Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection

Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection

Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival A pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count Binface challenges Nigel Farage in a byelection on Thursday. The light aircraft spent around half an hour between 2,100ft and 4,150ft above the sea near the Essex coastal town zigzagging to mark out the shape of a bin, according to data from Flightradar24. Continue reading...

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Winning is losing, actually. These voters voting is not telling us what voters want.

Politico@politico.com · 6d ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

New Bobby Fingers video, the first in two years, drops at 10 GMT, if you know, you know

Paul Duane 🥔@paulduane.bsky.social · 3w ago

For people who have somehow not managed to hear about the greatest living Irish filmmaker, Bobby Fingers, you should do your homework before his new video (the first in two years!) drops:

Oof. Google told Henk van Ess "if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was Al-generated." That works if I upload the original screenshot, but not if I crop out the TEXT THAT SAYS IT'S AI. (Funny with the crop it thinks this is Iran)

A Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina was unable to get hold of "confidential" documents from Sweden relating to the plant's alleged ownership by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska It turns out the documents are available publicly for a €25 admin fee www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee

Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible

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Whoever drives the Mayo team's bus home now has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in 75 years.

The Mayo curse was real!

Irish media outlets just tell us what a thing is challenge: impossible A bomb in a car is not necessarily a car bomb. A bomb designed to be attached to a car is very different to a 1,000 pound device carried in a car. My favourite pointless phrase in this is “portable car bomb”

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3w ago

Car bomb linked to dissident republicans is seized in Co Monaghan

The hosepipe “ban” is a perfect illustration of who Irish officialdom works for. You can’t water your own garden or wash your own car, but if you can afford to pay someone else to do it, not a problem. Business and the comfortable classes will not be inconvenienced, only the little people

To solve this, houses must be painted hi-vis

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w ago

A Scots couple have told of 'horrible shock' after a car crashed into their living room while they were watching TV 👇

This is the counter-piracy operation near Somalia, and this sort of mission creep (rather than standing up a new mission) is one of the main reasons people don’t trust the EU on defence. The counter-piracy operation has a UN mandate, false flag operations do not

Kaja Kallas@kajakallas.bsky.social · 3w ago

In parallel, Member States this week have authorised Operation @EUNAVFOR ATALANTA to begin conducting flag verification boardings of suspected Russian shadow fleet vessels, in the same way Operation IRINI does. This decision further tightens the net. (3/3)

Notable that the regime that’s allowed nuclear enrichment is the one most responsible for the Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS

Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fighting a war to prevent an Islamic fundamentalist regime from becoming nuclear capable while simultaneously doing a deal with another Islamic fundamentalist regime to help them become nuclear capable.....

All the talk of barbecues in national parks makes this video even more important youtu.be/_dKI0tQmBuM

Who Keeps Setting the Mourne Mountains On Fire?

YouTube video by Stephen J Reid

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Much as he hated arguments or any kind of unpleasantness, Ron Shirt thought things had gone too far when, returning from a weekend in Clacton, he found that his neighbour had trimmed the enormous hedge dividing their gardens into the shape of a human leg

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 3w ago

Soon the only place it’ll be legal to not wear hi-vis will be in the driver’s seat of a car. They’ll have a special Garda squad calling to your home demanding to see your stock of hi-vis. New borns will be wrapped in hi-vis blankets. They’ll make it illegal to sell any underwear that’s not hi-vis

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 3w ago

The government has agreed to ban e-scooters for under-18s from next month, delaying a decision on an outright ban for now. jrnl.ie/7108045t

All is well with Andy - so far.

Trump's Strait of Hormuz fee would cost millions, open "a very dangerous Pandora's Box," experts say www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...

Trump's Strait of Hormuz fee would cost millions, open "a very dangerous Pandora's Box," experts say

Industry insiders say "there is no legal basis" for Trump to impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which could cost tens of millions of dollars per ship.

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Ulster Scots has given us the word cleg, which is much better than horsefly. Anyway, there’s millions of the wee shits this year

Do car washes have to shut down during the ban on washing cars or is it ok to wash cars as long as it’s making profit?

My pedantry is having a bit of a day because the Glorious Twelfth is the 12th of August, the first day of the grouse shooting season …

Rest of World@restofworld.org · last mo.

For $7 an hour, virtual assistants in the Philippines are using AI to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives, fueling a "thought leadership" content mill https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/?utm_campaign=row-social

So if Mamdani simply calls his shops Freedom Groceries it’s not socialism?

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · last mo.

The White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.

Highlighting how important is this battle - not only it entered 5th day with a clash on open field...another Russian convoy is coming and is trying to reach Anefis by force. Huge developments. Little town has become a symbol of the most brutal exchange of fire to date. #Mali

Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺@saladinaldronni.bsky.social · last mo.

The battle of Anefis between the rebel coalition of JNIM and FLA against the government side supported by Russian military continues. Tuaregs release a new video of this time four FPV strikes against immobile targets in the camp the battle for entered 4th day today. #Mali

Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally

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They’re gonna make me support Belgium?

What is the point of James Ryan?

Americans should just buy air conditioning units to solve their heatwave problems, it’s an easy fix

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · last mo.

Largest US power grid operator after a federal alert to cut consumption amid generator outages, ​massive overloading of transmission lines ⁠and a surge in air conditioning ​use, instructs utilities to reduce electricity to customers who are under contract to reduce consumption during ​emergencies.

44% of Supreme Court justices believe the constitution to be unconstitutional?

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Doctrine: The Gaelic Christian Church was a massive pain in Rome's hole. It argued about EVERYTHING and tended to cite credible sources. It followed a Coptic North African model of isolation and vocation - not so big on spreading the word. It preached reincarnation. It had no input into law making.