Advertisement · 728 × 90

Posts by Martin McDonald

Yeah, there does seem to a sharp difference on CNN daytime vs evening tbh, there does seem to be a noticeable move towards saying to guests 'yeah, that's a great talking point but it's not quite right is it..?' which is refreshing when you hear it!

22 minutes ago 0 0 0 0

In fairness, if you put Tapper to one side Burnett, Cooper and Collins particularly are doing some interesting stuff most evenings on challenging what the admin is saying in a way they certainly weren't doing a year ago

30 minutes ago 4 1 2 0
Preview
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”

This is why we should fund science. 🧪

5 hours ago 1669 557 24 14

Enten's just done a thing on this:
His numbers vs Harris in 2024 vs now are appalling

Generic + 7 >> -42

Independents + 10 >> -60 👀

1 hour ago 2 0 0 1
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

5 hours ago 4968 1830 272 155

Gating on rate limits although it was all quite confusing, whilst I was over my limit pushed changes wouldn't deploy?

1 hour ago 0 0 0 0

I ran into this last night, seems its already there?

1 hour ago 0 0 1 0

'So, I hear your listening to people on the Internet these days' 🤣

1 hour ago 3 0 0 0

Of course he did!

1 hour ago 1 0 0 0
All is chaos (and lots of piles of books)

All is chaos (and lots of piles of books)

I decided, early today, to tackle the long overdue job of sorting out my bookshelves and oh god what have I *DONE* (there are still several full shelves to sort before any reloading can begin).

2 hours ago 90 2 13 1
Advertisement

👀

1 hour ago 0 0 0 0

🤣

2 hours ago 1 0 1 0
Post image

They run back the same playbook with the same players every Sunday.

2 hours ago 1790 407 147 34
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

3 hours ago 5891 1095 131 103

You could get him to do the stopping service from Reading to Gatwick, the one that stops so frequently that the announcement never gets to finish and has pretty much lost its mind by Virginia Water!

2 hours ago 1 0 1 0

Alternative facts 🤣

2 hours ago 2 0 0 0

Video/audio or it didn't happen.

3 hours ago 18 2 4 0
Advertisement

Wonder what the State Department’s genocide lawyer does these days.

2 hours ago 656 129 41 2

The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

4 hours ago 4099 596 185 49

If you haven't yet seen this:
bsky.app/profile/phil...

3 hours ago 84 15 0 0

Plessy AND dred scott.

New idea, mug with all the cases holding that rules are claims processing and not jurisdictional rules.

4 hours ago 52 4 8 1
Post image

President Donald Trump said the US Navy fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship after it tried to get past the US naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman. https://cnn.it/4vKTK2q

4 hours ago 50 12 20 6

Isn't this why most novelists are nuts?

4 hours ago 1 0 0 0

I had a reason to send this as an @ to someone, but I'm not sure it's one I could ever actually explain in a way that would help.

5 hours ago 10 2 1 0

And then Liz Truss killed her #Antiquesroadshow

4 hours ago 5 1 0 0
Advertisement

With severe burns!

4 hours ago 1 0 0 0
Post image

No Cards, huh?

5 hours ago 792 201 31 6

@jamesrball.com they seem to be trying to explain my (1) from a few days back 👀

4 hours ago 1 0 0 0

Once you see it through the prism of them being in a ratings battle with GBN it makes some sense, when Boulton appears these days he sounds like a commie compared to the rest of their output

5 hours ago 5 0 0 0

I'm sure it's pure chance that every time I tune into Sky News to catch the headlines and every time it's a presenter salivating about Starmer's Mandelson problem.
Pure chance.

6 hours ago 38 8 6 0