Duncan Muir

Duncan Muir

@nacnudrium.bsky.social

Software Developer. Hardware Destroyer. #BHAFC Sufferer. Flawed.

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MꙬse Allain
@mooseallain.bsky.social

Things I saw from the train: A field folded in two Water organised in lines Two farmers kissing A kissing gate The wind fighting everything Broken fields stitched together with power lines Crows tumbling through gaps in the air An archdeacon dithering A sad ghost (reflection?)

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Kevin Anderson
@kevinclimate.bsky.social

I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...

climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the

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Dan Snow
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

Oh, how odd and unforseen... 🤔

The Guardian@theguardian.com

UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students

theguardian.comUK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international studentsHigher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’ University leaders are warning of financial turmoil in British higher education, after new figures suggest a collapse in international student numbers will deprive the sector of vital income and undermine its future. The sector’s leaders called on the government to rethink the levy on international student fees imposed under Keir Starmer, as a former universities minister warned that there was a risk of a university “going under” because of the financial crisis. Continue reading...

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Dewie
@judgedewie.bsky.social

I have to say, the men's Lionesses football team did pretty well in this World Cup. I know they haven't reached the final for decades so not quite up to the standard of the actual Lionesses, but they're getting there. Come on lads. Keep it up. Let's prove that we can be as good as the girls.

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

Why do the media always say, "Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon"? Why don't they say, "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, whose fascist cosplay name is Tommy Robinson"?

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

Is this normal? I don't think so. The BBC appears to be "reforming" in plain sight. #bbc @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

You're on mute Dad. Click the microphone icon with the line through it, Dad. You're still on mute Dad, we can't hear you even if you can hear us. Click the thing that looks like an old fashioned microphone. Still can't hear you! Never mind we'll call the land line... #Integrity #splashdown

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

Good.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer

theguardian.comGreen party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir StarmerHannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024 The Green party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection in a significant blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority. Continue reading...

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Matthew Sheffield
@matthew.flux.community

This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵. The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Fight and help win a world war. Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years. Blow it all up. What am I missing?

Duncan Muir
@nacnudrium.bsky.social

I mouthed "oo" and pointed to the wooden seat a woman was about to sit down on in a waiting room at Clapham Junction station, because it had a little splash of water on it. She understood and did not sit down, raising her eyebrows in thanks.

Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz

Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”

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Keith W. Dickinson
@keithwdickinson.bsky.social

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge@theverge.com

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

buff.lyNick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industryPaul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Zack Polanski
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.