Ian Thompson - ExaminerIan
@examinerian.bsky.social
Former Assistant Head Teacher at Tanfield School, now employed at County Durham and Sunderland Foodbank networks. Created the Education Leeds E-Inclusion Project, (EU Award nominated). Dad, virtual trucker, DIY, gamer, I acquire more books than I can read.
Billy Bragg just asks a few questions about the private company masquerading as a political party that likes to "just ask questions".
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Billy Bragg
I’m not a regular viewer of BBC1 Question Time, but since I was on the programme a month ago, I’ve tuned in to see if my experience was representative of how the studio audiences react to panel...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Billy Bragg just asks a few questions about the private company masquerading as a political party that likes to "just ask questions".
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#BritishPodcastAwards
www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
I've voted for @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marinapurkiss.bsky.social , creators/presenters of their ace podcast, The Trawl
Get it wherever pods are cast. Although not the Prodigal Son parable - no swine needed
My choice - @antennapod.org
www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
I've voted for @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marinapurkiss.bsky.social , creators/presenters of their ace podcast, The Trawl
Get it wherever pods are cast. Although not the Prodigal Son parable - no swine needed
My choice - @antennapod.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#BritishPodcastAwards
www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
I've voted for @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marinapurkiss.bsky.social , creators/presenters of their ace podcast, The Trawl
Get it wherever pods are cast. Although not the Prodigal Son parable - no swine needed
My choice - @antennapod.org
www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
I've voted for @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marinapurkiss.bsky.social , creators/presenters of their ace podcast, The Trawl
Get it wherever pods are cast. Although not the Prodigal Son parable - no swine needed
My choice - @antennapod.org
I just backed ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
Now, since I have in the past worked with some of those involved in one way or another (on the Sinclair QL side of things), it'll be interesting to get this running some of my own software releases on it!
Now, since I have in the past worked with some of those involved in one way or another (on the Sinclair QL side of things), it'll be interesting to get this running some of my own software releases on it!
ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!
www.kickstarter.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I just backed ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
Now, since I have in the past worked with some of those involved in one way or another (on the Sinclair QL side of things), it'll be interesting to get this running some of my own software releases on it!
Now, since I have in the past worked with some of those involved in one way or another (on the Sinclair QL side of things), it'll be interesting to get this running some of my own software releases on it!
It's not a truck, but I'm filing this in the same series...
1969 Plymouth GTX, 7.2L V8, first imported here in the UK in 2016, last sold on in 2020.
Easily beats the modern Mustangs/Challengers see here.
I *think* it managed the 50yds to the end of the road on the first gallon, but I'm not sure.
1969 Plymouth GTX, 7.2L V8, first imported here in the UK in 2016, last sold on in 2020.
Easily beats the modern Mustangs/Challengers see here.
I *think* it managed the 50yds to the end of the road on the first gallon, but I'm not sure.
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's not a truck, but I'm filing this in the same series...
1969 Plymouth GTX, 7.2L V8, first imported here in the UK in 2016, last sold on in 2020.
Easily beats the modern Mustangs/Challengers see here.
I *think* it managed the 50yds to the end of the road on the first gallon, but I'm not sure.
1969 Plymouth GTX, 7.2L V8, first imported here in the UK in 2016, last sold on in 2020.
Easily beats the modern Mustangs/Challengers see here.
I *think* it managed the 50yds to the end of the road on the first gallon, but I'm not sure.
Good old Karoline "Leave it!"...
July 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Good old Karoline "Leave it!"...
July 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Well, would you look at that - someone went and put a Tree in the Road...
However, I can confidently say that Project Bus rocks!
And rolls, especially with a trailer hooked up.
#CruisingIowa in #AmericanTruckSimulator
@scssoft.com
@kheyar3.bsky.social
@mohskinner.bsky.social
However, I can confidently say that Project Bus rocks!
And rolls, especially with a trailer hooked up.
#CruisingIowa in #AmericanTruckSimulator
@scssoft.com
@kheyar3.bsky.social
@mohskinner.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Well, would you look at that - someone went and put a Tree in the Road...
However, I can confidently say that Project Bus rocks!
And rolls, especially with a trailer hooked up.
