To give her her due, she does talk a good game & it's worth a listen.
Like Starmer's Govt, they have 4 years to deliver, and that is how they will be judged.
One of the things Linden Kemkaran does is to swat Camilla Tominey's speculation about "hundreds of millions" of savings and cuts in Council Tax with a suggestion of "at least £75m". That is 3% of KCC spending and sounds to me like the type of number they will have to save just to meet Rachel Reeves' efficiency requirements. It sounds to me as if they will aim to simply withdraw from offering certain services, if they think it can be palmed off.
I think one thing that RefUK need to do if they are serious is benchmarking across their Councils, but they have punched all their staff on the nose with threats before even taking over.
A very good video reporting on (yet) a(nother) fire on an electric car carrier 300 miles off Alaska.
Good explanations about what these ships are like - it's like a 14 deck Herald of Free Enterprise, and how the fires are fought. TLDR: Flood it with C02 and get off pronto, since it won't stop even underwater. 12 minutes.
A very good video reporting on (yet) a(nother) fire on an electric car carrier 300 miles off Alaska.
Good explanations about what these ships are like - it's like a 14 deck Herald of Free Enterprise, and how the fires are fought. TLDR: Flood it with C02 and get off pronto, since it won't stop even underwater. 12 minutes.
What if there's a shark over there just waiting to eat them?
@elonmusk · 9m In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately
If he’s not careful, he'll get SpaceX taken off him. It's too critical to the US for him to even say that...
How is his immigration paperwork looking? Room for one more in El Salvador......?
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Is the golden age of TV drama over? Because I am honestly struggling to find anything watchable - for the first time in 20 years 😢🤒
Department Q on Netflix is trying a bit too hard but still watchable. Good, grainy downbeat views of Edinburgh.
Relative of mine is a huge fan of the books and said he couldn't get past the first 10 minutes because of how the lead was portrayed. Then again he was also appalled it wasn't set in Scandinavia.
My prediction for Hamilton is an SNP hold by about 8% over RefUK but if the latter wins it it's going to totally re-arrange Scottish politics. Could be an exciting night.
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
I genuinely don't want to hate on Elon all the time, but he seems to have a knack for making himself unlikeable to Democrats and Republicans now.
Sure, he's still super rich and retains a good number of fanboys for now, but he clearly wants attention and adoration and not just wealth, and he's undermined that a lot.
Whereas Bezos seems to be happy to be regarded as your standard billionaire tyrant type.
It's been a long eight years since Musk was name-dropped in the Ultra-Woke offering that is Star Trek: Discovery.
A long ten years since Musk appeared as a charity worker in a Soup Kitchen on The Big Bang Theory, causing Astronaut Wolowitz to freak out saying "I really want you to adopt me".
My prediction for Hamilton is an SNP hold by about 8% over RefUK but if the latter wins it it's going to totally re-arrange Scottish politics. Could be an exciting night.
It's the sort of thing that if Reform win everyone will say 'Oh of course Reform won' and it will all seem so foregone.
But yes, they are fallible. They only won Runcorn by the tiniest of slithers after all.
My prediction for Hamilton is an SNP hold by about 8% over RefUK but if the latter wins it it's going to totally re-arrange Scottish politics. Could be an exciting night.
Even that result is a total rearrangement. Might just be a flash in the pan, but an SNP v Reform Westminster election kinda feels right, with the SNP winning handily given their coalition.
I'm not sure how it will translate to Holyrood. The electoral system means the smaller parties are more likely to hold onto their voters, to the detriment of the potential "big two".
I genuinely don't want to hate on Elon all the time, but he seems to have a knack for making himself unlikeable to Democrats and Republicans now.
Sure, he's still super rich and retains a good number of fanboys for now, but he clearly wants attention and adoration and not just wealth, and he's undermined that a lot.
Whereas Bezos seems to be happy to be regarded as your standard billionaire tyrant type.
It's been a long eight years since Musk was name-dropped in the Ultra-Woke offering that is Star Trek: Discovery.
