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Andy Oakley

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Politics, philosophy, data, science, nature and art. Long suffering Tottenham Hotspur fan

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John Hurt enjoying a meal in the film Alien

John Hurt enjoying a meal in the film Alien

NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.

15.01.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 2312 πŸ” 604 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 18

If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it

09.01.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 2086 πŸ” 628 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 35

This call for a quick, knee jerk response to Trump goes against my personal views. This shouldn’t be controversial

Foreign policy isn’t a pissing contest. Statements are calibrated to protect Ukraine, keep allies aligned and preserve leverage. Loud words are easy. Responsible outcomes are harder.

04.01.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1

Everything in this thread is bang on point and should be read by everyone- especially those who refuse to see the Russian threat and are still playing on old Cold War settings

02.01.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even I have to say it's a compelling image

17.12.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sky News is a total cess pit

04.12.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GB News is nothing short of a hate-filled propaganda arm for the far-right

04.12.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

I've just read her speech and I'm not seeing where she 'warned of a fiscal black hole'. She does say this '…each of us must do our bit for the security of our country and the brightness of its future. ..., To build more resilient public finances – with the headroom to withstand global turbulence…

30.11.2025 10:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some brass neck this. Jeez

23.11.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@nottinghampost.co.uk

15.09.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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chewbacca and luke skywalker are talking and chewbacca says " i have a very bad feeling about this ... " ALT: chewbacca and luke skywalker are talking and chewbacca says " i have a very bad feeling about this ... "
20.08.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing for the Tories but oblivion or a merge with Reform with this kind of brain-dead nativism

08.07.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Robbie Gibbs' man. Bereft of even basic journalistic ethics

03.07.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

100% this - the Tories genuinely provided a sense of 'permacrisis' they could feed off of. Without that they've just decided to make it up every day. Politics as a soap opera and it's damaging the whole system

02.07.2025 07:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Think the link is broken here

02.07.2025 07:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean it's easy to single out Johnson or Truss as obvious exceptions but surely this man has heard of Eden - lasted 18 months with Suez in the middle of that.

29.06.2025 23:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible back injury?

27.06.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Only one thing to do - the return of Johnson - else it's a steady flow of defections leaving a shell of a party behind

03.05.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Stares in UK

20.04.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sir Thomas More: β€œWhat would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”

Roper: β€œYes, I'd cut down every law...”

β€œAnd when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide ...? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

19.03.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read this with increasing frustration. Then saw it's written by Luke Tryl - he of More In Common so hardly surprising. Also Dudley and Merthyr were iirc strongly Leave voting areas so some basis for Reform support already there for a long time

13.03.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sam suggests that Trump might drop sanctions in return for Putin buying a cybertruck. Dmitry responds that this might work as an assassination attempt.

Sam suggests that Trump might drop sanctions in return for Putin buying a cybertruck. Dmitry responds that this might work as an assassination attempt.

I give you the double act of @samfr.bsky.social and @explaintrade.com

12.03.2025 09:38 πŸ‘ 812 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Indeed. Predicting something along the lines of Starmer's foreign exploits mask deep problems at home / Reform surge etc. Same old

12.03.2025 08:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Tories really are gone aren't they. Can see them realistically dropping below 20% at this rate

25.02.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He did and I reckon that was as much about Reform as about the AfD

24.02.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was astonishing and appalling in equal measure. Guess he thought he was being edgy but shows how utterly dumbed down the Today programme has become

24.02.2025 10:54 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pen definitely

22.02.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Out of his depth

16.02.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hallmark missing a trick πŸ’—βš“οΈπŸŒΉ

14.02.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 417 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 28