Spademashie
@spademashie.bsky.social
Retired. Golf, Liverpool FC, history, archaeology, astronomy, climbing, hillwalking, family, social justice
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
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John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
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I’ve been trying to figure out a good lyric from Chicago or Sister Act to play the meme, but none is going to top this one is it…
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out a good lyric from Chicago or Sister Act to play the meme, but none is going to top this one is it…
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“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
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insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/hammersmit... (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/hammersmit... (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."
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From my Facebook memories today.
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From my Facebook memories today.
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
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*sigh*
I'm just surprised it took so long.
I'm just surprised it took so long.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
*sigh*
I'm just surprised it took so long.
I'm just surprised it took so long.
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A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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Today is the day! I am immensely proud to have been a part of this project. It has been an honour and a privilege to help put Dorothy back together, and I can’t wait for people for people to be able to see the result of all of Mary’s hard work on these very special boats.
Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first
The boats
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Today is the day! I am immensely proud to have been a part of this project. It has been an honour and a privilege to help put Dorothy back together, and I can’t wait for people for people to be able to see the result of all of Mary’s hard work on these very special boats.
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The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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People forget, but the rot really started with Cameron in 2010. He explicitly threatened the BBC with defunding if they didn't move to the right. Things have been getting worse since.
Looks like the BBC is going dowwwwn
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
People forget, but the rot really started with Cameron in 2010. He explicitly threatened the BBC with defunding if they didn't move to the right. Things have been getting worse since.
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Trump went on a rampage posting last night in his underwear and edema legs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump went on a rampage posting last night in his underwear and edema legs.
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occupydemocrats
Speaker Mike Johnson warns if Democrats win the midterms, they will impeach Trump and end his administration.
Smash the 👍 if that sounds great to you!
Speaker Mike Johnson warns if Democrats win the midterms, they will impeach Trump and end his administration.
Smash the 👍 if that sounds great to you!
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
occupydemocrats
Speaker Mike Johnson warns if Democrats win the midterms, they will impeach Trump and end his administration.
Smash the 👍 if that sounds great to you!
Speaker Mike Johnson warns if Democrats win the midterms, they will impeach Trump and end his administration.
Smash the 👍 if that sounds great to you!
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The Kenny Dalglish documentary on Amazon Prime is good - starts very bog standard sports doc, but the twin tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough are sensitively handled and reveal Dalglish’s fundamental humanity in a time of horrible crisis and pain
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Kenny Dalglish documentary on Amazon Prime is good - starts very bog standard sports doc, but the twin tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough are sensitively handled and reveal Dalglish’s fundamental humanity in a time of horrible crisis and pain
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That's an interesting observation, and a clever way of phrasing. We all 'know' what ordinary means. But of course for a general, it's probably a meaningless standard. Was Montgomery an 'ordinary' army commander? Divisional? Army Group? Let's assume the latter - is that a meaningful statement? 🧵
That. That’s a thing of beauty right there. 🥲
Reminds me of when Terry Copp pointed out in a talk he gave at the Laurier Centre that Montgomery was “really a very ordinary general” but with great publicity on his side. My friends had to practically sit on me to keep me from standing up and cheering.
Reminds me of when Terry Copp pointed out in a talk he gave at the Laurier Centre that Montgomery was “really a very ordinary general” but with great publicity on his side. My friends had to practically sit on me to keep me from standing up and cheering.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
That's an interesting observation, and a clever way of phrasing. We all 'know' what ordinary means. But of course for a general, it's probably a meaningless standard. Was Montgomery an 'ordinary' army commander? Divisional? Army Group? Let's assume the latter - is that a meaningful statement? 🧵
No AI showing in my Google search screen this morning. I'm guessing the AI has finally gained sentience, realised what it's done, and killed itself
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
No AI showing in my Google search screen this morning. I'm guessing the AI has finally gained sentience, realised what it's done, and killed itself
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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The Fenland of Cambridgeshire is my photographic “backyard” -a place of wide open landscape broken by drains, droves and lines. The rich black peat , slowly eroding contrasts against constantly changing light.
Using pinhole and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
Using pinhole and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Fenland of Cambridgeshire is my photographic “backyard” -a place of wide open landscape broken by drains, droves and lines. The rich black peat , slowly eroding contrasts against constantly changing light.
Using pinhole and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
Using pinhole and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
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BBCFOUR tonight (and onwards) is showing the original series Edge of Darkness - please book your seat now.. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
BBCFOUR tonight (and onwards) is showing the original series Edge of Darkness - please book your seat now.. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.