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My gf was giving a rendition of ‘Holding out for a Hero’ for obvious, recent, reasons when our Great Dane approached her with some concern…
…Dane is unaware of the sad news of Bonnie’s passing of course, but her name is still ‘Hero’… #greatdane
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I heard a lovely anecdote today about Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, who has died at the age of 62.
Around the time the James Bond film “Spectre” was coming out, there was a private viewing at MI6’s HQ in Vauxhall with some of the production team and actors, including Ralph Fiennes.
Alex Younger compared the event, which included an opportunity for members of the audience (who were largely real life spies) to quiz the actors and producers.
One person asked Ralph Fiennes: Who was your favourite Bond?
He gave an answer about how they were all good, but his favourite was Daniel Craig. The rest of the team said similar.
Then Alex threw the question back to the person in the audience who had posed it, asking them who their favourite Bond was.
But before this person had time to give an answer, someone else in the audience shouted out: “You, sir!”
The individual (a former diplomat) who shared this story with me said it was one of so many examples of how admired, liked and respected Alex was by his colleagues.
“He was one of the best chiefs”.
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Beyond the Edge with @DanTannaIsbell . E1: Tales of a Top Gun Test Pilot. youtu.be/6mfutFk0Joc?si=HKtZ… via @YouTube Stories from Dans career as a USAF test pilot instructor. HE's also had 4 UAP encounters which will feature in later episodes
#Oxford post: our friend has lost a rather wonderful hound. If you’re around Oxford please keep an eye out. 👍
The bag is out of the cat now… filming commences in under a month! variety.com/2025/film/market…
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When OCC's consultants were asked to predict the impact of the congestion charge, they modelled the likely impact on road speeds. These findings didn't make the report's final cut.
Here's some of their unpublished findings, focusing on road speed impacts (to the nearest 1 kph).
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The Jeff Nuccetelli Podcast goes live at high noon EST!
Ep. 1 with David Hooper — inventor, experiencer & builder of real UFO detection tech.
We’re not just asking questions. We’re looking for signals. 🟥
@davidhooperr @moonsandhues
youtube.com/watch?v=IB8qlpId…
#UAP #ufotwitter
If you elect to walk your dog in the middle of a day like today, do it in a parka with a scarf... and barefoot. #PSA
Whilst you pay for Ryanair, Rail Tickets and indirectly Stansted, you are simply excreted by each of them, until they’re forced to admit part of the service they sold you doesn’t work, and your plans require three times the time to get to. Splendid.
If you’ve a drop of cinephile in your veins please consider signing to support this iconic cinema. Believe me, these venues matter. #SaveThePCC you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
So long Ontario. With the Lakefield Chiefs, Dodge Hemis, Poutaine, all the elbow room a human could as for… and the myriad of new slang terms… ‘snapper’ was unexpected! W/@lucywendon
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Some serious sense here from the local bus company about Twinkle Twenties, LTNs and OCC’s failure to do very much except talk about improving public transport.
Oxford's bus companies continue to evicerate @OxfordshireCC over its transport policies. This time over 20mph limits, but also about LTNs.
The earlier anti-LTN letter was also a humdinger.
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