Alan Boyle
@apbliv.bsky.social
Retired geologist at livuni. Interested in pyrite, pedagogy and #PAFC. Replaced running after footballs with tennis in 2019. #PR, #FBPE - no DMs (will be blocked)
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why have the #Times, #DailyTelegraph and #FinancialTimes changed #RachelReeves suit colour from pale green to pale blue on their front pages? Is this their less than subtle way of pushing #Reform? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newspaper headlines: Spending Review 'renewing Britain' or 'reckless splurge'
Reaction to the chancellor's Spending Review dominates the front pages on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Why have the #Times, #DailyTelegraph and #FinancialTimes changed #RachelReeves suit colour from pale green to pale blue on their front pages? Is this their less than subtle way of pushing #Reform? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A room with a view. #FensterFreitag at the D'oyly Carte's house in Colyton Fishacre, Devon.
April 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A room with a view. #FensterFreitag at the D'oyly Carte's house in Colyton Fishacre, Devon.
COYGs!!!
March 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
COYGs!!!
Ed Conway is always worth listening to.
🚨Quick!
Watch my 3min primer on tariffs, before Donald Trump changes everything again at his next press conference...
🎥Follow the journey of a piston back and forth across the US/Canadian/Mexican border and you soon see why this is all such a big deal👇 youtu.be/kPi4V7UXxUk?...
Watch my 3min primer on tariffs, before Donald Trump changes everything again at his next press conference...
🎥Follow the journey of a piston back and forth across the US/Canadian/Mexican border and you soon see why this is all such a big deal👇 youtu.be/kPi4V7UXxUk?...
How Trump's tariffs could cost consumers in US and UK | Ed Conway analysis
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ed Conway is always worth listening to.
Gullying and waders in the Mersey mud during last night's sunset.
My 📷
My 📷
January 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Gullying and waders in the Mersey mud during last night's sunset.
My 📷
My 📷
Shocking electricity prices today from the @octopus.energy Agile tariff (£1 per kWh at peak between 15:00-17:00). They seem to be too embarrassed to publish tomorrow's Agile rates, which should have been out over two hours ago.
January 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Shocking electricity prices today from the @octopus.energy Agile tariff (£1 per kWh at peak between 15:00-17:00). They seem to be too embarrassed to publish tomorrow's Agile rates, which should have been out over two hours ago.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
Nothing like some data to help understand an issue. I suspect the VAT can largely be absorbed by good management of existing income.
A lot of rich parents are very upset at the government for charging VAT on private school fees. Maybe they should instead ask why private schools have put up fees so far above inflation over the past 15 years. www.ft.com/content/852b...
December 31, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Nothing like some data to help understand an issue. I suspect the VAT can largely be absorbed by good management of existing income.
This was highly predictable, repeating what China did with rare earth elements (REE) in 2010. In December 2023, China banned export of REE processing tech, presumably to stifle competition, and in October 2024 restricted REE exports in an effort to raise world prices. tinyurl.com/preview/23dx...
December 4, 2024 at 9:56 AM
This was highly predictable, repeating what China did with rare earth elements (REE) in 2010. In December 2023, China banned export of REE processing tech, presumably to stifle competition, and in October 2024 restricted REE exports in an effort to raise world prices. tinyurl.com/preview/23dx...
Liverpool can be so photogenic on still Autumn evenings. There are a few windows on show, so #FensterFreitag.
November 29, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Liverpool can be so photogenic on still Autumn evenings. There are a few windows on show, so #FensterFreitag.
Well I never. The paper of record @thetimes.com!
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 25, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Well I never. The paper of record @thetimes.com!
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It's my opinion that Victoria Derbyshire should replace Laura Kuenssberg on every single BBC show she is on, and she should do it right now.
I'm sure you agree.
I'm sure you agree.
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 PM
It's my opinion that Victoria Derbyshire should replace Laura Kuenssberg on every single BBC show she is on, and she should do it right now.
I'm sure you agree.
I'm sure you agree.
Monday morning blues. When you go away for the weekend and tomorrow is the last garden waste collection of the year.
November 18, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Monday morning blues. When you go away for the weekend and tomorrow is the last garden waste collection of the year.
A window onto a courtyard at Bahia Palace, Marrakech #FensterFreitag
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 AM
A window onto a courtyard at Bahia Palace, Marrakech #FensterFreitag
Great to see the University of Liverpool’s Herdman Earth Science Society join BlueSky. It is run by the geology students.
If you are an alumnus give them a follow at @herdman.bsky.social. Here is a gratuitous picture of some Herdman Society students in West Brittany in 2017 complete with #BlueSky.
If you are an alumnus give them a follow at @herdman.bsky.social. Here is a gratuitous picture of some Herdman Society students in West Brittany in 2017 complete with #BlueSky.
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Great to see the University of Liverpool’s Herdman Earth Science Society join BlueSky. It is run by the geology students.
If you are an alumnus give them a follow at @herdman.bsky.social. Here is a gratuitous picture of some Herdman Society students in West Brittany in 2017 complete with #BlueSky.
If you are an alumnus give them a follow at @herdman.bsky.social. Here is a gratuitous picture of some Herdman Society students in West Brittany in 2017 complete with #BlueSky.
Part of the Guardian escape from the other place. @mrjohncrace.bsky.social is always a good read and well worth following.
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Part of the Guardian escape from the other place. @mrjohncrace.bsky.social is always a good read and well worth following.
My first post here as I start my escape from the other place. Here are some sheep grazing on who knows what in the #Atlas Mountains south of #Marrakech last week.
November 10, 2024 at 3:26 PM
My first post here as I start my escape from the other place. Here are some sheep grazing on who knows what in the #Atlas Mountains south of #Marrakech last week.