S J Jennings
749 posts
S J Jennings
@sjjauthor
I am an author who explores the nexus between history, technology and current affairs, straddling India, Europe and North America.
Toronto, Ontario Katılım Şubat 2016
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Since we are talking about reading loads:
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Instructor W. (H.) Auden
University of Michigan
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@AleksPhoenix Saw it in Canada and the audience wept at that scene. Saw it in the US and they laughed. Not sure what that says about national sensibility but Jessie Buckley’s performance was IMO transcendent. Definitely in the weeping camp!
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When she tapped her chest and gave that side smirk to her son, I cringed so hard I almost walked out of the theater. This cannot be the masterpiece you all hyped
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@Eyeswideopen69 Well to be fair the Head of State is also the head of an official state Christian religion… could we settle on the UK being a benign theocracy?
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Sure Tommy, and Stonehenge is a monument to Jesus.
But you live in Spain anyway right?
Now there’s a real Christian country.
Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧@TRobinsonNewEra
BRITAIN IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
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@afneil This is plain wrong! They should hand the money back. They are beyond hopeless. If you run a company into the ground you do not take a salary!
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Quite remarkable. Especially for a council that can’t even empty the dustbins.
Joe Rich@joerichlaw
BREAKING - Council boss at Labour-run Birmingham City Council received £469k, and tripled the number of staff on more than £100k, in the year before the authority went bust (via @Telegraph) telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…
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If your name’s chosen and you’re outside London (or the UK) I’ll pay for travel and accommodation.
Once donations have been verified with Lumos I’ll select three donors’ names at random (can’t promise a literal hat, but who knows).
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Offer stands! Applications close at midnight on Monday. A £10 donation means your name will go into the draw.
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J.K. Rowling@jk_rowling
I mean this, by the way. Donate £10 to @lumos, I'll draw three names out of a hat and we'll have dinner. It could be KFC, but the wonderful @JamesChiavarini has just suggested his restaurant, so it might be there instead (travel and accommodation on me if you're not in London).
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Star Trek is the greatest TV franchise ever, and it's not even close. What would the competition even be?
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Walking round London today and what do I see? Foreign signage literally everywhere. I am British and learned how to do English at school, not those languages.
No idea what language Dkny even is. Hungarian?
Sort it Starmer!
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@SufcJames001 @BRICSinfo @Cobratate No. You have to be a British Citizen. The thing is you don’t run for PM. He will have to be elected the leader of a party that can command the majority in Parliament. Could he lead Reform? Maybe, but Farage may complain about it LOL
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JUST IN: 🇬🇧 Andrew Tate announces plans to run for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the next general election.
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@ludlow7th @schwarz Iran-Contra literally smoking guns in plain sight
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@schwarz Read a lot about this at the time and since then. All just claims with no evidence. Part of rumor was Bush took a SR71 to complete a trip fast enough. So a few rumors, no evidence. Nice try.
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Jimmy Carter is dead, and the U.S. has never reckoned with the "October Surprise" scandal — the fact that the 1980 Reagan campaign colluded with the Iranian government to make sure the American hostages weren't released before the election. This was genuine treason by the GOP.
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Meanwhile, America is going bankrupt …
America@america
U.S. yearly deficit vs. surplus We are speeding toward bankruptcy
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NEW: Power outages reported in Nuuk, Greenland, lasting for over 10 hours with a windchill of -17 degrees Fahrenheit.
The U.S. would never make the Greenlandic people suffer like this!
Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and is home to 20,000 residents.
Some locals were forced to hang out in their cars to get warm.
As the power comes back on, citizens are being told to be frugal and not use washing machines, dishwashers, and other large appliances.
Video: @OJoelsen
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Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now trib.al/1m6Jo2E
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@Number10cat Brilliant song matched with some of the most hilarious misheard AI lyrics I’ve ever seen generated… not even Galway Bay was correct LOL
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Apparently Fairytale of New York by The Pogues with the wonderful Kirsty MacColl isn't well known outside of Ireland and the UK (not even in New York!)
If you're one of my international friends who doesn't know it, you're in for a treat for the next four minutes:
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Shouldn’t the American people be getting getting their money’s worth?
The Rabbit Hole@TheRabbitHole
The United States has the highest healthcare admin costs (per capita) compared to OECD countries.
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America is headed for de facto bankruptcy very fast
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav
The US govt brings in about $5 trillion per year in revenue from taxes, fees and tariffs. The US govt is on pace to spend about $1.4 trillion for interest payments on the $36 trillion in debt during 2025. That will be about 28% of all govt revenue going to interest payments.
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