Dr Prit Buttar
@dienekes.bsky.social
Retired doctor, Eastern Front historian, husband, dad, servant of two border collie puppies.
www.pritbuttar.com
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As we slowly clear the house, Debbie has presented me with my ‘box of cables that might be useful one day’ with instructions to throw away as much as possible.
Last week I had to dispose of ‘bits of wood that might be useful’.
Oh, the horror.
Last week I had to dispose of ‘bits of wood that might be useful’.
Oh, the horror.
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
As we slowly clear the house, Debbie has presented me with my ‘box of cables that might be useful one day’ with instructions to throw away as much as possible.
Last week I had to dispose of ‘bits of wood that might be useful’.
Oh, the horror.
Last week I had to dispose of ‘bits of wood that might be useful’.
Oh, the horror.
I mean … you would, wouldn’t you?
A man from Kazakhstan went to great lengths and made a carousel out of...a huge ice block.
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I mean … you would, wouldn’t you?
Osprey do a great job on the covers of my books. This time, they’ve excelled themselves.
Out later this year.
Out later this year.
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Osprey do a great job on the covers of my books. This time, they’ve excelled themselves.
Out later this year.
Out later this year.
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I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
Just … wow.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Just … wow.
I so love this.
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Argentine illustrator Mariana Ruiz Johnson (an inspiration to Mikey Please?) from a search & find book by David MacPhail, Where’s Dragon in his Castle? Fantasy, anachronism and historical fact with a dragon as guide. From Magic Cat 22 Jan. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I so love this.
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Dane-geld A.D. 980-1016
(Rudyard Kipling, 1911)
"1
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
(Rudyard Kipling, 1911)
"1
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
January 18, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Dane-geld A.D. 980-1016
(Rudyard Kipling, 1911)
"1
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
(Rudyard Kipling, 1911)
"1
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
Utterly, utterly brilliant.
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Utterly, utterly brilliant.
Does anyone know why there’s such a wave of new followers at the moment?
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Does anyone know why there’s such a wave of new followers at the moment?
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January 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Seriously, @marina-purkiss.bsky.social and @jemmaforte.bsky.social - please, stop having gambling ads on your podcast. A destructive, parasitic business, and your show promotes it.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Seriously, @marina-purkiss.bsky.social and @jemmaforte.bsky.social - please, stop having gambling ads on your podcast. A destructive, parasitic business, and your show promotes it.
As always, @chrisgrey.bsky.social gives a calm, rational analysis that is a welcome change from the heat of other commentaries.
Enemies within and without. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog includes a look at Erasmus, the Mail's anti-emigrant campaign, the great hate at home and the threat from Trump abroad, and the government's response: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
As always, @chrisgrey.bsky.social gives a calm, rational analysis that is a welcome change from the heat of other commentaries.
Want.
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Want.
Weeping with mirth over my breakfast
"Police officers learned to manually check the work of a transcription tool they were using to draft write-ups from bodycam footage after it mistakenly claimed an officer had turned into a frog. Disney’s The Princess and the Frog was playing in the background." 😆 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The cost of AI slop could cause a rethink that shakes the global economy in 2026
Revenues may be rising rapidly, but not by nearly enough to cover the wild levels of investment under way
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Weeping with mirth over my breakfast
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Good Prit: No, no, we has many other things we need more.
Bad Prit: But look at it, Precious, so shiny and beautiful. And it’s half price …
Bad Prit: Look, Precious, we wants it.
Good Prit: No, no, we has many other things we need more.
Bad Prit: But look at it, Precious, so shiny and beautiful. And it’s half price …
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January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Bad Prit: Look, Precious, we wants it.
Good Prit: No, no, we has many other things we need more.
Bad Prit: But look at it, Precious, so shiny and beautiful. And it’s half price …
Bad Prit: Look, Precious, we wants it.
Good Prit: No, no, we has many other things we need more.
Bad Prit: But look at it, Precious, so shiny and beautiful. And it’s half price …
@nigella.bsky.social’s black treacle ham … just fantastic.
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
@nigella.bsky.social’s black treacle ham … just fantastic.
Good luck, everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Good luck, everyone!
Dear @thetrawl.bsky.social
For various reasons, I hadn’t listened to your podcast for a while, and was delighted to find that it was just as great when I returned to it.
But … gambling adverts? Really?
Please, if you have any say, don’t accept ads from a parasitic industry.
For various reasons, I hadn’t listened to your podcast for a while, and was delighted to find that it was just as great when I returned to it.
But … gambling adverts? Really?
Please, if you have any say, don’t accept ads from a parasitic industry.
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dear @thetrawl.bsky.social
For various reasons, I hadn’t listened to your podcast for a while, and was delighted to find that it was just as great when I returned to it.
But … gambling adverts? Really?
Please, if you have any say, don’t accept ads from a parasitic industry.
For various reasons, I hadn’t listened to your podcast for a while, and was delighted to find that it was just as great when I returned to it.
But … gambling adverts? Really?
Please, if you have any say, don’t accept ads from a parasitic industry.
Coming next September. Writing this with my incredibly talented daughter was an utter joy. She has raised the standard hugely.
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Coming next September. Writing this with my incredibly talented daughter was an utter joy. She has raised the standard hugely.
Happy Christmas to all, from Scotland where it’s finally stopped raining.
December 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happy Christmas to all, from Scotland where it’s finally stopped raining.
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Presuming to plug this book which was a labour of love & about which I never even had a chat with a publicist. It contains 20 verbatim 1965/6 conversations with huge names of American art (see back of jacket) & is beautifully designed. The conversations were among 100 recorded in one year by my dad.
December 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Presuming to plug this book which was a labour of love & about which I never even had a chat with a publicist. It contains 20 verbatim 1965/6 conversations with huge names of American art (see back of jacket) & is beautifully designed. The conversations were among 100 recorded in one year by my dad.
The redacted Epstein files aren’t a surprise. There’s a pattern in recent years - Johnson, Trump, and others - that shows the weakness of safeguards in democracies. There’s too much reliance on people doing the right thing. Stronger safeguards are needed or these people will continue to prosper.
December 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The redacted Epstein files aren’t a surprise. There’s a pattern in recent years - Johnson, Trump, and others - that shows the weakness of safeguards in democracies. There’s too much reliance on people doing the right thing. Stronger safeguards are needed or these people will continue to prosper.
Drops of God on Apple+. Just superb.
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Drops of God on Apple+. Just superb.
I have a2017 iMac mainly for photo editing. Suddenly, Lightroom couldn’t update because the OS was too old. Apple’s newer OS won’t install on the old iMac, but the internet showed me how to do it using Opencore. Just another attempt to force me to buy a new computer when the old one is just fine.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I have a2017 iMac mainly for photo editing. Suddenly, Lightroom couldn’t update because the OS was too old. Apple’s newer OS won’t install on the old iMac, but the internet showed me how to do it using Opencore. Just another attempt to force me to buy a new computer when the old one is just fine.