @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study microbiome transmission between humans, livestock, and wildlife in the Tana River Region of Kenya. More information and application link here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows #EuropeanUnion https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-import-uk-eu-technology-india-data/
Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows
Researchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising questions as Britain and the EU deepen trade ties with New Delhi…
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Cooper or Fruiterer* (* are there any fruiterers nowadays?)
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
L'épouvantail du "wokisme" ne fait plus peur à personne, les éditorialistes de droite s'emploient donc à la résurrection du spectre du communisme (qui ne hante pourtant pas du tout l'Europe) 👻
Sébastien Fontenelle @vivelefeu.bsky.social · 7d agoNon, rien.
I wonder if we are seeing the beginnings of this at the legal aid family bar. Anticipatory dread and a shift in age brackets certainly chimes with what appears to be subtly, silently, imperceptibly happening…makes me sad…
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.Fascinating column by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on 'anticipatory dread':
A Law Suit nmcgh.medium.com/a-law-suit-c...
A Law Suit
I have a strange story to tell my London legal bubble. Unless you have an interest in bespoke and fitted suits, or far too much time on…
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Nils Hoppe@hoppe.law · last wk.I have a weird and wonderful story to write in the next few days: how I sued Stanley Ley (a proper law-suit! 🤓) and got a judgment against them. Stay tuned!
Dear old Terry Pratchett was so right about reactive ultraconservatives: "'Ah,' said Mr Pin. 'Right. You are concerned citizens.' He knew about "concerned citizens". Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'."
Coffee, and a seat in the dappled shade of the old beech tree in the garden. A moment to collect thoughts and reflect- - on the neighbour’s repeated use of an angle grinder since 8 this morning.
Firefighters race to contain wildfires in France and Spain before fresh heatwave begins
Firefighters race to contain wildfires in France and Spain before fresh heatwave begins
Emmanuel Macron warns ‘we have to hold out’ as fires burn near Bordeaux
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Fearful symmetry: Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick's great Derbyshire house, designed for her by Robert Smythson in the 1590s. Amazing structure. Just a wall of windows; you can hardly even find the door! Today is Bess’s day.
🚨 NEW: Count Binface has revealed his manifesto for the Clacton by-election
