John Arnold
@floyduk.bsky.social
Mayor of Sandbach, UK. Sandbach Labour town councillor. Teacher of coding to kids with Code Club. Former host of PhotoWalkthrough video podcast.
But you don't have to disguise loo roll in brown paper to take it on the tube.
Competitively priced for loo roll, but not soft or absorbent enough.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
But you don't have to disguise loo roll in brown paper to take it on the tube.
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Don't threaten me with a good time!
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Don't threaten me with a good time!
It’s that time of year again! On Christmas Eve we always watch the best Christmas movie ever made.
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s that time of year again! On Christmas Eve we always watch the best Christmas movie ever made.
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Trump, January 2024: "Also, I was never on Epstein's plane..."
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump, January 2024: "Also, I was never on Epstein's plane..."
Just for comparison here is the C64 ultimate box together with my original C64 box.
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just for comparison here is the C64 ultimate box together with my original C64 box.
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social
@commodoreofficial.bsky.social
Well well. Look what just arrived! And before Christmas too! Very impressive performance this year by the newly re-made @commodoreofficial.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Well well. Look what just arrived! And before Christmas too! Very impressive performance this year by the newly re-made @commodoreofficial.bsky.social
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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Oops. This is a Republican representative, saying the files released break the law and Pam Bondi could be criminally prosecuted.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Oops. This is a Republican representative, saying the files released break the law and Pam Bondi could be criminally prosecuted.
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I AM PREPARED TO DRAG THE COUNTRY INTO AN OIL WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA AND A RELIGIOUS WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IF IT MAKES YOU FORGET I FIDDLED WITH CHILDREN ON PEDO ISLAND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LACK OF ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LACK OF ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced via social media that the U.S. is conducting a large-scale retaliatory strike against ISIS in Syria after two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an attack.
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I AM PREPARED TO DRAG THE COUNTRY INTO AN OIL WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA AND A RELIGIOUS WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IF IT MAKES YOU FORGET I FIDDLED WITH CHILDREN ON PEDO ISLAND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LACK OF ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LACK OF ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.
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And these CLOWNS want the keys to Downing Street.
How it started ... How it's going.
ReformUK-controlled Worcestershire council - one of three visited by Zia Yusuf's "DOGE" team, promising huge savings - has applied for permission to raise council tax by 10%! 😱 ~AA
ReformUK-controlled Worcestershire council - one of three visited by Zia Yusuf's "DOGE" team, promising huge savings - has applied for permission to raise council tax by 10%! 😱 ~AA
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
And these CLOWNS want the keys to Downing Street.
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Kamal al-Helbawy, the spokesman for the anti-Semitic Muslim Brotherhood, appeared on BBC only one time, in 2011.
Nigel Farage, the anti-Semitic head of Reform UK, has appeared on BBC QT 38 times since then, is a nightly feature on the news, and had his own show on GB News
Who is the bigger danger?
Nigel Farage, the anti-Semitic head of Reform UK, has appeared on BBC QT 38 times since then, is a nightly feature on the news, and had his own show on GB News
Who is the bigger danger?
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kamal al-Helbawy, the spokesman for the anti-Semitic Muslim Brotherhood, appeared on BBC only one time, in 2011.
Nigel Farage, the anti-Semitic head of Reform UK, has appeared on BBC QT 38 times since then, is a nightly feature on the news, and had his own show on GB News
Who is the bigger danger?
Nigel Farage, the anti-Semitic head of Reform UK, has appeared on BBC QT 38 times since then, is a nightly feature on the news, and had his own show on GB News
Who is the bigger danger?
I just completed all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com
Advent of Code 2025
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December 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I just completed all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com
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"Rachael Reeves’s budget means ... we’ll continue to have less disposable income than we did 20 years ago."
Why is it suddenly Labour's fault? Didn't you notice the 18.5 years of less disposable income BEFORE she delivered her budget? You know: the shit economy your mates delivered? Pricks.
Why is it suddenly Labour's fault? Didn't you notice the 18.5 years of less disposable income BEFORE she delivered her budget? You know: the shit economy your mates delivered? Pricks.
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Rachael Reeves’s budget means ... we’ll continue to have less disposable income than we did 20 years ago."
Why is it suddenly Labour's fault? Didn't you notice the 18.5 years of less disposable income BEFORE she delivered her budget? You know: the shit economy your mates delivered? Pricks.
Why is it suddenly Labour's fault? Didn't you notice the 18.5 years of less disposable income BEFORE she delivered her budget? You know: the shit economy your mates delivered? Pricks.
I just completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I just completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
“Unstoppable” force of populism meets immovable object of reality.
Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Unstoppable” force of populism meets immovable object of reality.
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Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.