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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

With luck. Can't see the Wellspring of Charisma that is Ricard Tice getting far as leader. Or any of their clapped out Tories.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Talk about follow - and bow down to - the money.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She's lovely. Cats are terrible tarts. Talk about look cute for treats. (TBF Mr R is as guilty where CAKE is concerned.)

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 07/10/2026

Private renters on housing support already go without essentials. Last year, six-in-ten (58 per cent) working-age adults in private-renting families on housing support could not afford basic items buff.ly/tmfEAWh

Chart showing proportion of working-age adults in private-renting families on housing support who are materially deprived, and who cannot afford selected essentials: GB, 2024-25

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 06/10/2026

This year's #NobelPrize in Chemistry will be awarded tomorrow 🏅 Here's a reminder of the research that has won in previous years, including molecular sponges, the prediction of protein structures, and clicking together new medicine molecules: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob... #ChemSky 🧪

Infographic titled "2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry" celebrating Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for click and bioorthogonal chemistry. Sharpless coined "click chemistry" in 2001 for quick, selective reactions without unwanted byproducts. Sharpless and Meldal independently developed the first reaction using a copper catalyst to combine azides and alkynes. Bertozzi developed copper-free click chemistry in 2003 for live cell applications like tracking glycans. Applications include drug synthesis and targeting cancer.

Infographic titled "The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry" honoring Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov for discovering and synthesizing quantum dots. Quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles whose light absorption and emission change with particle size due to quantum effects. In 1981, Ekimov created size-dependent color in tinted glass; in 1983, Brus discovered size-dependent absorption/emission in liquid solutions; in 1993, Bawendi developed a precise synthesis method. Applications include QLED TVs, LED lamps, flexible electronics, and solar cells.

Infographic titled "The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry" honoring David Baker for computational protein design, and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for protein structure prediction. Proteins fold into 3D structures determining their function. In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper introduced AlphaFold2, an AI model that evaluates amino acid interactions to predict 3D folded structures, now used on nearly 200 million proteins. David Baker created Rosetta software to work in reverse, designing amino acid sequences for custom protein structures, succeeding in 2003. Applications include protein-based drugs, vaccines, and catalysts.

Infographic titled "The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry" honoring Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are porous molecular sponges composed of metal ions connected by organic linkers, allowing small gas molecules to move in and out of their cavities. In 1989, Robson combined copper ions with four-armed molecules. In 1997, Kitagawa created stable and flexible gas-storing MOFs using cobalt ions. In 1999, Yaghi built MOF-5 with zinc clusters, achieving massive internal surface area. Applications include gas storage, harvesting water from air, targeted drug delivery, and toxic chemical detection.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There was a plausible possibility he DID mean LA and SA could be taken out.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yup. You do wonder how long he can hang in there....

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The problem of the Tories yelling "Reverse! Reverse! Reverse!" is not a small issue. The EU has ears, you know. We're too much bloody trouble.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Don't forget you can volunteer skills from your desk. Accounts, design, admin... It's all needed.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Agree, and I love steam engines. They're not for everyone!

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Guests are like fish. After 3 days they stink.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cetaceans really suffer with commercial ship strikes, which can be fatal. It would not be deliberate. Marine wildlife often suffer with propellor strikes which can be savage.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There's a lot in that. It's exactly the sort of thing done with conservation charities working with local groups. It's also worth noting locals are the worst at valuing or even spotting what's on their doorstep. This is a worldwide phenomenon, BTW.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Issues around Heathrow and flying and runways notwithstanding, he's right - just look at HS2 or Hinckley Point C. We're not France when it comes to infrastructure.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

403 error, which means access denied but content present. Check your authorisation please!

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What was really sad was she was seen as a figure of fun, ridiculous. Talk about a 180.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More "Foxy News", if you are into that kinda thing.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You and millions of others. Parents wanted boys.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm a UK-based compositor with over 40 years of working in the trade. I trained in the early 80s in the English book tradition – think OUP. Harts Rules is in my blood. (These days I prefer The Economist's house style.) What's your position on the Oxford comma? 😎

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ditto. Hit 60 (60!) last week and am like "WTF? Where did THAT come from unbidden???!"

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's em dash in the UK, less often en or em rule. I don't like them because they're a bit much. Anyway they're not hyphens. I hope you thin space them, too.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It seems perverse someone so inadequate and narrow minded can present himself as erudite and cultured. I've always said if 'e wore flat cap and spoke with a northern accent no-one would have paid attention to the affected little oik.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yep the default is foot (') and inch (") marks. This is partly a code thing, since typographic speech mark sets are non-standard code characters.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A compositor in the making. You'll be using en dashes instead of hyphens next.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And how CAMP it was. Completely unaware of this as a teen. As was my mum. As was GAY generally, really. We have come a looooong way.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well that's set up a lifetime habit. My cat trained Dad to open tuna tins at 5pm on the dot every day!

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is absolutely correct. We pay for the Grid infrastructure and generation through our electricity bills. Even stopped clocks ate right twice a day.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 14/09/2026

British energy customers are paying to switch off wind farms that are producing more energy than the network can handle 🔴 Lucie Heath reports Read more: trib.al/zhy0S1Q

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh god you have my sympathies. Our chance to be a real life Zombie! Caffeine?

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Ron @caribbeanbasin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 13/09/2026

Stop hyper-scale AI data centres 🛑 This week Greens will force a vote in the Scottish Parliament to introduce a moratorium and strong planning guidance for data centres. greens.scot/datacentres

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not enough scrutiny at the moment. They can promise theoon and default on delivery, start using diesel or gas generation on site, 'behind the meter'. That's the US and Irish experience. Please repost to your groups.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Please write to your MSPs and ask them to support the moratorium. We really need more time to deal with this issue which is being pressured to go through local planning as fast as possible. (So as to avoid too much scrutiny.) www.writetothem.com

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WriteToThem

WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

writetothem.com

WriteToThem

WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

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Alex Rhind 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrsrhino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He sounds so sad whenever he's interviewed. Can't understand what road the right is going down. I've a clue for him - it's getting very warm, Tim.

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 07/09/2026

The Guardian: Farage’s “I wasn’t listening” defence has prompted questions in Reform UK about its future without him, though for now they remain “what ifs”. - by Gaby Hinsliff

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A Reform UK without Nigel Farage used to be unthinkable. Not any more | Gaby Hinsliff

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