Sol_Smith_V3.0
@deepbronzegreen.bsky.social
Automotive engineer and grateful escapee from the other place. Mostly old cars, cricket, overland travel and some political ranting though I am trying to turn that down a bit.
He/Him
#YNWA
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#YNWA
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#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2023 at 12:23 AM
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
The BBC should "Appropriately compensate" Trump by telling him to fuck off.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn - BBC News
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn
Trump says he will file legal action by Friday if the BBC does not apologise and
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The BBC should "Appropriately compensate" Trump by telling him to fuck off.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn - BBC News
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
#DefendTheBBC
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#DefendTheBBC
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
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Lovely bit of side eye from Liz there
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Lovely bit of side eye from Liz there
The Birmingham Christmas market has started already, it's earlier this year so we get longer to enjoy the tedious, annual spectacle.
I don't mean the market itself, I mean the people who insist on saying how much they hate the market.
I don't mean the market itself, I mean the people who insist on saying how much they hate the market.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Birmingham Christmas market has started already, it's earlier this year so we get longer to enjoy the tedious, annual spectacle.
I don't mean the market itself, I mean the people who insist on saying how much they hate the market.
I don't mean the market itself, I mean the people who insist on saying how much they hate the market.
That was not good, not good at all.
They will get there, they've shown glimpses like against Madrid but it's going to be a long and difficult journey.
#LFC
They will get there, they've shown glimpses like against Madrid but it's going to be a long and difficult journey.
#LFC
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That was not good, not good at all.
They will get there, they've shown glimpses like against Madrid but it's going to be a long and difficult journey.
#LFC
They will get there, they've shown glimpses like against Madrid but it's going to be a long and difficult journey.
#LFC
My problem with all the "Christmas is cancelled" nutters is that I wish they were right.
I wish someone would actually cancel it, instead it's just going to happen all over again and the stories are just the usual drivel.
I wish someone would actually cancel it, instead it's just going to happen all over again and the stories are just the usual drivel.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My problem with all the "Christmas is cancelled" nutters is that I wish they were right.
I wish someone would actually cancel it, instead it's just going to happen all over again and the stories are just the usual drivel.
I wish someone would actually cancel it, instead it's just going to happen all over again and the stories are just the usual drivel.
Another example of Flag In Name = Shitspewer.
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
🧵
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Another example of Flag In Name = Shitspewer.
No need to log on to Twitter / X you could soon have a #MuskBot shout racism at you in your own home.
#We'reDoomed
BBC News - Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#We'reDoomed
BBC News - Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans
The tech billionaire believes Optimus could play a big role in the lives of people around the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
No need to log on to Twitter / X you could soon have a #MuskBot shout racism at you in your own home.
#We'reDoomed
BBC News - Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#We'reDoomed
BBC News - Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One of the best TV programmes in recent times is The Repair Shop.
Skilled people fixing things but with a human element as well, it's great TV.
Skilled people fixing things but with a human element as well, it's great TV.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One of the best TV programmes in recent times is The Repair Shop.
Skilled people fixing things but with a human element as well, it's great TV.
Skilled people fixing things but with a human element as well, it's great TV.
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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hey if yall get a message or reply like this, this is fake
this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts
they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts
spread the word!!
this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts
they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts
spread the word!!
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
hey if yall get a message or reply like this, this is fake
this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts
they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts
spread the word!!
this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts
they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts
spread the word!!
Very good wrote up about this solicitor buying leaseholds and trying to extract money from the home owners.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Very good wrote up about this solicitor buying leaseholds and trying to extract money from the home owners.
I hope he fails and Tesla shareholders lose big.
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I hope he fails and Tesla shareholders lose big.
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Things the populist Right dislike:
The BBC
The NHS
The British courts & judges
London
Birmingham
Bristol
Brighton
Universities
Paying Taxes
The National Trust
English Heritage
18% of the British Population
It’s not hard to pin these people down as malcontents who dislike Britain & its people.
The BBC
The NHS
The British courts & judges
London
Birmingham
Bristol
Brighton
Universities
Paying Taxes
The National Trust
English Heritage
18% of the British Population
It’s not hard to pin these people down as malcontents who dislike Britain & its people.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Things the populist Right dislike:
The BBC
The NHS
The British courts & judges
London
Birmingham
Bristol
Brighton
Universities
Paying Taxes
The National Trust
English Heritage
18% of the British Population
It’s not hard to pin these people down as malcontents who dislike Britain & its people.
The BBC
The NHS
The British courts & judges
London
Birmingham
Bristol
Brighton
Universities
Paying Taxes
The National Trust
English Heritage
18% of the British Population
It’s not hard to pin these people down as malcontents who dislike Britain & its people.
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
This also needs saying.
It's preservation of their position and power, it's aboit avoiding further criticism or possible repercussions, it's not about doing the right thing.
It's preservation of their position and power, it's aboit avoiding further criticism or possible repercussions, it's not about doing the right thing.
This is the Royal equivalent of the amputation of a gangrenous limb to stop the rest of The Firm getting infected.
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
King Charles strips Andrew of prince title and ejects him from mansion
Royal subject to ‘censures deemed necessary’ in sharp change of tone by Buckingham Palace
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This also needs saying.
It's preservation of their position and power, it's aboit avoiding further criticism or possible repercussions, it's not about doing the right thing.
It's preservation of their position and power, it's aboit avoiding further criticism or possible repercussions, it's not about doing the right thing.
Once again.
If one of them can do it then they ALL BLOODY CAN!
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If one of them can do it then they ALL BLOODY CAN!
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
King’s brother will surrender lease and become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Once again.
If one of them can do it then they ALL BLOODY CAN!
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If one of them can do it then they ALL BLOODY CAN!
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Ah the good old Minesterial Code, simultaneously a set of absolute red lines that your opponent must adhere to and some vague guidance you can ignore as you wish.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tories say Starmer should sack Reeves for breaking law and breaking ministerial code – UK politics live
Reeves has been renting out her south London home without the specific £945 licence required by the local council
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ah the good old Minesterial Code, simultaneously a set of absolute red lines that your opponent must adhere to and some vague guidance you can ignore as you wish.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...