GrumpyDragon
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True humanitarian, used her fame and wealth to support so many.
Humble, kind, compassionate and generous.
She was unique in far too many ways.
#RIP #DollyParton
Humble, kind, compassionate and generous.
She was unique in far too many ways.
#RIP #DollyParton
August 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
True humanitarian, used her fame and wealth to support so many.
Humble, kind, compassionate and generous.
She was unique in far too many ways.
#RIP #DollyParton
Humble, kind, compassionate and generous.
She was unique in far too many ways.
#RIP #DollyParton
Today I learnt that my downstairs neighbour is a racist pig.
New couple moved in, chinese.
Been here all of a day.
The string of insults about them that he came out with while talking on the phone outside my window, about their culture and appearance, i’m genuinely shocked.
New couple moved in, chinese.
Been here all of a day.
The string of insults about them that he came out with while talking on the phone outside my window, about their culture and appearance, i’m genuinely shocked.
August 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Today I learnt that my downstairs neighbour is a racist pig.
New couple moved in, chinese.
Been here all of a day.
The string of insults about them that he came out with while talking on the phone outside my window, about their culture and appearance, i’m genuinely shocked.
New couple moved in, chinese.
Been here all of a day.
The string of insults about them that he came out with while talking on the phone outside my window, about their culture and appearance, i’m genuinely shocked.
They’ve been doing this in France, and it produces huge amounts of clean energy and uses existing built-on land rather than fields.
Should also be looked at for canals, reducing evaporation.
It’s clean, cheap and beneficial.
Should also be looked at for canals, reducing evaporation.
It’s clean, cheap and beneficial.
August 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
They’ve been doing this in France, and it produces huge amounts of clean energy and uses existing built-on land rather than fields.
Should also be looked at for canals, reducing evaporation.
It’s clean, cheap and beneficial.
Should also be looked at for canals, reducing evaporation.
It’s clean, cheap and beneficial.
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Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge in event of Burnham nationalisation.
Bullying to extract cash from customers/govt.
TW shares are worthless, debt trades at discount.
Must enforce laws, impose fines, bankrupt TW. Creditors will get little. Nationalise, TW violated licence terms.
Bullying to extract cash from customers/govt.
TW shares are worthless, debt trades at discount.
Must enforce laws, impose fines, bankrupt TW. Creditors will get little. Nationalise, TW violated licence terms.
Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge to potential nationalisation
The BBC understands creditors would would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts, in the multi-billions of pounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 20, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge in event of Burnham nationalisation.
Bullying to extract cash from customers/govt.
TW shares are worthless, debt trades at discount.
Must enforce laws, impose fines, bankrupt TW. Creditors will get little. Nationalise, TW violated licence terms.
Bullying to extract cash from customers/govt.
TW shares are worthless, debt trades at discount.
Must enforce laws, impose fines, bankrupt TW. Creditors will get little. Nationalise, TW violated licence terms.
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I can dream, can't I?
July 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I can dream, can't I?
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I tried meal prepping and accidentally created six containers of regret.
July 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I tried meal prepping and accidentally created six containers of regret.
Petition: Codify rules for MPs' attendance in Parliament
If I didn’t turn up to work, I’d be fired.
If I didn’t turn up to work, I’d be fired.
July 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Petition: Codify rules for MPs' attendance in Parliament
If I didn’t turn up to work, I’d be fired.
If I didn’t turn up to work, I’d be fired.
Er..
On one hand, i’m thinking “at least Ivanka isn’t going to feel so singled out anymore”…
On one hand, i’m thinking “at least Ivanka isn’t going to feel so singled out anymore”…
Might be time for another cognitive test...
July 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Er..
On one hand, i’m thinking “at least Ivanka isn’t going to feel so singled out anymore”…
On one hand, i’m thinking “at least Ivanka isn’t going to feel so singled out anymore”…
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Appeasing Trump.
UK would need to divert £44.7bn from essential NHS services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal.
US corporate profits boosted. Could result in more than 200,000 avoidable UK deaths.
Self-sufficiency for essentials saves lives.
UK would need to divert £44.7bn from essential NHS services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal.
US corporate profits boosted. Could result in more than 200,000 avoidable UK deaths.
Self-sufficiency for essentials saves lives.
US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Appeasing Trump.
UK would need to divert £44.7bn from essential NHS services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal.
US corporate profits boosted. Could result in more than 200,000 avoidable UK deaths.
Self-sufficiency for essentials saves lives.
UK would need to divert £44.7bn from essential NHS services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal.
US corporate profits boosted. Could result in more than 200,000 avoidable UK deaths.
Self-sufficiency for essentials saves lives.
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If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them
A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't
A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't
EU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big Tech
Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows
www.ft.com
July 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them
A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't
A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't
Remember all those times your parents told you off for leaving a door or window open?
“You’ll let all the heat out!”
Well it was a damn lie!
Windows open, door open, and my living room is STILL over 25C at 11:30 at night…
#HeatWave
“You’ll let all the heat out!”
