Jones the Steam
@tony-jones.bsky.social
Temporarily retired train driver. Cyclist, climber, wandering cat lover, happiest in wild places, occasional fly fisherman. Mostly sensible, occasionally lazy. (Also likes beer.)
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My take: The most repulsive and obscene thing about the RFK affair is the part where the rubella virus penetrates the placenta and pours itself into the fetal eye, ear, and brain and destroys them.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My take: The most repulsive and obscene thing about the RFK affair is the part where the rubella virus penetrates the placenta and pours itself into the fetal eye, ear, and brain and destroys them.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
Every now and again, those of us with socialist leanings, need reminding why we hold those beliefs. I can't think of a better reminder than this.
The Garden Pit Colliery Disaster killed 40 men and boys in an instant. Roughly a quarter of the parish’s mining workforce perished that afternoon, when the thin rock roof over a shallow coal seam failed and the river broke through ✍️Howell Harris wp.me/p8Mk4U-19kJ
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Every now and again, those of us with socialist leanings, need reminding why we hold those beliefs. I can't think of a better reminder than this.
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
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Stop ripping up the ocean floor and destroying habitats!
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Cornish residents demand government ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas: new poll
84 per cent of Cornish residents support a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs) Bottom trawling, which destroys reefs, seagrass and marine life, remains legal in all Cornish MPAs in...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Stop ripping up the ocean floor and destroying habitats!
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These right wing types all have one thing in common: they're all absolute chancers who have no concern for anyone but themselves and will happily destroy the future of humankind and the planet we live on for their short-term financial gain. A 'rancid herring' sums him up well.
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These right wing types all have one thing in common: they're all absolute chancers who have no concern for anyone but themselves and will happily destroy the future of humankind and the planet we live on for their short-term financial gain. A 'rancid herring' sums him up well.
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The rationale here is incredible. The industry says its lobbying has prevented a "tick box exercise".
That's where you rubber stamp something without having done anything meaningful or effected any change, right?
So, like classing new houses as 'green' without basic stuff like swift boxes, then?
That's where you rubber stamp something without having done anything meaningful or effected any change, right?
So, like classing new houses as 'green' without basic stuff like swift boxes, then?
Swifts have declined 70% since 1994.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The rationale here is incredible. The industry says its lobbying has prevented a "tick box exercise".
That's where you rubber stamp something without having done anything meaningful or effected any change, right?
So, like classing new houses as 'green' without basic stuff like swift boxes, then?
That's where you rubber stamp something without having done anything meaningful or effected any change, right?
So, like classing new houses as 'green' without basic stuff like swift boxes, then?
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is quite interesting: older, potential Reform voter dining with young, long-haired Green voter. All seems quite normal until cyclists become the topic. Caught me off-guard, that did.
This is quite interesting: older, potential Reform voter dining with young, long-haired Green voter. All seems quite normal until cyclists become the topic. Caught me off-guard, that did.
Dining across the divide: ‘He looked like a typical Green voter – long hair, laid-back, that sort of thing’
They locked horns on people crossing the Channel in small boats and cyclists using roads – did they find anything to agree on?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is quite interesting: older, potential Reform voter dining with young, long-haired Green voter. All seems quite normal until cyclists become the topic. Caught me off-guard, that did.
This is quite interesting: older, potential Reform voter dining with young, long-haired Green voter. All seems quite normal until cyclists become the topic. Caught me off-guard, that did.
In fairness to SNCF if they don't have dedicated bike space you can bag your bike and take it with you as luggage at no extra cost and without pre-booking. Much better than buying your for Eurostar ticket and then having to email someone in the hope that the train your booked on has bike space.
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In fairness to SNCF if they don't have dedicated bike space you can bag your bike and take it with you as luggage at no extra cost and without pre-booking. Much better than buying your for Eurostar ticket and then having to email someone in the hope that the train your booked on has bike space.
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In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Neil Kinnock goes berserk
YouTube video by Vadrigar
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October 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
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Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
RT if Mick is right.
RT if Mick is right.
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
RT if Mick is right.
RT if Mick is right.
It's probably appropriate at this moment to recognise the Nobel prize awarded to someone, born of refugees, who moved to the USA, knowing little English, studied in a community college, and became one of the greatest scientists of our time. That's actually when America was great.
