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How the heck did I get within 50km of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands !!!???!!! www.maptap.gg October 11 94🏅 96🏅 96🔥 99🔥 95🏅 Final score: 964

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Irritated Llama

@irritatedllama.bsky.social

I'm the greatest fish that ever lived. Never been a fish like me!

bbc.comThousands of Sussex homes without water and roads floodedSouthern Water says it is investigating the burst pipe which happened on Sunday morning.

Quote "If the water is brown or black, people are told to run their tap for a few minutes and it should clear, and to try again after 20 minutes if it does not work the first time." 🧵1/4 #OlderHomes #Plumbing #UKHousing #HeaderTanks #IndirectFeed #SouthernWater

The issues are well-documented: uninsulated tanks freezing in cold snaps, stagnation & bacterial growth (including legionella risk), sediment build-up, & vermin ingress in poorly covered cisterns. Regular inspection & lagging are essential—but often neglected. 🧵3/4 #WaterHygiene #LegionellaRisk

If upgrades or regulations are coming, they must explicitly address legacy systems. Converting from header tanks to sealed systems is disruptive and costly—but ignoring them leaves millions of homes behind. 🧵4/4 #HousingUpgrades #SealedSystems #Retrofit #UKHomes #WaterSafety

bbc.comThousands of Sussex homes without water and roads floodedSouthern Water says it is investigating the burst pipe which happened on Sunday morning.

Headlines focus on modern systems—but older housing stock relying on loft header tanks for indirect feed remains widespread. These gravity-fed setups, common in homes built before combi boilers became standard, depend on cold-water storage cisterns sitting in lofts across the country. 🧵2/4

bbc.comAzerbaijan Grand Prix: Lando Norris says Franco Colapinto should be banned for causing Baku accidentWorld champion Lando Norris calls for Alpine's Franco Colapinto to be banned for causing an accident at a restart at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Of course Norris has never made a bad mistake. He's just been repeatedly let down by physics, tyres, wind direction, and cosmic alignment. The championship contender with a spotless record—if you ignore the record. 🏎️🙃 #LandoNorris #F1 #GridTalk #SelectiveMemory #Formula1

theguardian.comThree-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargersOnly 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis finds

Because they are neither one nor the other. ICEs dragging around BATTERIES. EVs have come on sufficiently to now move away from the stop-gap that is PHEVs.

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Yay for Baikonur, Kazakhstan only 111 km out. www.maptap.gg September 26 97🔥 93🏆 97🔥 98🔥 94🏅 Final score: 960

euronews.comFinland and Sweden scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraftEuropean countries have been on high alert for any Russian interference, with fears that Moscow could target Kyiv's Western backers as the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine drags on into its fifth year. #...

Russia is seriously testing boundaries—and today’s proof: Finland and Sweden scrambling jets to intercept Russian aircraft. Moscow wants to know exactly how far it can push its newest NATO neighbours. 🧵1/3 #Russia #Finland #Sweden #NATO #Escalation

These aren’t stray pilots. They’re calibrated provocations—mapping NATO’s response times, testing unity, normalising military pressure at Europe’s northern edge. Each flight is a question: "What will you do?" 🧵2/3 #RussianAggression #AirDefence #NATOSolidarity #NordicFlank

The answer must be swift and unwavering. Finland and Sweden joined NATO precisely for moments like this. Deterrence only works when it’s proven—every single time. 🧵3/3 #NATO #Deterrence #RussiaThreat #Finland #Sweden

theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas charged over alleged dinghy slashing in ChannelThirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

Alors, comment va le traité d'extradition entre le 🇬🇧 et la 🇫🇷 ? On vient d'arrêter un extrémiste qui sabotait des embarcations en pleine Manche—acte potentiellement mortel. Espérons que Londres coopère plus vite qu'il ne démantèle des dinghies. ⚖️🚤 #Extradition #UKFrance #Manche #Extremisme #FarRight

theguardian.comFrance says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition

France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK | European Union | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

"I told you so..." Sits back with tin hat on waiting for the outrage.

theguardian.comLaunch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problemsDatacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s

