Derek Morrissey @Talladel

Today we're going to look at A Muppet Christmas Carol but we'll also explore on the theme of Christmas with the Muppets which led to what many consider to be one of the greatest adaptations ever produced of the Dickens' story. This will be a trip down memory lane...

We should try get this trending : a wonderful picture of this amazing athlete ….

RTÉ2 @RTE2

2 years ago

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This is the head of one of Italy's main parties. He hates people sharing this image.

genius - and catchy!

PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK

2 years ago

“I am a very innocent man” - Donald Trump

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How is this not front page news in every major western media?

IGNEA — To No One I Owe (Live @ Out of the Blackout Session) youtu.be/Xv5dTt_uyqM?si… via @YouTube

Every metal vocalist’s dream… #shorts youtube.com/shorts/257-GXP… via @YouTube

Semblant Full show Live @ Ragnarok Bree (B) Multicam youtu.be/3XzArhj8BwA?si… via @YouTube

@tellesmith Semblant and Ignea

Opening day of the Square in Tallaght, October 1990

@FuturePalaceDE London on the 10th. See you there.

WARNING: THREAD CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE 🧵 What a morally vacuous, embarrassingly incompetent monster Suella Braverman is. Having worked at the Home Office deciding asylum applications, I know the 1951 Refugee Convention's terms are far clearer than her pernicious propaganda would suggest. She says many asylum seekers base their claims on “feeling” discriminated against in their home countries. But the scope of the Convention is limited to people who believe they have a “well-founded fear of persecution” for some specific reasons. Those reasons are race, nationality, religion, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Mere feelings of discrimination would not meet that rigorous test, and any application made on those grounds would (rightly) be fast-tracked for refusal. She suggests that persecution, by definition, must involve a threat to life. Not true. Persecution often DOES involve a threat to life, but other things can qualify as persecution (arbitrary detention, unjustified confiscation of assets, withdrawal of state protection from crime). Braverman knows this, but the boneheads whose votes she is soliciting do not, so hey, why not spin the line? In my time at the Home Office, I refused many asylum applications which, on the evidence presented, clearly did not meet the test of a well-founded fear of persecution on Convention grounds. The majority of those applications were made by people (mostly young men) who appeared to be seeking better economic futures for themselves and their families. That's completely understandable, and I never blamed them for trying, but it's not grounds for asylum, so neither did I feel any guilt in refusing them…that's not the purpose of the asylum system. But I did grant asylum to a number of people who had clearly faced unimaginable horror in their own countries before escaping to the UK, where they felt safe and where they believed they would be able to live the rest of their lives in peace. There was the Sikh activist who had a kettle of boiling water poured over him during a police interrogation. There was the woman from a minority Muslim sect who, when her husband died, and her neighbours started throwing stones through her windows at night, sought the protection of the local police only to be publicly ridiculed and then gang-raped by six officers in front of her three young children. There were the young Tamil men forced to inhale the fumes of burnt chilli powder by Sri Lankan police. Others hung upside-down and beaten for days until they confessed to crimes they played no part in. And many, many more with genuine, provable experiences just as gruesome. Nearly thirty years on, I can still recall the faces of those people as they recounted their experiences to me during interviews and the tears in the eyes of the interpreters as they translated words no one should ever have to hear. Since my days in the Home Office, I can’t recall a single Home Secretary who hasn’t had to wrestle one way or another with the asylum system. But neither can I recall one who has approached the task with as little humanity in their heart as Braverman. Truly, she is in a league of her own. I simply don’t believe the majority of people in this country support the cruel policies that Braverman embraces so enthusiastically. As I listen to her today, my sincerest hope is that when Open Britain and our partners finally deliver a functional democracy in this country, monsters like her will never again be able to game their way into high office and abuse the power they find there. This is our fight. If you've read this far, please consider giving this a retweet and following me, @OpenBritainHQ and @StopTheRot_UK so you can be part of this positive change. Thank you.

What did I just watch? Star Wars x AI Mind blown, creative humans using AI to dream up a very different Star Wars. By @douggypledger & @osymyso

IGNEA — Nomad's Luck (Live one-take stage PoV @ Faine Misto 2023) youtu.be/cijCEPTe52M?si… via @YouTube

🏟 Ashton Gate 📍 Bristol, England 📶 Capacity 27,000 👕 Bristol City #BristolCity

🎶'Haaaaaaay, Hay-nado, (Ooh-Arr) I wanna knoooooow, if you'll blow my grass!'

BBC Bristol @BBCBristol

3 years ago

Ever seen a 'haynado'? 🌪️ This one was spotted by Richard Cornock on his farm in South Gloucestershire - with others seen around the country. The Met Office says swirling column of air "are relatively common in the UK" - but quite the sight when they go over hay 🤩

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Oh God that’s very funny.

Zach Lowy @ZachLowy

3 years ago

In order to protest against the club’s lack of recruitments following their relegation to the Spanish third tier, Málaga fans went to the airport and greeted random strangers as if they were new signings. [@carliyolenervio]

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