A long ten years since Musk appeared as a charity worker in a Soup Kitchen on The Big Bang Theory, causing Astronaut Wolowitz to freak out saying "I really want you to adopt me".
He still got a positive shoutout in the film Moonfall.
Now, say what you will about it being possibly the dumbest movie in existence (even moreso than Megalopolis or Godzilla X Kong), but the conspiracy theorist weirdo who admired Elon in that movie turned out to be both correct, and the final hero.
@elonmusk · 9m In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately
If he’s not careful, he'll get SpaceX taken off him. It's too critical to the US for him to even say that...
Tim Miller @Timodc · 17m Has a top advisor to a president ever called for their impeachment in the first year of a term before? A historic moment really.
Tim Miller @Timodc · 17m Has a top advisor to a president ever called for their impeachment in the first year of a term before? A historic moment really.
Tim Miller @Timodc · 17m Has a top advisor to a president ever called for their impeachment in the first year of a term before? A historic moment really.
Only a handful of his first term Cabinet supported his re-election, not including his Vice-President. You'd think people might care that those who've worked closest with him don't support him any longer, but his voters know what they like and they don't like anyone he doesn't like.
Tim Miller @Timodc · 17m Has a top advisor to a president ever called for their impeachment in the first year of a term before? A historic moment really.
Trump is a walking impeachment.
Not unless/until the House changes hands. Not that he has to worry about conviction (Senate or criminal).
Breaking news: The sell-off erased $153bn from Tesla’s value, the biggest one-day drop in the electric-car company’s market capitalisation on record, and comes as Donald Trump threatens he will terminate US government contracts with Musk’s companies.
Trump compared the war in Ukraine to "two little kids fighting like crazy in a park." He then proceeded to tell Putin "Maybe you have to keep fighting!"
Trump compared the war in Ukraine to "two little kids fighting like crazy in a park." He then proceeded to tell Putin "Maybe you have to keep fighting!"
Trump compared the war in Ukraine to "two little kids fighting like crazy in a park." He then proceeded to tell Putin "Maybe you have to keep fighting!"
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
An SNP canvasser has said Ref may have polled close to 30%.
If true astonishing in a Scottish marginal seat
The seat does contain Larkhall, one of the most mental places in Scotland, so could be a high watermark for Reform but also importantly, it would be very funny indeed.
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
An SNP canvasser has said Ref may have polled close to 30%.
If true astonishing in a Scottish marginal seat
The seat does contain Larkhall, one of the most mental places in Scotland, so could be a high watermark for Reform but also importantly, it would be very funny indeed.
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
One wonders what a straight fight between SNP and Reform would do for the independence debate.
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
An SNP canvasser has said Ref may have polled close to 30%.
If true astonishing in a Scottish marginal seat
The seat does contain Larkhall, one of the most mental places in Scotland, so could be a high watermark for Reform but also importantly, it would be very funny indeed.
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
But Larkhall has a pretty small population compared to Hamilton. It can't be that influential on the result.
I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.
Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
Musk, at least when it comes to politics, is phenomenally stupid.
Not necessarily. He can't setup a National Party overnight, but he could set up a party in enough key states to completely fuck the GOP, unless he gets deported...
An SNP canvasser has said Ref may have polled close to 30%.
If true astonishing in a Scottish marginal seat
The seat does contain Larkhall, one of the most mental places in Scotland, so could be a high watermark for Reform but also importantly, it would be very funny indeed.
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
One wonders what a straight fight between SNP and Reform would do for the independence debate.
Farage looks like a nationalist as Salmond did, Swinney looks like a mild mannered partner in an Edinburgh accountancy firm
An SNP canvasser has said Ref may have polled close to 30%.
If true astonishing in a Scottish marginal seat
The seat does contain Larkhall, one of the most mental places in Scotland, so could be a high watermark for Reform but also importantly, it would be very funny indeed.
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
But Larkhall has a pretty small population compared to Hamilton. It can't be that influential on the result.
