OldManinTights
@oldmanintights.bsky.social
Trail running, agriculture, UK politics, NE England, Francophone Africa and pictures of cows.
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One lesson we must take from Covid is that we need serious politicians in Government making serious plans for the biggest threats to society. These include inequality, health, pandemics, food, climate change, building renewables and protecting nature.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One lesson we must take from Covid is that we need serious politicians in Government making serious plans for the biggest threats to society. These include inequality, health, pandemics, food, climate change, building renewables and protecting nature.
Clever
This was such a cheeky clue
Minute Cryptic - 20 November, 2025
"Ancestors of polar, grizzly, panda and teddy counted out loud" (9)
⚪️⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🤝 2 hints – matched the community par (36,430 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic - 20 November, 2025
"Ancestors of polar, grizzly, panda and teddy counted out loud" (9)
⚪️⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🤝 2 hints – matched the community par (36,430 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Clever
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In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
Three days in and we still haven’t been able to reset the timer on the dog.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Three days in and we still haven’t been able to reset the timer on the dog.
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Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
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Growing up, I remember lots of sniggering about the tinpot leaders of Africa, well, any notion of our “western superiority” in politics is surely finally eviscerated by the last few years and the client media that offered so many helpful hands
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Growing up, I remember lots of sniggering about the tinpot leaders of Africa, well, any notion of our “western superiority” in politics is surely finally eviscerated by the last few years and the client media that offered so many helpful hands
A canny day for North East football.
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A canny day for North East football.
On top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. 56 floors in the fastest lift ever
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
On top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. 56 floors in the fastest lift ever
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If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens
Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter - only those in peatland grow in peat. Over the last ten years I have grown almost ever...
www.jackwallington.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
There’s a bit of water in our beck
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There’s a bit of water in our beck
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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This for Labour too
My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This for Labour too
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Tylenol has just released a study connecting Donald Trump with adultery, lying, rape, and pedophilia.
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Tylenol has just released a study connecting Donald Trump with adultery, lying, rape, and pedophilia.
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"Nigel Farage has refused to rule out a link between paracetamol and autism" is the lead item on LBC News.
Why?
Why?
He's not a doctor, he's not an expert, he's not a Minister, he's not the PM, he's not the opposition. Why is his bullshit the most important item on the news?
Why?
Why?
Why?
He's not a doctor, he's not an expert, he's not a Minister, he's not the PM, he's not the opposition. Why is his bullshit the most important item on the news?
Why?
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Nigel Farage has refused to rule out a link between paracetamol and autism" is the lead item on LBC News.
Why?
Why?
He's not a doctor, he's not an expert, he's not a Minister, he's not the PM, he's not the opposition. Why is his bullshit the most important item on the news?
Why?
Why?
Why?
He's not a doctor, he's not an expert, he's not a Minister, he's not the PM, he's not the opposition. Why is his bullshit the most important item on the news?
Why?
As a Brit, I endorse this post
I confess I become increasingly irritated with Brits who inform me in what kind of deep trouble my country is in, and how blind we are supposedly to this, at a time when right wing nationalism is surging in Britain and NATO is hanging by a thread.
My Friends.
We are in the same boat.
My Friends.
We are in the same boat.
September 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As a Brit, I endorse this post
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Looking for some independent entertainment to fill the gap?
We’ve got nearly 500 free episodes waiting for you.
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We’ve got nearly 500 free episodes waiting for you.
The British History Podcast – History With The Fun Bits Left In
The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people created and hosted by Jamie Jeffers
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September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Did you cancel Disney Plus?
Looking for some independent entertainment to fill the gap?
We’ve got nearly 500 free episodes waiting for you.
Looking for some independent entertainment to fill the gap?
We’ve got nearly 500 free episodes waiting for you.
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An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
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Kids will die because of this. There’s no other way to say it. Children will die, as a result of a deliberate policy choice being taken against all evidence and reason.
JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Kids will die because of this. There’s no other way to say it. Children will die, as a result of a deliberate policy choice being taken against all evidence and reason.
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In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
September 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
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This little butterfly has a whopping 229 pairs of chromosomes! That is, I think, the most of any multicellular animal described so far. www.the-scientist.com/an-elusive-b...
An Elusive Butterfly Expands Its Genome Through Fragmentation
Scientists sequenced the Atlas blue butterfly genome for the first time, revealing its 229 chromosome pairs and new insights into butterfly evolution.
www.the-scientist.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This little butterfly has a whopping 229 pairs of chromosomes! That is, I think, the most of any multicellular animal described so far. www.the-scientist.com/an-elusive-b...
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My wife Bunty & I decided to have a romantic weekend in Paris.
It has truly been très magnifique!
❤️
Imagine our surprise then, as we decided to walk up to the Arc de Triomphe, to be confronted by 3 million English patriots proudly marching & beating up the local gendarmerie!
🤦♂️
It has truly been très magnifique!
❤️
Imagine our surprise then, as we decided to walk up to the Arc de Triomphe, to be confronted by 3 million English patriots proudly marching & beating up the local gendarmerie!
🤦♂️
September 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My wife Bunty & I decided to have a romantic weekend in Paris.
It has truly been très magnifique!
❤️
Imagine our surprise then, as we decided to walk up to the Arc de Triomphe, to be confronted by 3 million English patriots proudly marching & beating up the local gendarmerie!
🤦♂️
It has truly been très magnifique!
❤️
Imagine our surprise then, as we decided to walk up to the Arc de Triomphe, to be confronted by 3 million English patriots proudly marching & beating up the local gendarmerie!
🤦♂️
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Fascism. It shows fascism is ‘alive and well’
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Fascism. It shows fascism is ‘alive and well’