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Graham Jones
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Retired journalist from Liverpool, married for 57 years to Janet, now living in Surrey. Left-wing jazz fan and Humanist. No fascists, god botherers or anti-LGBTQ. No DMs. I won’t reply and may block. No requests for cash. Supports 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️
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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · Aug 10
#InsectsOfBluesky
If you build it they will come. OK, I didn’t so much build this bee hotel as buy it from John Lewis and stuck it up on a post near our Sunflowers, Cosmos and other insect-friendly flowers and waited … Today my patience was rewarded.
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Welcome to The Twilight Zone! Good morning everyone and have a suspenseful day.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTForTelevision #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
A tranquil, predawn or twilight scene with a prominent crescent moon hanging low in the dimly lit sky. The atmospheric light has a cool blue tone that transitions to deeper shades near the horizon, reinforcing the calmness and stillness associated with early morning hours. Bare tree silhouettes frame the image and dominate the right side, their branches creating intricate, organic patterns against the sky. A winding road leads the viewer’s eye gently from the foreground into the distance, illuminated softly by glowing streetlights. These cast warm pools of light onto the chilly road, introducing a gentle contrast to the predominantly cool palette and adding to the image’s intimate, contemplative ambiance. The balance between shadowy forms and soft illumination gives the scene a mysterious, almost poetic quality, as if encouraging the viewer to pause and appreciate the serenity of this fleeting moment before the day begins. The picture evokes the iconic mood and visual style of “The Twilight Zone” TV series. The scene’s lonely, winding road illuminated by solitary streetlights, the leafless silhouettes of trees, and the eerie crescent moon all contribute to an atmosphere of suspense and quiet mystery. “The Twilight Zone” was famous for its haunting, liminal settings, places that seemed frozen between worlds, much like the moment captured here just before sunrise. The image’s subdued lighting and bluish tones enhance the feeling that time is suspended, a hallmark of the show’s surreal storytelling. The absence of people and the interplay of light and shadow create a sense of anticipation, as if something extraordinary might occur just beyond the visible frame. Much like the show’s opening sequences or key scenes, the photo blends the familiar with the uncanny, inviting viewers to imagine stories where the ordinary can slip, subtly and suddenly, into the extraordinary, just at the border of reality and the unknown.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Rob has chosen #BirdsOnTheGround (not in water), for #BirdOfTheDay and the alternatives are any Great/Blue/Coal/Long-tailed Tits. I have a few tits. (Titter ye not, as Frankie Howerd said) but for now I have that #FestiveDailyRobin again.
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A Robin stands on garden terracotta tiles laid in a zig zag pattern.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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How the BBC undermined a Labour leader without any repercussions.
BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
The head of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have been forced to resign after misrepresenting Donald Trump.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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These traitors, wrapping themselves in British flags and pretending to be patriots, want to sell the country to the pedophile President. Disgusting creatures.
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
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November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Defamation supremo - with expertise in the UK and US - Mark Stephens on whether Donald Trump has any real prospect successfully of suing the BBC. video.snapstream.net/Play/3TA70Va...
What We Know With Max Foster - Mark
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November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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from X
Not only that, Panorama is geoblocked and not shown in the USA, so no locus for action there. In the UK, the 12 month from broadcast statute of limitations applies, so no case can be brought here
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTV
#AnimalArtTuesday
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky
These horses are slow, so I am claiming them for the TV thing. I’ve never seen the show but I’ve read the books. The willow sculptures are “grazing” near a National Trust café. *Details in alt text
Slow Horses
Two willow horse sculptures stand in fallen autumn leaves beneath trees at the Coach House café at Sheffield Park Gardens, Sussex. They are the work of Emma Parkin, based in Belper, Derbyshire but who was born in East Sussex. The artist specialises in willow sculpture, where she adopts an illustrative style that showcases the movement of each animal she studies. Due to the large scale, it can take several months to create a single sculpture. The sculptures are sustainable; made from a mixture of brown and white willow which will slowly degrade over time. They also provide a great habitat for insects. The work was commissioned to celebrate the history of the café building, once the home for 15 horses, a riding school, four double coach houses and seven bedrooms for grooms and coachmen in the 19th century.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
#ColorADay #PinkMon (look carefully at the pony tail).
A couple of young ladies about to ride off on their motorbikes in our local town after a coffee break, their pony tails peeking out from the helmets, although only one is visible.
Hairy Bikers 2004-24
A couple of young ladies about to ride off on their motorbikes in our local town after a coffee break, their hair peeking out from the helmets, although only one is visible. The rider on the right has a pink pony tail lying across the back of her brown leather jacket.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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OK Sheena, @sheena-mck.bsky.social
I have given this some serious thought and decided to play the game, so I proudly present another entry for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
Now Streaming on all channels.
The stream at the end of our road on a misty morning as the sun threatens to break through cloud and mist that shrouds a hilltop covered in trees. There was nothing on TV, so we went out for a walk.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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"Kerala expropriated private land and redistributed it to landless workers. This laid the foundations for Kerala’s remarkable social indicators: near-universal literacy, one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the global south, and the highest life expectancy in India”
First Indian state to end extreme poverty is run by Marxists
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday
It has been a hateful day of rainy weather here in south-east England but made brighter by the kindness of our neighbour who brought these pink roses to our door from her garden.
#Bloomscrolling
#FlowerReport
#EastCoastKin
#MacroMonday
Pink flowers on a green leaf pattern mat on a kitchen table.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #least - the bird in your camera roll that you have the least captures of. For me it is probably the Greater Flamingos we saw in Andalusia a few years back. OK, there are plenty here but all in one shot. I can’t find any others showing the birds clearly.
Flamingos on a lake in various poses.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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sabineshutterbug.bsky.social
Join us for #BotanicalWonders in #PalacesandGardens on November 13! Share your favorite photos of magical flowers, striking seeds and pods, or tiny botanical details. Whether you’re a beginner or expert, your unique perspective is welcome, so let’s celebrate nature’s beauty together!
#EastCoastKin
This poster invites everyone to join the #PalacesandGardens photo challenge with the theme #BotanicalWonders on Thursday, 13 November 2025. The background shows a detailed image of tulip flowers and stems with soft, warm colors. Centered in bold blue text are the theme and instructions, encouraging people to share photos focused on flower magic, seeds or pods, and macro or detail shots. The hashtag #EastCoastKin appears at the bottom, and the message highlights a welcoming tone for all.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social
England summed up in 2 posts
Post by @prembsikka about a job advert for a tutor to teach a one year old child to be a gentleman for £180k Post by @premnsikka about the rise in homelessness and the reduction in funding
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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I had this many Starling leaving the Titchwell roost.
♠️

