Barrie Higham
@skybloo1.bsky.social
Live in Lincolnshire UK. Interested in nature, wildlife, conservation, politics, guitars, Steely Dan, Coventry City FC
Beautiful frost patterns on the window
#ukweather
#ukweather
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Beautiful frost patterns on the window
#ukweather
#ukweather
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This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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NEWS! BBC appoints Big Sam to shore things up until the end of the season newsthump.com/2025/11/09/b...
BBC appoints Big Sam to shore things up until the end of the season
Sam Allardyce has been spotted outside BBC headquarters, as rumours swirl that he’ll be brought in to steady the ship until the end of the season.
newsthump.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEWS! BBC appoints Big Sam to shore things up until the end of the season newsthump.com/2025/11/09/b...
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
I know not to blindly trust the Merlin App but it suggested a Dusky Warbler repeatedly over a period of about 5 minutes - what do we think #lincsbirding ? Unfortunately I couldn’t catch sight of the bird.
In a small area of woodland surrounded by crop fields in Raithby by Spilsby
In a small area of woodland surrounded by crop fields in Raithby by Spilsby
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I know not to blindly trust the Merlin App but it suggested a Dusky Warbler repeatedly over a period of about 5 minutes - what do we think #lincsbirding ? Unfortunately I couldn’t catch sight of the bird.
In a small area of woodland surrounded by crop fields in Raithby by Spilsby
In a small area of woodland surrounded by crop fields in Raithby by Spilsby
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Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
What did Shakespeare’s English sound like to Shakespeare? To his audience? And how can we know such a thing as the phonetic character of the language spoken 400 years ago?
www.openculture.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
Ah the wonders of AI…
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ah the wonders of AI…
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Tories misspell the country they wish to run.....
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tories misspell the country they wish to run.....
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Baroness Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch over PPE VIP lanes:
‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’
‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’
October 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Baroness Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch over PPE VIP lanes:
‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’
‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’
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Celebrating the 135th birthday of Groucho Marx with the all time improvised scene from Night At The Opera.
The Stateroom Scene
The Stateroom Scene
October 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Celebrating the 135th birthday of Groucho Marx with the all time improvised scene from Night At The Opera.
The Stateroom Scene
The Stateroom Scene
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Jamie Lee Curtis visiting her dad, Tony Curtis, on the set of Some Like It Hot, 1959
#JamieLeeCurtis #TonyCurtis
#JamieLeeCurtis #TonyCurtis
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Jamie Lee Curtis visiting her dad, Tony Curtis, on the set of Some Like It Hot, 1959
#JamieLeeCurtis #TonyCurtis
#JamieLeeCurtis #TonyCurtis
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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American living room furniture after Trump declares IKEA to be a terrorist organisation.
September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
American living room furniture after Trump declares IKEA to be a terrorist organisation.
Beautiful #rainbow to start the day #ukweather
September 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Beautiful #rainbow to start the day #ukweather
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I’ve just realised that I haven’t listened to BBC radio 4 routinely now for years. I stopped the news programmes including the today programme over a year ago when they became unashamed mouthpieces for Farage.
I was a lifelong radio 4 listener. I wonder how many others there are.
I was a lifelong radio 4 listener. I wonder how many others there are.
September 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I’ve just realised that I haven’t listened to BBC radio 4 routinely now for years. I stopped the news programmes including the today programme over a year ago when they became unashamed mouthpieces for Farage.
I was a lifelong radio 4 listener. I wonder how many others there are.
I was a lifelong radio 4 listener. I wonder how many others there are.
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Playing the closing theme to Camberwick Green, just because everything is awful and it blocks things out momentarily
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Playing the closing theme to Camberwick Green, just because everything is awful and it blocks things out momentarily
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I’m going to keep posting this.
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’m going to keep posting this.
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When the lies are too easy to FACT CHECK.....
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
When the lies are too easy to FACT CHECK.....
Incredible sight of a bee swarm murmuration here in the Lincolnshire Wolds #uknature #LincsWildlife
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Incredible sight of a bee swarm murmuration here in the Lincolnshire Wolds #uknature #LincsWildlife