@raouligan.bsky.social
I have to say I was really disappointed by the @therestpolitics.bsky.social leading interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social it felt beyond dogma and rhetoric there was very little understanding. I've voted Green previously locally not sure I can anymore.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I have to say I was really disappointed by the @therestpolitics.bsky.social leading interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social it felt beyond dogma and rhetoric there was very little understanding. I've voted Green previously locally not sure I can anymore.
Listening to @iaindale.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social and it’s just a delight, really thoughtful!
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Listening to @iaindale.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social and it’s just a delight, really thoughtful!
How did that happen ten days left to work this year?
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How did that happen ten days left to work this year?
Watching cyclocross whilst ironing with sleeping dogs close by it's pretty much peak Sunday!
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Watching cyclocross whilst ironing with sleeping dogs close by it's pretty much peak Sunday!
Well today is the day that the Nasturtiums finally ended…
18th of November is pretty late to be fair
18th of November is pretty late to be fair
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Well today is the day that the Nasturtiums finally ended…
18th of November is pretty late to be fair
18th of November is pretty late to be fair
Will this week see the first frozen dog turds of the winter in the garden?
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Will this week see the first frozen dog turds of the winter in the garden?
A new low, it's Friday afternoon and there are no desks available for my office day next week (it's a Tuesday)...
It doesn't do wonders for morale
It doesn't do wonders for morale
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new low, it's Friday afternoon and there are no desks available for my office day next week (it's a Tuesday)...
It doesn't do wonders for morale
It doesn't do wonders for morale
As a former Labour voter I don't care about your nonsense Westminster Bubble psychodrama's I do care about left wing policies that make peoples lives better, the shame is there's been some decent policy that's been hidden by any for of humanity or capacity to communicate
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
As a former Labour voter I don't care about your nonsense Westminster Bubble psychodrama's I do care about left wing policies that make peoples lives better, the shame is there's been some decent policy that's been hidden by any for of humanity or capacity to communicate
Well just had some delicious after work beer at the Deya taproom, delicious enough for me not to question the clarity of the beer…
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well just had some delicious after work beer at the Deya taproom, delicious enough for me not to question the clarity of the beer…
Wow every seat in a carriage reserved the last marginally cheaper train is just mad busy, mad how Tuesday is now the most expensive day of the week for trains
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Wow every seat in a carriage reserved the last marginally cheaper train is just mad busy, mad how Tuesday is now the most expensive day of the week for trains
Pint of Horse Brass at the Fresh Standard taproom hitting it out of the park this afternoon
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Pint of Horse Brass at the Fresh Standard taproom hitting it out of the park this afternoon
Honestly glasses the productivity I gain from being able to see is offset by the time I spend looking for the bastards after I've taken them off somewhere random...
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Honestly glasses the productivity I gain from being able to see is offset by the time I spend looking for the bastards after I've taken them off somewhere random...
Using a supplier tool that doesn’t display ordering/information uniformly across my views sometimes it’s date, sometimes it’s alpha order other times it’s some random discretionary ordering…
Frustratingly the supplier in question has an effective monopoly…
Frustratingly the supplier in question has an effective monopoly…
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Using a supplier tool that doesn’t display ordering/information uniformly across my views sometimes it’s date, sometimes it’s alpha order other times it’s some random discretionary ordering…
Frustratingly the supplier in question has an effective monopoly…
Frustratingly the supplier in question has an effective monopoly…
So pay per mile pricing for electric cars in the budget makes sense, but must be accompanied by fuel duty increases…
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So pay per mile pricing for electric cars in the budget makes sense, but must be accompanied by fuel duty increases…
Well it seems that the biggest congestion factors in Oxford are inappropriately parked cars, boo, then bicycles and buses, about 20 minutes from Headington to the station hoping @emilykerr36.bsky.social I know you just have congestion charging but oh man you need trams so badly!
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Well it seems that the biggest congestion factors in Oxford are inappropriately parked cars, boo, then bicycles and buses, about 20 minutes from Headington to the station hoping @emilykerr36.bsky.social I know you just have congestion charging but oh man you need trams so badly!
People talk about public services being decimated, I just pulled out 1975 as a year to look at taxation...1975: The basic rate of income tax35%. Withmultiple higher rates, he top rate on "earned" income was 83%, the top rate on "unearned" (investment) income reached 98% (due to a 15% surcharge).
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
People talk about public services being decimated, I just pulled out 1975 as a year to look at taxation...1975: The basic rate of income tax35%. Withmultiple higher rates, he top rate on "earned" income was 83%, the top rate on "unearned" (investment) income reached 98% (due to a 15% surcharge).
Have to say the bulk bag of mulch I got has made my lawn look great and really improved the soil in all my raised beds, I just have loads left, but I've used easily three times the bags I got from B&Q last year but paid the same...
I obviously need more raised beds
I obviously need more raised beds
October 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Have to say the bulk bag of mulch I got has made my lawn look great and really improved the soil in all my raised beds, I just have loads left, but I've used easily three times the bags I got from B&Q last year but paid the same...
I obviously need more raised beds
I obviously need more raised beds
Friends have moved locally and they had too many Dahlias so we filled the car and will go back for more, busy day gardening quite tired now
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Friends have moved locally and they had too many Dahlias so we filled the car and will go back for more, busy day gardening quite tired now
Microsoft Teams the search engine tool for people who want to look thick as mince to their colleagues…
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Microsoft Teams the search engine tool for people who want to look thick as mince to their colleagues…
Well apparently the parameters of a Shimano E-Bike motor are set for gear ratio's and that's the problem...
Getting sorted for free by Madison/Leisure Lakes/Orbea so hopefully should be back out again soon.
Apparently it was very obvious that I hadn't done anything naughty with the motor!
Getting sorted for free by Madison/Leisure Lakes/Orbea so hopefully should be back out again soon.
Apparently it was very obvious that I hadn't done anything naughty with the motor!
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Well apparently the parameters of a Shimano E-Bike motor are set for gear ratio's and that's the problem...
Getting sorted for free by Madison/Leisure Lakes/Orbea so hopefully should be back out again soon.
Apparently it was very obvious that I hadn't done anything naughty with the motor!
Getting sorted for free by Madison/Leisure Lakes/Orbea so hopefully should be back out again soon.
Apparently it was very obvious that I hadn't done anything naughty with the motor!
Sigh, I suspect that I’m about to have lowering my gear ratios used as an excuse to void my e-bike warranty which can get in the sea…
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sigh, I suspect that I’m about to have lowering my gear ratios used as an excuse to void my e-bike warranty which can get in the sea…
Wow @almurray.bsky.social has killed this episode of We have Ways about Italian partisans it’s staggering how good it is
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Wow @almurray.bsky.social has killed this episode of We have Ways about Italian partisans it’s staggering how good it is
My love of We Have Ways of Making You Talk has only been increased by their discussion of the futility of war in a WW2 context!
October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My love of We Have Ways of Making You Talk has only been increased by their discussion of the futility of war in a WW2 context!
Middle age has made me very comfortable with dark beers and I’m delighted about it
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Middle age has made me very comfortable with dark beers and I’m delighted about it
Sheffield where the Sparkler is ubiquitous and as a result the beer is way nicer
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sheffield where the Sparkler is ubiquitous and as a result the beer is way nicer