15k ish on the electoral roll in Larkhall only, but we could be looking at sub 20k votes overall across the constituency.
I'm assuming they will get 3rd, Labour seem to believe they've got the vote out, and Farage is already bemoaning a lack of a ground operation.
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Good explanations about what these ships are like - it's like a 14 deck Herald of Free Enterprise, and how the fires are fought. TLDR: Flood it with C02 and get off pronto, since it won't stop even underwater. 12 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhhvr_afws
PS Why do the Scottish start counting at midnight (IIHTR)?
It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences
And Reform disintegrating as well
Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years
I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCPzW8hV3Po
The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year
https://x.com/middleageriot/status/1930704391608439066
But yes, they are fallible. They only won Runcorn by the tiniest of slithers after all.
https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1930716583963345392
I'm not sure how it will translate to Holyrood. The electoral system means the smaller parties are more likely to hold onto their voters, to the detriment of the potential "big two".
Now, say what you will about it being possibly the dumbest movie in existence (even moreso than Megalopolis or Godzilla X Kong), but the conspiracy theorist weirdo who admired Elon in that movie turned out to be both correct, and the final hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5nAA_QXBPY
"This is a hate song, just meant for you"
and
"I hope that when you hear this you'll want to sue"
putin calling for a 30 day trump-elon ceasefire
https://x.com/ianbremmer/status/1930722947389702180
Is Big Balls still on team Elon...
wooliedyed said:.
Anderson has merely posted 'onwards and upwards'
Was "onwards and upwards" not CS Lewis (bastardised)?
“Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!”
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Has a top advisor to a president ever called for their impeachment in the first year of a term before? A historic moment really.
“Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!”
Well, you could fit all their MPs in a wardrobe.
The liar, the witch in the wardrobe, with Anderson as the lamppost!
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1930726179520065810
Breaking news: The sell-off erased $153bn from Tesla’s value, the biggest one-day drop in the electric-car company’s market capitalisation on record, and comes as Donald Trump threatens he will terminate US government contracts with Musk’s companies.
Voice of reason Kanye West tells Elon Musk and Donald Trump to calm down
https://x.com/DrNeilStone/status/1930711625843036649
Anyone got that Nobel peace prize laying around so I can shove it up @realDonaldTrump's ass?
https://x.com/frontlinekit/status/1930665276074266685
Hamilton and Clyde Valley was listed as 01:45 at the GE, for reference, so very likely before 2am.
“Zelensky has promised to bring peace between Musk and Trump within 24 hours.” - meme from social media in Ukraine
https://x.com/Chesschick01/status/1930725403464806660
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25218828.live-inside-hamilton-by-election-happens/
(Saadi. The Gulistan)
https://x.com/kamilkazani/status/1930687011129872873
But you are dissuading @Andy_JS from visiting a wonderful part of the country because it’s got a rather ugly 1960s shopping centre in it
So Musk as Cummings basically doing a Brutus on Trump's Boris with Vance emerging as the Rishi to replace him
https://www.ndtvprofit.com/world/donald-trump-elon-musk-feud-tesla-chief-floats-idea-of-new-political-party
Who gets custody of JD in the divorce?
And if it was SA, he could go straight back as a potential victim of white genocide, apparently.
@aramshabanian.bsky.social
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
There's way too much complacency in Scot Pol, like 'they would never win here' but people are as pissed off in Scotland as the RUK with the state of the country.
🙏🙏
https://x.com/jonathon_shafi/status/1930733642449310128
*sucks on a sweetie*
Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilson
Is it true @elonmusk is launching the 25th Amendment PAC?
Russian media reports explosions, fire in vicinity of Bryansk airport following suspected Ukrainian strike near facility
https://x.com/factal/status/1930739553196711977
i'll go for
Snp 37
Ref 28
Lab 18
Lib 5
Green 5
Con 3
Rest 4
I'm assuming they will get 3rd, Labour seem to believe they've got the vote out, and Farage is already bemoaning a lack of a ground operation.