Albertina McNeill

The struggle to see the good side of a west London suburb #hyperlocal

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

"Luck boy", Private William Hodges, Middlesex Regiment. #WW1 #workhouses #children #Acton #Brentford #Hillingdon #Uxbridge #music #military #Middlesex #MiddlesexRegiment https://t.co/yBZgEMWmnq

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

@monstroso That's not garden furniture. It's toys.

[Marcus Cribb @mcribbHistory]

It has been a difficult few weeks for members of HM Armed Forces, with five fatalities on exercise/training and displays.

15 May LBdr Sullivan in Windsor
31 May LCpl Freeman in Iraq
3 June Lt Cdr Gayson
3 June Lt Fisher
3 June PO Green

Thoughts to all their families.

[Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc]

Veteran news anchor Jon Snow has shared that he’s living with dementia, speaking publicly for the first time to raise awareness of a condition affecting around 1 million people across the UK.

Jon and his wife, neurologist Dr Precious Lunga, are supporting Alzheimer’s Society @alzheimerssoc and shared the story of Jon’s diagnosis in @DailyMail as part of our Defeating Dementia campaign with the newspaper.

https://t.co/Sy08OWXmms

We’ve partnered with Jon, in association with @Channel4, on a powerful new documentary airing on 20 June. Jon Snow: A Last Big Story looks at how he’s navigating life with dementia, and how, when we all come together, we can change the story.

Thank you to Jon and Precious for their courage and openness to bring much-needed attention to dementia 💙

@jonsnowC4

Photo credit: Cynthia R Matonhodze

[Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy]

A bit of good, if bittersweet, news on a Friday. A Staffordshire woman's plea to find a stem cell donor for her leukaemia-stricken mum appears to have been responsible for a 1,600% increase in Black potential donors signing up to the register, and no that isn't a typo.

[charlie higson @monstroso]

The royalties just keep pouring in from Equity. Not complaining though, as, to the best of my knowledge I wasn’t actually in Grimsby.

[London Pub Map @LondonPubMap]

The Mother Red Cap on Holloway Road is back open.

[ClassicRockMemories @nottco]

Remembering Tom Evans , who was born today 5th June 1947,

A sad story from Michael Heatley 👇

"The story of Badfinger: the torment of rock'n'roll and the tragedy that follows"

https://t.co/GLnWmCji9b

#badfinger

[National Army Museum @NAM_London]

Hear first-hand stories of courage and gallantry from recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross.

📅 Friday 12 June
📍 National Army Museum
🎟️ £30.00

🔗 Find out more https://t.co/pW1Yy0t8T0

#VictoriaCross #GeorgeCross #NationalArmyMuseum #MilitaryHistory

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Anthony Head, best known for TV roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso and Little Britain, dies aged 72 https://t.co/obPVwf7MdJ

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

Case in point, the war for listeners is on and the use of punchy clips is part of it. Another presenter ⬇️ has stopped using Twitter himself but uses it by proxy to extend his reach. So much for not politicising the murder. https://t.co/wl82xy3BoL

[LBC @LBC]

“They hate the fact that police no longer treat ethnic minorities as the wrong ‘un”

James O'Brien thinks he’s worked out why certain people are so ‘outraged’ by Henry Nowak’s death.

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

One of the saddest aspects of this case are the attempts to trigger engagement in audiences by presenters through provocative introductions and statements. The "shock jock" approach exploiting the worst of situations. I thought you were above this @HenryRiley1 .

[LBC @LBC]

'Nowak's killer being a Sikh is incidental - you're just disingenuous!'

Caller David accuses @HenryRiley1 of perpetuating racism by questioning the need for people to carry ceremonial knives, and Henry isn't having it.

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

"The crew were Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, who was Britain's only female Royal Navy commando, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed." https://t.co/jEofYobg4i

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Sick of hearing this. People have been making art and writing without machine assistance for thousands of years, and it’s profoundly degrading to suggest that students are now incapable of doing so. If these men have their way, it will be the death of thinking and the arts.

[Barry Delaney @thebaz_dublin]

Big Tech theft - stealing creative output of creatives to make more billions without artists permission - while us artists live on the breadline

[Barry Delaney @thebaz_dublin]

Big Tech becoming the new artists - by stealing real artist's work

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

@MarkYoungTruth Probably imported them from you.

[Devana 🇺🇦 @DevanaUkraine]

There are thousands of such comments every day from "Poles". I don't see any difference with Russians. Tell me, are these Russian bots or do we have a new Russia in Poland?

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

Ukrainian drones get too close for comfort in Russia, and then this... #timing

[Institute of National Remembrance @ipngovpl_eng]

🗓🕯On 2 June 1943, in the village of Hurby (Volhynia), a unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), supported by local Ukrainian self-defence formations, murdered about 250 Poles.

Elderly people, adults and children were brutally killed. Many victims were tortured, mutilated and burned alive. ➡ https://t.co/SYZrF25nge

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

It is the practice of your station to clip segments that promote your show. Having attracted that attention you cannot then complain about its nature. I'm surprised that anyone in the media with over 11,000 followers could be this sensitive. Speak to your production team.

[Henry Riley @HenryRiley1]

@GreenfordBlog Respectfully this was a 1 min clip of a 2 hour conversation. He started off by calling me a racist - I was not being a shock jock

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

This terrible news has really knocked me for six. Alex Younger was a truly outstanding Head of MI6 during my time as PM and an exemplary public servant. He has been taken from us far too soon.

Due to the nature of their work, few fully understand the service and sacrifice made by those working in our intelligence and security services - but be in no doubt, Alex made our country a safer place and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude for that.

I had the privilege to continue working with Alex and to remain good friends after we both left office; I will miss him dreadfully. He was a remarkable man - tremendously knowledgable and insightful, but also such fantastic company and fun to be with. Kind, thoughtful; a good man in every sense.

At a time when our world is more confrontational, volatile and, frankly, dangerous, his expertise and great wisdom will be deeply missed. My thoughts and prayers are with Sarah and his family at this sad time.

https://t.co/jbGkmTjfUr

[Albertina McNeill @GreenfordBlog]

Ours was really triggered by the sound of tin foil. He had turned up at the door of a Cats Protection fosterer as a kitten and we think he must have survived on leftover takeaways for a while.

[Simon's Cat 🐾 @SimonsCat]

Why do cats love going through trash? 🙈😻