John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
Owner of many old shirts & videos. Ex everything. Master of nothing.
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
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John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I haven't got cat.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
On the plus side, if it were to explode, Southend might briefly have a space program.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"....the shipwreck’s cargo of highly dangerous guncotton. The Italians were tasked with removing it.
It probably came as no comfort to the crew of Artiglio that they were 100% successful in this ambition."
Almost Shakespearean 🤣🤣
It probably came as no comfort to the crew of Artiglio that they were 100% successful in this ambition."
Almost Shakespearean 🤣🤣
Delighted to see the SS Richard Montgomery surfacing on Blue Sky, and you might be wondering why people were so nervous about salvaging its cargo.
The data points we have are... not encouraging.
The data points we have are... not encouraging.
Artiglio: Careful as you go now - DreadShips.com
DreadShips In 1930 the Artiglio was the world's most modern salvage ship. And its latest job was about to go with a bang...
dreadships.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"....the shipwreck’s cargo of highly dangerous guncotton. The Italians were tasked with removing it.
It probably came as no comfort to the crew of Artiglio that they were 100% successful in this ambition."
Almost Shakespearean 🤣🤣
It probably came as no comfort to the crew of Artiglio that they were 100% successful in this ambition."
Almost Shakespearean 🤣🤣
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Can someone who knows someone at the Beeb get them to take a look at the third Q before they respond to Trump
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Can someone who knows someone at the Beeb get them to take a look at the third Q before they respond to Trump
Hey @themrbibby.bsky.social we could nick Toms stink pot and go doff our caps for old times sakes!
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hey @themrbibby.bsky.social we could nick Toms stink pot and go doff our caps for old times sakes!
One for @themrbibby.bsky.social to comment on.....
US judge rejects FTC's bid to block private equity medical company deal reut.rs/3LSKo1O
US judge rejects FTC's bid to block private equity medical company deal
Private equity firm GTCR can move forward with its acquisition of medical device coatings maker Surmodics' , a federal judge in Chicago ruled on Monday, rejecting the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's bid to block the deal.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
One for @themrbibby.bsky.social to comment on.....
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We know that we've let Donald Trump down, and in future, we shall try to do better.
thecritic.co.uk/cris...
thecritic.co.uk/cris...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We know that we've let Donald Trump down, and in future, we shall try to do better.
thecritic.co.uk/cris...
thecritic.co.uk/cris...
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One can’t help but suspect that the Telegraph is going to be disappointed by whoever is appointed if they are to the left of Attila the Hun.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One can’t help but suspect that the Telegraph is going to be disappointed by whoever is appointed if they are to the left of Attila the Hun.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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How low can you go removing memorials?
"While burying white soldiers was allowed, serving with them alive wasn’t."
#Trump
#MAGA
#Racists
"While burying white soldiers was allowed, serving with them alive wasn’t."
#Trump
#MAGA
#Racists
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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![Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifptvo6h6kdpf75j3i443ospzumiii7a3pblah2urjrawmyymh3ga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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And an important source of protein.
The land has been full of forrins since before the Romans and afterwards. Squirrels are an essential part of nature and help the propagation of the trees you Druidic types keep hugging
Have a heart
Have a heart
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Have a listen to my conversation with @emilythornberry.bsky.social
EXTREMELY excited that the superb foreign policy podcast Behind The Lines is now part of the Quiet Riot family of shows and WHO better to kick us off than the marvellous @emilythornberry.bsky.social
And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social
🎧👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social
🎧👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 05/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Have a listen to my conversation with @emilythornberry.bsky.social
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I’m also looking forward to the Professional Darts Council’s first Physics Prize which I guess will also be won by Donald Trump
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I’m also looking forward to the Professional Darts Council’s first Physics Prize which I guess will also be won by Donald Trump
Cost offsetting.
You pay. They profit. Simple.
Let's just give Ineos the plastic back so they can dispose if it safely.
You pay. They profit. Simple.
Let's just give Ineos the plastic back so they can dispose if it safely.
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’.
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Cost offsetting.
You pay. They profit. Simple.
Let's just give Ineos the plastic back so they can dispose if it safely.
You pay. They profit. Simple.