#CruisingIowa in #AmericanTruckSimulator
@scssoft.com
@kheyar3.bsky.social
@mohskinner.bsky.social
However, I can confidently say that Project Bus rocks!
And rolls, especially with a trailer hooked up.
#CruisingIowa in #AmericanTruckSimulator
@scssoft.com
@kheyar3.bsky.social
@mohskinner.bsky.social
In another entry in the infrequent "Trucks seen at our warehouse" series, here's a cool MAN TGX 6x2 mid-lift, with just the right number plate delivering heavy workshop tools to our next door neighbour ...
June 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In another entry in the infrequent "Trucks seen at our warehouse" series, here's a cool MAN TGX 6x2 mid-lift, with just the right number plate delivering heavy workshop tools to our next door neighbour ...
Turning it up to 11 has consequences in later life...
June 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Turning it up to 11 has consequences in later life...
Serendipitous - someone donated this to my company's charity shop side of things. My wife spotted it when unpacking/sorting stuff. It's one of my better birthday pressies today!
Genuine @volvotrucks.bsky.social merch, usually unobtainium in the UK!
@kheyar3.bsky.social @mohskinner.bsky.social
Genuine @volvotrucks.bsky.social merch, usually unobtainium in the UK!
@kheyar3.bsky.social @mohskinner.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Serendipitous - someone donated this to my company's charity shop side of things. My wife spotted it when unpacking/sorting stuff. It's one of my better birthday pressies today!
Genuine @volvotrucks.bsky.social merch, usually unobtainium in the UK!
@kheyar3.bsky.social @mohskinner.bsky.social
Genuine @volvotrucks.bsky.social merch, usually unobtainium in the UK!
@kheyar3.bsky.social @mohskinner.bsky.social
Spotted near Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, screwed to a dead tree trunk. Interesting campaigning...
"Vote Forage!"
"Make Borage Great Again"
"Free Mushrooms!"
"Stop the Goats!"
How many planks could we get from that log?
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
"Vote Forage!"
"Make Borage Great Again"
"Free Mushrooms!"
"Stop the Goats!"
How many planks could we get from that log?
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Spotted near Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, screwed to a dead tree trunk. Interesting campaigning...
"Vote Forage!"
"Make Borage Great Again"
"Free Mushrooms!"
"Stop the Goats!"
How many planks could we get from that log?
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
"Vote Forage!"
"Make Borage Great Again"
"Free Mushrooms!"
"Stop the Goats!"
How many planks could we get from that log?
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social
@jemmaforte.bsky.social
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
No one will notice this post.
May 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
No one will notice this post.
How the heck did I throw my back just putting a pen back into a pen holder?!
Oh, yeah, I've been chipping away at the second half of a century for a few years now...
Oh, yeah, I've been chipping away at the second half of a century for a few years now...
May 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How the heck did I throw my back just putting a pen back into a pen holder?!
Oh, yeah, I've been chipping away at the second half of a century for a few years now...
Oh, yeah, I've been chipping away at the second half of a century for a few years now...
I tried sh*tposting once, but wasn't good at it.
(Sh*t)^2-posting.
(Sh*t)^2-posting.
May 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I tried sh*tposting once, but wasn't good at it.
(Sh*t)^2-posting.
(Sh*t)^2-posting.
There's a tree by my driveway, and it drips sap onto my car.
Early Friday morning, a bird dropped an egg on the roof.
At work that day, a bag of self-raising flour burst and dusted the car park.
No cakes appeared. What's missing?
EDIT: no butter, that's the reason!
RE-EDIT: Nope. Still no cake.
Early Friday morning, a bird dropped an egg on the roof.
At work that day, a bag of self-raising flour burst and dusted the car park.
No cakes appeared. What's missing?
EDIT: no butter, that's the reason!
RE-EDIT: Nope. Still no cake.
May 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There's a tree by my driveway, and it drips sap onto my car.
Early Friday morning, a bird dropped an egg on the roof.
At work that day, a bag of self-raising flour burst and dusted the car park.
No cakes appeared. What's missing?
EDIT: no butter, that's the reason!
RE-EDIT: Nope. Still no cake.
Early Friday morning, a bird dropped an egg on the roof.
