🌈Mike O'B 🇬🇧
@mikeob64.bsky.social
Gay and Sunderland. At 61, I'm way too old to care what anyone thinks of me. Possibly a little Left of Marx, and Green at heart. Vaguely Pagan, the way the Ramtops witches are. Don't hear too well, medically. Electronically enhanced ;-)
Car repairs were ball shrivelling: new clutch turned into new fly wheel too. Re homing, plus side I have the place I want. Minus, a minor minus, Jan 2026 move in. On balance, satisfactory.
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Car repairs were ball shrivelling: new clutch turned into new fly wheel too. Re homing, plus side I have the place I want. Minus, a minor minus, Jan 2026 move in. On balance, satisfactory.
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Nobody resigned over this...
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nobody resigned over this...
When I was 6, my older brother (tried to kill me 3 times as a baby) had a hamster that bit me. Hilarious, he thought. I left its cage open so that the cat would eat it, which it did. Hilarious.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When I was 6, my older brother (tried to kill me 3 times as a baby) had a hamster that bit me. Hilarious, he thought. I left its cage open so that the cat would eat it, which it did. Hilarious.
Can someone explain the John Lewis Xmas ad to me? Really.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Can someone explain the John Lewis Xmas ad to me? Really.
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BBC News - Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife
The injured crew member is credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing incident.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BBC News - Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Great to hear London Labour MPs panicking about losing their seats to the Green Party.
For clarity, though - this goes way beyond just London.
Across England & Wales, we're saying lower bills, tax billionaires and we're ready to take on Reform.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
For clarity, though - this goes way beyond just London.
Across England & Wales, we're saying lower bills, tax billionaires and we're ready to take on Reform.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Great to hear London Labour MPs panicking about losing their seats to the Green Party.
For clarity, though - this goes way beyond just London.
Across England & Wales, we're saying lower bills, tax billionaires and we're ready to take on Reform.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
For clarity, though - this goes way beyond just London.
Across England & Wales, we're saying lower bills, tax billionaires and we're ready to take on Reform.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Labour were broken a long time ago.
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Labour were broken a long time ago.
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When I move from the city centre, I think one of the good things will be that going for a drink will be a Night Out, not just a walk to what are effectively my locals. Not that I've even done that for many months, but the effort and planning soon might reinvigorate it as a sense of occasion.
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
When I move from the city centre, I think one of the good things will be that going for a drink will be a Night Out, not just a walk to what are effectively my locals. Not that I've even done that for many months, but the effort and planning soon might reinvigorate it as a sense of occasion.
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Farage has registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a brand ambassador for a company selling gold bars.
He thinks £10 an hour minimum wage for young people may need to be lowered.
Whose side do you think he is on?
He thinks £10 an hour minimum wage for young people may need to be lowered.
Whose side do you think he is on?
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Farage has registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a brand ambassador for a company selling gold bars.
He thinks £10 an hour minimum wage for young people may need to be lowered.
Whose side do you think he is on?
He thinks £10 an hour minimum wage for young people may need to be lowered.
Whose side do you think he is on?
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Nigel Farage says he wants to 'raise aspiration' by cutting the minimum wage for young people (currently £10), but reducing tax for young people earning over £100k. Presumably he wants them to just ask their stockbroker fathers to fix them up with a job in The City, like he did.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Nigel Farage says he wants to 'raise aspiration' by cutting the minimum wage for young people (currently £10), but reducing tax for young people earning over £100k. Presumably he wants them to just ask their stockbroker fathers to fix them up with a job in The City, like he did.
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And that has just rejected #SwiftBricks - a modest amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that would have ensured a future for beautiful birds for whom a place to nest is a matter of life and death
Is this same Labour Government expanding airports,
refuses to rule out extracting more fossil fuels from the Rosebank Oil Field
Intent on destroying bats, newts and doesn't care about nature?
Not sure going to Brazil alone is going to do much good.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
refuses to rule out extracting more fossil fuels from the Rosebank Oil Field
Intent on destroying bats, newts and doesn't care about nature?
Not sure going to Brazil alone is going to do much good.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
And that has just rejected #SwiftBricks - a modest amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that would have ensured a future for beautiful birds for whom a place to nest is a matter of life and death
Look, I'm a basic income, UK security guard. Please stop following me from a wealth-builder account. I know even a shot-gun hits it's target now and then, but I'm really not your market.
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Look, I'm a basic income, UK security guard. Please stop following me from a wealth-builder account. I know even a shot-gun hits it's target now and then, but I'm really not your market.
First time using my phone for fireworks; I'm at work so no dSLR handy! #fireworks #GooglePhone
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
First time using my phone for fireworks; I'm at work so no dSLR handy! #fireworks #GooglePhone
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If every zombie bit one new person a day, starting with one zombie, the whole world would be zombified in 34 days.
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If every zombie bit one new person a day, starting with one zombie, the whole world would be zombified in 34 days.
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'Deeply disappointed' Labour politician defects to Green Party
The Labour Party said it was
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Sunderland's Keel Line, an installation stretching across Keel Square for almost 292m, to it's end on the newly opened Keel Crossing footbridge over the River Wear. On the Keel Line are the names of the over 8,000 ships built in Sunderland. Shipbuilding ended in 1988 with the Superflex November.
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sunderland's Keel Line, an installation stretching across Keel Square for almost 292m, to it's end on the newly opened Keel Crossing footbridge over the River Wear. On the Keel Line are the names of the over 8,000 ships built in Sunderland. Shipbuilding ended in 1988 with the Superflex November.
A very sad time for UK night shift workers.☹️ It's 01:55. In 5 minutes time it will be 01:00, again.
October 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A very sad time for UK night shift workers.☹️ It's 01:55. In 5 minutes time it will be 01:00, again.
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Sunrise at Roker 📷
Taken yesterday morning, with the pier now open (weather permitting) I decided to venture down towards the lighthouse.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
Taken yesterday morning, with the pier now open (weather permitting) I decided to venture down towards the lighthouse.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sunrise at Roker 📷
Taken yesterday morning, with the pier now open (weather permitting) I decided to venture down towards the lighthouse.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
Taken yesterday morning, with the pier now open (weather permitting) I decided to venture down towards the lighthouse.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin
Don't get me wrong: I love my hearing aid. Skwarky birds excepted. But I also quite like taking it out at bed-time. And no-one dared, disturb the sound, of silence ;-)
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Don't get me wrong: I love my hearing aid. Skwarky birds excepted. But I also quite like taking it out at bed-time. And no-one dared, disturb the sound, of silence ;-)
'The economy' makes sense when you substitute 'my next yacht or a 6 digit bonus'
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
'The economy' makes sense when you substitute 'my next yacht or a 6 digit bonus'
Blue whale calfs gain an average of 4kg an hour.
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Blue whale calfs gain an average of 4kg an hour.