Simon Sparkes 🇪🇺💙💚🗿
@simonsparkes60.bsky.social
Retired Analytical Chemist, food quality & safety, environment. Aging Disgracefully. Born when CO2 below 320ppm. #FBPE #CLIMATEEMERGENCY
Who says she lied? the journalists making up the story? Journalists are rarely the beacons of truth and integrity some once were. I don't recall these people making a fuss when Johnson was proved to be lying, but then he's one of them who was sacked for his lack of integrity, still a journalist
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Who says she lied? the journalists making up the story? Journalists are rarely the beacons of truth and integrity some once were. I don't recall these people making a fuss when Johnson was proved to be lying, but then he's one of them who was sacked for his lack of integrity, still a journalist
This whole story is very much a journalist confected story, with the BBC in particular trying to create a mountain out of an imagined molehill
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This whole story is very much a journalist confected story, with the BBC in particular trying to create a mountain out of an imagined molehill
If it doesn't turn up, give me a shout and I'm sure I could turn a replacement on my lathe 🤷♂️
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If it doesn't turn up, give me a shout and I'm sure I could turn a replacement on my lathe 🤷♂️
I've just done a rough calculation and fuel duty and VAT is approx double the duty I'll pay for my EV. It's only reasonable that EVs contribute for the fuel duty that they don't pay
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I've just done a rough calculation and fuel duty and VAT is approx double the duty I'll pay for my EV. It's only reasonable that EVs contribute for the fuel duty that they don't pay
The reference will be lost on many. A fine set of data!
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The reference will be lost on many. A fine set of data!
Heavy metals, toxic organic compounds, hair and insect parts in pharmaceutical ingredients and completely fake food ingredients. Having said that, some were good, but everything needed checking.
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Heavy metals, toxic organic compounds, hair and insect parts in pharmaceutical ingredients and completely fake food ingredients. Having said that, some were good, but everything needed checking.
Over my career, which frequently involved testing imported food, consumer goods and materials, cheap products from the far east regularly failed tests, often by a large margin.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over my career, which frequently involved testing imported food, consumer goods and materials, cheap products from the far east regularly failed tests, often by a large margin.
Didn't need this to be anonymous
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Didn't need this to be anonymous
It's not really a downside, but with a dog, you've still got to go for a walk, and yes it was cold out there today. But he does make up for it 😄
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's not really a downside, but with a dog, you've still got to go for a walk, and yes it was cold out there today. But he does make up for it 😄
Block away, totally unacceptable behaviour from them
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Block away, totally unacceptable behaviour from them
Guardian of the giant crab?
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Guardian of the giant crab?
Over baker of cakes (for the Wessex types)
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Over baker of cakes (for the Wessex types)
A failure to follow the science and a lack of investment over the last 20 years. When we were buying a house, my wife thought I was odd paying attention to flood zones and waterways. She gets it now.
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A failure to follow the science and a lack of investment over the last 20 years. When we were buying a house, my wife thought I was odd paying attention to flood zones and waterways. She gets it now.
I was waiting for the Vimes reference. Well done!
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I was waiting for the Vimes reference. Well done!
Given that turkey is an import from North America, I'll be sticking with beef. I could go for a vegan option if it pisses of the right wing, flag shagging turkey munchers even more.
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Given that turkey is an import from North America, I'll be sticking with beef. I could go for a vegan option if it pisses of the right wing, flag shagging turkey munchers even more.
It has whiskey in it, I have seen the making. I can say no more.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It has whiskey in it, I have seen the making. I can say no more.
Woodwork, it can involve axes and other sharp tools.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Woodwork, it can involve axes and other sharp tools.
Effective use of wazzock, you truly have gone native 😂
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Effective use of wazzock, you truly have gone native 😂
After 21:00, notifications on my systems are muted, apart from key family members. They don't come back until 07:00, but then I'm old enough to remember what life used to be like.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
After 21:00, notifications on my systems are muted, apart from key family members. They don't come back until 07:00, but then I'm old enough to remember what life used to be like.
And I've been avoiding question time because of the biased approach to selecting the panel 🤷♂️
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And I've been avoiding question time because of the biased approach to selecting the panel 🤷♂️
The original radio series was
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The original radio series was
A simple solution is to make them go electric.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A simple solution is to make them go electric.
After a career in labs, water or saline eye wash is the only thing used if you get something in the eyes because you weren't wearing eye protection. Contact lenses make things worse. You shouldn't need to keep saying this but fools will be fools!
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
After a career in labs, water or saline eye wash is the only thing used if you get something in the eyes because you weren't wearing eye protection. Contact lenses make things worse. You shouldn't need to keep saying this but fools will be fools!
After 30+ years of cats, we got a dog. Flea and worm tablets just disappear with food. No need for two people, thick gloves, towels and a hissing, wriggling fur demon 😂
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After 30+ years of cats, we got a dog. Flea and worm tablets just disappear with food. No need for two people, thick gloves, towels and a hissing, wriggling fur demon 😂