Pete Hughes
@cyclemuze.bsky.social
Luddite techie. The serenity of long distance cycling, pubs, folk fiddle
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Pete Hughes
@cyclemuze.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Hello Blue Sky, glad to be here in the hope of a healthier place. I have nothing more to add now except - here's a nice slice of Bristol UK life, our Balloon Fiesta... from yesterday
Kyoto rail museum, very nice to visit once you have visited every shrine in the city 😀
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Kyoto rail museum, very nice to visit once you have visited every shrine in the city 😀
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I've never seen a nation torch its reputation the way Musk and Trump are torching that of the US. Every day they find a way to make a new segment of the world population detest them. Makes Brexit look like a PR triumph.
March 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've never seen a nation torch its reputation the way Musk and Trump are torching that of the US. Every day they find a way to make a new segment of the world population detest them. Makes Brexit look like a PR triumph.
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Please make sure you are following
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
It’s a superb podcast.
Many thanks.
Now please repost this post and continue with your scrolling.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
It’s a superb podcast.
Many thanks.
Now please repost this post and continue with your scrolling.
February 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please make sure you are following
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
It’s a superb podcast.
Many thanks.
Now please repost this post and continue with your scrolling.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
It’s a superb podcast.
Many thanks.
Now please repost this post and continue with your scrolling.
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The Daily Mirror brands Donald Trump "shameful" after the president blamed diversity hiring for the deadly air collision in Washington DC on Wednesday
January 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Daily Mirror brands Donald Trump "shameful" after the president blamed diversity hiring for the deadly air collision in Washington DC on Wednesday
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Today, I wrote about the Founders, about their faith, and about the history of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I posted it on Vichy Facebook, and it was immediately removed as spam.
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today, I wrote about the Founders, about their faith, and about the history of the Episcopal Church in the USA. I posted it on Vichy Facebook, and it was immediately removed as spam.
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
There is no free speech on any platform owned by an oligarch.
tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
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Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
November 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
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lol I used to quite religiously direct people towards the Waterstones website to buy my books because I was hoping to avoid Amazon at all costs, going to have to find another option now, fuck's sake
Since there are a lot of new people here: I will point out once again that Paul Singer, the billionaire who owns Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, donated $5m to a MAGA SuperPAC earlier this year, and that’s the money we know about.
November 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM
lol I used to quite religiously direct people towards the Waterstones website to buy my books because I was hoping to avoid Amazon at all costs, going to have to find another option now, fuck's sake
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This is a great interview but this answer just made me miss the ‘90s so bad
November 1, 2024 at 12:18 AM
This is a great interview but this answer just made me miss the ‘90s so bad
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Amazing what a bike ride does for your mood. It just never fails. The most reliable source of joy I know.
October 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Amazing what a bike ride does for your mood. It just never fails. The most reliable source of joy I know.
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This book placement at Heathrow airport
October 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
This book placement at Heathrow airport
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National Trust members, you have till midnight on 25 October to vote. Best thing is to use the quick vote to be sure we keep the Tufton St Restore Trust lot out. I appreciate some people would prefer to choose for themselves, but beware fragmenting the vote and letting in a Restore Trust candidate.
I will periodically keep banging on about the importance of all National Trust members voting at the AGM to keep out right-wing 'traditionalist' Restore Trust candidates for the council.
Normal service will be resumed later.
#SaveOurScones
Normal service will be resumed later.
#SaveOurScones
October 9, 2024 at 11:49 AM
National Trust members, you have till midnight on 25 October to vote. Best thing is to use the quick vote to be sure we keep the Tufton St Restore Trust lot out. I appreciate some people would prefer to choose for themselves, but beware fragmenting the vote and letting in a Restore Trust candidate.
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Terrific piece here by @willdunn.bsky.social on the new book about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In awe of the last paragraph especially. A merciless shanking
"Meetings with some of the company’s biggest advertisers were attended by Musk’s mother and a music producer who uses the name BloodPop" www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
www.newstatesman.com
September 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Terrific piece here by @willdunn.bsky.social on the new book about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In awe of the last paragraph especially. A merciless shanking
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This blog from Lee Waters MS, former transport secretary in the Welsh government, should be required reading for Labour’s new team at the Department for Transport.
Vision is important but nothing changes in transport unless you rewire how decisions are made
amanwy.blogspot.com/2024/08/dont...
Vision is important but nothing changes in transport unless you rewire how decisions are made
amanwy.blogspot.com/2024/08/dont...
September 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
This blog from Lee Waters MS, former transport secretary in the Welsh government, should be required reading for Labour’s new team at the Department for Transport.
Vision is important but nothing changes in transport unless you rewire how decisions are made
amanwy.blogspot.com/2024/08/dont...
Vision is important but nothing changes in transport unless you rewire how decisions are made
amanwy.blogspot.com/2024/08/dont...
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Bamburgh Castle from a (rather cold) sea near the Farne Islands. Definitely the end of summer...
September 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Bamburgh Castle from a (rather cold) sea near the Farne Islands. Definitely the end of summer...
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Yes a thousand times over to "Part of how the UK will shift towards being a country with a closer relationship is 1000 small domestic shifts." And more than "part" because of the importance of facts on the ground.
Though (a) is probably but not definitely right. Negotiations matter.
Though (a) is probably but not definitely right. Negotiations matter.
It's a Really Good Thing IMO a) that this campaign is asking for a thing that can only be fulfilled by softening Labour's current red lines and b) that they are not explicitly saying so. Part of how the UK will shift towards being a country with a closer relationship is 1000 small domestic shifts.
Maybe someone should have warned them this can't be solved given current red lines. Rather than raising their hopes? www.theguardian.com/business/art...
September 9, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Yes a thousand times over to "Part of how the UK will shift towards being a country with a closer relationship is 1000 small domestic shifts." And more than "part" because of the importance of facts on the ground.
Though (a) is probably but not definitely right. Negotiations matter.
Though (a) is probably but not definitely right. Negotiations matter.
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This column makes some great points: “Our beliefs aren’t just a barometer of what we think is true. They’re also bound up with what we value; our attitude to how thinking itself should work. What do you trust? What kinds of error will you risk? When will you count something as true?”
“At first, I thought she was kidding.”
I am falling for an amazing woman who is a flat-earther. Can I reconcile my diminishing respect? | Leading questions
Disagreements about our beliefs are one thing, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but our beliefs are also bound up with what we value
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM
This column makes some great points: “Our beliefs aren’t just a barometer of what we think is true. They’re also bound up with what we value; our attitude to how thinking itself should work. What do you trust? What kinds of error will you risk? When will you count something as true?”
More timeline luxury, from our neck of the woods this weekend!
August 13, 2024 at 12:41 PM
More timeline luxury, from our neck of the woods this weekend!
Hello Blue Sky, glad to be here in the hope of a healthier place. I have nothing more to add now except - here's a nice slice of Bristol UK life, our Balloon Fiesta... from yesterday
August 11, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Hello Blue Sky, glad to be here in the hope of a healthier place. I have nothing more to add now except - here's a nice slice of Bristol UK life, our Balloon Fiesta... from yesterday