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Another thing about being a bit older is that you've witnessed a few cycles of promises and disappointments from various Prime Ministers. It would be lovely to think care will be sorted by the time those of us in late 50s will need it but I'm not staking my death on it.

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Well obviously because we frantically save into pensions while we can in the hope that we'll still be able to eat when somebody reduces the state pension even more (compare UK state pension with major EU countries), which will start with removing the triple lock. And so we can afford care later.

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Mine are sometimes on one side of the visual field only, sometimes both. Sometimes start centrally and the ring widens, and other times it's opposite out-to-in. Always in both eyes though. That's how I can distinguish the start of the in-to-outs from an eye having caught a bright glint of something.

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First ones in my mid teens was scariest. As well as the visual, I had numb fingers and lost the ability to remember how words go. I often fumble for the correct word with the right nuance but it was like that for all words including the ones involved in explaining that.

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Interesting you say one eye. I think usually it affects both.

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It might need an invisible touch. That's all.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations! Will it be out by Friday?

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Can you recommend a good mattress?

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So basically Trump's approach to COVID. Stop testing.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

With that level of skill, imagine if he'd got as far as taking it out to sea. Him needing the help of the RNLI would have been so ironic.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Where's "Continuity Liberal Democrats"?

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"MacDonald repeatedly emphasises just how lacking he was in academic ability – a surprise to him"

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Maybe this is some attempt at misdirection?

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Guardian doesn't place that particular ad. It doesn't work like that.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I fear an excuse to cancel the Israeli election will not be wasted

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It's so weird that these people get into that role. It's what I think of as a big company attitude. Their focus isn't on helping to solve any problem but to find a characterisation of it that makes it somebody else's problem. Mother needs help but gets blamed. Awful.

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He previously seemed wise. Is a neurological problem behind his sudden credulity? It's as if his amygdala has wrested the controls from his cortex.

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The economy isn't in great shape thanks to Brexit, which he championed. Anyone with a working brain could see the promises of the Brexit politicians wouldn't be delivered.

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

I'm less worried about the import of people than the export of wealth. Ratcliffe refers to himself as a "wealth creator". His refinery gets millions from UK taxpayer but he then pays (0%) tax in Monaco instead. Freeloader. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/09/2026

The government has three months to decide whether to cancel its £330m NHS contract. We want Palantir out, join us 👇 goodlaw.social/658abc

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Surely you know it's deliberate

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I imagine the paper has a graph whose vertical axis is labelled "How aft gang agley"

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Any evidence of high level executive function such as planning?

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When are new episodes of Ludwig going to appear on iPlayer then? It's been weeks.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There was a skip parked next to it for what felt like months so it was unused for a long time. Maybe their systems forgot it exists.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A bloke on the Shell Recharge support number tells me this station is in Bexley when I'm standing next to it in Walthamstow. It isn't working but it was very keen to hang on to my charging cable for a few minutes.

Photo of info plate on a Shell Recharge station in Walthamstow

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

2.90 for some hot water from Starbucks at a motorway services. I got "Grande" water because they express amounts of liquid using mysterious terms instead of the perfectly effective SI units available for this purpose. Imagine working to obfuscate to make a living instead of improving the product.

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Jim Holmes @jimholmes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Honestly, it rained! (for a minute)

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I'm starting to wonder whether he'll last as long as Truss

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They make Nissan LEAFs in Sunderland. How does this protect those jobs exactly?

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How many theatrical performances interrupted?

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And how many prosecutions for using a mobile communication device at the wheel? People desperately trying to make it shut up so they can focus on driving safely.

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