Pete Hardy
@ch405ity.bsky.social
Community welfare adviser at the Maudsley hospital, BSc Public health student, sculptor, woodworker & collector of neurological diseases. all views are my own
Warning, Sunday's are the day when I lift all restrictions on restraint in my posts!
Warning, Sunday's are the day when I lift all restrictions on restraint in my posts!
I thought it is time to post something else I made, as it's Saturday. this is a secret Santa present I made for a colleague. It cost less than the £10 limit, as I basically gave her a stick I found, but I was very proud of it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I thought it is time to post something else I made, as it's Saturday. this is a secret Santa present I made for a colleague. It cost less than the £10 limit, as I basically gave her a stick I found, but I was very proud of it.
@unison.org.uk What use is a union that never responds to it's members?
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@unison.org.uk What use is a union that never responds to it's members?
My effort to grow holy basil on my windowsill seem to be coming to fruition
September 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My effort to grow holy basil on my windowsill seem to be coming to fruition
Evening spent Julienning sour mangoes and trimming coriander roots for freezing. Tomorrow green papaya and lime leaves
September 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Evening spent Julienning sour mangoes and trimming coriander roots for freezing. Tomorrow green papaya and lime leaves
Today’s adventure was mostly about magnificent chedis and the amazing sukhotai era. That and getting both sunburnt and caught in a tropical storm
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today’s adventure was mostly about magnificent chedis and the amazing sukhotai era. That and getting both sunburnt and caught in a tropical storm
At the , Khlong Lan waterfall
August 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
At the , Khlong Lan waterfall
Very happy to have potted my first Holy Basil cutting, from the tiny little seedling I was given and told would never grow but is now thriving on my window ledge.
In this country I count that as an achievement.
Authentic Pad Grapao Moo in the UK 😁
In this country I count that as an achievement.
Authentic Pad Grapao Moo in the UK 😁
August 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Very happy to have potted my first Holy Basil cutting, from the tiny little seedling I was given and told would never grow but is now thriving on my window ledge.
In this country I count that as an achievement.
Authentic Pad Grapao Moo in the UK 😁
In this country I count that as an achievement.
Authentic Pad Grapao Moo in the UK 😁
two weeks and a day before I go on holiday and I was asked today (in all seriousness) if I'd done my packing yet.
Is it odd to think two days is more than enough?
Is it odd to think two days is more than enough?
August 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
two weeks and a day before I go on holiday and I was asked today (in all seriousness) if I'd done my packing yet.
Is it odd to think two days is more than enough?
Is it odd to think two days is more than enough?
Taking my mother out for a meal to celebrate her 92nd birthday.
Nice pub, nice food, but I'm in shock that no Essex taxi drivers work on Sunday and it took 50 minutes for Uber to get a driver there- and not at all for the way backM
Nice pub, nice food, but I'm in shock that no Essex taxi drivers work on Sunday and it took 50 minutes for Uber to get a driver there- and not at all for the way backM
August 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Taking my mother out for a meal to celebrate her 92nd birthday.
Nice pub, nice food, but I'm in shock that no Essex taxi drivers work on Sunday and it took 50 minutes for Uber to get a driver there- and not at all for the way backM
Nice pub, nice food, but I'm in shock that no Essex taxi drivers work on Sunday and it took 50 minutes for Uber to get a driver there- and not at all for the way backM
Lunch with my mother for her 92nd birthday. She’s not grumpy, just a stiff neck!
August 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Lunch with my mother for her 92nd birthday. She’s not grumpy, just a stiff neck!
Plus regulate & tax those entities properly, & fine them when they break the rules.
Foreign billionaires circumvent laws and pump millions into British politics.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
Revealed: How foreign billionaires pump millions into British politics
The Elon Musk-shaped hole in Starmer’s Election Bill
democracyforsale.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Plus regulate & tax those entities properly, & fine them when they break the rules.
Every so often I get sad and look back at some pictures to make me feel better. Miss you Myncz.
July 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every so often I get sad and look back at some pictures to make me feel better. Miss you Myncz.
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Reporting on the Russian Wagner Group has come at a personal cost. I’ve been abducted, tortured, and targeted with death threats by their operatives & allies. Yet, I continue to speak out because the voices of the victims—the miners, the mothers, the children—deserve to be heard.
July 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reporting on the Russian Wagner Group has come at a personal cost. I’ve been abducted, tortured, and targeted with death threats by their operatives & allies. Yet, I continue to speak out because the voices of the victims—the miners, the mothers, the children—deserve to be heard.
