Steve Pillings
@stevieby.bsky.social
Liberal, home assistant, azure architect/coder , retro gamer, Tesla, cook, beers, Chelsea FC and rollercoaster enthusiast. Father of 2 teenagers and a cheeky Cavachon. occasional fixer of things in the house
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"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
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The cost of living crisis was caused in large part by gas prices.
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The cost of living crisis was caused in large part by gas prices.
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This deserves to be on many tv screens tonight ...
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This deserves to be on many tv screens tonight ...
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Lots of Telegraph writers ranting about Britain's spiral into despotism seem to have decamped to...the autocratic UAE. Via Private Eye
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Lots of Telegraph writers ranting about Britain's spiral into despotism seem to have decamped to...the autocratic UAE. Via Private Eye
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London is increasingly under Shania law. And that don't impress me much.
August 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
London is increasingly under Shania law. And that don't impress me much.
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Totally not a cult.
July 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Totally not a cult.
Going from sea level to 2500m is really hitting me hard. Wanted to run this week but even walking feels like I need to acclimatise a bit more.
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Going from sea level to 2500m is really hitting me hard. Wanted to run this week but even walking feels like I need to acclimatise a bit more.
So much wrong with this email from @daznde.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So much wrong with this email from @daznde.bsky.social
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Sweary Ed Miliband is the best Ed Miliband. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515770...
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sweary Ed Miliband is the best Ed Miliband. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515770...
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Funny thing you notice after a while is that institutions really do start to take on the personality of the person at the top. In this case, the Tory party feels deeply, viscerally unpleasant.
After a Treasury spokesperson says Rachel Reeves was upset at PMQs due to a personal matter, Kemi Badenoch's spokesman tells journalists that "something strange is going on" and insists the Chancellor immediately disclose what is happening in her personal life
July 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Funny thing you notice after a while is that institutions really do start to take on the personality of the person at the top. In this case, the Tory party feels deeply, viscerally unpleasant.
Get a coffee with a loyalty card. Then spend the next few days with multiple emails asking for feedback on my visit. And couriers asking for the same. Feels like my email account is just asking for validation for services these days.
June 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Get a coffee with a loyalty card. Then spend the next few days with multiple emails asking for feedback on my visit. And couriers asking for the same. Feels like my email account is just asking for validation for services these days.
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🇫🇮 🤷♂️
🇸🇪 🤨
🇵🇱 😡
🇭🇺 😭
All across Europe eh, Trainline?
(Those were just the examples that came to mind)
#CrossBorderRail
🇸🇪 🤨
🇵🇱 😡
🇭🇺 😭
All across Europe eh, Trainline?
(Those were just the examples that came to mind)
#CrossBorderRail
June 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🇫🇮 🤷♂️
🇸🇪 🤨
🇵🇱 😡
🇭🇺 😭
All across Europe eh, Trainline?
(Those were just the examples that came to mind)
#CrossBorderRail
🇸🇪 🤨
🇵🇱 😡
🇭🇺 😭
All across Europe eh, Trainline?
(Those were just the examples that came to mind)
#CrossBorderRail
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It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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The barriers were installed despite a FOI request revealing that no complaints or reports of collisions between pedestrians and cyclists in the park were submitted to the council last year – with the local authority admitting that the decision was made purely on “anecdotal” evidence
“Drivers don’t have to push their cars”: Park barriers designed to stop “speeding” cyclists are forcing families onto busy road with no bike lane, cycling campaigners say
After installing the “discriminatory” barriers based purely on anecdotal evidence, with no reports of collisions between cyclists and pedestrians, the council agreed a compromise with local campaigner...
road.cc
June 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The barriers were installed despite a FOI request revealing that no complaints or reports of collisions between pedestrians and cyclists in the park were submitted to the council last year – with the local authority admitting that the decision was made purely on “anecdotal” evidence
For an ending of a show to only have 6 episodes is beyond disappointing. Guess only need to subscribe to Paramount for a month or so now
Well, the answer came quickly. 😬
Not only will Strange New Worlds end with its fifth season (like Discovery and Lower Decks), but the final season will only contain six episodes!
It's not impossible that it could continue into a spin-off, but with a 6-episode order, I don't really believe it.
Not only will Strange New Worlds end with its fifth season (like Discovery and Lower Decks), but the final season will only contain six episodes!
It's not impossible that it could continue into a spin-off, but with a 6-episode order, I don't really believe it.
June 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For an ending of a show to only have 6 episodes is beyond disappointing. Guess only need to subscribe to Paramount for a month or so now
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fair to say Kemi Badenoch’s last interview on BBC wasn’t a storming success
June 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
fair to say Kemi Badenoch’s last interview on BBC wasn’t a storming success
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The Tories are already trying to pretend that their decade and a half of rule didn't exist. Got a hilarious flier through the door
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Tories are already trying to pretend that their decade and a half of rule didn't exist. Got a hilarious flier through the door
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Ordinary people "feel like mugs" for paying when others feel they can get away without doing so, says Robert Jenrick, who was found to have falsely claimed £122 in travel expenses, and used his own office to help a Conservative donor avoid paying £45m in tax www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/robert-jen...
Robert Jenrick's Honesty-Dodging
That someone as dishonest and hypocritical as the Shadow Justice Secretary was not long ago shamed out of public life is a damning indictment of the state of politics and media in the UK
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June 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ordinary people "feel like mugs" for paying when others feel they can get away without doing so, says Robert Jenrick, who was found to have falsely claimed £122 in travel expenses, and used his own office to help a Conservative donor avoid paying £45m in tax www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/robert-jen...
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Today is the day! The heat pump 1m rule finally gets lifted. Getting my own heat pump installed later this year (planning no longer required!) 🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning change makes heat pump installations easier for homes
The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Today is the day! The heat pump 1m rule finally gets lifted. Getting my own heat pump installed later this year (planning no longer required!) 🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stuck at Luton airport. Flight with @wizzair.bsky.social delayed til 4pm (from 7.40am). Got up early to hit this and got a text when I was parking up. Painful. Lots of Chelsea here. Gonna be bedlam if stuck in the airport for so long.
May 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Stuck at Luton airport. Flight with @wizzair.bsky.social delayed til 4pm (from 7.40am). Got up early to hit this and got a text when I was parking up. Painful. Lots of Chelsea here. Gonna be bedlam if stuck in the airport for so long.
Oh well an evening supporting Man Utd did not go too well. Anyway two more games for CFC. Off to Wroclaw on Tuesday then Energylandia on the Friday (taking the opportunity as nearby). Still hopeful we can have a couple of joyful moments...
May 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Oh well an evening supporting Man Utd did not go too well. Anyway two more games for CFC. Off to Wroclaw on Tuesday then Energylandia on the Friday (taking the opportunity as nearby). Still hopeful we can have a couple of joyful moments...
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Can't disagree with a word of this
May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can't disagree with a word of this
Chelsea final tickets booked, flights and hotel sorted. First away trip with my teenage son and his second final. Looking forward to Poland and also the couple of days at Energylandia after.
May 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Chelsea final tickets booked, flights and hotel sorted. First away trip with my teenage son and his second final. Looking forward to Poland and also the couple of days at Energylandia after.