John
@brooksci.bsky.social
Retired lab tech fond of science since Tomorrow’s World with Raymond Baxter. Occasional Boro fan #UTB, walking footballer, tea room hiker, Started piano at 65, life-long learner. #Dogs #Cats #film #science #walking #countryside #RNIB #Humanist
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Enjoyed this Middlesbrough to Whitby train journey video from @johnnyhoover.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=r0rz...
youtube.com/watch?v=r0rz...
Middlesbrough to Whitby on the BEAUTIFUL Esk Valley Line
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Enjoyed this Middlesbrough to Whitby train journey video from @johnnyhoover.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=r0rz...
youtube.com/watch?v=r0rz...
Swans are much bigger in close up, especially their feet!, and how do they keep their feathers so white and clean? This one is beside a park pond in North Yorkshire. #birds #photography
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Swans are much bigger in close up, especially their feet!, and how do they keep their feathers so white and clean? This one is beside a park pond in North Yorkshire. #birds #photography
A single mute swan looks very small as it swims serenely under the white arch of Infinity bridge across the brooding river Tees #BlueSkyArtShow #small #photography
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A single mute swan looks very small as it swims serenely under the white arch of Infinity bridge across the brooding river Tees #BlueSkyArtShow #small #photography
Looking across the river Tyne toward the Glasshouse International Centre for Music #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #photography
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Looking across the river Tyne toward the Glasshouse International Centre for Music #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #photography
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gateshead Millennium Bridge across the river Tyne looking bright last night with the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in the background.
#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #photography
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Gateshead Millennium Bridge across the river Tyne looking bright last night with the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in the background.
#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #photography
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Today is #WorldScienceDay for Peace & Development. Highlighting the role of science in society, the need to engage the public in debates on emerging science & the importance & relevance of science in our daily lives. #WomenInSTEM posts all day! 🥳
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www.un.org/en/observanc...
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today is #WorldScienceDay for Peace & Development. Highlighting the role of science in society, the need to engage the public in debates on emerging science & the importance & relevance of science in our daily lives. #WomenInSTEM posts all day! 🥳
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Recent Bonfire Night in North Yorkshire provided spectacular evening view
#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #photogrsphy
#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #photogrsphy
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Recent Bonfire Night in North Yorkshire provided spectacular evening view
#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #photogrsphy
#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #photogrsphy
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Reposted by John
Reposted by John
Probably the most iconic steam locomotive in the world pulling into one of the most photographed stations in England. The Flying Scotsman arriving at Goathland
#flyingscotsman #goathland
#flyingscotsman #goathland
November 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Probably the most iconic steam locomotive in the world pulling into one of the most photographed stations in England. The Flying Scotsman arriving at Goathland
#flyingscotsman #goathland
#flyingscotsman #goathland
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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28.10.2025
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
28.10.2025
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
'If you've ever wondered what 185+mph winds sound like, here you are.
Category 5 hurricane Malissa is absolutely battering Jamaica at the moment.
Terrifying.'
via Met4CastUK [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Melissa
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🌎 2025
🗓 27th - 28th October
🕔 17:00Z
🛰 GOES19
🗓 27th - 28th October
🕔 17:00Z
🛰 GOES19
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌎 2025
🗓 27th - 28th October
🕔 17:00Z
🛰 GOES19
🗓 27th - 28th October
🕔 17:00Z
🛰 GOES19
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Retired U.S. Army Major General Randy Manner: "The deployments we’re currently seeing inside American cities…are not only un-American and wrong, they’re being done at the expense of our young men and women in uniform."
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newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
I helped lead the National Guard. Troops don’t belong in our cities.
We must not permit this gross misuse of the military to be normalized.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Retired U.S. Army Major General Randy Manner: "The deployments we’re currently seeing inside American cities…are not only un-American and wrong, they’re being done at the expense of our young men and women in uniform."
newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
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This video shows Ukrainian life during the war.
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
August 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This video shows Ukrainian life during the war.
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
View from inside the Riverside football stadium, home of Middlesbrough FC
#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #photography
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
View from inside the Riverside football stadium, home of Middlesbrough FC
#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #photography
#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #photography
Another view of the Stokesley pumpkin fields. It won’t be long before these are harvested and used at Halloween
October 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Another view of the Stokesley pumpkin fields. It won’t be long before these are harvested and used at Halloween
Impressive view from the Tees whitewater Café today. Otters were recently spotted in this vicinity. #photography #Tees #otters
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Impressive view from the Tees whitewater Café today. Otters were recently spotted in this vicinity. #photography #Tees #otters
Fire and rescue training at Teesside whitewater centre today . Participants were very impressive swimming across the fast current in heavy rescue gear. #photography #rescue #river
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fire and rescue training at Teesside whitewater centre today . Participants were very impressive swimming across the fast current in heavy rescue gear. #photography #rescue #river
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Joy in the local pumpkin fields as Halloween approaches. Scarecrows in various poses protect the crop ##photography #halloween #pumpkins
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Joy in the local pumpkin fields as Halloween approaches. Scarecrows in various poses protect the crop ##photography #halloween #pumpkins
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Here's your art challenge cheat sheet for the week:
October 13-19
Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtChallenges
October 13-19
Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtChallenges
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Here's your art challenge cheat sheet for the week:
October 13-19
Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtChallenges
October 13-19
Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtChallenges
Willow tree looking very relaxed in Stewart Park Middlesbrough
Just to the right is the granite vase erected in 1858 to mark the site of explorer James Cook’s cottage. #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #photography
Just to the right is the granite vase erected in 1858 to mark the site of explorer James Cook’s cottage. #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #photography
October 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Willow tree looking very relaxed in Stewart Park Middlesbrough
Just to the right is the granite vase erected in 1858 to mark the site of explorer James Cook’s cottage. #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #photography
Just to the right is the granite vase erected in 1858 to mark the site of explorer James Cook’s cottage. #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #photography