Chris Hood 😇

SNYDER: Our entire diplomatic process has been reduced to only two negotiators: president’s son-in-law and president’s friend. They are not diplomats. You would probably say, “That looks incredibly corrupt,” and you would also say, “That looks like it could never work.” And it can never work. It won’t work with Ukraine, it won’t work with Iran. In fact, it has already failed with both Ukraine and Iran. But the deeper problem is that United States cannot help anyone negotiate an end to a war unless United States has clear sense of its own interests. And Trump administration does not operate on the basis of American interests. It operates on the basis of what is convenient for few people around Trump.

@mrstevenallen 😬

We've been keeping across the #BritneySpears news on Almost Daily. Here's a thread to keep you up to date.

@ScalellaPiero @aakashgupta Yeah, but bacon 🤷🏼‍♂️

@aakashgupta "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we'd all be vegetarians."

This street survived 940 years because it was designed as an open-air refrigerator. And every "charming" feature you're looking at was a solution to one problem: keeping raw meat from spoiling before refrigeration existed. "Shambles" comes from "fleshammels," the Anglo-Saxon word for flesh-shelves. This was York's butcher district. The buildings lean inward at the upper floors, nearly touching overhead, because that creates permanent shade. Direct sunlight on a hanging carcass in summer meant spoiled inventory in hours. The jettied upper stories blocked the sun all day while the narrow gap between rooftops funneled cool air through the street at ground level. That cobblestone strip running down the center of the road looks quaint in photos. Butchers used it as a drainage channel to wash away blood and animal offal twice a week. The raised pavements on either side kept pedestrians above the runoff. Meat hooks are still visible on some shop fronts. The wide windowsills where butchers displayed fresh cuts are still there. The rear of each building connected to a private slaughterhouse. By 1885, 31 butcher shops operated along a street that measures 120 meters. The entire supply chain from slaughter to sale to waste disposal was engineered into a single city block. Google's Street Team voted it the most picturesque street in Britain in 2010. The Harry Potter film producers used it as inspiration for Diagon Alley. For 800 of its 940 years, it was ankle-deep in animal blood twice a week. The architecture survived because it worked. Function outlasts aesthetics by centuries.

Jings 🫣

@just_maz Trying

@Chrishood57 Stay cool 😎

OK so unseasonable weather in Greece!

Tonight, the Russians struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and communities. The largest number of missiles was directed at the capital – at ordinary residential buildings, at schools; they burned down a food market, one of Kyiv’s oldest markets. The Russian strike effectively destroyed the Chornobyl Museum, damaged the National Art Museum and the building housing the office of Germany’s ARD. As of now, 69 people have been reported injured in the capital. Tragically, two people were killed in this senseless Russian attack. My condolences to everyone who has lost family members and loved ones. I have already spoken with the President of France and the Prime Minister of Norway. There will be further communication with our partners today. I am grateful to everyone who is not staying silent about what Russia is doing. They are waging war solely against our people – against our memory, our history, and everything that makes up normal human life. It is important that Russia understands that they will be held accountable for all these crimes.

@andydemidow @Sonjamclaughlan I’ve not heard that, so it’s probably true 🧐

@Chrishood57 @Sonjamclaughlan Did I read LBB is off next season ?

This Bordeaux team is something else. Bielle-Biarrey inevitably making hay

@just_maz @andydemidow @WheresTommyV @WindsorRaces UBB are milking the ref too

@Chrishood57 @andydemidow @WheresTommyV @WindsorRaces They can’t cope with the heat!

Still not sure what people who don’t like sport do at weekends. @WindsorRaces

@andydemidow @WheresTommyV @WindsorRaces Ireland are taking a right dickin

@WheresTommyV @WindsorRaces Sit and watch the Investec Cup final and think...what if

@andydemidow @brian_peacock @LennieNewman1 @EnglandRugby 🫣🤞

@brian_peacock @Chrishood57 @LennieNewman1 @EnglandRugby We never look good after players return from England duty , thankfully we're at home next week

Hearing through the grapevine that @EnglandRugby have broken a few Prem players with a stupidly intense training sessions. Why are they not just running through systems and plays. The last thing they need is a beasting this stage of the season. Madness. 👎🏻

@james_rands Do you remember the Golden Egg? Sausage egg chips and beans for £2

@Chrishood57 Yep - it's bizarre that people are pretending otherwise

I commented on some ridiculous boomer post last night. It was someone claiming to be about the same age as me claiming his parents never once ate out and he never had fast-food as a kid except perhaps on a holiday in the UK. I replied I don't know his personal circumstances...

@james_rands KFC, Burger King, Wimpy, Chinese food, Indian Food, chippy of course. They were all around in the 70’s.

I have now had over 100 reply that the OP is right and they never had takeaway as a kid. Over 75% of those posts included a list of the takeaways they did go to. Critical thinking not a strong point on Twitter! I do feel this place is getting stupider before our eyes.

@mrstevenallen It’s the beard isn’t it? 🤔

I've not aged a day

@Charlottemorg Well, someone has to. It may as well be a volunteer post 🫡

Good morning! ☕️ If you need me today, you’ll find me in a garden in Wales worshipping the sun! 😎

@MikeMeakinDHL @scottyeders @pinstripedline Wasn’t too bad to be fair. Many of us slept on the cargo and/or kit bags. Plus, if I wanted a smoke, I went up to the cockpit and used the pilots’ ash tray for a while 😳

@Chrishood57 @scottyeders @pinstripedline Torture

From the Falklands airbridge to the deserts of Iraq & Afghanistan — a quick thread on the RAF TriStar’s operational history. 🛫 Acquired urgently after the 1982 Falklands War (6 ex-British Airways + 3 ex-Pan Am), the TriStars entered service with 216 Sqn at Brize Norton from 84.