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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Doesn't look like I'll be going back to supporting the Lib Dems any time soon.

Ed Davey and a headline about cutting fuel duty

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 27/08/2026

There is a 102% chance that someone will win control of the Senate in 2026.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 29/07/2026

AI will find its place. I'm finding it very useful in my work. But I think we're already discovering that it's not going to be able to replace everything. :)

Cartoon of someone in 2024 with a box saying "AI ready", someone in 2025 with a box saying "AI powered" and someone in 2026 with a box saying "AI free!"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 24/07/2026

Much as we all want this stock to hit the floor, and Elon with it, unfortunately this zoomed graph doesn't tell the story. We've been here before. Somehow the rich guys always seem to win.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 07/07/2026

Thrashed 4-1. Serves him right.

Pair of news articles about the US being knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 30/06/2026

Tomorrow, price-capped gas prices go up 24%, because of the fossil fuel supply crisis caused by the Iran war. But electricity is only rising by 5%. Why? Because a lot of UK electricity is now generated by renewables rather than gas. Those turbines and solar panels are paying for themselves, folks.

Graphic showing that electricity prices are rising 5% and gas 24% in the price cap changes for July 2026

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 26/06/2026

I see we're still at the stage of putting "too hot" in quotes like it's somehow debatable when it's the high 30s with no air con the days in a row.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 19/06/2026

Just discovered that the Affinity design software was bought by Canva in 2024 and is now free. Time to reconsider my Adobe subscription, I think. However, if the creators of Affinity thought selling out to Canva would give them exposure to Canva's customers, they may have been disappointed:

Screenshot of Canva search results showing nothing for "affinity"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 25/05/2026

I thought share traders were supposed to be intelligent, but they don't seem to be aware that Trump is a pathological liar who barely even knows what day it is or what medication he needs to take.

Headline "Oil prices side on hopes of US-Iran peace deal"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 22/05/2026

The BBC seems puzzled about what could have caused this. In the real world, it's completely obvious. It's Trump. Just say it. Who wants to go to America right now? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

BBC article with the headline "Empty rooms and FIFA cancellations - US hotels fear World Cup washout"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 14/05/2026

Well boo hoo. Air fares are in general far too low, so I see nothing to worry about here. Already bought our tickets for this summer anyway, so paying for the fuel is the airline's problem not ours. Probably won't fly next year at all.

Guardian article saying jet fuel shortages will push up air fares

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 09/05/2026

Disappointing result for the BBC, who pre-scaled their chart to allow for more than twice as many Reform wins as they actually got.

Screenshot of BBC results showing vast space above the chart, with Reform's lack of bar height highlighted using a red box

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 04/05/2026

It was, of course, completely obvious to everyone except those who started this stupid war that this would happen.

News headline: "Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched - and ready for revenge"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 24/04/2026

Remember that Wales has PR so the "most seats" is completely irrelevant. It is not close. All that matters is who has a viable path to a majority, and Reform does not. Plaid will lead the next Welsh government if the polls are anywhere near accurate. Only question is: with whom?

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 28/03/2026

Key moment. The Greens have just today gone into second place, NOT on a single poll but on the aggregate of ALL polls according to @electionmaps.uk

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 25/03/2026

With the race split over two days, it should be much easier to complete. I expect most runners will appreciate the break at half way.

Screenshot of news article saying "London Marathon considers two-day event in 2027"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 26/02/2026

Hope is my favourite word. It feels like we used to have more hope than we do these days. But we don't need to accept this. Or try to protect what we have from enemies real & imagined, or from change. We can choose to believe that things can always be better, cleaner, healthier and fairer.

Graphic saying "Make Hope Normal Again", hand drawn by Tim Wakeling

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 09/12/2025

I find this new branding ... uncomfortable.

Image of a train in new Great British Railways branding, basically covered in a Union flag.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 17/11/2025

Apparently "unacceptable" needs to be in quotes because that's just someone's opinion. No. Abuse is always unacceptable. It does not need quote marks.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 10/10/2025

Most icons don't visually indicate the program; they indicate the branding. Firefox is just a fox, nothing to do with web browsing. Bluesky is just a butterfly. And so on. That's normal. The new Word icon has a W on it, anyway, which has been removed (for some reason) in this shared graphic.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 18/09/2025

That appears to be £19.7m per job. Given that labour costs usually form a high proportion of most project budgets, it seems reasonable to ask in whose pockets most of that money is going to end up.

BBC news article saying "The UK government says it has secured £150bn worth of US investment which it hopes will create 7,600 jobs.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 29/08/2025

We all know she knew exactly what she was doing when she wore that hat. She was far too shrewd to have done it by accident.

Queen Elizabeth II wearing a Euro flag hat

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 18/08/2025

Google has sent me a touchingly personal feedback request for a case which I raised last Wednesday and which was completely ignored until the weekend, by which time it may be too late.

Image of a Google email from "null" asking for feedback

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 30/06/2025

Agreed. They did at least post this in their live page at 11.22, but overall their angles are not impressive (and most of the public is more engaged by pictures of sunshine than charts).

Chart showing the hottest day of each year since 1950

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 30/03/2025

Never mind about that missing hour. #MothersDay

Cartoon of young children bouncing on a bed with a mum hiding under the covers, captioned "Happy Mother's Day"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Once the kids are in bed...

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 13/03/2025

We have an "ethical balanced" pension fund. I think some of it must have been invested in Tesla. Not for long, methinks. Fund managers may be greedy, but they're not stupid.

Chart showing the rise and then recent dip of our pension account.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 06/03/2025

Petrol cars less than half the total sold last month, for what I believe is the first time; BEV up to 25%; and car sales down overall. More trends like this please! Fewer cars in total, and more of the remainder electric.

February car sales data showing petrol <50%, electric 25% and overall sales down.

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 24/02/2025

Blue areas are "Alternativ für Deutschland". Looks like if Germany had not reuinted, we would have a fascist state between it and Poland. Fortunately, thanks to the former West Germany retaining some sanity, the fascists can remain solidly out of national government regardless of any gains.

Map of constituency results at the 2025 German elections on Sunday

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 03/02/2025

Maybe people in the EU don't buy American products like you mention because they are simply not good enough. You cars are horrifically large and ineffient, and your farm products are contaminated with chemicals. You buy EU things because decent EU regulation means they are of a high standard.

Screenshot of a quote from Donald Trump saying that "They [the EU] don't take our cars, they don't take our farm products, they take almost nothing, and we take everything from them"

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Tim Wakeling @timwakeling.co.uk · 21/01/2025

Elon Musk did NOT just "appear to make" those salutes; he made them clearly and with and purpose, and we should confidently report that this is what he did.

Screenshot from a Guardian article with the headline "Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally" and a picture of Musk doing just that.

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