@Speedlizard1

Voce angeli; duodecim annorum corpus; et capillus de canis

Joined June 2012
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Kazakh and Kyrgyz companies are helping the Kremlin circumvent sanctions on dual-use technology by exporting such goods to Russian suppliers — some of which have direct links to Russia’s defense industry. A new investigation by @Azattyk_Radiosu, @AzattyqRadiosy, & @cxemu: 🧵 1/7
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Eric Woods@Er_Woods22 Jun 2023
A great primer. There are dozens, if not hundreds of these schemes.
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@RFERL22 Jun 2023
Kazakh and Kyrgyz companies are helping the Kremlin circumvent sanctions on dual-use technology by exporting such goods to Russian suppliers — some of which have direct links to Russia’s defense industry. A new investigation by @Azattyk_Radiosu, @AzattyqRadiosy, & @cxemu: 🧵 1/7
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Separated at Birth? It would explain a lot #Prigozhin #Nosferatu
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I see that the UK Foreign Affairs Committee @CommonsForeign is to consider how the "UK can engage with global partners to diversify the supply chain while also protecting human rights and promoting UK values." So, values like ...
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Derek?
Carl Bovis
@CarlBovisNature7 Sep 2022
What is this bird called? 🤔🐦
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After a number of legal challenges, the first refugee flight to Rwanda prepares to depart
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National Grid CEO’s gets £1.1m pay rise as UK energy bills soar bit.ly/3H6zuzd So how much harder/better is John going to work for £6.5m than he would for £5.4m? Or, to put it another way: why would I hire anyone who wouldn't already do her/his darndest for £5.4m?
Gary Lineker unerringly speaks for the majority. Nobody I’ve met today is other than shamed and appalled.
Gary Lineker
@GaryLineker14 Apr 2022
These poor people whose circumstances are already beyond desperate, who have risked and lost pretty much everything to get this far are to be sent thousands of miles away to Rwanda. Nice touch.
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Can someone please ask PM Johnson what "take full responsibility" actually means?
Breaking: President Biden @POTUS in talks with @GalGadot for celebrity singalong version of AC/DC classic ‘Highway to Hell’ in last-ditch effort to avert war in #Ukraine.
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A clown replaced the Prime Minister every day of Boris Johnson's premiership.
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Writing as one of those stuck-abroad Kiwis: Amen to that, sister!
Jo Moir@jo_moir19 Jan 2022
Kiwis stuck abroad for years wanting to see loved one does not equal Kiwis stuck abroad want to let Omicron loose in NZ. Let's not be dicks about this.
🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨
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"I don't know about any parties, I wasn't there, let's wait for the enquiry." Can I now have a job as a Minister in the UK government? I seem as well qualified as any of the current ones.
Can someone please ask @BorisJohnson what "I must take responsibility" actually means? bit.ly/3fepuXu

Boris Johnson admits he was at No 10 party – but claims he didn’t know it was a party

‘I believed implicitly that this was a work event,’ prime minister says

independent.co.uk
Srdjan, father to Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole: "Novak is the Spartacus of the new world which won’t tolerate injustice, colonialism and hypocrisy." Speedlizard: "No, I'm Spartacus."
Exactly! theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Strange beasts, these ‘libertarians’ who love to curb the freedom of others | Kenan Malik

Those opposing Covid plan B claim liberty as motive. But authoritarian impulses are never far away

theguardian.com
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I wish someone had taught me Lesson 2 before 1991.
Lones Smith@LonesSmith29 Nov 2021
Lesson 1: Use a globe, not a cylinder. Lesson 2: Don't hike across Africa.
I suspect I've never bought anything Black Friday-related, but definitely won't be this year now I've seen this. More power to your elbows, independent retailers ... bit.ly/3qWbB7f

Black Friday: largest boycott planned by independent retailers

About 85% of smaller sellers will protest against online giants such as Amazon by closing their websites and planting trees

theguardian.com
For the record, and I've said it a thousand times but I'll say it again: I'm not quite the man I thought I'd be.
Kyle Walker@kylewalker11528 Oct 2021
I’ve said it a thousand times, but I’ll say it again. I AM NOT THE FOOTBALLER!!!
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