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's probably appropriate at this moment to recognise the Nobel prize awarded to someone, born of refugees, who moved to the USA, knowing little English, studied in a community college, and became one of the greatest scientists of our time. That's actually when America was great.
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
@robhatch.bsky.social I'm just catching up with today's Vuelta stage in the Basque Country and I'd like to thank you for your carefully measured commentary. We live in difficult times.
September 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@robhatch.bsky.social I'm just catching up with today's Vuelta stage in the Basque Country and I'd like to thank you for your carefully measured commentary. We live in difficult times.
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The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
July 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
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If you're looking for a villain, Pogačar and Plugge pale in comparison to Warner Brothers Discovery
July 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If you're looking for a villain, Pogačar and Plugge pale in comparison to Warner Brothers Discovery
Hi @robhatch.bsky.social , I'm a bit concerned that as a Discovery+ subscriber, I can no longer watch an ad-free feed of the TdF unless I opt for the multi-screen feed. £40 a month *and* being forced to watch adverts? The way former Eurosport subscribers are being treated is beyond insulting.
July 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hi @robhatch.bsky.social , I'm a bit concerned that as a Discovery+ subscriber, I can no longer watch an ad-free feed of the TdF unless I opt for the multi-screen feed. £40 a month *and* being forced to watch adverts? The way former Eurosport subscribers are being treated is beyond insulting.
So, after forking out £40 a month to TNT Sports/Discovery+, I now have to watch a feed with fucking adverts if I don't want to watch the multiscreen feed of the Tour de France. Very poor. I really hate what these people are doing to our sport.
July 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So, after forking out £40 a month to TNT Sports/Discovery+, I now have to watch a feed with fucking adverts if I don't want to watch the multiscreen feed of the Tour de France. Very poor. I really hate what these people are doing to our sport.
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On the plus side: we're returning to that blissed-out period in the noughties when a £ was worth two $ and we could holiday like kings in the US. On the down side: We can't actually go to the US because they'll arrest us.
Breaking: The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump’s trade and economic policies prompt global investors to rethink their exposure to the world’s dominant currency. https://on.ft.com/4ev1ux1
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On the plus side: we're returning to that blissed-out period in the noughties when a £ was worth two $ and we could holiday like kings in the US. On the down side: We can't actually go to the US because they'll arrest us.
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it’s wild to me that the culture war breaks this way.
Which is more macho:
1) get around under the power of your own manly muscles in a machine you can easily build and fix
2) carted around in a luxury armchair stapled to a room sized machine that runs on dinosaur juice and bottomless tax dollars
Which is more macho:
1) get around under the power of your own manly muscles in a machine you can easily build and fix
2) carted around in a luxury armchair stapled to a room sized machine that runs on dinosaur juice and bottomless tax dollars
Here’s a good question — why is riding a bicycle in the city turning into [actually, being deliberately turned into] a culture war?
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Why is Riding a Bicycle in the City Turning Into a Culture War
Here are some key reasons why a safety and efficiency issue is turning into a bicycle culture war.
momentummag.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
it’s wild to me that the culture war breaks this way.
Which is more macho:
1) get around under the power of your own manly muscles in a machine you can easily build and fix
2) carted around in a luxury armchair stapled to a room sized machine that runs on dinosaur juice and bottomless tax dollars
Which is more macho:
1) get around under the power of your own manly muscles in a machine you can easily build and fix
2) carted around in a luxury armchair stapled to a room sized machine that runs on dinosaur juice and bottomless tax dollars
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
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Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
If the UCI *ever* do this to pro cycling, I'm done with sport. Nothing is more life-affirming than hearing a Belgian cyclist repeatedly saying 'fuck' on live TV after he's won a sprint. We need to get over ourselves: there are governments around the planet doing far, far worse than that.
FIA backs down in F1 swearing row by cutting drivers’ fines in half
FIA backs down in F1 swearing row by cutting drivers’ fines in half
Efforts to clean up Formula One’s act have taken a more tolerant turn with the FIA cutting by 50% the maximum penalties for drivers’ swearing
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the UCI *ever* do this to pro cycling, I'm done with sport. Nothing is more life-affirming than hearing a Belgian cyclist repeatedly saying 'fuck' on live TV after he's won a sprint. We need to get over ourselves: there are governments around the planet doing far, far worse than that.