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“The whole Russian Empire collapsed in a couple of months in 1989 and if we don’t think the UK can go the same way, we’re in cloud cuckoo land.” James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of Ireland, on @BylineTimesPod @jameshawes2 @BylineTimes bylinesupplement.com/p/is-the-unite…

EXCLUSIVE: Reform's Matt Goodwin told the architect of Project 2025: "It's not enough to win an election - you also need to completely rewire the system." Here's what we found on Reform's plans to import Trumpian autocracy to Britain /1 🧵bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/ref…

@NoContextBrits I'm Manx, so it's got to be chips, cheese and gravy

You can only choose one.

@Channel4News Not bad, but still sanewashing. He lurched from '80s mob boss to elderly dementia patient. It wasn't just inaccurate, it was incoherent drivel.

Donald Trump spoke for over an hour at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. We fact check some of the US President's claims about Greenland and Nato

@BBCPolitics @BBCOne Who watches this utterly irrelevant shit? Hosted by that smug, disingenuous, eyebrow-cocking, licence fee-stealing dickhead.

Joining #BBCLauraK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen Labour deputy leadership contender Lucy Powell Former cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt Sunday 9am @BBCOne bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@Jeet_chetwani17 @UtdFaithfuls I'm pretty sure he started his managerial career playing a different formation, then switched to this one when it wasn't working. Why couldn't he have done that again? No successful manager these days is so dogmatic about their system.

@UtdFaithfuls The system is only as good as the players in it. This same system worked really well at Sporting and this is the reason why he was hired as the manager - so excuse him for wanting to stick with the one formation he’s played all his career and is confident in.

🚨🗣 - Jamie Carragher: "The players Man Utd have bought in the summer can easily be flipped into a back four. "Bruno in 10, Mbeumo right wing, Cunha left, and Sesko upfront. "I think a competent football manager could get that Man Utd team in that system to the European places, or certainly fighting for them."

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The president announced his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. trib.al/5l6hXjU

@ryleywalker @paintaneight Saw you guys play together at Colston Hall in Bristol in 2015. Incredible gig.

@paintaneight I don’t think so. They were great though.

Danny Thompson passed away. was lucky to tour with him. best story teller ever met. super loyal to his friends and family. he got really emotional talking about them. Lovely sweet man. spent hours in the van schooling me on jazz. absolute fanatic. never left him. RIP to the man

@BretDevereaux Exactly this. Things weren't better when we were kids, we're just more unaware of the ills of the world when we're young and have fewer responsibilities.

Of course the eternal danger of nostalgia is that we will ruin the present chasing after a past that never was. Kinda like ordering a disruptive, unprecedented anti-crime crackdown on a city whose crime rate is the lowest it has been in three decades. 🤷‍♂️

The replies to this AI slop are full of people mistaking 'the year being 1985' with 'being 12 again.' Compared to 2023 (most recent year for which I can find data), inflation adjusted median incomes were 25% lower in 1985, the murder rate was 26% higher.

It's #NewMusicFriday! 🎶 What's on your list? 📸: Sound Records IOM

@Norbertsdad That's without even considering the colossal irony of someone who holds a ceremonial position with absolutely zero public mandate telling us what is and isn't in our 'interest'

@Norbertsdad That's because it is nonsensical. 'Not in the public interest' is just one of those meaningless stock phrases politicians blart out as an excuse for not wanting to do / reveal something. See also: 'health and safety' and 'commercial confidentiality'

This is just bizarre. There's a case for not publishing full reports. But to argue that revealing the cost of the validation reviews is not in public interest seems nonsensical, even to someone like me, who opposes the likes of school league tables. #iom manxradio.com/news/isle-of-m…

@SirAlynFriction @NadBadDangerous @calvinrobinson Pastor of Muppets

@NadBadDangerous @calvinrobinson Abu Hamster - The Hate Preacher

Newsletter: The DeepSeek situation is a moment that should fill Silicon Valley with shame, a monument to the lack of vision and herd mentality of the American tech industry. OpenAI and Anthropic have no moat, no innovation, and I believe no future. wheresyoured.at/deep-impact/

@the_stone_club Isn't it! I love it up there. Especially on a day like today.

@Ed_Oldham Look at that! I visited here as a child and really do need to get back there. Astounding!

@the_stone_club A beautiful day for a hike up to Meayll Circle in the south of the Isle of Man. culturevannin.im/exploremore/pl…

@jamesmckz The above suggestions, plus Anthem of the Sun for the '60s San Francisco psych madness. For live, may I humbly submit this playlist I've put together over the years: open.spotify.com/playlist/2feJV…

Feels like today might be a fitting day to listen to the Grateful Dead for the first time? Who’s gonna set me up?

#NowPlaying What’s a defining record of *your 1990s that you rarely see get a mention. Tricky, Oasis, Pulp, Nirvana, Grace etc a given. Surprise me.

@jamesmckz Color Green - Fool's Parade Real Estate - Daniel Sylvie - Sylvie

What are people's favoutite 3 albums of the year so far? i'm well behind and need some stuff to get stuck into (please). Mine. Probs. Rosali - Bite Down Itasca - Imitation Of War Jon Collin - The Other Dead Sea