Robert Foxon

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On the radio, "Sorry I haven't a Clue" "Stair lift manufacturer has made a stair lift so fast it can get you to the top before you have forgotten what you went yup for." I need that one.

Number crunching: Royal Mail From the latest Private Eye, out now.

🫩 'Sources from three countries confirm Trump has advocated Viktor Orbán for the role of UN Secretary-General. Russia and China are believed to be supportive, based on prior conversations with Washington, and the plan would be for Mr Orbán to be their joint candidate.' www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

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I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

via John Adams

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Disappointed to miss World Pasta Day yesterday - now I need to heat up this poem in the microwave.

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Baritone Daniel Tate and pianist Samuel Mitchell will be performing pieces by George Butterworth to mark Remembrance Sunday at St Clement Danes, London & New College Chapel, Oxford. Butterworth, a founding member of EFDSS, was killed in action in WW1. www.sammitchellmusic.co.uk/calendar/lad...

'Ministers are considering giving electric vehicle manufacturers incentives to add "vehicle to grid" (V2G) tech to cars, allowing drivers to charge automatically overnight when electricity is cheap, and sell some of it back to the grid at times of high demand.' ⚡ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Autumn leaves 🍂

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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Lock him up - in a home for the criminally insane.

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“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.” ― Carl Sagan

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I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.

On those chilly Autumn Days, have a good, hearty meal from the Talyllyn Railway's King's Café. Available Monday to Thursday between 12pm and 2pm, ALL November! £9.50 per meal, remember to bring your locals discount card! #HeartofGold

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

A friendly reminder to celebrate the wins when you can. 👏

The first of my three articles has been published in the venerable @spectrum.ieee.org ⚛️🧪👩‍🔬 spectrum.ieee.org/zblan-fiber-...

Perfect.

This 19th c lady’s multitool was found in the pocket(!) of an antique (1872) garment donated to the historic clothing archive at my employer. It features a button hook for fitted gloves and a tiny corkscrew. The corkscrew is too small for wine & was probably intended to open apothecary bottles.

I am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to...

The official Reform rage calendar! As approved by the multi-millionaire 'man of the people' himself... (And pinched by me from the Anti Reform account on Facebook) 👍

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Many now feel that the social contract is breaking: that work itself, society and politics are no longer able - or even intended - to deliver for them. To begin to fix it, it’s vital that we understand this phenomenon that tells the real story. That’s why the Attainability Index was created.

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During my morning walk in the rain, I saw this lovely Fly Agaric pair in Elgin Park ... the one was huge, as large as my outstretched hand... #FlyAgaric #Amanita #mushrooms

via Angel Stroyan

Anyone going on BBC this month should order one of these beforehand and let them sweat www.poppyshop.org.uk/products/pri...

For centuries after the execution of Piers Gaveston on Blacklow Hill in 1312, people reported seeing a phantom procession wend its way up the hill and hearing the tinkle of the bells worn by Galveston’s horse. #SpookySunday

The storm has passed As we await another. The shook trees a little barer, The sheep on the leeward slope, And gulls wheeling above Horse Hill. The canal gathers torn leaves Not quite yet ready to fall, Orphaned by the wind. #naturewriting #ukcanals #storm #autumn

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Source: F.W. Bennett, Tiddyoody Pie (1930) 📷 by me. Dog on effigy tomb in the church of St Giles, Chesterton

If you happen to find yourself in London over the next few days, you can spy some of the critters from the Discworld Bestiary in the window of Waterstones Piccadilly 🦀🦋