The house of Albrecht Durer

Maneuver: an American spelling with two differences from the UK spelling. I wonder if there are any more?

8 kilos of tabby 😮

Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.

for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

Last time he tried to stand... This happened

I'm as shocked as you are, dear reader, that the leader of the Conservative Party would omit to mention or factor in the 11,651 prison places that were closed over the same period due to either prison closures or cell dilapidation.

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 9h ago

Andy Burnham has claimed only 500 prison places were added between 2010 and 2024, but Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives created 14,000 new places. Can these two claims add up? We’ve had a look at the figures 👇 fullfact.org/crime/how-ma...

Folding like a cheap umbrella? The US has removed Iran-related sanctions, according to the US Treasury's website, Reuters reports.

I don’t understand why some commentators seem to think Badenoch is doing well as leader, when everything I see her do fits exactly this description. Sorry, she just comes across as very stupid

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 15h ago

Badenoch represents double-down conservatism. Never apologise or moderate. Insult your opponents. Patronise journalists when challenged. Contradict yourself, lie, whatever it takes, but never back down. And that's how you end up creating an extremely avoidable Tory antisemitism scandal overnight

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Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 9h ago

The northern half of the UK will remain under the influence of fresh air from the Atlantic over the next few days Meanwhile southern parts will once again briefly tap into some hot air from the near continent 🌡️📈

Creative accounting, some might suggest. Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts - The Guardian

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts — The Guardian

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss

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💛🔆 some heroes don't wear capes 😂 blessings kind sir 🌿

The Tory "plan" to send prisoners to foreign jails isn't getting enough scrutiny. What is the legal basis for banishing British citizens to Albania? Whose laws are they subject to? How many prison staff have to go over? Are family visits just abolished? How many prisoners are we talking about?

2/ Tap class great fun, doing a military band dance, v easy steps but timing critical & somehow hilarious. Tearing hair out re EV car charger app - all was fine until they changed the app. Now we can’t charge from solar!! 🤯 All recent reviews are 1*, not just us having problems. HAGDA!

Morning Dymvue, morning all☕️ Another dry morning with some cloud & some sun. Wednesday walk is in the woods at Hardy’s cottage. The car park there has a snazzy dog washing facility with dryer! Were on the South Dorset prairies y’day. See how parched it looks, & was v dusty as tractors harrowed muck

From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.

Today’s arguments about disability benefits have been raging for 500 years

From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.

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#originalrollcall am I first? Woken at 5 by OH on a wander round the house. Got him back to bed but of course I am awake & he is asleep! Badminton this am while SueSueSue sits with him no plans after that. Might go to coast. HAGD!

The Righteous Rupert Lowe-Life preached about leaches sucking the financial blood out of Britain. This is the same Whoopert Lowe-Life whose company took £100k in furlough cash despite making £7.9 million profit He really didn’t need it but it was free, it was available so he took it like a leach

South Downs last month with sheep chorus.

I’m getting texts & emails from SE water telling me to conserve water otherwise I risk disruption to my water supply.I know it’s been hot for weeks with no rain I’m saving water wherever I can. What gets me 😡 is that SEW haven’t built a reservoir here for 70 yrs and they don’t mend leaks for weeks!

I'd love to have a crack at being Education Secretary: www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

What I’d do as education secretary to rejig schools for the real world

Since 2000, 18 ministers — and the new Labour leader — have tried to change things. Just let me do it

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Nigel Farage Exposed: 18 years of infamy as leader of the UK Independence Party, the Brexit Party and Reform UK.

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Nigel Farage Controversies. It’s not just the £5m and Cottrell, his whole career has been scandal ridden.

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

It was 63 years ago today… And ”She Loves You” was No.1 in single charts. Sold singles the record was broken in 1977 by Paul McCartneys ”Mull Of Kinture” which record was broken 1982 by Michael Jackson, who bought the Beatles catalogue and betrayed Paul.

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs@500songspodcast.bsky.social · 2d ago

63 years ago today, on 3rd August 1963, The Beatles played their last ever performance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. This marked the end of an almost 300 performance run at the venue they were initially discovered.

Over 2,500 species of moth have been recorded in Britain, compared to just 59 species of butterfly. Lovers of our dark skies, they pollinate flowers, support wildlife and help keep ecosystems healthy. Despite their reputation, only two moth species eat your jumpers... 📸: Charlie Hellewell

first earnings done with SpaceX, and the market voted ⬇️ on the news, unwinding the gain this week into it. main problem seems to be AI capex being about 20% higher than expected. this was accompanied by the usual Musk flimflam re data centres in space. now over to the lock-up expiry impact tomorrow: