Andrew Howson 🇺🇦

Engineer, Family History researcher, British Home children of Canada researcher, An eclectic taste. Happiest strolling the moors. @Howson.bsky.social

[Womble 69 @womble69]

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[Michael Glasper @MichaelCGlasper]

USA v Belgium.

[Madame Julie @MadameJulie007]

Bravo les Belges!!!
4-1!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@yousef_ki1 …

[Tony Pollard @ProfTonyPollard]

Tintin Strikes Back!

[James Mellor @JamesDFMellor]

Belgium doing their bit to 'stop the steal'.
(One for the @cartoonmovement)

[Max Uechtritz @plesbilongmi]

You're welcome

[Fig Newton @TopTerf]

To the London black cab driver who found me bloodied in the chaos of central London and drove me all the way to Reading: thank you.

Thank you for cleaning my face. For the sugary tea at the BP garage. For delivering me safely to my friend's front door and refusing to charge me a single penny.

In the trauma of that day, I never asked your name. I don’t think I even thanked you properly, and I am so sorry for that. But I hope you know that I remember you every single year.

You were a hero when London needed one most.

#SevenSeven
#NeverForget
#LondonBombings

[Kara @UTDKarra]

Repost if you think Gianni Infantino is the worst FIFA president ever.

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@finniethep00h They used it here in uk in places. Horses made less noise when walking or trotting on them in towns and villages.
One still there is at Eaton Hall in Cheshire.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Ban Palantir from the NHS!!

RT if you agree!!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Andy Burnham looks like he might cancel the NHS England contract with Palantir, they also have one worth 2.5x as much with the MoD.

RT if you want them both out of the UK.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Greenland Rejects Mining Company’s Rare Earth Exploration Application

Naalakkersuit (The Government of Greenland) has rejected an application from the Australian mining company Greenland Minerals to continue exploration for a proposed rare earth mine at Kuannersuit in southern Greenland.

According to a press release from Naalakkersuisut, the Government of Greenland, the decision was made on Thursday. Greenland Minerals had held an exploration licence for the project since 2007, seeking to develop one of the world’s largest known deposits of rare earth elements.

“The application for an extension has been rejected because further exploration in the area is not considered likely to identify deposits that can be exploited in accordance with the Uranium Act,” Naalakkersuisut said in the statement.

The Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) mine became the defining issue of Greenland’s 2021 parliamentary election.

Following the election, the new Greenlandic government introduced legislation banning the extraction of radioactive uranium, effectively halting the mining project.

Although the primary objective was to extract rare earth elements, uranium would have been produced as a by-product of the mining operation.

The company subsequently sought compensation after the project was halted. It initiated arbitration proceedings and later changed its name to Energy Transition Minerals (ETM).

Case to proceed through the courts

In October 2025, after more than three years of legal proceedings, the Government of Greenland won a key ruling that the company’s DKK 80 billion compensation claim could not be heard by an international arbitration tribunal.

The compensation dispute will instead proceed through the courts. Energy Transition Minerals has filed lawsuits with the High Court of Greenland and the Copenhagen City Court.

—KNR

[Charles Archer @that_stocks_guy]

#CIZ

Cizzle is finally there. The wait is over.

https://t.co/ulIEHkDRJY

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@MonsieurPiddly It’s a very good centre.

[WxMaccaUK @WxMaccaUK]

CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK | THU 12:00 – FRI 23:59

A historic severe thunderstorm event is on the cards across parts of the UK from tomorrow into Friday, with the greatest risk focused on Northern Ireland and Scotland. Widespread thunderstorm activity is expected across western areas, with severe thunderstorms and perhaps a few supercells possible within the highest-risk regions.

The primary hazards will be large to very large hail, generally 3–5 cm in diameter, with an isolated 6 cm hailstone not out of the question. Significant flash flooding will also be a concern, with over an inch of rain possible in a short period where storms repeatedly affect the same areas. Very frequent to prolific lightning is expected, alongside isolated damaging wind gusts within the strongest storms.

The most active period for Scotland and Northern Ireland is expected to begin tomorrow afternoon and continue through Friday, with multiple rounds of thunderstorms possible. Lightning activity may be extraordinary at times, particularly across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, in what could become one of the more notable lightning events seen in recent years.

Most storms are expected to remain elevated, which should limit the overall tornado risk. However, all severe hazards remain possible, including an isolated tornado should any storm become surface-based. Storms are expected to move generally towards the northeast throughout the event.

Further south, marginally severe thunderstorms are possible across the West Country and south-central England tomorrow afternoon and evening. These may initially be surface-based before becoming elevated, bringing the risk of very frequent lightning, medium to large hail, severe wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, and localised flash flooding. Storms will move north-north-eastwards.

A further round of thunderstorms is expected during the early hours of Friday as plume engagement develops. Strong elevated convection may produce isolated large hail, frequent to very frequent lightning, occasional strong wind gusts and localised flash flooding before gradually weakening as storms move northeast and east-northeast into the Midlands.

The greatest concern across the event remains the risk of very large hail in parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Confidence remains high in a potentially historic severe thunderstorm outbreak across the UK through tomorrow and Friday.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

The Mayor of Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq has just published an open letter addressed to Greenland Energy CEO Robert Price on the municipality’s official website.

“Mr. Price,
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit deserve answers.
After your recent public meeting in our town, many citizens left with the same question:
Who are you telling the truth to?
In the American media you have been promoting Jameson Land as one of the world’s next great oil discoveries. You have spoken about potential reserves of 13 billion barrels of oil. You have appeared in interviews claiming that Greenland could become a major contributor to global energy supplies. You have spoken with confidence, certainty and enthusiasm.

