Lloyd Mair
@lloydmair.bsky.social
Movies, reading and watching too much sport. An exile from NE Scotland now living and eating in Fife.
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#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They'd refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.
*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They'd refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.
*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Coming soon! Premiere: Saturday 29th November, 9pm. Directed by #JeanLucGodard BREATHLESS (1960) starring #JeanPaulBelmondo #JeanSeberg New-wave crime drama in French with English #TPTVsubtitles
Breathless Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Coming soon! Premiere: Saturday 29th November, 9pm. Directed by #JeanLucGodard BREATHLESS (1960) starring #JeanPaulBelmondo #JeanSeberg New-wave crime drama in French with English #TPTVsubtitles
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To coincide with the re-release of City On Fire, Sight & Sound asked me to pick 10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s. Here's what I came up with:
www.bfi.org.uk/news/10-grea...
www.bfi.org.uk/news/10-grea...
10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s
From gravity-defying stunts to bullet-sprayed showdowns – as Ringo Lam’s blazing City on Fire returns in a new restoration, we remember the heyday of Hong Kong action movies.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
To coincide with the re-release of City On Fire, Sight & Sound asked me to pick 10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s. Here's what I came up with:
www.bfi.org.uk/news/10-grea...
www.bfi.org.uk/news/10-grea...
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So, happy 43rd birthday, Murun Buchstansangur, one of the oddest cartoon characters ever to grace a screen, who made his debut on Channel 4 #OTD in 1982
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So, happy 43rd birthday, Murun Buchstansangur, one of the oddest cartoon characters ever to grace a screen, who made his debut on Channel 4 #OTD in 1982
Sunday roast and a can of Tartan. Outstanding
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sunday roast and a can of Tartan. Outstanding
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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same, partially muscled skeleton, same
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
same, partially muscled skeleton, same
This was enough for a suspension from this site
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This was enough for a suspension from this site
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Such a pity that frontline NHS staff aren’t given the space in newspapers to air their thoughts, as Streeting is. The NHS is currently missing around 100,000 staff. It’s no surprise when they’re bashed continually for fighting for fair working conditions🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Such a pity that frontline NHS staff aren’t given the space in newspapers to air their thoughts, as Streeting is. The NHS is currently missing around 100,000 staff. It’s no surprise when they’re bashed continually for fighting for fair working conditions🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Dan Haskett animation from Sesame Street: Let's Discuss This (1988)
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Dan Haskett animation from Sesame Street: Let's Discuss This (1988)
Another great thread about the Old West. I'm just incredibly disappointed that there haven't been cardigans in western movies all these years
A 🧵 about the Dedrick Tintype, the only authenticated photo of Billy the Kid...
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Another great thread about the Old West. I'm just incredibly disappointed that there haven't been cardigans in western movies all these years
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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“By rights each official work [of military history] should have a companion volume in which the lowliest actor gives his version… it would at least give posterity a sense of perspective”
—George MacDonald Fraser, in QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE – his memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign
#BookWormSat
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—George MacDonald Fraser, in QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE – his memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign
#BookWormSat
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November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“By rights each official work [of military history] should have a companion volume in which the lowliest actor gives his version… it would at least give posterity a sense of perspective”
—George MacDonald Fraser, in QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE – his memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign
#BookWormSat
💙📚
—George MacDonald Fraser, in QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE – his memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign
#BookWormSat
💙📚
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A great Umbro advertising, Mummy advices:
“Take your coat love, you’ll need it.”
“Take your coat love, you’ll need it.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A great Umbro advertising, Mummy advices:
“Take your coat love, you’ll need it.”
“Take your coat love, you’ll need it.”
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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Carlos Ezquerra
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Carlos Ezquerra
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For all my Socialist friends, today is Eugene V. Debs’ birthday, born November 5, 1855, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For all my Socialist friends, today is Eugene V. Debs’ birthday, born November 5, 1855, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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