Andy Smart
@andysmart1948.bsky.social
Ex (not very good) youth worker and (slightly more useful) manager of youth workers.
Edinburgh & SW France. Opinionated.
Edinburgh & SW France. Opinionated.
They are actually tug boats, hustling for the contract when HMS Tyne breaks down. Like the tow-trucks in Cape Town.
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
They are actually tug boats, hustling for the contract when HMS Tyne breaks down. Like the tow-trucks in Cape Town.
As a long term fan of Andrew Feinstein, I had been troubled by the suggestion he was in some way at fault in the Your Party stramash. Other people have very serious questions to answer.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As a long term fan of Andrew Feinstein, I had been troubled by the suggestion he was in some way at fault in the Your Party stramash. Other people have very serious questions to answer.
/ˈluː.ni/ us. /ˈluː.ni/ a person who is crazy, silly, or strange
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
/ˈluː.ni/ us. /ˈluː.ni/ a person who is crazy, silly, or strange
Just downloaded my copy of the book of the decade!
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just downloaded my copy of the book of the decade!
Are bluesky moderators allowed hallucinogens during working hours?
October 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Are bluesky moderators allowed hallucinogens during working hours?
Is the poor Zucker looking to run before he can walk? Should he not have a go at regular intelligence - common sense - before trying for anything more advanced?
September 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Is the poor Zucker looking to run before he can walk? Should he not have a go at regular intelligence - common sense - before trying for anything more advanced?
"double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing"
This kind of understatement always reminds me of Thurber's "Touché" cartoon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
This kind of understatement always reminds me of Thurber's "Touché" cartoon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
September 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing"
This kind of understatement always reminds me of Thurber's "Touché" cartoon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
This kind of understatement always reminds me of Thurber's "Touché" cartoon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Does this mean that Trump could stop worrying about the Nobel Prize, if only he had a human brain cell?
August 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Does this mean that Trump could stop worrying about the Nobel Prize, if only he had a human brain cell?
Movimiento 26 de Julio
Without education there will be no revolution (and without a revolution there will be no education)
Without education there will be no revolution (and without a revolution there will be no education)
July 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Movimiento 26 de Julio
Without education there will be no revolution (and without a revolution there will be no education)
Without education there will be no revolution (and without a revolution there will be no education)
Alison Pearson's 'joke' about a military coup in the UK has been deleted. I'm leaving my response!
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Alison Pearson's 'joke' about a military coup in the UK has been deleted. I'm leaving my response!
[sarc] We need solutions, not moaning about no new reservoirs and crazy leaks and dividends and 5 figure 'salaries'.
I propose
No immigrants allowed to drink water (before Farage gets in first)
Water companies able to charge more on hot days (to make up for people being horrid to them)
[/sarc]
I propose
No immigrants allowed to drink water (before Farage gets in first)
Water companies able to charge more on hot days (to make up for people being horrid to them)
[/sarc]
July 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
[sarc] We need solutions, not moaning about no new reservoirs and crazy leaks and dividends and 5 figure 'salaries'.
I propose
No immigrants allowed to drink water (before Farage gets in first)
Water companies able to charge more on hot days (to make up for people being horrid to them)
[/sarc]
I propose
No immigrants allowed to drink water (before Farage gets in first)
Water companies able to charge more on hot days (to make up for people being horrid to them)
[/sarc]
My Chat GPT suspicions are confirmed.
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My Chat GPT suspicions are confirmed.
I'd not want to fly in anything that relied on the structural integrity of Kwasi Kwarteng, either.
May 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I'd not want to fly in anything that relied on the structural integrity of Kwasi Kwarteng, either.
Netanyahu's pants on fire again. Thousands at risk.
In an unrelated development in his criminal case: all the country's 5* jails are mysteriously burnt down
In an unrelated development in his criminal case: all the country's 5* jails are mysteriously burnt down
May 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Netanyahu's pants on fire again. Thousands at risk.
In an unrelated development in his criminal case: all the country's 5* jails are mysteriously burnt down
In an unrelated development in his criminal case: all the country's 5* jails are mysteriously burnt down
I understand that the Honourable Member for the Arms Industry will oppose, on behalf of Carbon, Foreign Powers, Enshittification and Impoverishment.
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I understand that the Honourable Member for the Arms Industry will oppose, on behalf of Carbon, Foreign Powers, Enshittification and Impoverishment.
Still breaking things then? When will they notice it can't be put back together again?
February 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Still breaking things then? When will they notice it can't be put back together again?
The villages around here have a gastronomic alternative.
February 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The villages around here have a gastronomic alternative.
Here in South West France they use dogs and small calibre rifles. Nuclear weapons and white phosphorus would be seen as unsporting.
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here in South West France they use dogs and small calibre rifles. Nuclear weapons and white phosphorus would be seen as unsporting.
I don't know if they do a vegan one.
February 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I don't know if they do a vegan one.
My concern is about a global visitor accidentally entering the UK and being so traumatised by the toxic wasteland left (now everything is asset stripped or outsourced) that they sue. Is the insurance up-to-date? Also there should be signs about not swimming in the rivers or seas.
February 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My concern is about a global visitor accidentally entering the UK and being so traumatised by the toxic wasteland left (now everything is asset stripped or outsourced) that they sue. Is the insurance up-to-date? Also there should be signs about not swimming in the rivers or seas.
Under no circumstances answer this. They are trying to identify any bits of the coastline not already flogged off. For the last fire sale.
February 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Under no circumstances answer this. They are trying to identify any bits of the coastline not already flogged off. For the last fire sale.
Cape Town has a bridge like that.
February 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Cape Town has a bridge like that.