Ewan Carmichael

I believe I can fly...

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

It’s the 10th anniversary of Brexit. Let’s have a look at how that’s going:

1974-2016: 7 prime ministers
2016-2026: 7 prime ministers

I said it then. I’ll say it again.
It’s a shitshow.

[Hockey World News @hockeyWrldNws]

Governing bodies receive millions in funding but not 1p makes it to Masters Hockey.

Is it time for change?

@IMGAmasters @WMastersHockey
@EHMasters @IrelandMasters @ScotlandMaster1 #mastershockey

Read the article and give us your thoughts.
👇🏻👇🏻
https://t.co/MhbnKx4zZk

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Nigel Farage says of the NHS, “I do not want it funded through general taxation. It doesn’t work”.

It does work.

And it’s cheap.

The “funding model” isn’t the problem.

Using the NHS as a political football, and stripping it for parts to enrich cronies, is.

[Scotsman Sport @ScotsmanSport]

St Mirren avoid unwanted Scottish first to secure Premiership safety on night of jitters in Paisley | @Graeme_Macphers https://t.co/dDgxVIE6uV

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

They lie incessantly, with impunity, without remorse, with remuneration. Just incessant hateful lies which the good get exhausted of correcting, the bad enjoy, and the unwitting believe. Till we’re drowned in this incessant tide of lies — and then it hits the hard rock of reality

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

@LeeAndersonMP_ @reformparty_uk consider half zipping your sweater and jacket, but not your fly

[Tim White @TWMCLtd]

Hello again, and thanks for reading.
If, by some miracle, this is appearing in your timeline for the first time, give me a try, give me feedback.

This is THE daily Ukraine thread for Thursday, the last day of April, the 50th whole month of war inflicted by Russia.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

Britain is rejoining Erasmus+.

From 2027, thousands of students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe, gaining international experience and new skills.

Run by the @BritishCouncil, the programme will unlock a range of opportunities for people from different backgrounds across the UK.

[Joey Swoll @TheJoeySwoll]

GYM ETIQUETTE 101 - If you can lift it, you can put it back AND please clean the machine.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

It’s genuinely astonishing: Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 began along the lines of late-Soviet large-scale land warfare: with armored thrusts and insane massive artillery barrages.

Then the war became the stage for a drone revolution that reshaped combat everywhere -- from the air to the sea, from the battlefield to the operational and strategic rear -- radically changing the role of armored vehicles and navy.

Now we are talking about the mass use of interceptor drones, ground robotic platforms, and systems with elements of military AI.

And all of this has unfolded within just 4 years.

I mean -- Ukraine has spent years moving mountains in real time and standing against a far superior enemy, and yet idiots keep parroting nonsense about a “failed state” that no one is willing to fight for.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Read this thread. Every word.

And then read it again, because you will not believe it can be true.

But it is. Every word.

@DavidLammy and @sarahsackman want to remove the right to jury trial in cases involving *death*.

Homicide cases.

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello, our shop in Kharkiv is working non-stop to deliver the engineering equipment. We are some of our best to make sure Ukrainian units have means to build fortifications and shelters. I am asking for your help by donating or sharing, liking and commenting on this post.

New equipment such as this costs 140,000$ per machine. We are buying them for 20k-30k repairing for 10k and with logistics average cost of the 7 ton excavator is around 30-40k USD. This is 1/3 to 1/4 of the cost of the new machine, and after the repairs it's ready to work for another 3-4 years.

Now, why are these machines so important?

Whatever video of the Ukrainian command center, drone pilot position, infantry position or an artillery position you see in the news, it's always buried underground.

Ukraine has severe engineering equipment shortages to build the fortifications. On top of that, centralized engineering units often build something that isn't as functional as needed.

Our organization empowers battalion and brigade level units with excavators to build exactly what they need and save lives of their service men. I am asking you to donate to our cause, we have been providing aid to Ukraine for the past 4 years, and as of late, donations have dried out and fundraising became extremely difficult.

Please consider donating:

Donation link:
https://t.co/oICKG0Hkns

[Paul Sweeney MSP @PaulJSweeney]

You can currently get a train from central Glasgow to Manchester Airport, but not Glasgow Airport. With over 8 million people using the airport in 2024 alone, this lack of accessibility cannot continue.

Recent increased prices for airport drop off and restricted bus links mean the airport is becoming unfeasible for many.

@GARL_2_0 are calling for the revival of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link. Check out their campaign and how to get involved👇
https://t.co/sHwZpcn91P

[Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7]

I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical.

It's a long one:

https://t.co/VFqxQUPsKG

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Great long read by @shaunwalker7 on the intel about Russia's invasion. The US and UK got the invasion happening right but cocked up how it would go by taking the Russian military's self-estimation at face value. https://t.co/aYN8GaJbrU

[Annette Dittert  @annettedittert]

Carole had done her homework and knew it years ago, but nobody wanted to listen.
She was always right.

[Hockey India League @HockeyIndiaLeag]

That’s the response they needed! 💪💯

Gursahibjit Singh draws Vedanta Kalinga Lancers level to make it 2–2 against Ranchi Royals.

📍Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
🗓️ 4 January 2025 | ⏰ 7:00 PM IST

YouTube: https://t.co/TQP6BXcAuy

Watch the HERO Hockey India League live on
Sony Ten 1 | Sony Ten 3 Hindi | Doordarshan Sports | Waves | YouTube

#HeroHockeyIndiaLeague #BigIsBack #IndiaKaGame

[Gus Tawse @gus_tawse]

Tesco just arrived with the Christmas delivery. The driver handed me a bag and said ‘There’s a couple of substitutions, here’s your sprig of rosemary and haddock’

I said to him ‘This isn’t the thyme or the plaice’.

[Premier Sports @PremSportsTV]

It's Ayunga again! 🤯

@saintmirrenfc lead 3-1 win and are within touching distance of the trophy now 🏁🏆

#PremierSportsCup | @spfl

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello everyone. I am fundraising to get engineering equipment to Ukraine. The fundraiser is currently stuck and I need your help with donating and reposting. The donation link will be in the next post and it is tax deductible in the USA. Here are more details on why this is important:

The funding for Ukraine is drying out. Both human and financial resources are scarce. Engineering equipment helps solve both problems.

This JCB excavator used by one of the UAF brigades has been destroyed. We provided it two years ago and it cost fifty thousand dollars. The excavator has an engine hours meter, similar to a car odometer. In two years it worked for six thousand four hundred hours. It dug positions for howitzers and for the servicemen of the UAF. Six thousand four hundred hours of digging. It was a perfect workhorse for the brigade. It dug more than two hundred retreats for howitzers and crews, saving tens of millions of dollars of equipment and hundreds of lives of Ukrainian defenders.

Unfortunately it was destroyed. Nothing is perfect, but the operator is alive, and with your donations and reposts we can hopefully fund a new machine that will continue saving lives.

To translate it into real numbers:
🚜Machine cost: 50,000$
💸Saved equipment value: 30,000,000$
💛Lives saved: 50+

I know these numbers sound unbelievable, but they are real. I personally remember many cases when crews shared photos and videos of dugouts after bombardments and how they remained safe inside the bunkers.

These excavators are not a simple convenience. They are life saving workhorses that everyone takes for granted.
One machine costs from thirty to sixty thousand dollars, and a truck with a crane to transport them costs about the same.

41,000$/120,000$ fundraised

If you read this far, please consider donating. The link will be in the next post. ⤵️