@crypttext.bsky.social
Semi-retired civil engineer. Itinerant observer.
Happy Curmudgeon. Reader of books.
Lover of animals and grandchildren (in that order)
Knob with a job… (wife’s words, not mine)
🇺🇦603,628sq.km🇺🇦 🇵🇸 📎 🚫DMs
Happy Curmudgeon. Reader of books.
Lover of animals and grandchildren (in that order)
Knob with a job… (wife’s words, not mine)
🇺🇦603,628sq.km🇺🇦 🇵🇸 📎 🚫DMs
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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The man with the job of enforcing impartiality at the BBC is former head of comms to a rightwing Tory prime minister. Let's leave it there, OK?
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The man with the job of enforcing impartiality at the BBC is former head of comms to a rightwing Tory prime minister. Let's leave it there, OK?
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Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.
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WATCH: Barack Obama just surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans on Veterans Day.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
WATCH: Barack Obama just surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans on Veterans Day.
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Hi 👋🏽 @gtconway.bsky.social we support this wholeheartedly
Hey @gtconway.bsky.social?
How do we buy a few billboards in Nashville about how Marsha Blackburn wants to be paid $500K bc she helped Trump crime?
How do we buy a few billboards in Nashville about how Marsha Blackburn wants to be paid $500K bc she helped Trump crime?
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hi 👋🏽 @gtconway.bsky.social we support this wholeheartedly
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The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
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C-130 military cargo planes are widely used by Turkey’s armed forces for transporting personnel and handling logistical operations.
Turkish military plane crashes in Georgia after leaving Azerbaijan
C-130 military cargo planes are widely used by Turkey’s armed forces for transporting personnel and handling logistical operations.
l.euronews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
C-130 military cargo planes are widely used by Turkey’s armed forces for transporting personnel and handling logistical operations.
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The thrill of right-wing outlets and politicians over the BBC tells you all you need to know...
The BBC is a vital British institution.
from @bjennings90.bsky.social⭐
The BBC is a vital British institution.
from @bjennings90.bsky.social⭐
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The thrill of right-wing outlets and politicians over the BBC tells you all you need to know...
The BBC is a vital British institution.
from @bjennings90.bsky.social⭐
The BBC is a vital British institution.
from @bjennings90.bsky.social⭐
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I really hope this is a parody
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I really hope this is a parody
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❗️ In temporarily occupied Luhansk, a woman driving a Smart car at full speed hit and killed a 🇷🇺Russian soldier who was crossing the road.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
❗️ In temporarily occupied Luhansk, a woman driving a Smart car at full speed hit and killed a 🇷🇺Russian soldier who was crossing the road.
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Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
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Percy Platt’s motor cycle shop in Union Street, Oldham, c.1915 (Past pix/SSPL/Getty).
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Percy Platt’s motor cycle shop in Union Street, Oldham, c.1915 (Past pix/SSPL/Getty).
Archive September 30, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Archive September 30, 2025
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The guy made them call him a "Tesla founder" despite not having founded the company
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The guy made them call him a "Tesla founder" despite not having founded the company
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France is preparing to commemorate on Thursday the 10th anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by the so-called Islamic State group.
Ten years on, survivors struggle with trauma of deadly Paris attacks
France is preparing to commemorate on Thursday the 10th anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by the so-called Islamic State group.
l.euronews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
France is preparing to commemorate on Thursday the 10th anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by the so-called Islamic State group.
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☕ The illegal apartheid state of baby killers is conducting airstrikes in Lebanon. They can't go one day without killing people.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
☕ The illegal apartheid state of baby killers is conducting airstrikes in Lebanon. They can't go one day without killing people.
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💯 Trump is a convicted sexual assault criminal and bizarrely, President of USA for a 2nd time.
King Charles *hosted* an unprecedented, costly 2nd state visit for this cruel, vindictive felon.
So much for the 'special relationship'. Time 🇬🇧 tells him to fxxk off.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
King Charles *hosted* an unprecedented, costly 2nd state visit for this cruel, vindictive felon.
So much for the 'special relationship'. Time 🇬🇧 tells him to fxxk off.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
The BBC Surrenders to Trump
The capitulation of our national broadcaster to the political forces most determined to destroy it is a worrying sign of things to come
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
💯 Trump is a convicted sexual assault criminal and bizarrely, President of USA for a 2nd time.
King Charles *hosted* an unprecedented, costly 2nd state visit for this cruel, vindictive felon.
So much for the 'special relationship'. Time 🇬🇧 tells him to fxxk off.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
King Charles *hosted* an unprecedented, costly 2nd state visit for this cruel, vindictive felon.
So much for the 'special relationship'. Time 🇬🇧 tells him to fxxk off.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
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⬇️ Brexit has led to 1.8 million fewer jobs in the UK.
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
⬇️ Brexit has led to 1.8 million fewer jobs in the UK.
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
🇪🇺 Want better jobs? Encourage investment from business and knock down our disastrous trade barriers with our largest and closest market.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo
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MAGA couple wanted by police in relation to racial abuse and physical abuse (pepper spray) in London
If they are found guilty I hope we deport these violent immigrants
And that he also gets charged with crimes against fashion (a knotted jumper? Does he think he’s in Howard’s Way?)
If they are found guilty I hope we deport these violent immigrants
And that he also gets charged with crimes against fashion (a knotted jumper? Does he think he’s in Howard’s Way?)
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
MAGA couple wanted by police in relation to racial abuse and physical abuse (pepper spray) in London
If they are found guilty I hope we deport these violent immigrants
And that he also gets charged with crimes against fashion (a knotted jumper? Does he think he’s in Howard’s Way?)
If they are found guilty I hope we deport these violent immigrants
And that he also gets charged with crimes against fashion (a knotted jumper? Does he think he’s in Howard’s Way?)
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Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
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UK Police Arrest More Than 900 in High Street Crime Crackdown
Related Reporting
www.occrp.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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You may have seen that BBC News online’s Middle East editor is taking legal action against me over my work on the BBC’s editorial approach to Israel/Palestine.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You may have seen that BBC News online’s Middle East editor is taking legal action against me over my work on the BBC’s editorial approach to Israel/Palestine.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
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this is more frightening than a killer whale.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
this is more frightening than a killer whale.