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Trigger warning for @TSE

Again, they're just copying MAGA.

This is good

No it is not.

FFS.

I thought you got all misty eyed about the honest toil of writing, in freedom, some scratchings for the Knapper, or liked to wander around London and enjoy the young as they cavort and mingle in simple pleasures free from the watchful eye of some guy with a mask and a gun.

Reform will bring this to England. They are not your friend.

Perhaps he'll be employed by the regime, writing Farage eulogies for the masked men to recite at sunrise.

As the sun set I stood briefly to salute the end of another day in england's great river journey, the ice cubes in my glass of victory gin jostling for a last look at the fading light before the Sardinian lemons floated to the surface.

It was then, as the first tears rolled down my face yet again over the astonishing victory of our Nigel against all the odds that I realised I was an hour late for a flight to Obscuria Land and HR terminal 5 might not have kept a further gin on ice for me. Hurriedly I returned to my flat where it was difficult to find the required luggage and passport due to everything being painted black or midnight blue.

And yet, despite these travails, I think Nigel's first months in office have been truly outstanding.

It has been such a triumph that sometimes I can even forget I voted for Labour in 2024.

@rivertam.bsky.social‬

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

https://bsky.app/profile/rivertam.bsky.social/post/3lz4jniof7s26

The Twitter left are now talking about boycotting Disney over Fallon’s canceling. All rather funny.

It's not funny; it's an appalling fracturing of society which means that people will be ever more esconsced in their bubbles.

Don’t disagree, but the left have bought this on themselves with their reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and their decade of supporting cancel culture they now think is abhorrent when it gets one of their own.

The moment you choose a side to blame, then you become part of the problem.

Well one side has spent the last week holding silent vigils and prayers, and the other side has spent the last week encouraging more violence. Those trying to “Both Sides” this are the problem.

When one side is calling for freedom of speech, and the other side is shooting dead the guy wanting to have a debate…

"The other side" ?
That's pernicious bullshit.

From his last few days in office on, Mike Pence has continued to gain stature.

Mike Pence: "We gotta be careful about putting America on trial whenever we see evil overtake the heart of any individual. In this case, absent additional facts, there's one person responsible for Charlie Kirk's assassination."
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1968668790738030830

There's much to dislike about him still, I have no doubt, but at least at the end, when tested, he held firm to some of his principles. Very few others have.

Interesting.

As a neurosurgeon I care a lot about road safety.

By now you’ve probably seen @Waymo ’s stunning safety results (like 91% fewer serious crashes). But they didn’t just publish data headlines. They released the raw CSV files and data dictionaries.
I did a much deeper analysis. A fascinating story emerges when you analyze how they’re achieving this.

This isn’t incremental improvement - it’s categorical. We’re looking at the potential elimination of traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality.

The intersection breakthrough: Waymo has essentially solved intersection crashes, with 95% fewer injury incidents than human drivers in the same locations. That’s transforming the deadliest driving scenario.

The national math: If every US vehicle performed like Waymo, we’d prevent 33,000-39,000 deaths annually and save $0.9-1.25 trillion in societal costs. Even partial adoption at 27% would save ~10,000 lives per year. In terms of magnitude, this would be the equivalent of eliminating every pedestrian death nationally in a year.

The physics signature: Here’s what fascinates me: 47% of Waymo’s contacts involve less than 1 mph delta-V. They’re not just avoiding crashes; they’re converting unavoidable incidents into gentle bumps. It’s like having physics itself on your side.

We’re not talking about marginal safety gains. The data represents a fundamental shift from harm reduction to harm prevention.
https://x.com/slotkinjr/status/1968381717934391309

Big Ange was smashing it at her main job of building all them homes...

The number of planning approvals for new homes in England is unacceptable, the new housing secretary has said, after official data showed permission for building homes fell to a record low during Labour's first year in office.

Fewer than 29,000 projects were granted permission by councils in the year ending June 2025 - striking a blow to the government's promise to deliver 1.5 million homes by the next election. About 7,000 applications for housing were granted permission between April and June 2025 - the lowest three-month figure since records began in 1979

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmzwk4yd1eo

Strange, she had such an interest in housing.