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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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3d ago
The backlog of people awaiting asylum appeals after having their initial application turned down has nearly doubled in a year, threatening to undermine a key pledge of Keir Starmer’s government.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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3d ago
Keir Starmer could suffer further resignations when ministerial WhatsApp messages are published in the next tranche of the Peter Mandelson files, senior government sources have told the Guardian.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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4d ago
Keir Starmer warned his cabinet against an “overly deferential” approach to the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish governments, telling ministers they should be prepared to make spending decisions “even when devolved governments may oppose this”, according to a leaked memo.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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5d ago
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
Terry Pratchett
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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6d ago
I put my mobile phone under my pillow last night. When I woke up it was gone with a £20 note left by the Bluetooth fairy.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 09, 2026
ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised ritual abuse and “witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse” against children – which is historically under-reported in the UK – as survivors of “satanic” sexual violence use the AI tool for therapy.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 09, 2026
Laziness is just the habit of resting before you get tired.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 08, 2026
Scientists warn that the Earth could run out of Conspiracy Theories by 2027 if they keep coming true at the current rate.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 06, 2026
HR: You can't say to coworkers "What the hell is wrong with you?"
Me: But last time we talked you told me I should give people an opportunity to talk about themselves?
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 05, 2026
When asked what you did over the weekend, just look at them suspiciously and ask them, "Why, what did you hear?"
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 04, 2026
Imagine knowing what ALL the buttons on the tv remote control are for.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Mar 02, 2026
There isn't a single canary in the Canary Islands, the same with the Virgin Islands, no canaries there either.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 28, 2026
Sometimes, life throws you a curve ball and you just don't know enough about baseball to finish the metaphor.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 27, 2026
By-elections seldom matter much, says Patrick Maguire in The Times, but Gorton & Denton really could prove “existential” for Labour. They have lost 1 of their safest seats, won only 18 months ago with a majority of almost 15,000. The Greens have shown beyond any doubt that it is they who are the party of choice, for voters wanting to stop Reform. “It changes the whole psychological climate of progressive politics at the worst possible time for the Labour Party.” Conservatives lost their deposit.
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 26, 2026
The UK’s first geothermal power plant was switched on this morning in Cornwall, providing a completely new type of renewable electricity for the country. The United Downs plant, which uses water that has been super-heated by rocks some three miles below ground, will generate enough electricity to power 10,000 homes, while also powering Britain’s first commercial-scale lithium plant.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 25, 2026
You know, I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong!
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 24, 2026
I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 23, 2026
Reform UK would create an ICE-style agency dedicated to deporting hundreds of thousands of people, as well as terminating the status of those with indefinite leave to remain (ILR), the party will announce.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 22, 2026
Jesse Jackson came from humble beginnings, says The NY Times. The civil rights campaigner, who died this week aged 84, was born in the poor town of Greenville, South Carolina to a 16-year-old schoolgirl and her 33-year-old married neighbour. Jesse was sent to live with his maternal grandmother in a tiny house around the corner. Rejected by his father “People ask, ‘Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?’” he said in 1984. “They’d never seen the house I’m running from.”
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 18, 2026
British police have expanded their interest in the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Britain, by admitting for the first time they are looking at claims he used dozens of private flights into UK airports to traffic women.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 09, 2026
Daughter: Did you know there's only 12 seconds in a year?
Dad: Trust me there's more than that.
Daughter: If I can prove it to you can we go to Mcdonalds?
Dad: Ok.
Daughter: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd....
Dad: (At the McDonald's drive through) One happy meal please.
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Feb 03, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence start-up xAI in a deal that values the combined company at $1.25trn, the most valuable private company ever. The world’s richest man has suggested that the merger will help facilitate the creation of space-based data centres.
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
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Feb 02, 2026
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
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Dec 31, 2025
The infuriating and stupid public transport slogan “See it, Say it, Sorted” is far better in Latin. Translated with the correct grammar, imperatives and participle, it comes out as the wonderfully appropriate: Vide, Dic, Rectum. (The Oldie)
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Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
Midlands, UK. Humour, some news and eclectic interesting items. My toots may not all be original. I follow views without necessarily endorsing them, and I unfollow most non followers. I block those who just want to argue or abuse. Ex Cop. LCFC. Header picture is 'Arriving at the Hall' by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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