Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 25mwww.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comRecent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PMExclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament 000
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 27mwww.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...theguardian.comMinisters drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcryCritics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable 011
Reposted by Andrew BrooksMagical Trevor @magical-trevor1.bsky.social · 2hGrosse Point Blank, the Ultimart shoot-out scene, particularly because of the check-out guy and his reaction afterwards. "Are you ok?" "No man, I'm pissed. I gotta get a new job!" youtu.be/zHI_i3ncJH4?...youtu.beGrosse Pointe Blank - Ultimart shooting spreeYouTube video by Peter Ghosh 0324
Reposted by Andrew BrooksNationCymru @nation.cymru · 5hAberfan was the unbearable that resided in the unreachable. Survivors would speak of its reckoning as coming face-to-face with a darkened abyss. What is a tip, after all, if not the bowels of the earth, ripped out from where it belongs, its very naming turned inside out? ✍️ Brad Evanswp.me‘Death is not meant to run that fast’: Remembering AberfanBrad Evans Marking the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, this extract is published from the book How Black was my Valley (Repeater Press, 2025). The full chapter has been made available by the... 02013
Reposted by Andrew BrooksKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 1hMy days of heading out about now on a Saturday night and not coming home until well after the sun is up are long behind me. I am *old*. 4201
Reposted by Andrew BrooksRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2h'The Right Way' was also the hackneyed slogan adopted by the weak Conservative leader on the first British 'House of Cards'. Chief Whip Francis Urquhart took the pi$$ out of it. 32711
Reposted by Andrew BrooksArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 4harstechnica.comMilt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94Milt Windler, one of the leaders of Mission Control who directed the effort to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died. 30810259
Reposted by Andrew BrooksSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3hI do enjoy the weekly "what the fuck is Matthew Syed wittering about now" session. 1522313
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 3hJust had a butchers of the first episode of War. No amount of Sienna Miller's loveliness can compensate for the horror of Nick Mohammed. So, it's a no from me. 000
Reposted by Andrew BrooksSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7hNot beating the genocide allegations 415074
Reposted by Andrew BrooksCupid Stunt @mary-hinge.bsky.social · 4hyoutu.be/p8Ojjn35kP8?...youtu.beGo Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac - 1997YouTube video by Chris Salmon 002
Reposted by Andrew BrooksPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 4hMatthew Syed says we need more bankruptcies and unemployment; unclear if this extends to Sunday Times columnists. 148016
Reposted by Andrew BrooksBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9hShell is 100% Government funded in the UK. You pay all their wages, for all their Oil Rigs and all their tankers. But the fuel belongs to them. They really are laughing at you. 211948
Reposted by Andrew BrooksStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6hTerrific piece this:ft.comDoes the EU want Britain back?Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms 1277
Reposted by Andrew BrooksSon of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Shame on Yvette Balls and this corrupt #IsraeliTerroristState, loving @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, government. An 81-year-old terrorist with Parkinson's disease was arrested in London for holding up a placard. #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine 2211578
Reposted by Andrew BrooksCanuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 10h#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol 24388622877
Reposted by Andrew BrooksGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 8hHe drove a what? Did not see that coming.bbc.co.ukMan jailed for 15 years over Sidcup Ulez camera blastKevin Rees, 63, faces a tougher sentence because the offence had a "terrorism connection". 8457
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 8hBecause why govern today. When, instead, you can delay until next year. 000
Reposted by Andrew BrooksPaul Litchfield @paullitchfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Like they’ve colourised some WWII footage of shell shocked Sergeant Major. 128015
Reposted by Andrew BrooksBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 17hP.P. Arnold is still playing live and still sounds great. Here's my video of her performing Angel of the Morning a couple of years ago youtu.be/iaeMg3ALALMyoutu.bePP Arnold performing Angel of the Morning live at the Astor Theatre, Deal in October 2024YouTube video by Birmingham 81 3243
Reposted by Andrew BrooksX-Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 9hDettaglio sulle mani di Grace Kelly. Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 0236
Reposted by Andrew BrooksMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22hDogs fall asleep much faster than humans. Their ability to doze off rapidly is influenced by their need for frequent naps and their ancestral tendency to be light sleepers, ready to wake at the slightest sound. Original post 1370986
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 10hNot just buses. My old-gits’ pass also covers free travel on the tube, on DLR, and some trains. 1110
Reposted by Andrew Brooksstill last @lastnotlost.bsky.social · 11hPensioner Hugh, living in RBKC's Holland Park*, has a free bus pass. (* Companies House is very helpful) 55412
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 10hThe Rick Astley story. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukReel Stories - Rick AstleyDermot O’Leary sits down with Rick Astley to revisit his journey from teen drummer to global pop star, the impact of Rickrolling and his triumphant return to music. 010
Reposted by Andrew BrooksJane, actually @maidofbeans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just randomly agreeing to do stuff because I don't think I'll live long enough to follow it through. 210648
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 11hyoutu.be/rhJZrRV5YKo?...youtu.beBauhaus - Ziggy Stardust HDYouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records 000
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 12hThe most recent time I watched Eastenders; Christmas Day 1986. I missed the afternoon episode by cunningly offering to do the washing-up. But, then, they sneaked another episode later the same day. 010
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 12hThis, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.com‘Happy Christmas, Ange’: why we have always loved a dramatic TV divorceUntying the knot is having a television moment with the launch of the HBO legal thriller War and BBC’s The Split Up 130
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 12hBut how do the residents get to exchange their uproariously funny banter about golf and whose prostate has failed that week? 040
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 12hAnd some poor sod had to risk life and limb to hang out the next door window to get this photo. 010
Reposted by Andrew BrooksTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 15hHonestly guys isn’t this a bit weird? This is a bit weird 10036383
Reposted by Andrew BrooksColin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 14hDear crikey. The photographer Walter Miller at work in 1912-13 while balanced precariously on a plank of wood from New York’s Woolworth Building. (I was curious about the photo’s authenticity, because we live in a world of lies, but its provenience is perfect & the likes of MOMI attests to that.) 56618
Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 23hwww.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...theguardian.comDaley Thompson: ‘I was happy to sleep on floors to do what I was doing. You know you have to earn it’The double Olympic champion insists a knighthood wouldn’t change his life, still trains on Christmas day and explains why he got a video game and Seb Coe didn’t 130
Reposted by Andrew BrooksLarry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump stole taxpayer money designated for memorials for law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to fund his multimillion dollar 1950s-era red-scare political propaganda ads #TrumpCrimeFamily www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comCampaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorialsThe White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount. 79470
Reposted by Andrew BrooksWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation 791898314
