Owen
@oburbidge.bsky.social
Retired scientist, now working in medicines manufacturing sector. Interested in renewables, ASHP and EV owner.
Parent to Crumble the Romanian rescue. Views are entirely my own
🔶🏳️🌈 he/him
Parent to Crumble the Romanian rescue. Views are entirely my own
🔶🏳️🌈 he/him
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Newcastle City Council has repeatedly refused to explain where a 'windfall' which has funded a £1.7 million weed and graffiti removal scheme has come from
Council faces secrecy claims after refusing to reveal source of £1.7m 'windfall'
Council faces secrecy claims after refusing to reveal source of £1.7m 'windfall'
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Newcastle City Council has repeatedly refused to explain where a 'windfall' which has funded a £1.7 million weed and graffiti removal scheme has come from
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Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
The fucking fireworks have just begun again. 😭😭😭 when will they stop?
Will Crumble ever have a night when she’s not a trembling wreck?
It’s been every single night since September.
Can we just ban fireworks once and for all?
Will Crumble ever have a night when she’s not a trembling wreck?
It’s been every single night since September.
Can we just ban fireworks once and for all?
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The fucking fireworks have just begun again. 😭😭😭 when will they stop?
Will Crumble ever have a night when she’s not a trembling wreck?
It’s been every single night since September.
Can we just ban fireworks once and for all?
Will Crumble ever have a night when she’s not a trembling wreck?
It’s been every single night since September.
Can we just ban fireworks once and for all?
😭😭😭😭😭😭
It’s solidly cloudy!
It’s solidly cloudy!
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
😭😭😭😭😭😭
It’s solidly cloudy!
It’s solidly cloudy!
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🔸️Early data suggests we could be in for a worse than normal flu season, brought on by a cluster of escape mutations in H3N2 this year that may lift the Re from 1.2 to 1.4. We are starting to see an uptick in the US. Data from BIOFIRE.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
🔸️Early data suggests we could be in for a worse than normal flu season, brought on by a cluster of escape mutations in H3N2 this year that may lift the Re from 1.2 to 1.4. We are starting to see an uptick in the US. Data from BIOFIRE.
Life’s greatest question:
Why is the last minute on a laundry spin cycle 50 billion years long?
Why is the last minute on a laundry spin cycle 50 billion years long?
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Life’s greatest question:
Why is the last minute on a laundry spin cycle 50 billion years long?
Why is the last minute on a laundry spin cycle 50 billion years long?
Newcastle take note.
Raise parking charges.
Make it cheaper to take the bus, metro or better walk/cycle.
Use this money to improve other aspects of the city which are negatively affected by cars
Raise parking charges.
Make it cheaper to take the bus, metro or better walk/cycle.
Use this money to improve other aspects of the city which are negatively affected by cars
Car parking charges don’t put off people from visiting town centres, a council chief has claimed
Higher parking charges don't impact town centres according to councillor
Elgan Hearn Local Democracy Reporter Car parking charges don’t put off people from visiting town centres, a council chief has claimed. At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Economy, Residents and Com...
nation.cymru
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Newcastle take note.
Raise parking charges.
Make it cheaper to take the bus, metro or better walk/cycle.
Use this money to improve other aspects of the city which are negatively affected by cars
Raise parking charges.
Make it cheaper to take the bus, metro or better walk/cycle.
Use this money to improve other aspects of the city which are negatively affected by cars
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How many children died as a result of her actions…?
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
How many children died as a result of her actions…?
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
I f****** hate fireworks.
It’s insane that now Crumble won’t go for a walk because she’s petrified of the bangs.
Add to that all the playing fields near us are now strewn in litter from spent fireworks.
I wish thy would be banned in their entirety.
It’s insane that now Crumble won’t go for a walk because she’s petrified of the bangs.
Add to that all the playing fields near us are now strewn in litter from spent fireworks.
I wish thy would be banned in their entirety.
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I f****** hate fireworks.
It’s insane that now Crumble won’t go for a walk because she’s petrified of the bangs.
Add to that all the playing fields near us are now strewn in litter from spent fireworks.
I wish thy would be banned in their entirety.
It’s insane that now Crumble won’t go for a walk because she’s petrified of the bangs.
Add to that all the playing fields near us are now strewn in litter from spent fireworks.
I wish thy would be banned in their entirety.
Woke up to this fine specimen from the Long Dog region of France.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Woke up to this fine specimen from the Long Dog region of France.
Nationwide are probably the worst bank I have ever had to deal with.
- App is crap
- Internet banking is garbage
- Going round in circles on their phoneline
- Processes are not transparent
- They keep asking for documents we have already provided them before
-Only accept written (posted) complaints
- App is crap
- Internet banking is garbage
- Going round in circles on their phoneline
- Processes are not transparent
- They keep asking for documents we have already provided them before
-Only accept written (posted) complaints
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Nationwide are probably the worst bank I have ever had to deal with.
- App is crap
- Internet banking is garbage
- Going round in circles on their phoneline
- Processes are not transparent
- They keep asking for documents we have already provided them before
-Only accept written (posted) complaints
- App is crap
- Internet banking is garbage
- Going round in circles on their phoneline
- Processes are not transparent
- They keep asking for documents we have already provided them before
-Only accept written (posted) complaints
Just reading an interesting update from Derril Water. Things seem to be progressing.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just reading an interesting update from Derril Water. Things seem to be progressing.
First Greggs festive bake off the year 🤤🤤🤤
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
First Greggs festive bake off the year 🤤🤤🤤
Currently have been awake 21 hours 😵💫
Got another three to go, including an hour flight before I will be tucked up in bed.
I suspect tomorrow may be a write off at work - thankfully I’ve booked it out to do emails
Got another three to go, including an hour flight before I will be tucked up in bed.
I suspect tomorrow may be a write off at work - thankfully I’ve booked it out to do emails
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Currently have been awake 21 hours 😵💫
Got another three to go, including an hour flight before I will be tucked up in bed.
I suspect tomorrow may be a write off at work - thankfully I’ve booked it out to do emails
Got another three to go, including an hour flight before I will be tucked up in bed.
I suspect tomorrow may be a write off at work - thankfully I’ve booked it out to do emails
This. Would. Be. Perfect.
Just need to time myself a rich man to be able to afford it.
Just need to time myself a rich man to be able to afford it.
okay this is it. THE PERFECT HOUSE. It even has the original Edwardian baths and showers?!?!
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 20 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
20 bedroom detached house for sale in Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, PH43 for £750,000. Marketed by Savills Rural Sales, Edinburgh
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This. Would. Be. Perfect.
Just need to time myself a rich man to be able to afford it.
Just need to time myself a rich man to be able to afford it.
Absolute insanity.
Climate change is here and it will wreak havoc over the coming years if we do not change course.
We need politicians and councillors who understand this and stand up for a liveable planet rather than for shareholders and capitalism
Climate change is here and it will wreak havoc over the coming years if we do not change course.
We need politicians and councillors who understand this and stand up for a liveable planet rather than for shareholders and capitalism
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Absolute insanity.
Climate change is here and it will wreak havoc over the coming years if we do not change course.
We need politicians and councillors who understand this and stand up for a liveable planet rather than for shareholders and capitalism
Climate change is here and it will wreak havoc over the coming years if we do not change course.
We need politicians and councillors who understand this and stand up for a liveable planet rather than for shareholders and capitalism
I’m sorry, but if you know your husband is racist and openly admit it on public radio, by staying with him you’re also condoning his behaviour.
One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
LBC caller describes her husband’s ‘grin’ after train stabbing
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m sorry, but if you know your husband is racist and openly admit it on public radio, by staying with him you’re also condoning his behaviour.
That silage bales weren’t cows hibernating 😅
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
That silage bales weren’t cows hibernating 😅
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Their emissions grew last year by 9% to 16 million tonnes of CO2, the most polluting airline in Europe.
Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.
Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.
Ryanair profits surge 42% to €2.54bn as airline manages to increase fares 13% over last year
Ryanair profits surge 42% to €2.54bn as airline manages to increase fares 13% over last year
Michael O’Leary launches attack on departure of DAA’s Kenny Jacobs but ‘never more confident’ on airline’s growth trajectory
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Their emissions grew last year by 9% to 16 million tonnes of CO2, the most polluting airline in Europe.
Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.
Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.
The media need to really start asking the difficult questions of reform, Farage and all their acolytes that should have been asked all along.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The media need to really start asking the difficult questions of reform, Farage and all their acolytes that should have been asked all along.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...