At work that day, a bag of self-raising flour burst and dusted the car park.
No cakes appeared. What's missing?
EDIT: no butter, that's the reason!
RE-EDIT: Nope. Still no cake.
Going to go out on a limb here, but is "Allen Carr's* Easy Way to Quit Smoking" basically this:
"Quit smoking, or the only thing you will see on Netflix and Prime will be Alan Carr* shows... (Updated: now includes Apple TV)"
*yes, I know.
"Quit smoking, or the only thing you will see on Netflix and Prime will be Alan Carr* shows... (Updated: now includes Apple TV)"
*yes, I know.
May 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Going to go out on a limb here, but is "Allen Carr's* Easy Way to Quit Smoking" basically this:
"Quit smoking, or the only thing you will see on Netflix and Prime will be Alan Carr* shows... (Updated: now includes Apple TV)"
*yes, I know.
"Quit smoking, or the only thing you will see on Netflix and Prime will be Alan Carr* shows... (Updated: now includes Apple TV)"
*yes, I know.
Sees a picture of a certain space telescope, pointing a something.
Brain: "Here's Euclid looking at ... ?"
Me: "Shut up, brain, you just ruined the Casablanca joke..."
Brain: "Here's Euclid looking at ... ?"
Me: "Shut up, brain, you just ruined the Casablanca joke..."
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat and a white shirt
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat and a white shirt
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sees a picture of a certain space telescope, pointing a something.
Brain: "Here's Euclid looking at ... ?"
Me: "Shut up, brain, you just ruined the Casablanca joke..."
Brain: "Here's Euclid looking at ... ?"
Me: "Shut up, brain, you just ruined the Casablanca joke..."
I still have a Xitter account (web only, no {cr}app). It defaults to my profile cos just a few minutes scrolling gives me the irrits in a major way.
Except I now miss stuff from Japanese friends who only have Xitter accounts, so I catch up on the feeds, only to get the irrits again.
IRRITS!! 👊😠
Except I now miss stuff from Japanese friends who only have Xitter accounts, so I catch up on the feeds, only to get the irrits again.
IRRITS!! 👊😠
May 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I still have a Xitter account (web only, no {cr}app). It defaults to my profile cos just a few minutes scrolling gives me the irrits in a major way.
Except I now miss stuff from Japanese friends who only have Xitter accounts, so I catch up on the feeds, only to get the irrits again.
IRRITS!! 👊😠
Except I now miss stuff from Japanese friends who only have Xitter accounts, so I catch up on the feeds, only to get the irrits again.
IRRITS!! 👊😠
Things can only get feta...
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Things can only get feta...
Note to self:
Try not making posts complex, overcomplicated, convoluted, intricate, tangled, elaborate, or labyrinthine. Doing so can, obfuscate, obscure, confuse, blur, or muddle others' ability to comprehend the point being made.
Thank you for your forbearance in this transitory interlude.
Try not making posts complex, overcomplicated, convoluted, intricate, tangled, elaborate, or labyrinthine. Doing so can, obfuscate, obscure, confuse, blur, or muddle others' ability to comprehend the point being made.
Thank you for your forbearance in this transitory interlude.
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Note to self:
Try not making posts complex, overcomplicated, convoluted, intricate, tangled, elaborate, or labyrinthine. Doing so can, obfuscate, obscure, confuse, blur, or muddle others' ability to comprehend the point being made.
Thank you for your forbearance in this transitory interlude.
Try not making posts complex, overcomplicated, convoluted, intricate, tangled, elaborate, or labyrinthine. Doing so can, obfuscate, obscure, confuse, blur, or muddle others' ability to comprehend the point being made.
Thank you for your forbearance in this transitory interlude.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
I believe I have all possible forms of treatment covered with this lot...
I believe I have all possible forms of treatment covered with this lot...
April 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
I believe I have all possible forms of treatment covered with this lot...
I believe I have all possible forms of treatment covered with this lot...
Boss: We're getting new carpets for some rooms.
Me: Great! What's the budget for finally covering the bare concrete section in the break room?
Boss:
Me:
Boss: Here are the offcuts.
Me: Can we at least have underlay?
Boss:
Me: I'll get started.
