Duncan Cartwright
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@qikipedia They also regularly suffer from concussions. You should check out a really good podcast called @nosuchthing ! 😉
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Synchronised swimmers sometimes bathe their eyes in diluted milk to prepare them for swimming without goggles.
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@theTallBikeGuy @RantyHighwayman “We’re very sorry, but blah blah 14 years blah blah there is no money for active travel”
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A new era for the clean energy industry.
The UK is investing in carbon capture technology in Teesside and Merseyside.
✅ 4,000 new jobs
✅ Accelerate towards net zero
✅ £21.7 billion investment
🧵 How does carbon capture work? Follow the thread.
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The UK Gov is about to commit £20 billion of public money to carbon capture.
Gov wants to exempt the #CCS industry from rules requiring it to prove that its plans will lower emissions.
Their argument: because the subsidy is just for building the plants - not operating them!
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Simon Oldridge@SiOldridge
This is wild! UK Gov is poised to make a decision unlocking £20 billion of public money for carbon capture #CCS based on an 'Assessment' by the previous Tory Gov. These subsidies are meant to reduce emissions. Just look at their excuse to avoid scrutiny😮 🧵1️⃣/
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Scores are in! If you're one of the amazing people who played along with @Guestimators this week let me know how you got on!
Are You a Guestimator?@Guestimators
✅❌✅❌✅❌ Marked quizzes are in your inbox, Guestimators! A 3 for @bushontheradio this week - did you beat him? Let us know! 🎧 And don't miss this week's podcast with the hilarious @russell_kane: buff.ly/41WpO4z
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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Commonly attributed to Albert Einstein.
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Get ready to play the most bizarre @Guestimators quiz round so far..
Are You a Guestimator?@Guestimators
This week’s quiz is ready to play! 🥕 Best and worst vegetable 🏀 Biggest sports ball Batman can put up his bum (!) ⏲️ Actually how late is a "couple of minutes" late Entries close on Weds @ 6pm. 🖱️ Quiz: guestimators.com/thequiz
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@MooseAllain People that chose desire lines when walking are meanderthals.
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Maybe they've got £27m in an offshore trust in Gibraltar that they've forgotten about.
Nadhim Zahawi@nadhimzahawi
This is now in Mayfair, just walked passed. what is going on @MayorofLondon this can’t be right. 💔
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@13sarahmurphy @jonlis1 The truth about hacking too…
Look Left #FBPE 3.5% #FBPA #ProgressiveAlliance@Left101Look
Continuity candidate? Very much so The hilarious time when the criminal Kemi Badenoch hacked a Labour MPs website. @KemiBadenoch #government @michaelgove #ToryLeadershipRace #ToryCriminals #ToryLeadershipContest #ToriesDevoidOfShame #ToriesOut5 #ToriesOut3 #Tories #ToriesOut6
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Badenoch “I believe in truth. Truth is not relative”
Ok, Kemi
Tell the truth about austerity, Johnson, Brexit, VIP lanes, Truss, Rwanda, immigration, trade deals, public services, social care, child poverty, food banks, tax, the state of the economy…
The whole truth.
Go on…
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Share your reaction to the scrapping of Ofsted single-word school ratings in England theguardian.com/education/arti…
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@bushontheradio “THIS” is the name of the company.
So all their stuff is “THIS isn’t…”
But agree it is (they are?) confusing.
Maybe brackets?
THIS isn’t bacon (rashers).
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@marcowenjones There any detail out there about how many blue ticks are legitimately paid for, or if X (Musk) can decide to give blue ticks out to whomever it (he) wants at no cost?
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Something unusual going on for sure. Channel4news tweets probably get an average of 5-20 replies per tweet, but many of those criticising Musk or X seem to get brigaded with hundreds of comments from anonymous blue checks.
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🍮 EPISODE 258 OUT NOW 🍮
with… Phil Dunster
Listen, review, subscribe:
🍽️ Apple: apple.co/4ckWjNH
🍽️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1A97fk…
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