Jim Barker
@jimcbarker.bsky.social
Ledbury resident, Black Country exile.
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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July 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I'm no Oasis mega-fan, but this is such a beautifully written piece. I'm roughly the same age as @petepaphides.bsky.social so it takes me back to a formative time. Very evocative & surprisingly moving. Thank you 🙏
Thanks to @thenewworldmag.bsky.social for letting me go deep on #Oasis: on their incredible disruptive energy; on the societal, musical & cultural faultlines they opened up. On the ways we process childhood trauma. And about why Acquiesce is their best song. www.thenewworld.co.uk/pete-paphide...
Oasis: The trauma and the glory
Growing up in an abusive household, the Gallagher brothers became two very different personalities. Together, they made one great rock ‘n roll star.
www.thenewworld.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm no Oasis mega-fan, but this is such a beautifully written piece. I'm roughly the same age as @petepaphides.bsky.social so it takes me back to a formative time. Very evocative & surprisingly moving. Thank you 🙏
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HEADS UP.
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
July 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
HEADS UP.
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
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To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future | Polly Toynbee
To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future | Polly Toynbee
Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everything, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future | Polly Toynbee
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Phenomenal news story this and I love how the Mail seems quite supportive of it.
Violence plummets in men's prison after inmates were taught philosophy
Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and self-discipline.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Phenomenal news story this and I love how the Mail seems quite supportive of it.
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The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gorgeous little instant classic. I laughed hard, I wept, I sighed — such a beautiful film. Go see it in cinemas, and support a charming UK indie
June 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gorgeous little instant classic. I laughed hard, I wept, I sighed — such a beautiful film. Go see it in cinemas, and support a charming UK indie
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The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...
Has America Reached the End of the Road?
Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
January 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Vaccines do not cause autism.
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
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Thanks . In the Christmas @newstatesman.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Thanks . In the Christmas @newstatesman.com
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Some December midnight
Christ, lord, lie warm in our byre.
Here are stars, an ox, poverty enough.
—George Mackay Brown, “A Child’s Calendar”
published in FISHERMEN WITH PLOUGHS (Hogarth Press 1971)
#Christmas #poetry
Christ, lord, lie warm in our byre.
Here are stars, an ox, poverty enough.
—George Mackay Brown, “A Child’s Calendar”
published in FISHERMEN WITH PLOUGHS (Hogarth Press 1971)
#Christmas #poetry
December 24, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Some December midnight
Christ, lord, lie warm in our byre.
Here are stars, an ox, poverty enough.
—George Mackay Brown, “A Child’s Calendar”
published in FISHERMEN WITH PLOUGHS (Hogarth Press 1971)
#Christmas #poetry
Christ, lord, lie warm in our byre.
Here are stars, an ox, poverty enough.
—George Mackay Brown, “A Child’s Calendar”
published in FISHERMEN WITH PLOUGHS (Hogarth Press 1971)
#Christmas #poetry
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6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
gofund.me
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
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I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are.
So we're gonna do a mega-thread!
These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
So we're gonna do a mega-thread!
These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
December 23, 2024 at 12:29 PM
I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are.
So we're gonna do a mega-thread!
These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
So we're gonna do a mega-thread!
These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
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Incredibly helpful
Seriously! This place is even better than Twitter. I found this feed to follow updates about the coup in South Korea, Twitter just didn’t have anything like this:
December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Incredibly helpful
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This is not Valencia, this is the town Tenbury Wells UK. There are very real consequences for all of us of ignoring 40 years of warnings from NASA & the world’s leading scientists. Reminder: as the planet heats, the atmosphere holds more moisture meaning rainfall intensity increases. #climatechange
November 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM
This is not Valencia, this is the town Tenbury Wells UK. There are very real consequences for all of us of ignoring 40 years of warnings from NASA & the world’s leading scientists. Reminder: as the planet heats, the atmosphere holds more moisture meaning rainfall intensity increases. #climatechange
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Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.
November 18, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.