=====
"Almost Invisible Repairs" now a thing.
Me: Great! What's the budget for finally covering the bare concrete section in the break room?
Boss:
Me:
Boss: Here are the offcuts.
Me: Can we at least have underlay?
Boss:
Me: I'll get started.
=====
"Almost Invisible Repairs" now a thing.
April 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Boss: We're getting new carpets for some rooms.
Me: Great! What's the budget for finally covering the bare concrete section in the break room?
Boss:
Me:
Boss: Here are the offcuts.
Me: Can we at least have underlay?
Boss:
Me: I'll get started.
=====
"Almost Invisible Repairs" now a thing.
Me: Great! What's the budget for finally covering the bare concrete section in the break room?
Boss:
Me:
Boss: Here are the offcuts.
Me: Can we at least have underlay?
Boss:
Me: I'll get started.
=====
"Almost Invisible Repairs" now a thing.
We all love small electric cars, right? In cities, especially Europe & Asia where we have streets an F150 would block wall-to-wall...
Here's a startup from Hiroshima, Japan, which just announced what looks like an Optimised Citroën Ami:
kg-m.jp/mibot/
@fullychargedshow.bsky.social
Here's a startup from Hiroshima, Japan, which just announced what looks like an Optimised Citroën Ami:
kg-m.jp/mibot/
@fullychargedshow.bsky.social
小型モビリティロボットmibot | KG Motors（KGモーターズ）
小型モビリティロボットで持続可能な移動を実現する
kg-m.jp
April 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We all love small electric cars, right? In cities, especially Europe & Asia where we have streets an F150 would block wall-to-wall...
Here's a startup from Hiroshima, Japan, which just announced what looks like an Optimised Citroën Ami:
kg-m.jp/mibot/
@fullychargedshow.bsky.social
Here's a startup from Hiroshima, Japan, which just announced what looks like an Optimised Citroën Ami:
kg-m.jp/mibot/
@fullychargedshow.bsky.social
Ah, an early night, catching up on lost sleep.
At this rate, I'll have the 80's all caught up in a couple of years - looking forward to starting catching up on the 90's "Blur vs Oasis" Britpop years by maybe 2028, maybe 2030.
🎸🤘
At this rate, I'll have the 80's all caught up in a couple of years - looking forward to starting catching up on the 90's "Blur vs Oasis" Britpop years by maybe 2028, maybe 2030.
🎸🤘
a poster that says coffee on it with a woman holding a cup of coffee
ALT: a poster that says coffee on it with a woman holding a cup of coffee
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ah, an early night, catching up on lost sleep.
At this rate, I'll have the 80's all caught up in a couple of years - looking forward to starting catching up on the 90's "Blur vs Oasis" Britpop years by maybe 2028, maybe 2030.
🎸🤘
At this rate, I'll have the 80's all caught up in a couple of years - looking forward to starting catching up on the 90's "Blur vs Oasis" Britpop years by maybe 2028, maybe 2030.
🎸🤘
youtu.be/su99N5G_XHY
A great vid from elliotev.bsky.social
If this came to the UK, I may break that "My next car will be an Aptera" rule... Still, even if a UK Aptera arrives, I'm unlikely to ever meet Elliot at the lights in it for a race-off with his SC01, though we did mention it a while ago...
A great vid from elliotev.bsky.social
If this came to the UK, I may break that "My next car will be an Aptera" rule... Still, even if a UK Aptera arrives, I'm unlikely to ever meet Elliot at the lights in it for a race-off with his SC01, though we did mention it a while ago...
The CHERY ICAR V23 is NOT BORING
YouTube video by Everything Electric AUSTRALASIA
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
youtu.be/su99N5G_XHY
A great vid from elliotev.bsky.social
If this came to the UK, I may break that "My next car will be an Aptera" rule... Still, even if a UK Aptera arrives, I'm unlikely to ever meet Elliot at the lights in it for a race-off with his SC01, though we did mention it a while ago...
A great vid from elliotev.bsky.social
If this came to the UK, I may break that "My next car will be an Aptera" rule... Still, even if a UK Aptera arrives, I'm unlikely to ever meet Elliot at the lights in it for a race-off with his SC01, though we did mention it a while ago...