"Ofgem, the energy industry regulator, has warned of a logjam in applications for electricity connections. In June, it revealed there were 315 datacentres queuing to connect to the National Grid, representing 73GW of demand – compared with the peak energy demand of the entire country of 45GW." 🧵1/4

Governments & tech giants keep promising AI utopia, but the grid can’t deliver it. Data centres devour electricity at a scale the UK simply hasn’t built for. No plan, no capacity, no credibility. 🧵3/4 #EnergyPolicy #AIBoom #NationalGrid #DataCentreCrisis #UKEnergy

This is the collision course of our era: infinite digital ambition, finite physical power. Unless the UK gets serious about energy generation, these grand AI plans will stay exactly that—plans. 🧵4/4 #InfrastructureFailure #AIInfrastructure #EnergySecurity #UKTech #WakeUpCall

The UK’s largest supercomputer is delayed—& behind it looms an even bigger problem: energy. The numbers are astonishing. Even with the interconnectors wide open, the 🇬🇧 cannot power even a small portion of the planned data centres. 🧵2/4 #Supercomputer #DataCentres #EnergyCrisis #UKInfrastructure

theguardian.comLuxury firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window in LondonMick Ferris was crushed to death when the 130kg pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche housing development

They were ordered to pay costs...!!! So, they fought the case where for the 2nd time a window fell out of their building, they thought it was not worth admitting to. The family had to FIGHT to get this. Welcome to the UK where you have to fight to get what is due to you.

theguardian.comTony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 yearsAndy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances

People have commented on some of my posts that are seen as UK bashing, especially those posts that show my opinion of the UK as being "cherry pickers" & "exceptionalists", in that everyone else needs to adjust to the will of the UK. 1/...

Note the "using possible re-entry as leverage". Does this not confirm my perspective, the UK thinks that they can change the EU from the OUTSIDE to something that appeals to their singular opinion of what the EU should be. Yes, it does, it confirms the perspective very clearly. 4/4

Note the "

Well this comment from the Tony Blair Institute just reinforces the opinion I hold that the UK constantly look on others as not being of their level. 2/...

The TBI paper calls for 🇬🇧 to try to accelerate 🇪🇺 market reforms using possible re-entry as leverage. It argues that pro-reformers in Brussels would have a significant incentive to work with 🇬🇧 on a project to make the EU more economically liberal & to reform its regulations on energy & tech. 3/...

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@maxbrockbank.com

Bloody French, saying what we're all thinking ...

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theguardian.comThinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes

Irony alert: Reform wants to abolish the state pension—effectively killing off its own main voters. A party so devoted to pensioners that it wants to... take away their money. Genius strategy. 🎯💀 #ReformUK #StatePension #IronyAlert #VotingAgainstSelfInterest #PoliticalSuicide

theguardian.comUK to launch military squadron to protect satellites in spaceNew RAF unit will warn of incoming missile attacks, and support offensive and defensive operations

Wallace & Gromit to lead this new squadron ? More cheeeeeese Gromit ?

bbc.comNew EU industry rules would damage UK, warns Andy BurnhamThe prime minister met the European Commission President during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly.

🇬🇧 pissed off about the Made in Europe scheme. Yet, this is what AB said when interviewed recently... The EU has recently suggested 🇨🇦 could become the bloc's first "associate member". Asked if this could be an option for the 🇬🇧, Burnham said: "The EU made it clear that that wasn't open to us."

That's right AB, the associate path is NOT the route for 🇬🇧 to take, being a former full member of the "club" you're AGAIN deciding that the "cherry tree" is ripe for picking. Rejoin or don't rejoin, the doors are open, but the decision is for you to make. Don't expect the 🇪🇺 to hold it open forever.

bbc.comSir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas pricesIneos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.

Votes for Brexit, moved to Monaco. Slags off UK for lack of confidence & high taxes which he likes avoiding. Shutters 3 plants because his profit levels are threatened. Says will keep staff on, BUT for how long. If the source gas negotiations take a year will he keep the staff on that long ?

bbc.comAndy Burnham says UK to provide Saudi Arabia with 'defensive' supportThe prime minister says "defensive air-to-air refuelling" is to be provided following a request from Saudi Arabia, after it faced attacks from the Houthis in Yemen.

