I have gone to the Blue place. I might return if the twat leaves twitter.
Bluesky
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Just the best.
Vamos, @RafaelNadal!
As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.
Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.
I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.
And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more.
OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.
We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.
I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.
I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.
And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.
Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.
Rafa that!
Best always, your fan,
Roger
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Without X I wouldn't know about Octopus Agile, or about Octoprice that shows the cheapest times for energy, or how to program my Solis inverter to make the most of those periods, or Agile predictor, or Ripple Energy, or Sarah and her advice, and so much more positivity.
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Is this what passes as a news story these days? Breaking, Keir Starmer does his job!
"This isn’t judgement about whether this is right or wrong" says Sam Coates Sky.
Yes it is. That is exactly what this is. If it wasn't a judgement it wouldn't have been posted.
How much time has Keir Starmer been out of the country?
Since Sept 1 Keir Starmer has been in:
Ireland 1 day
Italy 2 days
Washington 2 days
Berlin - 1 day
Brussels - 1 day
UNGA - 3 days
Samoa - 5 days
Budapest - 1 day
France / COP - 2 days
Next week G7 - 4 days
22 days on overseas trips since start of Sept to next Wednesday in that 77 day period.
In that same period the Commons sat 34 days
This isn’t judgement about whether this is right or wrong (and we discuss pros and cons in the podcast)
Good morning everyone. I am tidying up my kitchen, my grandson is narrating his jigsaw puzzle and the wife is away raising hell in the big smoke with her ex-army nurse friends for remembrance weekend. The music I am not normally allowed to listen to is blaring out of my speakers.
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Not being active on here has been very good for my mood. I miss the nicer people but quite like not being told I am *insert derogatory term here* who wants to *insert ridiculous claim here* and that people like me are *insert another derogatory term or ridiculous claim* here.
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We’ve just had Nigel Slater’s Baked Haddock with bacon and parsley, and a fennel, pear and watercress salad. No, I didn’t take a photo of it. We also finished off last nights Riesling (from the Orzo and Courgette recipe) and might have accidentally opened a bottle of Malbec.
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I managed 30 seconds of yesterday’s budget. When I decided to try Sunak was blaming Labour’s tax rises for why a young couple wouldn’t be able to buy a house.
Every other word in this tweet should be a stream of swear words as that is all I was capable of for about ten minutes.
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Douglas Adams wrote about an Insane Asylum with the walls the wrong way round because a world that needed to put instructions on a box of toothpicks needed to be locked away. I have no idea what he would make of how bad things have got had he still been alive.
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This has blown my mind. @g__j I asked a heating engineer about my mother-in-law's gas usage (on the right) compared to mine and he didn't bat an eyelid. Apparently this is considered normal! Her heating and water system is antique and cannot be programmed effectively.
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If you go through my tweets you would hopefully notice that I only comment on things I have an interest in or knowledge of. It is a shame that not everyone follows the same practice. Nobody is fine with the Cypriot situation. The Green Line UN peacekeeping force proves that.
it's embarrassing that the leader of a EU country doesn't even seem to know much about even EU countries.
Cyprus gave-up 1/3 of their country for peace. We have all been fine with that for the last 50 years
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It is equally rare to have such a measured response as this after you tell someone their opinion is wrong. We probably won’t agree on the subject, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow the usual Twitter trajectory.
thanks for the thoughtful reply. 'Sovereign base areas' is what the Russians would demand. It's a bit difficult when we basically just took the Diego Garcia from the natives and we still have a base in Cuba. In addition to the aforementioned Sovereign base areas in Cyprus
The way you bring peace to these situations is a line of control, just like 🇨🇾. You've got what you've got and the losers get paid.☮️
Eventually the line will ossify and dissolve
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How much more of this is going to be allowed? I am sick to the stomach of the scenes being released, and aghast at the silence of the media. I am an ex-Army medic and have seen some shit in my time, but this goes way beyond anything I ever saw.
Hind Rajab, 6 years old, pleaded for her life for three hours.
She and the Red Crescent paramedics who tried to rescue her, were murdered in cold blood by Israeli soldiers.
This mural in Dublin 🇮🇪 by Emmalene Blake celebrates her life.
Never forget.
🇮🇪 💚 🇵🇸
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Forgive me Twitter, I was weak and sinned. Last night I replied to an obvious blue tick wanker. Worse still, it was a Trump supporting, Tesla & Musk fanboy whining about Europe blue tick wanker.
I will endeavor to do better.
Do not feed the trolls.
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A question for anyone who is on the Agile tariff with @OctopusEnergy who charge their EV with a @myenergiuk Zappi. Have you signed up for the Gridpay option that applies a smart charge schedule? I’m not sure it is going to work for me but I’m tempted to give it a try.
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I just received an email telling me that someone had used my referral code to switch to @OctopusEnergy. Because of this both of us receive a £50 credit on our energy.
Your Octopus Energy Referral code
Use this link to sign up to Octopus - share.octopus.energy/best-rh…
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@OctopusEnergy do all sorts of things to try and make energy more affordable and to support vulnerable people. This has made a huge difference to me as during the time I have been a customer I have gone from healthy with a good job to disabled on state benefits.
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Elon talks a lot of 🐂💩 and appears to be unable to fact check posts he shares with his millions of followers. My question is does he really believe the stuff he posts (have we had that civil war he predicted in England yet?)
youtu.be/3u8_fp1TtJE?si=Ej1p…
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Another brilliant @OctopusEnergy effort to help those who need support. This was an idea put forward by an Octopus customer that I saw at the time but never expected it to ever happen.
My personal motivation for our solar install was self-consumption. The excess export I see as a bonus so I'm happy to gift that to those that can benefit from it. We've therefore launched this octopus.energy/solar-sharing…
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