Gearon
@goodasgearon.bsky.social
Cynical nerd. Ex-Londoner, now enjoying the Shropshire hills.
Likes: The silent gas dirigibles of the Hootai, Sam Therapy & King Dice, kindness.
Likes: The silent gas dirigibles of the Hootai, Sam Therapy & King Dice, kindness.
A brilliant read. How many links to Russia does Reform have?
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
www.thenerve.news
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A brilliant read. How many links to Russia does Reform have?
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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Over on my patreon I’m taking questions for an AMA. On Friday there’s a live chat with the middle tiers. There’s also our episodes covering The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace, a special looking at the missing seconds from I Claudius with Paul V and loads of other bits and bobs. (1/2)
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Over on my patreon I’m taking questions for an AMA. On Friday there’s a live chat with the middle tiers. There’s also our episodes covering The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace, a special looking at the missing seconds from I Claudius with Paul V and loads of other bits and bobs. (1/2)
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Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
March 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
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@petercrockersvs.bsky.social I’m just taking a look at Ambassadors 4 and I’m blown away by how much better it looks. You’ve done amazing work!
March 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@petercrockersvs.bsky.social I’m just taking a look at Ambassadors 4 and I’m blown away by how much better it looks. You’ve done amazing work!
There’s a real danger of us losing #BBC audio drama - the starting place for so many of our great writers. Please sign this petition and help to save it.
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Sign the Petition
Save Audio Drama at the BBC
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February 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There’s a real danger of us losing #BBC audio drama - the starting place for so many of our great writers. Please sign this petition and help to save it.
chng.it/ybjd4pmHg2
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“Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,” said JD #Vance. And we can all recall his boss sticking to that principle in 2020. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
JD Vance attacks Europe over free speech and migration
The vice-president's speech at the Munich Security Conference was denounced by several European leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,” said JD #Vance. And we can all recall his boss sticking to that principle in 2020. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I bet loads of people here have enjoyed a visit to the brilliant Prince Charles Cinema, an indie just round the corner from Leicester Sq in London. It’s now at serious risk of closure 🙁 Please read, sign & share
#indiecinema #saveourheritage
princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
#indiecinema #saveourheritage
princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
#SaveThePCC
princecharlescinema.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I bet loads of people here have enjoyed a visit to the brilliant Prince Charles Cinema, an indie just round the corner from Leicester Sq in London. It’s now at serious risk of closure 🙁 Please read, sign & share
#indiecinema #saveourheritage
princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
#indiecinema #saveourheritage
princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
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January 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
Good old @privateeyenews.bsky.social Nailing Musk’s hypocrisy.
January 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Good old @privateeyenews.bsky.social Nailing Musk’s hypocrisy.
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America are going backwards. Decriminalisation of abortion is LONG overdue in the U.K. Please sign, share on other platforms. Send to friends. Ask them to forward it too. We need to protect ourselves.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Decriminalise Abortion
I am calling on the UK government to remove abortion from criminal law so that no pregnant person can be criminalised for procuring their own abortion.
petition.parliament.uk
November 13, 2024 at 10:31 PM
America are going backwards. Decriminalisation of abortion is LONG overdue in the U.K. Please sign, share on other platforms. Send to friends. Ask them to forward it too. We need to protect ourselves.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Wow! This is simply phenomenal. RIP Sam Moore.
This footage of Sam and Dave on the Stax and Volt tour in 1966 is electric. Imagine what it must have been like to have been in the audience.
Sam Moore 1935-2025.
youtu.be/Fowldx4hRtI?...
Sam Moore 1935-2025.
youtu.be/Fowldx4hRtI?...
Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming
YouTube video by EdBlackmail
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January 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Wow! This is simply phenomenal. RIP Sam Moore.
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Much as I despise the honours system, I do find myself feeling a surge of happiness about my childhood hero being recognised.
#TomBaker
#TomBaker
December 31, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Much as I despise the honours system, I do find myself feeling a surge of happiness about my childhood hero being recognised.
#TomBaker
#TomBaker
It’s a real peasouper down there, but up on Titterstone Clee the #sunset was incredible
#fog #Shropshire
#fog #Shropshire
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
It’s a real peasouper down there, but up on Titterstone Clee the #sunset was incredible
#fog #Shropshire
#fog #Shropshire
What an incredible thing this is! When humans put aside their differences and actually work together, we can achieve the most remarkable things.
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun www.bbc.com/news/article...
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe attempts closest ever approach to Sun
The hope is the probe could help us to better understand how the Sun works.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:52 PM
What an incredible thing this is! When humans put aside their differences and actually work together, we can achieve the most remarkable things.
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun www.bbc.com/news/article...
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun www.bbc.com/news/article...
It’s hard to disagree with this. Sort it out #Labour @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
Just Stop Oil protestor Gaie Delap, 77 has been sent to prison for Christmas
Because the companies Capita, G4S, Airbus, Telefonica and Buddi who run the UK electronic tagging system are too incompetent to make a tag small enough for her.
She needs to be released immediately.
Because the companies Capita, G4S, Airbus, Telefonica and Buddi who run the UK electronic tagging system are too incompetent to make a tag small enough for her.
She needs to be released immediately.
December 21, 2024 at 9:16 PM
It’s hard to disagree with this. Sort it out #Labour @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
The vintage #movie odyssey continues! The Spy In Black is an early Powell & Pressburger collaboration and is simply wonderful. Set on Orkney in WWI it concerns a German plot to sabotage the British navy and springs more twists and turns on you than a twisty turny thing. youtu.be/IFLJRWi1fuk?...
The Spy in Black (1939) Trailer | Conrad Veidt | Valerie Hobson
YouTube video by Film Trailer Channel
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December 21, 2024 at 10:52 AM
The vintage #movie odyssey continues! The Spy In Black is an early Powell & Pressburger collaboration and is simply wonderful. Set on Orkney in WWI it concerns a German plot to sabotage the British navy and springs more twists and turns on you than a twisty turny thing. youtu.be/IFLJRWi1fuk?...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0030...
Me & the other half are enjoying our own vintage film festival at the moment and this has been a particular delight. It’s a good humoured thriller that packs great surprises and intense suspense, held together by a leading duo whose charisma is simply off the scale.
Me & the other half are enjoying our own vintage film festival at the moment and this has been a particular delight. It’s a good humoured thriller that packs great surprises and intense suspense, held together by a leading duo whose charisma is simply off the scale.
The Lady Vanishes (1938) ⭐ 7.7 | Mystery, Thriller
1h 36m | Approved
www.imdb.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
www.imdb.com/title/tt0030...
Me & the other half are enjoying our own vintage film festival at the moment and this has been a particular delight. It’s a good humoured thriller that packs great surprises and intense suspense, held together by a leading duo whose charisma is simply off the scale.
Me & the other half are enjoying our own vintage film festival at the moment and this has been a particular delight. It’s a good humoured thriller that packs great surprises and intense suspense, held together by a leading duo whose charisma is simply off the scale.
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
THIS is how it’s done, folks.
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This letter in today’s Guardian, signed by some of the UK’s finest journalists, warns that The Observer, bought by Tortoise Media, could be stripped of much of its excellent foreign reporting.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter
Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
This letter in today’s Guardian, signed by some of the UK’s finest journalists, warns that The Observer, bought by Tortoise Media, could be stripped of much of its excellent foreign reporting.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...