Let's just give Ineos the plastic back so they can dispose if it safely.
I approve this broadcast.
There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by the Count Binface Party.
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I approve this broadcast.
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Oh, what a shocker - it's raining on Rockall...again. How unexpected. But hey, at least the island is getting a good wash!
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh, what a shocker - it's raining on Rockall...again. How unexpected. But hey, at least the island is getting a good wash!
Just listened to a bit of the Attorney General getting totally owned by SC judges.
He was wriggling like live bait on a hook.
That was painful. Especially if you are a #MAGA #Trumpikin
But they'll probably drag their feet for 6 months or more before ruling.
#Tariffs
#Taxes
He was wriggling like live bait on a hook.
That was painful. Especially if you are a #MAGA #Trumpikin
But they'll probably drag their feet for 6 months or more before ruling.
#Tariffs
#Taxes
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just listened to a bit of the Attorney General getting totally owned by SC judges.
He was wriggling like live bait on a hook.
That was painful. Especially if you are a #MAGA #Trumpikin
But they'll probably drag their feet for 6 months or more before ruling.
#Tariffs
#Taxes
He was wriggling like live bait on a hook.
That was painful. Especially if you are a #MAGA #Trumpikin
But they'll probably drag their feet for 6 months or more before ruling.
#Tariffs
#Taxes
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Thank you all for supporting Origin Story!
ICYMI @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are doing an Origin Story live show next week — Thur Nov 13 at The Tabernacle in West London and we're down to our final set of tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...
ICYMI @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are doing an Origin Story live show next week — Thur Nov 13 at The Tabernacle in West London and we're down to our final set of tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thank you all for supporting Origin Story!
ICYMI @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are doing an Origin Story live show next week — Thur Nov 13 at The Tabernacle in West London and we're down to our final set of tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...
ICYMI @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are doing an Origin Story live show next week — Thur Nov 13 at The Tabernacle in West London and we're down to our final set of tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...
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Reality is tariffs are failing in all of their objectives except raising revenue (for the state and for Trump family via pay-offs) in a manner you expect of a dysfunctional government. Mob tactics are no basis for an economy.
Stocks will likely rise if the Supreme Court kills the tariffs because it’s more money in companies’ (and your) pockets.
Evidence? When he announces tariffs, stocks tend to fall.
Evidence? When he announces tariffs, stocks tend to fall.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Reality is tariffs are failing in all of their objectives except raising revenue (for the state and for Trump family via pay-offs) in a manner you expect of a dysfunctional government. Mob tactics are no basis for an economy.
So true.
"where billionaires are held up as paragons of virtue when the vast majority of them are total A***holes, so it’s not surprising that it permeates almost all levels of society"
"where billionaires are held up as paragons of virtue when the vast majority of them are total A***holes, so it’s not surprising that it permeates almost all levels of society"
Does the owner really want to sell? Well, sometimes the owner isn't the problem. Find out about the one thing I'll never really understand valenciaproperty.substack.com/p/the-one-th...
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
So true.
"where billionaires are held up as paragons of virtue when the vast majority of them are total A***holes, so it’s not surprising that it permeates almost all levels of society"
"where billionaires are held up as paragons of virtue when the vast majority of them are total A***holes, so it’s not surprising that it permeates almost all levels of society"
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A particularly important result: the Dems retained all three seats on the PA supreme court which means the GOP can't get a majority before 2028.
State supreme courts matter a lot in the fair running of Presidential elections and PA is one of the key swing states.
State supreme courts matter a lot in the fair running of Presidential elections and PA is one of the key swing states.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A particularly important result: the Dems retained all three seats on the PA supreme court which means the GOP can't get a majority before 2028.
State supreme courts matter a lot in the fair running of Presidential elections and PA is one of the key swing states.
State supreme courts matter a lot in the fair running of Presidential elections and PA is one of the key swing states.
I reserve the right to throw these off the edge of a mountain if I see anyone filming me with them while I'm out on the trails.
Oakley Meta Vanguard review: fantastic AI running glasses linked to Garmin
Camera-equipped sports shades have secure fit, open-ear speakers, mics and advanced Garmin and Strava integration
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM