Terry O'Connor
@osteoconnor.bsky.social
Old bloke in Yorkshire, interested in wildlife, gardening, books, classical music, archaeology, cats. Often muddy. Born at 313ppm.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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Tim Davie ex BBC Director General is a woke, liberal chai latte drinking socialist who promotes subversive politics. He deserves his sacking!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Tim Davie ex BBC Director General is a woke, liberal chai latte drinking socialist who promotes subversive politics. He deserves his sacking!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
Camp? Us eider drakes? How very dare you!
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Camp? Us eider drakes? How very dare you!
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BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
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"Today we remember, or boast that we remember. But do we as a nation remember? We may ask ourselves whether we have been faithful keepers of the trust given us by those who paid the greater price. We look out over a troubled world, a tired world, a world hungry for peace & denied it…" #ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Today we remember, or boast that we remember. But do we as a nation remember? We may ask ourselves whether we have been faithful keepers of the trust given us by those who paid the greater price. We look out over a troubled world, a tired world, a world hungry for peace & denied it…" #ArmisticeDay
Boy driven to desparate measures after weeks of practising Schumann's 'Traumerei'.
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Boy destroying a piano, Pant-Y-Waun, south Wales, 1961, photo by Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008).
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Boy driven to desparate measures after weeks of practising Schumann's 'Traumerei'.
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[I'm over it. Really]
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[I'm over it. Really]
Now here's a Donald worth listening to.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Putin has tools that can destroy the European Union as an organization, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon.
“These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.”
“These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Now here's a Donald worth listening to.
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"Brexit has reduced GDP by 6% to 8%"
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"Brexit has reduced GDP by 6% to 8%"
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social
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If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
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Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
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2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
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BBC chiefs resign over accusations of editing Pope’s speech to make him appear catholic.
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
BBC chiefs resign over accusations of editing Pope’s speech to make him appear catholic.
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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(1 of 3) Good thing the BBC didn't talk to any January 6 experts before going in this direction.
The United States Capitol grounds were closed on January 6.
It was a federal crime to trespass on them.
Trump told leaders of an illegal march intended to terminate illegally on federal grounds...
The United States Capitol grounds were closed on January 6.
It was a federal crime to trespass on them.
Trump told leaders of an illegal march intended to terminate illegally on federal grounds...
BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech | CNN
The BBC’s Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism over impartiality and bias at the news corporation.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
(1 of 3) Good thing the BBC didn't talk to any January 6 experts before going in this direction.
The United States Capitol grounds were closed on January 6.
It was a federal crime to trespass on them.
Trump told leaders of an illegal march intended to terminate illegally on federal grounds...
The United States Capitol grounds were closed on January 6.
It was a federal crime to trespass on them.
Trump told leaders of an illegal march intended to terminate illegally on federal grounds...
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Chris Wood and I will be returning to Scarborough to talk about his Grimm paintings and my accompanying poetry. I wrote about them for Goldmark Gallery placing the Grimms in a context including 'Simplius Simplicissimus' of 1668, a guess. Here's proof:
allthatsinteresting.com/brothers-gri...
allthatsinteresting.com/brothers-gri...
Researchers Uncover 27 Long-Lost Books That Belonged To The Brothers Grimm At A College Library In Poland
The Brothers Grimm used the books to research their famous fairy tales.
allthatsinteresting.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Chris Wood and I will be returning to Scarborough to talk about his Grimm paintings and my accompanying poetry. I wrote about them for Goldmark Gallery placing the Grimms in a context including 'Simplius Simplicissimus' of 1668, a guess. Here's proof:
allthatsinteresting.com/brothers-gri...
allthatsinteresting.com/brothers-gri...
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I’m surprised Davie has resigned over that Panorama edit (seems like a bit of a nothingburger to me) but I’m glad he’s gone. On his watch the BBC simply gave up the ghost on factual documentary TV, and decided the best way to serve its audience was to patronise it.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I’m surprised Davie has resigned over that Panorama edit (seems like a bit of a nothingburger to me) but I’m glad he’s gone. On his watch the BBC simply gave up the ghost on factual documentary TV, and decided the best way to serve its audience was to patronise it.
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I am seeing a lot of posts about Rosalind Franklin that themselves ignore her publication record on DNA!
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am seeing a lot of posts about Rosalind Franklin that themselves ignore her publication record on DNA!
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