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Tony Iles @tonyeye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From the Guardian. "Sir Jim Ratcliffe personally remains a multi-billionaire, but his chemicals conglomerate, INEOS, is carrying a massive debt pile estimated at roughly £15 billion to £18 billion (€15.5 billion to €18 billion" He accumulates personal wealth by high levels of leverage. #R4today

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good to see the Teemu Thomas Crown is at it again with his completely objective, completely non-selfish, completely non-racist, completely non-tax-dodging agenda… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

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

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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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Trump Arch reminds me so much of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome. Similar vibe.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We do indeed need a "strong and smart president" to address the existential threat posed by runaway AI... when are the next elections, again?

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

'One sleepy village nestled in the foothills of the Alps may soon devour more electricity than all the households of Vienna. It is all thanks to Google.' www.politico.eu/article/powe...

politico.eu

Power-hungry data centers are expanding in Europe. So is the resistance.

Activists are battling a vast Google data center in the Austrian countryside.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

First the rewilding lobby turned the UK into a tinderbox, now the pollution of the River Wye with chickenshit is all the fault of the healthy eating zealots. Get a fucking grip... www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/...

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/08/2026

The daily global average sea surface temperature has just reached its highest level on record, per C3S. "The timing of the record is particularly notable. Global ocean temperatures are typically highest in March and April, following the austral summer, yet this record has been reached in August."

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

People refusing to evacuate Reno are gambling with their lives... [sorry/not sorry]

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Can’t stop thinking about this. It would explain so much. collapse2050.substack.com/p/co2-make-d...

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CO2 Make Dumb

Low atmospheric CO2: a prerequisite to human brain evolution

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I think we can agree that the NASA pilots who fly Gulfstreams packed with scientific equipment (and scientists) directly into the violent thunderheads that gather above major wildfires definitely have The Right Stuff... www.economist.com/science-and-...

economist.com

NASA takes aim at fire storms

These products of wildfires worsen their creators

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Denial is just a river in Africa. Ethics is just a county to the northeast of London.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Angola's peatlands - a source for such iconic rivers as the Congo and Zambezi, as well as the Okavango Delta - found to be 4x more extensive than previously thought, underlining urgent need for stronger conservation protections... www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...

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Angola peatlands study highlights urgent need to protect key southern Africa freshwater source

First-of-its-kind, high-resolution mapping suggests four times more peat in Angolan Highlands than previously estimated

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That Max Pemberton ADHD so-called 'documentary' was a terrible piece of TV, for reasons more eloquently explained here by Sarah Carson... inews.co.uk/culture/tele...

inews.co.uk

I have ADHD - this is what The Great ADHD Myth gets so wrong

The stereotyping and dismissals in Channel 4's frustrating new documentary will help no one

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Staying with the in-laws up in rural Dumfries & Galloway, as usual it is pleasantly mild here and drizzling a lot of the time. Without reading the news, one would have no idea that relentless heatwaves/drought continue across much of the UK. Property also very cheap up here. Just saying...

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

People draw parallels with the likes of the Manhattan Project but I'm pretty sure Oppenheimer, Fermi, Teller and co knew what they were potentially unleashing. These AI techbros seem cluelessly naive by comparison... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"America 250" what is that, the weather report?

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Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The prevalence of these ads online at the moment is completely overwhelming, spoiler: no-one has created a tiny, miracle air conditioner that costs £70 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great thing about England-vs-Norway QF being played in Miami is that I'm already deeply pre-conditioned to expect sporting heartbreak from that stadium

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

DOHA, July 7 (Reuters) - The Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat is at risk of exploding due to a fire in its engine room, a source briefed on the incident told Reuters on Tuesday. @reuters.com

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

With apologies to Neil Young, this game has been Cortez The Thriller

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Unless something miraculous happens this week, hard not to see Mexico boiling England and our disjointed backline to death in their iconic, high-altitude cauldron this Sunday. Can feel the tabloids cueing their ‘Day of the Dead’ headlines even now.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The tanks supplied water to around 20,000 residents in the city of Kuhestak + 10 surrounding villages in the Bemani district of Iran. Temperatures in the region are currently between 45 and 50°C. The situation for people there is unthinkable. www.ft.com/content/155d...

ft.com

Iran says 20,000 people left without water after US hits reservoir tanks

Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

'In 1776 the American colonists rebelled against what they saw as the arbitrary and tyrannical British monarchy. As we approach America’s 250th birthday, it’s hard not to imagine Mad King George gazing out at Donald Trump’s America—and laughing.' www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

economist.com

How the war on terror primed America for autocracy

The road from 9/11 leads directly to January 6th, writes Rosa Brooks

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Henry Nowak's father told the nation that "We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension. We want his story to help make our streets safer for everyone". Here's how Nigel Farage responded

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Revealing just how shallow the Reflecting Pool actually is is a perfect metaphor for something, put it that way

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Heartbreaking discover: 4 x dead robin chicks on the ground below their nest in our woodshed. Managed to move them before the kids could see but wouldn’t be surprised if the heatwave was to blame.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In case anyone ever wondered how ugly the iPhone might have turned out without Steve Jobs’ constant micromanagement of Jony Ive… now we know… 🙈

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In all seriousness… is this shape really the best the guy who designed the iPhone could come up with after years of work? Seems almost purposefully designed to flop so spectacularly that it puts Ferrari and its peers off from ever marketing another EV.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I can totally understand the appeal of weight-loss drugs to those who’ve been struggling with obesity for years. But it’s also amazing how much worse a lot of users tend to look afterwards.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Guardian homepage right now, never understood how it developed such a reputation for unrelenting doomism…?

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Plenty of depressing Orlando Magic performances over the years but nothing quite as bleak as that. Blame coach all you like (and Wagner’s absence, more fairly) but ultimately how can a group of guys paid millions for the simple act of throwing a ball through a hoop go so cold at a time like that?!

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Nasty feeling that Orlando are going to reap the Jalen Duren whirlwind in Detroit tonight after humiliating him all series so far (but especially THAT dunk)

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Joy of watching London Marathon is somewhat tempered by thinking of all those extra microfibres leaching into laundry water across the country tonight. I’m as guilty as the next runner but we really need to find a more sustainable option for sportswear. Not that bamboo or merino are perfect either.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just talking dandelions with guy who helps us mow paths through our field. I meant it from a POV of marvelling at their sheer abundance, ability to self-seed etc. He responded to say he has a chemical that can get rid of most of them overnight if we want. Didn’t even blink. Herein lies the problem.

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I know the Fins have many positions of need but having previously whiffed at Penei, I’d be extremely stoked if Miami could find a way to draft Spencer Fano this week. Had a gut feeling about it for months now. Rebuild from the trenches! #nfldraft2026

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Tom Jennings @tomjennings.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Lovely day at Cambridge Botanic Garden yday. My first time there. Spectacular cherry blossom but was surprise during such a mild weekend not to see a single butterfly on the wing? Plenty of bumblebees and a few hoverflies, was just expecting butterflies having seen a brimstone and a white at home.

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