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@opticalpilot.bsky.social
Optometrist (ret’d) and sim pilot. EV nerd. UK 🇬🇧
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fo...
Force DVLA to Consider More Than Cost for Field Vision Test Provider
The current DVLA-Specsavers contract is not fair and reasonable due to the lack of any other criteria being used for the contract decision. On the information provided in the FOI Request, patients are...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fo...
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Ed Davey: "BBC’s Farage obsession is a joke. Reform has 4 MPs, Lib Dems have 72 - yet get sidelined. This isn’t journalism, it’s free PR. If the Beeb’s chasing shock value over vote count, just admit it and drop the "balanced" act."
Lib Dem Leader Meets BBC Boss To Complain About Level Of Reform Coverage
Exclusive: Ed Davey has met with BBC boss Tim Davie to complain about the broadcaster’s coverage, which the Liberal Democrats claim is weighted too...
www.politicshome.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ed Davey: "BBC’s Farage obsession is a joke. Reform has 4 MPs, Lib Dems have 72 - yet get sidelined. This isn’t journalism, it’s free PR. If the Beeb’s chasing shock value over vote count, just admit it and drop the "balanced" act."
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Nice analysis of how Farage works, from @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social. Farage turns up, fans some flames, chucks in a lit cigarette, then leaves blaming others for the fire.
July 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Nice analysis of how Farage works, from @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social. Farage turns up, fans some flames, chucks in a lit cigarette, then leaves blaming others for the fire.
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It’s what he did in Scotland earlier in the year. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
Nigel Farage called out by BBC reporter for 'racist lies' about Scottish Labour leader
Nigel Farage has been called out for false claims he made about Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during a speech.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It’s what he did in Scotland earlier in the year. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
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The right wing press shouting at bands to get arrested, bands not being shown/being taken down by the BBC. Meanwhile Rod Stewart will be shown and hailed as national treasure while vocally backing a racist intent on destroying the best things about the UK. We all know why.
June 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The right wing press shouting at bands to get arrested, bands not being shown/being taken down by the BBC. Meanwhile Rod Stewart will be shown and hailed as national treasure while vocally backing a racist intent on destroying the best things about the UK. We all know why.
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This is why I posted my comment this morning.
Look at this utterly disgraceful headline. The tatty reform scumbag liars, racist and homophobes came THIRD in this by election.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look at this utterly disgraceful headline. The tatty reform scumbag liars, racist and homophobes came THIRD in this by election.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is why I posted my comment this morning.
Look at this utterly disgraceful headline. The tatty reform scumbag liars, racist and homophobes came THIRD in this by election.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look at this utterly disgraceful headline. The tatty reform scumbag liars, racist and homophobes came THIRD in this by election.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just want to add my voice to the increasing wave of disquiet that any uninteresting change in one minority extremist party 'reform' gets headline coverage by BBC news who don't even have an account on here because they think it might be 'too left leaning.'
For pities sake. I'll post this on Threads
For pities sake. I'll post this on Threads
June 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Just want to add my voice to the increasing wave of disquiet that any uninteresting change in one minority extremist party 'reform' gets headline coverage by BBC news who don't even have an account on here because they think it might be 'too left leaning.'
For pities sake. I'll post this on Threads
For pities sake. I'll post this on Threads
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Nigel Farage was screaming to scrap furlough because it was a waste of money, while he had already claimed £120,000 for himself.
He is a fraud every word is a lie
He is a fraud every word is a lie
June 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Nigel Farage was screaming to scrap furlough because it was a waste of money, while he had already claimed £120,000 for himself.
He is a fraud every word is a lie
He is a fraud every word is a lie
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Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
A new study is out which quantifies just how much EVs help not just in cutting harmful exhaust emissions, but also cutting other types of pollution that come from personal vehicles. But of course, public transport, biking and walking are even better.
more…
electrek.co
May 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
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GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
"Brexit five years on - It has been a disaster" GB News interview with fisherman Andy Dixon
YouTube video by Russell England
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
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Having shot us in the foot in 2016 The Brexit Newspapers are today attempting to shoot a bullet through the same fucking hole.
Their hope is that the incurious and gullible haven’t noticed how hard it’s been to walk…
Their hope is that the incurious and gullible haven’t noticed how hard it’s been to walk…
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Having shot us in the foot in 2016 The Brexit Newspapers are today attempting to shoot a bullet through the same fucking hole.
Their hope is that the incurious and gullible haven’t noticed how hard it’s been to walk…
Their hope is that the incurious and gullible haven’t noticed how hard it’s been to walk…
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In operating theatres at UCLH this morning, with our wonderful theatre teams. Many people from many places, all of them helping us deliver the care. Couldn’t do it without them.
May 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In operating theatres at UCLH this morning, with our wonderful theatre teams. Many people from many places, all of them helping us deliver the care. Couldn’t do it without them.
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It’s important to push back boundaries & in many ways this week’s #BlueOrigin flight did that. But if you want to know about the first American women in space & the story of NASA’s remarkable 1978 astronaut class, have a listen to this episode of #16Sunsets podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
New Frontiers
Podcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E4 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s important to push back boundaries & in many ways this week’s #BlueOrigin flight did that. But if you want to know about the first American women in space & the story of NASA’s remarkable 1978 astronaut class, have a listen to this episode of #16Sunsets podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
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Please @bbcradio4.bsky.social don’t parrot Tory rhetoric about their plan to set the country on “a new path” to tackle #climate change. That’s not what they’re doing. Badenoch is trashing the science & setting the country on a course to be poorer and more prone to climate disaster
March 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Please @bbcradio4.bsky.social don’t parrot Tory rhetoric about their plan to set the country on “a new path” to tackle #climate change. That’s not what they’re doing. Badenoch is trashing the science & setting the country on a course to be poorer and more prone to climate disaster
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Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?
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📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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THIS WEEK ON OB5
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
March 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
THIS WEEK ON OB5
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
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I love MPVs!
Re-shares and spreading the word appreciated!
Re-shares and spreading the word appreciated!
THIS WEEK ON OB5
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
- why the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L is the best car to drive to Newcastle
- what the Lotus Carlton is really like to drive
- what happened to all the MPVs
- the heady days of the Eastleigh Motor Show
Get it fed straight into your headphones here: linktr.ee/overborepod
March 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I love MPVs!
Re-shares and spreading the word appreciated!
Re-shares and spreading the word appreciated!
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
March 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in the clothes he fought the war in.
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The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year).
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
February 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year).
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
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Shell and BP’s profits in 2024 are £26.2 billion.
In contrast, the UK has committed to spending £11.6 billion on international climate finance between April 2021 and April 2025.
Balance seems wrong
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
ttps://theecologist.org/2025/feb/25/profits-any-cost
In contrast, the UK has committed to spending £11.6 billion on international climate finance between April 2021 and April 2025.
Balance seems wrong
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
ttps://theecologist.org/2025/feb/25/profits-any-cost
Profits at any cost
BP and Shell’s profits in 2024 more than double the amount of UK’s climate finance commitments.
theecologist.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Shell and BP’s profits in 2024 are £26.2 billion.
In contrast, the UK has committed to spending £11.6 billion on international climate finance between April 2021 and April 2025.
Balance seems wrong
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
ttps://theecologist.org/2025/feb/25/profits-any-cost
In contrast, the UK has committed to spending £11.6 billion on international climate finance between April 2021 and April 2025.
Balance seems wrong
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
ttps://theecologist.org/2025/feb/25/profits-any-cost