#StayMystical @rspb.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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“Frog,” said Toad, “if I wash my dishes right now, then I will not have to wash them tomorrow, will I?”

“No,” said Frog. “You will not have to.”

Toad washed and dried his dishes. He put them in the cupboard.
Toad washes his dirty dishes and puts them away. What a clean Toad! From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
#BlueSkyMonday
He’s got a red breast but that pot our local garden assistant Robin is perched upon while I dig out some soil, possibly containing grubs and worms, is blue, so I’m claiming it.
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Birdphotography
A Robin perches on the blue glazed rim of a terracotta pot its head at an angle to see what awaits in the soil that I am removing from the container in order to replant it. The inside of the container is a rusty red colour.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible."
via Daniel Peliculas
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November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
#MagentaMonday #MacroMonday #Macro #MacroPhotography
#Bloomscrolling
#EnglishGardening #Photography
#EastCoastKin
Raindrops glisten on the purple spikes of a garden Thistle in today’s heavy rain.
Raindrops glisten on the purple spikes of a garden Thistle in today’s heavy rain.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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#MacroMonday #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #EastCoastKin

Pinky but not so perky. A Scarborough Fair rosebud in the rain this morning.

Pinky and Perky TV puppet show 1957-71
A light pink Scarborough Fair rosebud covered in raindrops during a heavy shower. The background is green and yellow garden foliage.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Last night as the dog and I walked along the mountain road. The sun had just set. #Ireland #BlueSkyMonday #photography #sunset #EastCoastKin
Silhouetted tall grasses and two wooden fence posts stand in the foreground, their dark shapes cutting across a vivid sunset. Behind them, the sky glows with layers of deep orange, soft pink, and pale blue as the sun sinks toward the horizon. The light from the sunset creates a warm halo around the posts and filters through the thin blades of grass, giving the scene a moody, atmospheric feel.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🪶Good Morning Birdies🪶 wishing y’all a peaceful weekend among our amazing avian companions with
Friday #goldfinch flash! ☘️😊☘️
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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"What is this life if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."
- W.H. Davies.

Don't you love the simplicity of this dahlia? 💮

#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A dahlia with single, overlapping petals (ray florets) that are primarily white or very pale pink, with a prominent lavender-pink or magenta stripe down the center of each petal. Some green leaves are also visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. Gamble Garden.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM