Ant Brown
@brownest-ant.bsky.social
Probably easiest to start with:
Centrist Dad, then head to
Car Nerd (or Bore, if he's left to it) and finally
Posts about my industry (although I'd rather keep my specific profession out of things)
Mainly skeets/ bleets about politics and cars though.
Centrist Dad, then head to
Car Nerd (or Bore, if he's left to it) and finally
Posts about my industry (although I'd rather keep my specific profession out of things)
Mainly skeets/ bleets about politics and cars though.
I NEED to watch The Untouchables again. It is an absolute masterpiece.
‘Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?’
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I NEED to watch The Untouchables again. It is an absolute masterpiece.
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‘Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?’
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?’
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Morris Traveller
Peugeot 205 1.6GTi
Vauxhall vx220
MGZTT 260
Audi A2
Morris Traveller
Peugeot 205 1.6GTi
Vauxhall vx220
MGZTT 260
Audi A2
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Peugeot 104
Volvo 244
Ford Escort mk1
Vauxhall Victor FB
British Leyland Mini Clubman
Peugeot 104
Volvo 244
Ford Escort mk1
Vauxhall Victor FB
British Leyland Mini Clubman
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Morris Traveller
Peugeot 205 1.6GTi
Vauxhall vx220
MGZTT 260
Audi A2
Morris Traveller
Peugeot 205 1.6GTi
Vauxhall vx220
MGZTT 260
Audi A2
The viewing as anything else other than amazing of a scheme to get the mobility impaired more mobile, is a scandal.
And certainly shouldn’t be used as something to try and win votes.
And certainly shouldn’t be used as something to try and win votes.
It took me less than 10 minutes to find the numbers and work out the figures to show that there is no widespread fraud in the Motability Programme.
If I could do it so easily, why couldn't the government?
(5,300 people kicked off Motability in '24 is only 0.0062 of total Motability clients.)
If I could do it so easily, why couldn't the government?
(5,300 people kicked off Motability in '24 is only 0.0062 of total Motability clients.)
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The viewing as anything else other than amazing of a scheme to get the mobility impaired more mobile, is a scandal.
And certainly shouldn’t be used as something to try and win votes.
And certainly shouldn’t be used as something to try and win votes.
Excellent late GenX/ Early Millennial content here.
I've got a 7pm submission deadline, so of course I'm messing around here until it's so time critical it actually just gets done (journalists are a weird bunch). So...
Name a band where their one good song is truly excellent but everything else they do is just, well, not.
Mansun - Wide Open Space
Name a band where their one good song is truly excellent but everything else they do is just, well, not.
Mansun - Wide Open Space
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excellent late GenX/ Early Millennial content here.
Blimey, it’s been a while since I’ve had to dish out a block on here, but it has been one of those days…
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Blimey, it’s been a while since I’ve had to dish out a block on here, but it has been one of those days…
Yay! I get to be a car bore twice in two days!
@jonnelledge.bsky.social does a lot of low emission walking, hence will get impacted by particulates from EVs, even though they have zero *tailpipe* emissions. The cars therefore should be taxed for health reasons.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02...
@jonnelledge.bsky.social does a lot of low emission walking, hence will get impacted by particulates from EVs, even though they have zero *tailpipe* emissions. The cars therefore should be taxed for health reasons.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02...
Brake pad emissions
Brake pad emissions
www.southampton.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yay! I get to be a car bore twice in two days!
@jonnelledge.bsky.social does a lot of low emission walking, hence will get impacted by particulates from EVs, even though they have zero *tailpipe* emissions. The cars therefore should be taxed for health reasons.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02...
@jonnelledge.bsky.social does a lot of low emission walking, hence will get impacted by particulates from EVs, even though they have zero *tailpipe* emissions. The cars therefore should be taxed for health reasons.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02...
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Possibly more offensive than the refurbished Lincoln Bathroom.
A haircut and a shave work wonders!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-gullwing-cars-300sl-roadster/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-gullwing-cars-300sl-roadster/
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Possibly more offensive than the refurbished Lincoln Bathroom.
My brother has just sent me this, he’s clearly been having a rummage through old stuff.
That £3.99 likely needs the decimal place moving to the very right now 😂
That £3.99 likely needs the decimal place moving to the very right now 😂
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My brother has just sent me this, he’s clearly been having a rummage through old stuff.
That £3.99 likely needs the decimal place moving to the very right now 😂
That £3.99 likely needs the decimal place moving to the very right now 😂
Someone riddle me this.
Unless ALL farmers only have one child, who is set to inherit the entire farm, how is this an issue?
Yes, I’m aware that the tax falls to the estate of the deceased, but only a single child will inherit a business, unless all the children live together.
It makes no sense.
Unless ALL farmers only have one child, who is set to inherit the entire farm, how is this an issue?
Yes, I’m aware that the tax falls to the estate of the deceased, but only a single child will inherit a business, unless all the children live together.
It makes no sense.
People in London have had enough of these tax-avoiding rich landowners with £400,000 vehicles clogging up the capital.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Someone riddle me this.
Unless ALL farmers only have one child, who is set to inherit the entire farm, how is this an issue?
Yes, I’m aware that the tax falls to the estate of the deceased, but only a single child will inherit a business, unless all the children live together.
It makes no sense.
Unless ALL farmers only have one child, who is set to inherit the entire farm, how is this an issue?
Yes, I’m aware that the tax falls to the estate of the deceased, but only a single child will inherit a business, unless all the children live together.
It makes no sense.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
This is abhorrent and a nasty right wing social media lie.
Please, someone go and lease a Ford Focus rather than a Mercedes A-Class.
Get back to me with your progress.
Please, someone go and lease a Ford Focus rather than a Mercedes A-Class.
Get back to me with your progress.
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is abhorrent and a nasty right wing social media lie.
Please, someone go and lease a Ford Focus rather than a Mercedes A-Class.
Get back to me with your progress.
Please, someone go and lease a Ford Focus rather than a Mercedes A-Class.
Get back to me with your progress.
Is ChatGPT a website or an app?
I’ve no idea, and it’s bliss 🥰
I’ve no idea, and it’s bliss 🥰
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Is ChatGPT a website or an app?
I’ve no idea, and it’s bliss 🥰
I’ve no idea, and it’s bliss 🥰
@tamslick.bsky.social , this is so incredibly (our) niche! youtu.be/duxdKap09e4?...
Ian McCollum's 26 Horsepower Citroen 2CV
YouTube video by Jimports
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@tamslick.bsky.social , this is so incredibly (our) niche! youtu.be/duxdKap09e4?...
The best year for films ever.
Fight me.
Fight me.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Directed by Steven Spielberg.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The best year for films ever.
Fight me.
Fight me.
Are you an animator?
Does your boss have eyes?
You’re in luck. Your job is safe.
Here’s a piece on Coca Cola’s AI slop advert: www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-ai...
Does your boss have eyes?
You’re in luck. Your job is safe.
Here’s a piece on Coca Cola’s AI slop advert: www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-ai...
Coca-Cola holiday ad exposes one of the biggest problems with AI-generated video
Coca-Cola's 2025 holiday ad is an AI remake of its classic "Holidays are Coming" spot. Just don't look too closely at the wheels on the trucks.
www.businessinsider.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Are you an animator?
Does your boss have eyes?
You’re in luck. Your job is safe.
Here’s a piece on Coca Cola’s AI slop advert: www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-ai...
Does your boss have eyes?
You’re in luck. Your job is safe.
Here’s a piece on Coca Cola’s AI slop advert: www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-ai...
Please tell me people actually knew this?!
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Please tell me people actually knew this?!
This isn’t aimed at the OP, but surprise surprise you don’t need to go that far through the replies to find an equivalent of “all politicians are the same” and it’s taking every fibre of my being to not either 1) block or 2) jump on them.
Why are people?
Why are people?
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This isn’t aimed at the OP, but surprise surprise you don’t need to go that far through the replies to find an equivalent of “all politicians are the same” and it’s taking every fibre of my being to not either 1) block or 2) jump on them.
Why are people?
Why are people?
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
Some mince pies have just been made in our house and there was some remnants of the filling left in here, so I cleared it out as best I could with a sundae spoon.
BlueSky doesn’t do polls, but which is the correct answer:
It’s fine to eat mincemeat out the jar:
1) Yes
2) Yes with ensuing heartburn
BlueSky doesn’t do polls, but which is the correct answer:
It’s fine to eat mincemeat out the jar:
1) Yes
2) Yes with ensuing heartburn
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some mince pies have just been made in our house and there was some remnants of the filling left in here, so I cleared it out as best I could with a sundae spoon.
BlueSky doesn’t do polls, but which is the correct answer:
It’s fine to eat mincemeat out the jar:
1) Yes
2) Yes with ensuing heartburn
BlueSky doesn’t do polls, but which is the correct answer:
It’s fine to eat mincemeat out the jar:
1) Yes
2) Yes with ensuing heartburn
Rather apposite.
Last evening I could not for the life of me recall the name of this model of car.
I have what I call “a book” about these, which I didn’t have to hand.
According to 99.9% of the internet and every Google result, this thing doesn’t exist.
The internet is no longer that useful.
Last evening I could not for the life of me recall the name of this model of car.
I have what I call “a book” about these, which I didn’t have to hand.
According to 99.9% of the internet and every Google result, this thing doesn’t exist.
The internet is no longer that useful.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Rather apposite.
Last evening I could not for the life of me recall the name of this model of car.
I have what I call “a book” about these, which I didn’t have to hand.
According to 99.9% of the internet and every Google result, this thing doesn’t exist.
The internet is no longer that useful.
Last evening I could not for the life of me recall the name of this model of car.
I have what I call “a book” about these, which I didn’t have to hand.
According to 99.9% of the internet and every Google result, this thing doesn’t exist.
The internet is no longer that useful.
Eggs, though?
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Eggs, though?
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I was driving home from Derby today when - thar she blows! - I encountered my white whale.
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I was driving home from Derby today when - thar she blows! - I encountered my white whale.
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Oh thank goodness. Wouldn't have wanted him associated with anything that would later be embarrassing.
Plus I think I am right in saying that Peter Cushing's last appearance on screen was not this (or the music video) but on Jim'll Fix It.
Helen Cushing Rose | Gardeners Corner - The Friendly Gardening Forum share.google/Ale5XRGSizyH...
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Helen Cushing Rose
Mr Cookie and I are great fans of the good old days of British Horror Films. One of our favourite actors of the time was Peter Cushing.In 1986, he...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oh thank goodness. Wouldn't have wanted him associated with anything that would later be embarrassing.