Oh, Labour will likely defend this multi-million-pound Saudi love letter—because nothing says "British interests" like throwing money at a regime that couldn’t care less about us. 🧵1/4 #UK #SaudiArabia #FuelCosts #LabourHypocrisy #WasteOfMoney #NoDirectBenefit

Millions spent, zero direct benefit to the UK. But hey, at least Labour can pretend they’re securing our energy future—while Saudi princes laugh all the way to the bank. 🧵3/4 #OilPolitics #UKForeignPolicy #LabourParty #CorporateWelfare #PointlessSpending

Labour likely to defend this multi-million pound operation, when fuel costs remain as they are, with... "But think how much higher they would be if we DIDN'T spend these millions helping KSA". 🧵4/4 #OilPolitics #UKForeignPolicy #LabourParty #CorporateWelfare #PointlessSpending

But sure, imagine how much worse fuel costs would be if we didn’t bribe KSA. Oh wait—there’s zero guarantee they’d even notice we stopped. 🧵2/4 #UK #SaudiArabia #FuelCosts #LabourHypocrisy #WasteOfMoney #NoDirectBenefit

theguardian.comFlights delayed and cancelled in parts of UK after latest air traffic issueNats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit

21 Sept

NATS thought the north was being underserved with failures—so they levelled the playing field by grounding flights. Equality in incompetence! ✈️🔥 #NATS #AirTrafficControl #FlightsCancelled #UKFail #EqualityInChaos

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21 Sept

First one I have done for ages... www.maptap.gg September 21 100🎯 96🔥 72😁 83🌟 95🏅 Final score: 874

shropshirestar.comWrekin Reform chairman quits after parliament candidacy snub‘If a veteran who has devoted their life to the party isn’t good enough then good luck’

Quote "If a decorated veteran who has devoted their life to the party isn’t good enough then good luck to whoever is." WHOLE LIFE ? How young is this idiot ? He's not aged well ! #ReformUK #Wrekin #PoliticalDrama #VeteranSnub #AgeIsJustANumber #PartyLoyalty #PoliticalFail

rfi.frFrench cereal farmers experiment with African sorghum to beat the heatEurope's maize crops have been hit hard by this summer's heatwaves and ongoing drought, with French producers saying almost half of this year's harvest is unusable. To prepare for hotter, drier condit...

French farmers are experimenting with sorghum—a drought-tolerant, gluten-free cereal—as climate change reshapes agriculture. With gluten-free diets booming, this could be a smart, sustainable shift. 🧵1/3 #Sorghum #GlutenFree #ClimateAdaptation #FrenchFarming #Agriculture

Sorghum isn’t just heat-resistant—it’s packed with nutrients and naturally gluten-free. As gluten-free demand surges, French farmers are positioning themselves at the forefront of a healthier, climate-proof food system. 🧵2/3 #GlutenFree #SorghumFarming #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateChange

From bread to beer, sorghum is a versatile, gluten-free powerhouse. French farmers adopting it could revolutionize both agriculture and diets—proving that innovation can thrive under climate pressure. 🧵3/3 #Sorghum #GlutenFreeFoods #FrenchAgriculture #ClimateResilience #FoodInnovation

normalisland.co.ukEd Sheeran performs half a show to his few remaining fansEd Sheeran performed at Lincoln Financial Field last night, only two and a half hours later than planned.

For once I can't decide if this Normal Island News is satirical or not... #EdSheeran #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

theguardian.comFarage says he wants to ‘hijack’ Trump’s ICE czar to help secure UK borderReform leader also tells US event Europe should have ‘more sensible view’ of president’s administration

Nigel Farage is doing his absolute best for his Clacton electorate—by showing the world, what he sees as the very best that Clacton has to offer: xenophobia, desperation, and a complete lack of self-awareness. 🧵1/3 #Farage #Clacton #UKBorder #Trump #ICE #Xenophobia

Now he wants to "hijack" Trump’s ICE czar to "secure" the UK border. Because nothing says "strong leadership" like importing America’s most brutal immigration tactics. 🧵2/3 #Farage #Clacton #UKBorder #Trump #ICE #Xenophobia