Fred D

tourist, serial dilettante, glutton

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@cosmorxn @the_grungler_ @s8mb Bangkok? What about the stray dogs?

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@cosmorxn @s8mb There are lots of homeless on the streets in Salt Lake City. It doesn't feel safer than London. In fact the opposite.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@TumbleweedChase Ha. First time I saw him do this.
And the first time I saw such a stark headline.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

First piece of its kind in a serious UK publication. It won't be the last.

[owen matthews @owenmatth]

Ukraine is losing the war https://t.co/LTWiD3xiUk

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@NeilMerriman @DAaronovitch @adrianmckinty 0.5m with zero murders per annum typically.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@DAaronovitch @adrianmckinty The City of London (square mile) has a daytime population of 0.5million and a typical annual murder count of ... zero.
You do the math.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@gavinmuellerphd Who is 'they'?

[Fred D @CorpFred]

Was thinking just the same. Is it fear of Rights violation, fair use ignorance or just the desire for a "better" photo and a more photogenic hero? Also the beer seems to be an embellishment.
And not acknowledging AI just loses credibility.
The Letterman interview is on YouTube.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@paulmasonnews The realists lost too I guess.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@paulmasonnews A bit previous

[Dan @OldSquareWheels]

No Mrs. Brown's Boys this year, you say...

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@BrianMcDonaldIE So the plebs become the Eloi and the elite the Morlocks.

[Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin]

“It is hard to know what would be worse: if we are being deliberately lied to, or if these retired officers and security ‘experts’ heralding imminent victory for Ukraine actually believe this nonsense. Most probably, the political, bureaucratic, media, academic and think tank consensus in Europe has now become so monolithic and absolute that they do believe it, since nobody is saying anything different. To find alternative, more realistic voices, all too often one regrettably has to turn to the populist right.”

By @lieven_anatol

https://t.co/uvbil4CFeZ

[Andrew Hartman @HartmanAndrew]

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Fred D @CorpFred]

Peculiar choice of photo. Seems to be saying, ""Why did I bother wasting all that time being nice to people?"

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

If you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN (who left us 43yrs ago today, aged 73) was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport.

It read:

“To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”

[MichaelWhite @michaelwhite]

Kruger the humbug: Here’s authentic contempt and why it makes Matthew Parris- he’s older than me - such a star ( Times). As I’ve said before, I don’t think Kruger will last long with Farage

[Vladislav Davidzon @VladDavidzon]

This is Americana of the highest order

[Volodymyr Ishchenko @Volod_Ishchenko]

Same people also tend to believe (or at least they claim so) that Russia is ruled by a history-obsessed maniac.

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@AlistairHaimes @EdwardGLuce @adamboultonTABB The only sensible take is whatever the motivations (noble or otherwise), this is an immense gamble which could succeed or fail. I'd like to see more analysis of how exactly anti regime groups obtain the levers of power. How cohesive are the armed forces, are there any splits?

[Fred D @CorpFred]

@NicholasTyrone "Cut a figure" doesn't mean "was"