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But Trump is worried about birds and cancer......
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
But Trump is worried about birds and cancer......
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Russia is weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, using violence and human trafficking networks in Libya. Western intelligence considers Russia’s actions in Africa—especially in Libya—the second-most urgent threat after its war in Ukraine.
united24media.com/world/putins...
united24media.com/world/putins...
Russia Fuels Migrant Surge in Hybrid War Tactic
Russia is weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, using violence and human trafficking networks in Libya to sow division between Europe and Ukraine.
united24media.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Russia is weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, using violence and human trafficking networks in Libya. Western intelligence considers Russia’s actions in Africa—especially in Libya—the second-most urgent threat after its war in Ukraine.
united24media.com/world/putins...
united24media.com/world/putins...
So #LisaNandy, it's OK to arrest dozens of people waving Palestinian flags, but groups attacking police & damaging property whilst trying to kill immigrants are fine?
Is it because they were only carrying bricks, not paint?
What kind of country are you trying to turn us into?
Ban Britain First/ EDL
Is it because they were only carrying bricks, not paint?
What kind of country are you trying to turn us into?
Ban Britain First/ EDL
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So #LisaNandy, it's OK to arrest dozens of people waving Palestinian flags, but groups attacking police & damaging property whilst trying to kill immigrants are fine?
Is it because they were only carrying bricks, not paint?
What kind of country are you trying to turn us into?
Ban Britain First/ EDL
Is it because they were only carrying bricks, not paint?
What kind of country are you trying to turn us into?
Ban Britain First/ EDL
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I think Starmer should remove Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney. He’s not a helpful or positive influence in the party or this country!☹️
July 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I think Starmer should remove Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney. He’s not a helpful or positive influence in the party or this country!☹️
Happy Caturday!
An old one I found of Myncz while tidying up a photo folder
An old one I found of Myncz while tidying up a photo folder
July 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Happy Caturday!
An old one I found of Myncz while tidying up a photo folder
An old one I found of Myncz while tidying up a photo folder
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The NHS is in crisis. Underfunded and overstretched, but MPs are raking in millions of pounds from donors linked to the private healthcare industry.
We don't think this is right.
youtu.be/yIDZ8s3k5d8
We don't think this is right.
youtu.be/yIDZ8s3k5d8
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The NHS is in crisis. Underfunded and overstretched, but MPs are raking in millions of pounds from donors linked to the private healthcare industry.
We don't think this is right.
youtu.be/yIDZ8s3k5d8
We don't think this is right.
youtu.be/yIDZ8s3k5d8
If heads must roll at the BBC, let's start with Richard Sharp
July 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If heads must roll at the BBC, let's start with Richard Sharp
@itvnews.bsky.social
Nice one, ask people that spend all of their money in a pub why they don't feel they have any money.
Nice one, ask people that spend all of their money in a pub why they don't feel they have any money.
July 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@itvnews.bsky.social
Nice one, ask people that spend all of their money in a pub why they don't feel they have any money.
Nice one, ask people that spend all of their money in a pub why they don't feel they have any money.
I've been told I have no shortage of empathy, & it really helps in my job, but anyone saying don't speak ill of the dead as far as Norman Tebbit goes can fuck right off.
The man was a product of everything that was bad about Britain's past, nastiness personified & an architect of our problems now
The man was a product of everything that was bad about Britain's past, nastiness personified & an architect of our problems now
July 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've been told I have no shortage of empathy, & it really helps in my job, but anyone saying don't speak ill of the dead as far as Norman Tebbit goes can fuck right off.
The man was a product of everything that was bad about Britain's past, nastiness personified & an architect of our problems now
The man was a product of everything that was bad about Britain's past, nastiness personified & an architect of our problems now
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social is @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social being thick or disingenious about PIP & employment? why do I have to keep shouting about the fact that PIP has nothing to do with unemployment?
is rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social a liar or an idiot?
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social is @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social being thick or disingenious about PIP & employment? why do I have to keep shouting about the fact that PIP has nothing to do with unemployment?
is rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social a liar or an idiot?
Wes Streeting (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social)
Labour MP for Ilford North. Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social is @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social being thick or disingenious about PIP & employment? why do I have to keep shouting about the fact that PIP has nothing to do with unemployment?
is rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social a liar or an idiot?
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social is @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social being thick or disingenious about PIP & employment? why do I have to keep shouting about the fact that PIP has nothing to do with unemployment?
is rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social a liar or an idiot?