Yet when you stood in front of the people who actually live closest to the area you want to explore, your message suddenly changed.
Now everything was uncertain.
Now you said you do not know whether oil exists.
Now you said more exploration is needed.
Now you said no one can know until wells are drilled.
Which version should the people of Greenland believe?

The Robert Price who tells American audiences that a historic oil discovery is waiting beneath Jameson Land?
Or the Robert Price who tells Greenlanders that nobody knows whether there is any oil at all?
Because both stories cannot be true.
You cannot sell certainty abroad while selling uncertainty at home.
You cannot encourage excitement among investors while asking Greenlanders to accept that the outcome remains unknown.
And you cannot expect trust when your message changes depending on who is sitting in the audience.

What concerns me most is that Greenlanders are expected to carry the risks while others are encouraged to dream about the rewards.
When speaking internationally, you have painted a picture of enormous opportunities. When speaking locally, you repeatedly retreat behind uncertainty whenever difficult questions are asked.
That is not leadership.
That is not transparency.
And it is not how you build trust with a community whose future may be affected by your activities.
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit are not naive. They understand that exploration involves uncertainty. They understand that geology is complex.
What they do not understand is why your confidence seems to rise when speaking to foreign audiences and disappear when speaking to Greenlanders.

You have also made statements suggesting that operations could proceed year-round with few obstacles from weather or nature. Anyone familiar with East Greenland knows that reality is far more complicated than that.
The people who hunt there know it.
The people who fish there know it.
The people who have lived there for generations know it.

So again, I ask:
Are you giving Americans the sales pitch and Greenlanders the disclaimer?
Are you telling investors what they want to hear while telling local people what you need them to hear?
Greenland is not a marketing campaign.
Ittoqqortoormiit is not a backdrop for investor presentations.
And our citizens are not props in a corporate narrative.

If Greenland Energy wants to operate in Greenland, then start by speaking honestly and consistently, regardless of whether you are standing in front of investors in the United States or citizens in Ittoqqortoormiit.
Because trust is earned through truth.
And right now, many people in East Greenland are wondering which version of the truth they are being given.
Who are you misleading, Mr. Price? The people of Greenland or your audience in the United States?
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit deserve an answer.
Sincerely,
Avaaraq Olsen
Mayor
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq”

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@that_stocks_guy looks like there are lots of lies being told here by Robert Price.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

The Mayor of Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq has just published an open letter addressed to Greenland Energy CEO Robert Price on the municipality’s official website.

“Mr. Price,
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit deserve answers.
After your recent public meeting in our town, many citizens left with the same question:
Who are you telling the truth to?
In the American media you have been promoting Jameson Land as one of the world’s next great oil discoveries. You have spoken about potential reserves of 13 billion barrels of oil. You have appeared in interviews claiming that Greenland could become a major contributor to global energy supplies. You have spoken with confidence, certainty and enthusiasm.

Yet when you stood in front of the people who actually live closest to the area you want to explore, your message suddenly changed.
Now everything was uncertain.
Now you said you do not know whether oil exists.
Now you said more exploration is needed.
Now you said no one can know until wells are drilled.
Which version should the people of Greenland believe?

The Robert Price who tells American audiences that a historic oil discovery is waiting beneath Jameson Land?
Or the Robert Price who tells Greenlanders that nobody knows whether there is any oil at all?
Because both stories cannot be true.
You cannot sell certainty abroad while selling uncertainty at home.
You cannot encourage excitement among investors while asking Greenlanders to accept that the outcome remains unknown.
And you cannot expect trust when your message changes depending on who is sitting in the audience.

What concerns me most is that Greenlanders are expected to carry the risks while others are encouraged to dream about the rewards.
When speaking internationally, you have painted a picture of enormous opportunities. When speaking locally, you repeatedly retreat behind uncertainty whenever difficult questions are asked.
That is not leadership.
That is not transparency.
And it is not how you build trust with a community whose future may be affected by your activities.
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit are not naive. They understand that exploration involves uncertainty. They understand that geology is complex.
What they do not understand is why your confidence seems to rise when speaking to foreign audiences and disappear when speaking to Greenlanders.

You have also made statements suggesting that operations could proceed year-round with few obstacles from weather or nature. Anyone familiar with East Greenland knows that reality is far more complicated than that.
The people who hunt there know it.
The people who fish there know it.
The people who have lived there for generations know it.

So again, I ask:
Are you giving Americans the sales pitch and Greenlanders the disclaimer?
Are you telling investors what they want to hear while telling local people what you need them to hear?
Greenland is not a marketing campaign.
Ittoqqortoormiit is not a backdrop for investor presentations.
And our citizens are not props in a corporate narrative.

If Greenland Energy wants to operate in Greenland, then start by speaking honestly and consistently, regardless of whether you are standing in front of investors in the United States or citizens in Ittoqqortoormiit.
Because trust is earned through truth.
And right now, many people in East Greenland are wondering which version of the truth they are being given.
Who are you misleading, Mr. Price? The people of Greenland or your audience in the United States?
The people of Ittoqqortoormiit deserve an answer.
Sincerely,
Avaaraq Olsen
Mayor
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq”

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@RichardAngwin Israel.

[Andrew Howson 🇺🇦 @Howson_Halifax]

@villagemidiot @Mason_D26 How close does he have to stick to the 2024 manifesto?
Has he said he will respect it?