Jeff
@jeffm2018.bsky.social
Just looking in to see what is what. Blues, cats, cakes and photography and stuff. Might have spent 30 years in broadcast. no dm.
Header pic Caban Coch Dam in the Elan Valley in Wales. Water topping the dam is normal when it is full.
Header pic Caban Coch Dam in the Elan Valley in Wales. Water topping the dam is normal when it is full.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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Nothing has changed - #Egyptian flip flops 😃: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1000 BC. It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate.
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Nothing has changed - #Egyptian flip flops 😃: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1000 BC. It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate.
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
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As another autumn storm rages, here is the gaunt skeleton of the impressive Cornish engine house at Bottalack Tin Mine, St Just, #Cornwall, in a brief weather window last week. Quite a view!
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
As another autumn storm rages, here is the gaunt skeleton of the impressive Cornish engine house at Bottalack Tin Mine, St Just, #Cornwall, in a brief weather window last week. Quite a view!
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
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Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8
Double 8 camera
It’s a (hidden) art itself how the film is threaded 😍
Photo credit and more details about this masterpiece of cine technology:
fotobox.over-blog.fr/2015/08/zeis...
Double 8 camera
It’s a (hidden) art itself how the film is threaded 😍
Photo credit and more details about this masterpiece of cine technology:
fotobox.over-blog.fr/2015/08/zeis...
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8
Double 8 camera
It’s a (hidden) art itself how the film is threaded 😍
Photo credit and more details about this masterpiece of cine technology:
fotobox.over-blog.fr/2015/08/zeis...
Double 8 camera
It’s a (hidden) art itself how the film is threaded 😍
Photo credit and more details about this masterpiece of cine technology:
fotobox.over-blog.fr/2015/08/zeis...
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For a small country, Wales has a surprising number of very, very cool dinosaurs.
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For a small country, Wales has a surprising number of very, very cool dinosaurs.
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
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'The Pool of London during Dockland Air Raids, 1940' by Charles Pears
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
'The Pool of London during Dockland Air Raids, 1940' by Charles Pears
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
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And it's not over yet.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And it's not over yet.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
We call on Peers to reinsert this measure into the Bill when it comes back to them.
A future where nature and people thrive together is possible. We just need the Government to listen.
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Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
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What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
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He's in the files, hence his reluctance to release them.
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
He's in the files, hence his reluctance to release them.
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👉 When you take a copy of the Big Issue from a vendor, you're supporting them to work with dignity and keep the Big Issue model alive
Our vendors are working, not begging, and taking the mag shows your support for their dignity and independence
Our vendors are working, not begging, and taking the mag shows your support for their dignity and independence
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
👉 When you take a copy of the Big Issue from a vendor, you're supporting them to work with dignity and keep the Big Issue model alive
Our vendors are working, not begging, and taking the mag shows your support for their dignity and independence
Our vendors are working, not begging, and taking the mag shows your support for their dignity and independence
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The British press doesn’t mince words. 🇬🇧
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The British press doesn’t mince words. 🇬🇧
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Rain is beginning to ease across northern England, but further heavy pulses are possible for parts of southern and central Scotland
As a result, today's yellow rain warning has been updated
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
As a result, today's yellow rain warning has been updated
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rain is beginning to ease across northern England, but further heavy pulses are possible for parts of southern and central Scotland
As a result, today's yellow rain warning has been updated
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
As a result, today's yellow rain warning has been updated
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
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13 November 1943 | Dutch Jewish boy Ivor Arnold Troostwijk was born in Den Bosch.
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
13 November 1943 | Dutch Jewish boy Ivor Arnold Troostwijk was born in Den Bosch.
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
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Saw these on my walk the other day
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Saw these on my walk the other day
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Sunflowers at sunset.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sunflowers at sunset.
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A tram lights up the gloom during the biting early winter of 1947. Amazingly, it's only 2.30pm on this November day as the freezing smog takes hold. Glasgow would endure frequent pea-soupers prior to the Clean Air Act of 1956.
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A tram lights up the gloom during the biting early winter of 1947. Amazingly, it's only 2.30pm on this November day as the freezing smog takes hold. Glasgow would endure frequent pea-soupers prior to the Clean Air Act of 1956.
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
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This Maintenance Week we thought we’d highlight the reality of maintaining historic churches.
Although thought to be a less glamorous aspect of our work, maintenance requires great skills and expertise.
Although thought to be a less glamorous aspect of our work, maintenance requires great skills and expertise.
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This Maintenance Week we thought we’d highlight the reality of maintaining historic churches.
Although thought to be a less glamorous aspect of our work, maintenance requires great skills and expertise.
Although thought to be a less glamorous aspect of our work, maintenance requires great skills and expertise.
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would you like to see the ancient medieval wooden winch that Durham cathedral used to hoist great tonnes of stone up several stories to build the nave?
silly question, here it is
silly question, here it is
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
would you like to see the ancient medieval wooden winch that Durham cathedral used to hoist great tonnes of stone up several stories to build the nave?
silly question, here it is
silly question, here it is
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Keir Starmer's spokesman says he spoke to his senior team today and "has been assured that no No. 10 staff briefed against ministers."
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Keir Starmer's spokesman says he spoke to his senior team today and "has been assured that no No. 10 staff briefed against ministers."
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
Asked why he apologised to Wes Streeting if he believes his staff didn't brief against him, he replies that he "apologised for the situation he found himself in"
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Richard Smith, of the South Durham Hunt, hitting his horse in the head with his riding crop 😡 Get this 'man' famous!
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Richard Smith, of the South Durham Hunt, hitting his horse in the head with his riding crop 😡 Get this 'man' famous!
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NEW: I wrote about British churches installing heat pumps, in some cases in 1,000-year-old buildings! Decarbonisation may not be easy, but many view it as an act of faith.
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
Let there be warmth! The British churches putting their faith in heat pumps
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of decarbonisation
www.thereengineer.pro
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: I wrote about British churches installing heat pumps, in some cases in 1,000-year-old buildings! Decarbonisation may not be easy, but many view it as an act of faith.
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...
This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳
www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...