Well it was a damn lie!
Windows open, door open, and my living room is STILL over 25C at 11:30 at night…
#HeatWave
June 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Remember all those times your parents told you off for leaving a door or window open?
“You’ll let all the heat out!”
Well it was a damn lie!
Windows open, door open, and my living room is STILL over 25C at 11:30 at night…
#HeatWave
“You’ll let all the heat out!”
Well it was a damn lie!
Windows open, door open, and my living room is STILL over 25C at 11:30 at night…
#HeatWave
…for a little more context
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇
So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves
Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage
🧵1/23
June 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
…for a little more context
Renewables and battery tech mean it’s cheap to produce, runs at a surplus and ensures supply.
Energy has moved on, so why are fossil fuels being allowed to dominate?
We currently PAY renewable sources NOT to operate so fossil fuel sources can in the UK.
Why?!
Energy has moved on, so why are fossil fuels being allowed to dominate?
We currently PAY renewable sources NOT to operate so fossil fuel sources can in the UK.
Why?!
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
open.substack.com
June 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Renewables and battery tech mean it’s cheap to produce, runs at a surplus and ensures supply.
Energy has moved on, so why are fossil fuels being allowed to dominate?
We currently PAY renewable sources NOT to operate so fossil fuel sources can in the UK.
Why?!
Energy has moved on, so why are fossil fuels being allowed to dominate?
We currently PAY renewable sources NOT to operate so fossil fuel sources can in the UK.
Why?!
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The Tories brought us
15 years of austerity
15 years of NHS underfunding ready for privatising
15 years of thousands of people dying in 'eat or heat' poverty
Whatever they say
the ex-Tories now deciding policy for Reform UK
plan to give us more of the same
meme via Godfrey Combrink
15 years of austerity
15 years of NHS underfunding ready for privatising
15 years of thousands of people dying in 'eat or heat' poverty
Whatever they say
the ex-Tories now deciding policy for Reform UK
plan to give us more of the same
meme via Godfrey Combrink
June 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The Tories brought us
15 years of austerity
15 years of NHS underfunding ready for privatising
15 years of thousands of people dying in 'eat or heat' poverty
Whatever they say
the ex-Tories now deciding policy for Reform UK
plan to give us more of the same
meme via Godfrey Combrink
15 years of austerity
15 years of NHS underfunding ready for privatising
15 years of thousands of people dying in 'eat or heat' poverty
Whatever they say
the ex-Tories now deciding policy for Reform UK
plan to give us more of the same
meme via Godfrey Combrink
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BREAKING: Greenland and 86 other countries have announced they are two weeks away from a nuclear weapon. Willing to negotiate settlements with Trump.
June 17, 2026 at 10:04 AM
BREAKING: Greenland and 86 other countries have announced they are two weeks away from a nuclear weapon. Willing to negotiate settlements with Trump.
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The older I get, the more I understand why cats just walk away mid-conversation
June 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The older I get, the more I understand why cats just walk away mid-conversation
Interesting, isn’t it?
Tax profits on one, turnover on the other…
Tax profits on one, turnover on the other…
Corporation: We made $5 billion but spent $4.9 billion to keep going, so our net taxable income is $100 million.
Gov’t: That’s right.
Worker: I made $50,000 but spent $45,000 to keep going, so my net taxable income is $5,000.
Gov’t: That’s wrong.
Gov’t: That’s right.
Worker: I made $50,000 but spent $45,000 to keep going, so my net taxable income is $5,000.
Gov’t: That’s wrong.
June 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Interesting, isn’t it?
Tax profits on one, turnover on the other…
Tax profits on one, turnover on the other…
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I’d be surprised if even 10% of what’s charged actually goes towards looking after the child.
If health and social care are to stand a chance of recovering, privatisation has to go.
It’s nothing more than a scam in most cases.
If health and social care are to stand a chance of recovering, privatisation has to go.
It’s nothing more than a scam in most cases.
Curse of private equity
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. Companies making cash from England’s children in care.
Average charge to the state by a private provider for a child in “care” is £384,020 a year, some charge £1m+.
Provide poor service l.
End privatisation.
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. Companies making cash from England’s children in care.
Average charge to the state by a private provider for a child in “care” is £384,020 a year, some charge £1m+.
Provide poor service l.
End privatisation.
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I’d be surprised if even 10% of what’s charged actually goes towards looking after the child.
If health and social care are to stand a chance of recovering, privatisation has to go.
It’s nothing more than a scam in most cases.
If health and social care are to stand a chance of recovering, privatisation has to go.
It’s nothing more than a scam in most cases.
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This is a brilliant idea to force corporations to either raise pay rates for their employees or lower their payouts to CEOs 💯💯💯🎯
June 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
This is a brilliant idea to force corporations to either raise pay rates for their employees or lower their payouts to CEOs 💯💯💯🎯
Whoopsie…
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue
www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
www.404media.co
June 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Whoopsie…