Martyn Egerton Hobbins
@martynh.bsky.social
#FBPE 80 years old Surrey UK I’m on a voyage of discovery and often appear opinionated because I state ideas to analyse reactions.
NO DIRECT MESSAGES UNLESS WE KNOW ONE ANOTHER
No drugs no illuminati NO CRYPTOCURRENCY No relationship thank you !
NO DIRECT MESSAGES UNLESS WE KNOW ONE ANOTHER
No drugs no illuminati NO CRYPTOCURRENCY No relationship thank you !
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I know word choice on the internet is fraught with SEO algorithm pseudoscience but I wish people cared more about accuracy and meaning. "I upcycled these beads into a necklace" bestie that's just called making a necklace
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I know word choice on the internet is fraught with SEO algorithm pseudoscience but I wish people cared more about accuracy and meaning. "I upcycled these beads into a necklace" bestie that's just called making a necklace
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Will we be reminded that the US justice department might well keep back some of the Epstein stuff because they claim to be investigating particular cases?
#R4Today
#R4Today
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Will we be reminded that the US justice department might well keep back some of the Epstein stuff because they claim to be investigating particular cases?
#R4Today
#R4Today
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Welp, did something useful today and repaired one of my laundry bags whose carrying strap was hanging on by a thread and had some busted seams. Grandma's spool of upholstery thread still reigning champion for heavy use item repairs.
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Welp, did something useful today and repaired one of my laundry bags whose carrying strap was hanging on by a thread and had some busted seams. Grandma's spool of upholstery thread still reigning champion for heavy use item repairs.
With the help of global warming they end up in France and the Netherlands?
13 East Anglian neighbourhoods are among England’s most deprived 1%. Every one lies on the coast. The poorest voted Reform. A warning about what happens when seaside towns are left behind.
East Anglia: home to the richest and poorest
The Office for National Statistics has just published a report on deprivation in communities across England. What does it tell us about our deeply divided region?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
With the help of global warming they end up in France and the Netherlands?
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We stopped at the historical marker for Harriet Tubman's birthplace and found someone had left three apples and a whisk broom in the grass. They form an arrow pointing north.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We stopped at the historical marker for Harriet Tubman's birthplace and found someone had left three apples and a whisk broom in the grass. They form an arrow pointing north.
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We must not be intimidated by the Right. We must stand our ground and simply be honest
Labour are #FixingBritain
Labour are #FixingBritain
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We must not be intimidated by the Right. We must stand our ground and simply be honest
Labour are #FixingBritain
Labour are #FixingBritain
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“The Reform UK Ltd leader said he did not think the comments by Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin were racist.” 😡
Farage ‘unhappy’ but ‘understood’ Pochin comments
The Reform UK Ltd leader said he did not think the comments by Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin were racist
northwestbylines.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“The Reform UK Ltd leader said he did not think the comments by Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin were racist.” 😡
Labour doesn’t blow it’s achievement trumpet :
Conservatives blew theirs based on their stated intentions yet never even initiated never mind implemented any.
Conservatives blew theirs based on their stated intentions yet never even initiated never mind implemented any.
Since Labour came to power, there's been an orchestrated right-wing campaign to undermine the great work they are doing.
It falls to us to tell the story
Labour are #𝙁𝙄𝙓𝙄𝙉𝙂𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉
Re-post #𝙁𝙄𝙓𝙄𝙉𝙂𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉
It falls to us to tell the story
Labour are #𝙁𝙄𝙓𝙄𝙉𝙂𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉
Re-post #𝙁𝙄𝙓𝙄𝙉𝙂𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Labour doesn’t blow it’s achievement trumpet :
Conservatives blew theirs based on their stated intentions yet never even initiated never mind implemented any.
Conservatives blew theirs based on their stated intentions yet never even initiated never mind implemented any.
Nothing like a good near-drowning to convince people that global warming is real
Climate change in the Midlands is a serious local concern
Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands.
Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands.
Climate change in the Midlands is a serious local concern
Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands
centralbylines.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Nothing like a good near-drowning to convince people that global warming is real
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A man is judged by the company he keeps.
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A man is judged by the company he keeps.
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
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NEW: 5 Reform councillors in Cornwall have now quit the party and are sitting as independents on the Council
Includes the former Reform group leader and deputy group leader… 🤯
Includes the former Reform group leader and deputy group leader… 🤯
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW: 5 Reform councillors in Cornwall have now quit the party and are sitting as independents on the Council
Includes the former Reform group leader and deputy group leader… 🤯
Includes the former Reform group leader and deputy group leader… 🤯
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He doesn't want to be killed for your meal 🐷
🎨 Just Comics
🎨 Just Comics
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
He doesn't want to be killed for your meal 🐷
🎨 Just Comics
🎨 Just Comics
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Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy?
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy?
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
… and yet he’s President of the United States of America: Probably the most powerful person in the World:
It just doesn’t compute !
It just doesn’t compute !
September 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
… and yet he’s President of the United States of America: Probably the most powerful person in the World:
It just doesn’t compute !
It just doesn’t compute !
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What a brilliant thread.
I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What a brilliant thread.
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BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.
Democrat XP Lee wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader
Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated. Rep.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.
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The public is being misled.
Not just by Reform & the Tories, but by our government too.
Small boat arrivals make up 5% of immigrants arriving but take up 100% of the debate.
Thanks, Zack, for speaking the truth. It's something sorely lacking in any discussions about migration.
Not just by Reform & the Tories, but by our government too.
Small boat arrivals make up 5% of immigrants arriving but take up 100% of the debate.
Thanks, Zack, for speaking the truth. It's something sorely lacking in any discussions about migration.
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The public is being misled.
Not just by Reform & the Tories, but by our government too.
Small boat arrivals make up 5% of immigrants arriving but take up 100% of the debate.
Thanks, Zack, for speaking the truth. It's something sorely lacking in any discussions about migration.
Not just by Reform & the Tories, but by our government too.
Small boat arrivals make up 5% of immigrants arriving but take up 100% of the debate.
Thanks, Zack, for speaking the truth. It's something sorely lacking in any discussions about migration.
USA problem is actually quite simple:
It's the extreme societal imbalance in many aspects (wealth, education, power, beliefs) & their 3rd world geographic areas:
Many don't know there is a world outside: Many don't even know USA.
But they'll never understand until imposed by an external influence.
It's the extreme societal imbalance in many aspects (wealth, education, power, beliefs) & their 3rd world geographic areas:
Many don't know there is a world outside: Many don't even know USA.
But they'll never understand until imposed by an external influence.
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
USA problem is actually quite simple:
It's the extreme societal imbalance in many aspects (wealth, education, power, beliefs) & their 3rd world geographic areas:
Many don't know there is a world outside: Many don't even know USA.
But they'll never understand until imposed by an external influence.
It's the extreme societal imbalance in many aspects (wealth, education, power, beliefs) & their 3rd world geographic areas:
Many don't know there is a world outside: Many don't even know USA.
But they'll never understand until imposed by an external influence.
This type of behaviour is what triggered the 911 retaliations :
Vance doesnt care if he is involved with criminal behavior. No morals www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-goe...
Vance Goes Nuclear When Confronted by ‘War Crime’ Allegation
The vice president erupted after a critic suggested on X that the U.S. violated international law by destroying a suspected drug boat from Venezuela.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This type of behaviour is what triggered the 911 retaliations :
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I just submitted my DPhil thesis!
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
August 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I just submitted my DPhil thesis!
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
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Today’s insect highlight is this spectacular Cuckoo Wasp (species ID pending!)
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
August 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Today’s insect highlight is this spectacular Cuckoo Wasp (species ID pending!)
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