Steven Hope
@instography.bsky.social
Layabout and bus passenger. Doesn't fix typos.
Just sitting waiting for my MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social to post a statement on the government's immigration proposals so that I can decide whether to vote for him and his party again.
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Just sitting waiting for my MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social to post a statement on the government's immigration proposals so that I can decide whether to vote for him and his party again.
I don't pay much attention to him but when I do I can't help wondering, is Ian Leslie wrong about *everything*?
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I don't pay much attention to him but when I do I can't help wondering, is Ian Leslie wrong about *everything*?
If you can't manage it in 200 pages or fewer just don't bother.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you can't manage it in 200 pages or fewer just don't bother.
Not a single white face.
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Not a single white face.
Come on @jameschalmers.bsky.social have you thought that? Have you?
Given that the Crown prosecutors have to “prove” their case, the only appropriate verdicts are “proven” and “not proven”.
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Come on @jameschalmers.bsky.social have you thought that? Have you?
Reposted by Steven Hope
What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...
Can't think of anything more humiliating than falling off your bike in your own driveway after crashing into a wheelie bin. Thankfully it was some other guy and not me. Definitely not me.
August 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Can't think of anything more humiliating than falling off your bike in your own driveway after crashing into a wheelie bin. Thankfully it was some other guy and not me. Definitely not me.
Got the hedge trimmer out and taking bets on how long before I cut through the cable.
August 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Got the hedge trimmer out and taking bets on how long before I cut through the cable.
I have no interest in broadening my social circle to incorporate a token racist. I think the thing about my behaviour that would stop a former friend coming out as a racist would be my refusal to stop berating them about their new-found racism. Is that the right answer?
It's got to the stage where if 'you don't know anyone whose voting for Reform' you need to broaden your social circle.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I have no interest in broadening my social circle to incorporate a token racist. I think the thing about my behaviour that would stop a former friend coming out as a racist would be my refusal to stop berating them about their new-found racism. Is that the right answer?
When I had my brewery I cooled new beer using cold water run through a heat exchanger. That water was still clean so I saved it and used it to make the next batch of beer. I want to know why data centres can't make endless use the same water.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
When I had my brewery I cooled new beer using cold water run through a heat exchanger. That water was still clean so I saved it and used it to make the next batch of beer. I want to know why data centres can't make endless use the same water.
Special organs blossoming into in full-time regular use? The notice is as weird as the dude with the orange cannon.
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Special organs blossoming into in full-time regular use? The notice is as weird as the dude with the orange cannon.
If I wasn’t already retired I’d seriously consider semi-retirement in a small Highland community hiring bikes to tourists. And Nick’s a great guy who will help you out. www.facebook.com/share/p/19bw...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If I wasn’t already retired I’d seriously consider semi-retirement in a small Highland community hiring bikes to tourists. And Nick’s a great guy who will help you out. www.facebook.com/share/p/19bw...
Riding home from Dundee. No near death experiences yet.
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Riding home from Dundee. No near death experiences yet.
Hello, I'm a location scout for Scottish television dramas and films. Glasgow and Edinburgh are interchangeable.
Hello, I'm a northerner on telly.
I'm from Manchester, my wife is from Leeds. She stays at home all day looking after the kids who are from Hull, Liverpool and Burnley respectively.
I'm from Manchester, my wife is from Leeds. She stays at home all day looking after the kids who are from Hull, Liverpool and Burnley respectively.
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hello, I'm a location scout for Scottish television dramas and films. Glasgow and Edinburgh are interchangeable.
Reposted by Steven Hope
Also Matt and Trey bought the website they put at the end southpark.cc.com/sites/hetrum...
He Trumped Us
South Park - he trumped us
southpark.cc.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Also Matt and Trey bought the website they put at the end southpark.cc.com/sites/hetrum...
The best part is, "your favorite president, ME,".
I think Trump is missing Murdoch’s classic move here. He lets what they have solidly get published, even if it seems small. Then Trump emotionally sues (see below) and discovery begins and everything is fair game. He’ll be forced to testify & all manner of files will be unveiled and chewed over.
July 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The best part is, "your favorite president, ME,".
What's the science behind having an overwhelming urge to eat too much toast and doom scroll after speaking to HMRC?
July 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
What's the science behind having an overwhelming urge to eat too much toast and doom scroll after speaking to HMRC?
When I was perpetrating my significant fraud and disappearance, I too wrote it all down, published it and then co-produced a successful film. Foolproof.
July 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
When I was perpetrating my significant fraud and disappearance, I too wrote it all down, published it and then co-produced a successful film. Foolproof.
I think a new left wing party with a charismatic leader could do very well. They do have a charismatic leader, don't they?
July 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I think a new left wing party with a charismatic leader could do very well. They do have a charismatic leader, don't they?
They'll have to take my hot dogs from my cold, boneless, preformed, homogenised, meaty dead hands.
There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases: cnn.it/4lElYWx
There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research | CNN
A new study investigates the link between processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages, and trans fatty acids, to diseases such as cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
cnn.it
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
They'll have to take my hot dogs from my cold, boneless, preformed, homogenised, meaty dead hands.
After another casualty today, reluctantly come to the conclusion that I should stop buying eggs when I'm riding my bike.
July 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
After another casualty today, reluctantly come to the conclusion that I should stop buying eggs when I'm riding my bike.
What's the point if I already smell of old burger fat and piss?
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
What's the point if I already smell of old burger fat and piss?
So today I learned that my knee is fixed to the extent that I can ride my analogue bike on the same route to the paper shop and back as fast (which isn't very) as I can on my electric, with no ill effects. Happy about that.
June 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So today I learned that my knee is fixed to the extent that I can ride my analogue bike on the same route to the paper shop and back as fast (which isn't very) as I can on my electric, with no ill effects. Happy about that.
What kind of idiot would ride their bike down a steep cobbled hill when they have eggs and milk on their front rack?
June 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What kind of idiot would ride their bike down a steep cobbled hill when they have eggs and milk on their front rack?
Disappointed not to see my local MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social on this list.
The welfare rebellion in full - here are the 108 names on the reasoned amendment
June 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Disappointed not to see my local MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social on this list.