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Richard Woodfield
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Escapee from Twitter/X. Likes: parkrun, The Archers, birds. Dislikes: Farage & Musk, etc.
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Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Jenkins looks as tho he could do with a few large helpings of noodles...

#UniversityChallenge
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Today's visit to Wallaceneuk parkrun. Small, friendly, out & back trail, just outside Kelso.
#parkrun
Pop up sign for Wallaceneuk parkrun. Uneven grass surface in foreground. A tall tree in background, with bare branches and twigs, allowing bright blue sky to be visible beyond. Several parkrunners in the background are assembling for the start.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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10/10 for excitement! #ScoDen
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Kate: "unlucky coincidence that the car wouldn't start - just when we had a crucial journey!"

Jakob: "these things do happen sometimes - think Sound of Music."

#TheArchers
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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At least Peggy, sitting on a cloud, will be enjoying the farcical scenes playing out.

Ideal scenario would be so much bickering en route that Jakob stops the people carrier at somewhere inconvenient, gets out and disappears, taking the only car key.

#TheArchers #TeamJakob
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Marden HM this morning... largely flat, not much wind, so good conditions. Pleasant route along quiet lanes.
#running
Selfie taken by man wearing bright blue wind/rain resistant running jacket. In the background, at the far end of a grassy space, the old Marden church is visible. Part of a stone wall is visible in the foreground. Several bare trees can be seen to the side.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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On volunteer duties at a very murky @rtwparkrun.bsky.social

Muddy season underway - tho plenty of scooe for it to get a lot more squelchy & slippery...

#parkrun
Lots of parkrunners setting off along the path down the hill towards the lake. Very misty, so the lake is barely visible.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Phoebe needs to line up Jakob to find a cast iron reason that can be deployed, as soon as Kate becomes unbearable, which requires Kate to return to Ambridge urgently.

#TheArchers
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Disproportionately smug at getting Browning poetry correct.

##UniversityChallenge
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Strathclyde getting off to a somewhat "cautious" start.
#UniversityChallenge
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Awful looking #ShitLawn at property one on #EscapeToTheCountry
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Rod Stewart horrendously out of tune! (Did improve a bit once he got into his stride.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Today's parkrun attendance total smashed last week's all time November record by a HUGE margin - of over 25,000! 😲😲

Superb weather conditions in SE Eng will have helped! (View at Dover Waterfront parkrun).

#parkrun
View of the castle and the white cliffs of Dover, looking across the calm blue sea from the pier. The parkrun course includes an out-and-back section along the pier.
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Fabulous balmy, bluesky weather for a visit to Dover Waterfront parkrun.

Excellent, flat course. Great volunteer team. Was pleased to sneak in my all-time highest age grade %.
#parkrun
4 scenes of Dover. All showing bright blue, near cloudless sky. (a) an elegant long terrace of tall, cream coloured period properties next to the water front. (b) a number of small craft moored in the marina (c) view from the pier looking across the sea back at Dover. The castle is on the horizon and the white cliffs of Dover tower over the water (d) view of parkrunners who have completed the course and are being given finishing tokens by volunteers, clad in pink hi vis.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Getting farcical in Kent County Council. Since May elections NINE Reform councillors have been expelled, suspended or have defected. Shambolic!
#Reform #Kent #KCC
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Scenes from yesterday's long run, which incorporated the lanes through Broadwater Forest, on Kent/E Sussex border.
#TunbridgeWells #Running
4 views of autumnal colours in the wooded area of Broadwater Forest. Mostly showing yellow /bronze / copper / golden colours of leaves on beech & birch trees. Two views are looking along tree lined lanes. Two show wider views across bracken towards conifer trees in distance.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Visit to Peckham Rye. Another attractive park in SE London. Probably the nearest parkrun to where I was born...
#parkrun
Scenes from Peckham Rye park and the parkrun held there. 2 scenes show avenues of trees / climbing plants. 1 shows a conifer with bright autumnal orange needles/fine leaves. There's a scene with pop up Peckham Rye parkrun sign. And a photo of finishing funnel, with parkrunners & volunteers.
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Extremely pleasing to see Reform vote share slightly DOWN.
#TunbridgeWells
electionmaps.uk Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 26d
Johns (Tunbridge Wells) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 53.3% (+2.1)
➡️ RFM: 15.0% (-1.2)
🌍 GRN: 13.5% (+6.3)
🏘️ TWA: 8.9% (+4.8)
🌳 CON: 7.6% (-3.6)
🏘️ ITW: 1.7% (-0.1)

No LAB (-8.3) as previous.

Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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HM length training jog in hilly Knole Park, Sevenoaks. (c 2 hrs, 7 mins) Autumnal colours wonderful. #running #Kent #Sevenoaks
4 scenes at or adjacent to Knole Park, Kent. All show large deciduoustrees with leaves displaying autumnal colours of yellow, bronze, copper, and some green. 2 show long hard surface paths stretching away into the distance. One shows a lane that runs alongside the park.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Bizarre creation! Homely, it is not ...
#GrandDesigns
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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#TunbridgeWells
serailway.bsky.social Southeastern @serailway.bsky.social · 29d
⚠️ NEW: A failure of the electricity supply at #TunbridgeWells has occurred, so trains are unable to run between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
🚌 Tickets are being accepted on local Arriva bus 281 for High Brooms and bus 7
👷‍♂️ Staff are on their way to rectify the issue.
October 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · Oct 27
Genuinely wondering how long til the first politician caught doing a Definitely Not Racism, I Was Just Making A very Important Point Actially responds with something along the lines of ‘ok it was a bit racist but I said what I said’
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Chris Philp will never call Sarah Pochin a racist.
He’d never call Hitler a fascist.
Never call Jack the Ripper a murderer.
Never call Stalin a tyrant.
Why?
Because he is a lovely man & sees the best in everyone.
That’s why he’s loved by all.
Our Saint.❤️
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM