Andrew Roberts
@alr1970.bsky.social
UK urban cyclist.
Climber. Walker. Parent.
Curious about everything.
Intolerant of intolerance.
Climber. Walker. Parent.
Curious about everything.
Intolerant of intolerance.
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Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Not this sort of red tape.
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Not this sort of red tape.
Does anyone know how to force GMaps to treat me like a grown up and cross the road where I like? Driving directions are 0.4 miles, if I want to walk it routes me via a pelican crossing which is 0.7 miles. This is going to put people off walking if it looks too far.
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Does anyone know how to force GMaps to treat me like a grown up and cross the road where I like? Driving directions are 0.4 miles, if I want to walk it routes me via a pelican crossing which is 0.7 miles. This is going to put people off walking if it looks too far.
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Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
www.ema.europa.eu
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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i mean, you could hang around for *checks notes* Andy Burnham to come save you but frankly at the pace the far right are organising we haven’t got time to wait
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Politics doesn’t have to stay broken. Inequality doesn’t have to win.
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
i mean, you could hang around for *checks notes* Andy Burnham to come save you but frankly at the pace the far right are organising we haven’t got time to wait
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Apparently to track my parcel, I have to declare that gulls can fit in a nest box! @royalmailofficial.bsky.social really have the worst captchas.
September 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Apparently to track my parcel, I have to declare that gulls can fit in a nest box! @royalmailofficial.bsky.social really have the worst captchas.
With apologies to Patrick Kavanaugh, the stony brown soil of Lincolnshire. The top 10cm is bone dry.
August 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
With apologies to Patrick Kavanaugh, the stony brown soil of Lincolnshire. The top 10cm is bone dry.
Deepest Lincolnshire. They build these roads and no-one uses them.
August 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Deepest Lincolnshire. They build these roads and no-one uses them.
"Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal"
"Ooh, matron!"
"Ooh, matron!"
New game. Take a movie quote, and reply to it with a movie/tv quote from a totally different movie/TV quote.
"I must have some booze. I demand to have some booze!"
"This must be a Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays."
"I must have some booze. I demand to have some booze!"
"This must be a Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays."
July 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal"
"Ooh, matron!"
"Ooh, matron!"
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The secret German weather station on the Arctic island of Svalbard. Part of the 'Weather War'.
The team, led by Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege, were the last German troops to surrender in WW2, finally doing so FOUR MONTHS after Germany had officially surrendered.
It was not for want of trying. /1
The team, led by Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege, were the last German troops to surrender in WW2, finally doing so FOUR MONTHS after Germany had officially surrendered.
It was not for want of trying. /1
June 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The secret German weather station on the Arctic island of Svalbard. Part of the 'Weather War'.
The team, led by Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege, were the last German troops to surrender in WW2, finally doing so FOUR MONTHS after Germany had officially surrendered.
It was not for want of trying. /1
The team, led by Lieutenant Wilhelm Dege, were the last German troops to surrender in WW2, finally doing so FOUR MONTHS after Germany had officially surrendered.
It was not for want of trying. /1
Well, gosh, isn't this what the same papers, in their wellness sections, have been telling us to do for years: switch off unecessary notifications to avoid digital burnout and disctraction?
Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Well, gosh, isn't this what the same papers, in their wellness sections, have been telling us to do for years: switch off unecessary notifications to avoid digital burnout and disctraction?
Chalk another one up against ever, EVER going on a cruise.
(Justifiably) @apiln.bsky.social
(Justifiably) @apiln.bsky.social
Cruise couple heard 'whooshing' noise then they were 'covered from head to toe'
'The lights are going on and off and everything. Oh it stinks, it's everywhere. It's on my slippers. It's running down the walls'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Chalk another one up against ever, EVER going on a cruise.
(Justifiably) @apiln.bsky.social
(Justifiably) @apiln.bsky.social
Looking for my rental car in a Colorado parking lot. There it is!
This was 6 years ago, the other cars have grown since then.
This was 6 years ago, the other cars have grown since then.
May 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Looking for my rental car in a Colorado parking lot. There it is!
This was 6 years ago, the other cars have grown since then.
This was 6 years ago, the other cars have grown since then.
What could possibly go wrong? Oh wait, We already know!
Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
May 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What could possibly go wrong? Oh wait, We already know!
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Almost an occultation seen from Manchester
May 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Almost an occultation seen from Manchester
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WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
Yup, even in my 50s I can get to the office that quickly, uphill to boot. On my eBike, it's even quicker. And it's fun!
May 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Yup, even in my 50s I can get to the office that quickly, uphill to boot. On my eBike, it's even quicker. And it's fun!
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
✍️ Sign the petition:
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I'm most impressed by the four people who were bold enough to contact the lost property office to arrange the return of their missing, um, item.
May 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm most impressed by the four people who were bold enough to contact the lost property office to arrange the return of their missing, um, item.
Just back from picking up some Freegle booty
April 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just back from picking up some Freegle booty
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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Trump and Musk feature in the latest Beano. D.O.P.E.
This sort of satire is wasted on 7 year olds!
This sort of satire is wasted on 7 year olds!
April 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trump and Musk feature in the latest Beano. D.O.P.E.
This sort of satire is wasted on 7 year olds!
This sort of satire is wasted on 7 year olds!
The Silence of the Popes
The Pope With The Dragon Tattoo
Let The Right Pope In
April 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Silence of the Popes
The dreeadful irony of this case was that the victim was himself someone who gave up driving because his vision wasn't good enough.
The coroner: "[this] is a prime example as to why self-certification for driving licences does not protect the lives of those on UK roads".
The coroner: "[this] is a prime example as to why self-certification for driving licences does not protect the lives of those on UK roads".
Neil Pemberton, 81, had a long history of eye disease and was told on several occasions by different clinicians that he should not drive
'Almost blind' killer driver shows no understanding of responsibility - coroner
www.lancs.live
April 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The dreeadful irony of this case was that the victim was himself someone who gave up driving because his vision wasn't good enough.
The coroner: "[this] is a prime example as to why self-certification for driving licences does not protect the lives of those on UK roads".
The coroner: "[this] is a prime example as to why self-certification for driving licences does not protect the lives of those on UK roads".