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Stope all the clocks, cute of the telephone

Exfluencer

It's an even worse euphemism for died

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Headless mannequin

There were other considerations, but it seems to feature quite heavily in the Hansard debates!

I had an aha moment when I read that the First World War was the reason that women's suffrage was originally set at 30. If women had been given the same rights as men, there would have been a significant female majority in the electorate as a consequence of the war's death toll.

But by adoption: On my father's side I'd be a Cornish mining engineer. On my mother's side I'd be an unemployed Merchant Navy Captain, because I had refused to join the National Fascist Party.

What's the secret of great British comedy? bsky.app/profile/leoh...

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And another pillar of the Constitution falls. Senator Rand says the Committee will vote on whether Fauci is in contempt of Congress for exercising his 5th Ammendment Rights. He says Fauci is not entitled to the Right given by the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate HearingSenator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.www.nytimes.com

A very hefty wealth tax would help them out of persecution.

So this is the Senator. As bad as the UK's politics can be, it's impossible to imagine such a person avoiding prison here, let alone getting voted in to be a lawmaker. bsky.app/profile/gtco...

And their destruction of the health system continues grotesquely apace. Withdrawing health care, lying about the efficacy of vaccines. And peddling snake oil medicines. An utter disregard for the lives of other people. And willfully putting them in harm's way.

I bet chicken morality is lower among free range birds.

Admittedly he's Emeritus Professor, but nonetheless still working, and his book is from 2026.

Well, I think it best if you take it up with Professor Higham, who is probably the most eminent historian of that period working today.