Franck
@franckchester.bsky.social
Food loving French Cestrian Nerd,
Like:
- Chester UK - see Feed & Starter Pack
- Software Architecture
- politics & pokémongo
- books & photography
**I do not necessarily follow back** - don't take it personally, I just prefer a tightly curated feed
Like:
- Chester UK - see Feed & Starter Pack
- Software Architecture
- politics & pokémongo
- books & photography
**I do not necessarily follow back** - don't take it personally, I just prefer a tightly curated feed
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Franck
@franckchester.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Slowly rebuilding my favourite bit of my twitter profile here, to make me feel more at home.
These are pictures I took and like having pinned to my profile.
These are pictures I took and like having pinned to my profile.
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My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
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This is the text of the first two pages of the University's Emergency Briefing. It says: "The case of Bent Flyvbjerg, an emeritus professor at Saïd Business School and senior research fellow at St Anne’s College, is especially stark."
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This is the text of the first two pages of the University's Emergency Briefing. It says: "The case of Bent Flyvbjerg, an emeritus professor at Saïd Business School and senior research fellow at St Anne’s College, is especially stark."
Doing anything for Valentine's Day?
Roses are red, violets are blue, here is a little stick, covered in my poo...
Roses are red, violets are blue, here is a little stick, covered in my poo...
February 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Doing anything for Valentine's Day?
Roses are red, violets are blue, here is a little stick, covered in my poo...
Roses are red, violets are blue, here is a little stick, covered in my poo...
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The title of this article misled me into thinking it would adress my plea...
"I'm a software engineer who works from home and this relentless rain on my windows is depressing me. And my boots smell of trench foot. And I'm tired of drinking my own coffee..."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"I'm a software engineer who works from home and this relentless rain on my windows is depressing me. And my boots smell of trench foot. And I'm tired of drinking my own coffee..."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain
A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The title of this article misled me into thinking it would adress my plea...
"I'm a software engineer who works from home and this relentless rain on my windows is depressing me. And my boots smell of trench foot. And I'm tired of drinking my own coffee..."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"I'm a software engineer who works from home and this relentless rain on my windows is depressing me. And my boots smell of trench foot. And I'm tired of drinking my own coffee..."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM
![Writing on social media, the Walthamstow MP, Stella Creasy, said: "I long for the days when a midlife crisis for men like this meant getting a motorbike and a leather jacket, not trying to [get] elected so they could indulge their alt right fantasies about ensuring women were pregnant as soon as they were fertile and then didn't go to university."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svnolwyqf6fkeocunucl2gam/bafkreidop4d462xas3suyuplr4wuf236jroumq2gjl25qb5nxm6igdbnji@jpeg)
Reservoir Dogs...
managed to walk into that theatre knowing nothing about the movie or evem Tarrantino...
that first scene with the ear was... unexpected... 😱
managed to walk into that theatre knowing nothing about the movie or evem Tarrantino...
that first scene with the ear was... unexpected... 😱
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Reservoir Dogs...
managed to walk into that theatre knowing nothing about the movie or evem Tarrantino...
that first scene with the ear was... unexpected... 😱
managed to walk into that theatre knowing nothing about the movie or evem Tarrantino...
that first scene with the ear was... unexpected... 😱
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Hello ! And thanks to @nickdunbar77 for today's #FoxOfTheDay !
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Hello ! And thanks to @nickdunbar77 for today's #FoxOfTheDay !
what a miserably wet 'winter' we're having 😒
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
what a miserably wet 'winter' we're having 😒
Had missed the announcement earlier this week about the local government final settlement and its forgiving up to 90% of councils debt caused by SEND costs.
Seems significant and a step in the right direction.
mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/10/c...
Seems significant and a step in the right direction.
mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/10/c...
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Had missed the announcement earlier this week about the local government final settlement and its forgiving up to 90% of councils debt caused by SEND costs.
Seems significant and a step in the right direction.
mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/10/c...
Seems significant and a step in the right direction.
mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/10/c...
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The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
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Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
Bannon, Brexit, Johnson and Cambridge Analytica: the Daughter of Time
Peter Jukes reports on more revelations about the transatlantic right-wing network, and why the Government is withholding key information on the former Prime Minister’s role
bylinetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
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Busy day signing up new parliamentary candidates for Reform UK.
February 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Busy day signing up new parliamentary candidates for Reform UK.
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People discussing Epstein around this but the paedophile mentioned isn't Epstein and the case mentioned happened in 2017, so this raises more questions than it answers when it comes to why on earth there are so many paedophile sympathisers in parliament.
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
People discussing Epstein around this but the paedophile mentioned isn't Epstein and the case mentioned happened in 2017, so this raises more questions than it answers when it comes to why on earth there are so many paedophile sympathisers in parliament.
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Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
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www.storyhouse.com
Please come and support Storyhouse Queer. Bigots and rabble rousers are planning a protest. Stick it to them by peacefully attending and ignoring the protesters. They thrive on conflict and are ill equipped to deal with being ignored
Please come and support Storyhouse Queer. Bigots and rabble rousers are planning a protest. Stick it to them by peacefully attending and ignoring the protesters. They thrive on conflict and are ill equipped to deal with being ignored
Home | Storyhouse
www.storyhouse.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
www.storyhouse.com
Please come and support Storyhouse Queer. Bigots and rabble rousers are planning a protest. Stick it to them by peacefully attending and ignoring the protesters. They thrive on conflict and are ill equipped to deal with being ignored
Please come and support Storyhouse Queer. Bigots and rabble rousers are planning a protest. Stick it to them by peacefully attending and ignoring the protesters. They thrive on conflict and are ill equipped to deal with being ignored
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No more junior devs getting hired. Kids no longer take CS at college because they see no future in it. No more junior devs now = no more seniors in 3-5 years as current seniors move on.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 AM
No more junior devs getting hired. Kids no longer take CS at college because they see no future in it. No more junior devs now = no more seniors in 3-5 years as current seniors move on.
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By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The established press’ focus on supposedly ‘all powerful’ individual advisors often obscures the more important structural issues that come to define politics, writes Adam Bienkov
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February 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
19000 steps to celebrate my eldest success at her mock GCSE, all the way to Liverpool - finally found a use for this random phrchase
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
19000 steps to celebrate my eldest success at her mock GCSE, all the way to Liverpool - finally found a use for this random phrchase