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"A politician is a person who is so thick-skinned that he can stand up without a spine". Finn Gustavsen.
If Zuck, Bezos and Elon manage to tilt the US election it’s probably time to leave Twitter. Might most successful tweet had close to 2 million views (different account ). Won’t even stay up long to watch and doomscroll tonight. Hopefully NATO survive #USAElections #USDemocracy
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LdnHal ÆØÅ🇳🇴 XYZ🇬🇧 retweeted
Nordic countries are strengthening their defense at such a pace that it could be said that a so-called "mini-NATO" is being formed in the north.
Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark are a force to be reckoned with.
First part of the series of threads is:
Nordic Air Forces🧵
LdnHal ÆØÅ🇳🇴 XYZ🇬🇧 retweeted
Due to formation of a joint air force in the Nordic region, nearly 150 F-35s will be flying along the Russian border challenging the Russian air dominance over the region. Sweden's 90 Gripen's will offer the low cost backbone of the Nordic air forces.
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Here's the Washington Post's front page on January 7, 2021. Four years later, the paper, famous for its tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness," doesn't want to take a stand on who is fit to be president.
LdnHal ÆØÅ🇳🇴 XYZ🇬🇧 retweeted
There should be a mass walkout at the Post. Your employer has just bent the knee to fascism. No one who's a student of history believes that appeasing fascists in the way the Post has just done today does anything but embolden them. Trump has promised to *jail* journalists. WTAF!
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Extraordinary story. Washington Post won't endorse a candidate in presidential election, for the first time in 36 years. The Post itself is reporting that an endorsement of Harris had been written but was blocked by Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner.
washingtonpost.com/style/med…
All change as salmon and King 50p top rare chart. The Royals will probably outlive the wild Atlantic Salmon (which we sadly are driving to extinction, with the potential exception of Iceland). bbc.com/news/articles/c3wpzv…
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‘My disability is the least interesting thing about me’: Actor Adam Pearson on fame, film and his sibling rivalry theguardian.com/film/2024/oc…
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Oxford Study: Those Dastardly Video Games Are Good For Improving Your Mood techdirt.com/2024/10/03/oxfo…
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LG Smart TVs, Including OLEDs, Now Show Screensaver Ads.
My Sony TV is not connected to the Internet, using only Apple TV for streaming (as the writer does) as I don’t trust Google or Roku sticks. flatpanelshd.com/news.php?su…
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LdnHal ÆØÅ🇳🇴 XYZ🇬🇧 retweeted
The videos of ammunition dumps exploding are amazing.
North Korea sent 1,000 containers of ammunition to Russia, 300 of which arrived in Russia on September 7-8.
"The containers first arrive at the port of Najin, then by container ship "Angara" to Primorsky Krai and then to the 719th artillery base in Krasnodar Krai," media reported.
Hello, 719th base!
The Evening Standard gave me a job – and unleashed Boris Johnson on the world. I’ll still miss it theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Roxy Music, Crystal Palace Garden Party, London, July 29, 1972 by Michael Putland #BrianEno #BryanFerry
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There are people in America right now, millions of them, who see a demented, hateful old man making up wild stories about black people stealing cats, having a meltdown at a pop singer and shaking in rage the rest of the time, and think: "This is whom I want to rule my nation."
A very fine, close to two-hour, set from the barefooted grandees of industrial music @neubautenorg Einstürzende Neubauten. Mostly playing tracks from the last couple of albums as far as I could tell. For once I wanted a tour T-shirt, but sold out on the night.
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The Grenfell Tower fire report told a tale of utter catastrophe and greed. @JonnElledge and @hannahfearn break down the findings in our latest episode and what our government can learn from it👉listen.podmasters.uk/OGWN240…
LdnHal ÆØÅ🇳🇴 XYZ🇬🇧 retweeted
Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
