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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 11/09/2026
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury." www.ft.com/content/a798...
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How would Donald Trump’s $5,000 voting payout work?
President’s pledge to give cash to all American adults if Republicans win midterms will be at heart of his party’s campaign
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 30/08/2026
Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title. Big rock could destroy the Earth. It doesn’t.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger Osmium Zeppelin. (*) one for the density nerds.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/08/2026
The final day. Harder than expected but ended very well indeed. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 12/08/2026
Not much cycling today but the most impressive cathedral you’ve never heard of. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 12: Bratislava to Komarno…no wait, Esztergom
cycling bicycle eurovelo 6 eurovelo 2 EuroVelo 15 long distance solo self supported
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 11/08/2026
Day 11: Vienna to Bratislava. Long straight paths and a lot of mechanical problems. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 11: Vienna to Bratislava
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 10/08/2026
I wrote a thing for @lbc.co.uk about how the new Labour administration should be thinking about funding science. All in on one area is…dangerous. www.lbc.co.uk/article/burn...
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Burnham is wrong to go all-in on AI | LBC
The Prime Minister has gone all in on AI, whilst forgetting about essential other technologies, writes technology entrepreneur Dr Ewan Kirk
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 10/08/2026
Antibiotics and nuclear power. Not things one expects in a cycling oriented blog. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 10: Melk to Vienna
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 09/08/2026
Day 9. Austria was hot and difficult and there was some hotel based arguments at the end. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 9: Linz to Melk
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 08/08/2026
No space science in this one but a lot of boats along with the bikes. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/08/2026
Quite a surprising amount of Space Science in this one. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 7: Deggendorf to Passau
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 06/08/2026
Dicing with death on a road and avoiding eating a lung. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 6: Regensburg to Deggendorf
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 05/08/2026
A shorter day but…5,000 Dachshunds. What’s not to like? blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 5: Bad Gögging to Regensburg
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 04/08/2026
Oh, I thought it was hot yesterday but…no…it got even hotter. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 03/08/2026
The heat steps up a notch in the baking plains of southern Germany. And an unexpected Chicken Jalfrezi. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 3: Ulm to Donauwörth
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 02/08/2026
Forgot to thread the posts. Apologies…
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 02/08/2026
The excitement continues… blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Day 2: Sigmaringendorf to Ulm
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/08/2026
It’s that time again. Long distance self-supported cycle time. This time down the Danube from the source to Budapest. blog.thekirks.co.uk/2026/08/day-...
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/07/2026
Already have it!
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 25/06/2026
I remember when we measured torque in drachm twip fathoms per minute per century. Those were the days…
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 22/06/2026
Jun 22, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 6:27 (47) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 20/06/2026
Jun 20, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 5:57 (45) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 17/06/2026
Jun 16, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 3:32 (47) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 16/06/2026
Jun 16, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 3:32 (47) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 14/06/2026
Is it just me but is the FIFA brand *much* more prominent in this WC? Every replay, ads around the ground etc etc.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 14/06/2026
Very good. True story: was interviewing somebody for a coding job. They were v good. I asked the traditional question: “Do you have any questions for me” and he said “What is the capital of Zimbabwe?” “Harare, any other questions?” He got the job.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 14/06/2026
Jun 14, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 5:00 (47) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/06/2026
You mean he *isn’t* Stuart from the Thick of It?!?
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/06/2026
If there is one job which can undoubtably be replaced by a simple LLM, it is a football pundit on ITV. “Hey ChatGPT chunter on for 60 seconds using tired cliches about football please”.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/06/2026
Pet peeve about the misuse of the noun hack
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Grandpa Simpson Yells at Cloud
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/06/2026
The booking.com hack is a disaster. Now my name, address, phone and summer travel plans are all over the internet causing multiple scam WhatsApps and, more worryingly, there’s a 14 day window when it home address might be useful to people in stripey t-shirts with swag bags… <sigh>.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 13/06/2026
Jun 13, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 7:02 (49) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 11/06/2026
Jun 11, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 11:03 (54) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 10/06/2026
Jun 10, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 5:23 (47) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 09/06/2026
Jun 9, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 4:54 (45) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/06/2026
And there is some proportion of it wincing at the missing apostrophe…
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/06/2026
Literally went to this exhibition yesterday and it is both delightful and insightful.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 07/06/2026
Jun 7, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 9:58 (50) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 06/06/2026
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 05/06/2026
Jun 5, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 8:07 (50) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 04/06/2026
Jun 4, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 4:06 (45) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 03/06/2026
Jun 3, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 10:16 (54) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 03/06/2026
Jun 3, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 10:16 (54) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 02/06/2026
Bloody hell. That’s a dream double bill on consecutive nights. Armageddon tomorrow for the hat trick.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 02/06/2026
Jun 2, 2026 ✨ Game Of The Day ✨ You solved the puzzle in 5:13 (48) Emojiset: 💩😀🍆💃👀👄🍑🍀🤦‍♀️ #poodoku poodoku.app
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Literally the nicest thing anybody has ever said about me…thanks Ken.
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/06/2026
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Sean Connery's Thumbs Up in The Rock
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Rab C Nesbitt is in The Rock?!?
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Vanessa Marcii?
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Ewan Kirk @ewan.thekirks.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Ed Harris? There must be one of the actors who resembles me…
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