wellbright
@wellbright.bsky.social
Open Government campaigner/Cold War researcher - Bugs 'n Bunkers
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wellbright
@wellbright.bsky.social
· Nov 16
The Lyme Bay Trials 1966
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#PortonDown #ColdWar The uncensored version of the Porton Down 'flagship' film - The Lyme Bay Trials. It shows the procedures adopted by military scientists from Porton Down when conducting their infamous Biological Warfare experiments on the South Coast of the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTwQ...
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On 17 August 1982 John Rentoul and I published a detailed report in the New Statesman reporting that Margaret Thatcher’s Falkland’s War Cabinet had “contemplated using Polaris nuclear missiles against Argentina. A Polaris submarine was sent to the South Atlantic to be ready for action 'if need be'.
September 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On 17 August 1982 John Rentoul and I published a detailed report in the New Statesman reporting that Margaret Thatcher’s Falkland’s War Cabinet had “contemplated using Polaris nuclear missiles against Argentina. A Polaris submarine was sent to the South Atlantic to be ready for action 'if need be'.
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Time to call in “Sir H” again? thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com
Thin Pinstriped Line
Defence blog focusing on 21st century analysis of Cold War defence, security and continuity of government problems.
thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Time to call in “Sir H” again? thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com
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This is incredibly realistic given the number of times Evel Knievel falls and crashes
September 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is incredibly realistic given the number of times Evel Knievel falls and crashes
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Whenever I make a bad decision, I sit down in front of the mirror, and tell myself “at least you didn't invite the leader of an invaded war-torn country to your house and show him your collection of hats" x
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Whenever I make a bad decision, I sit down in front of the mirror, and tell myself “at least you didn't invite the leader of an invaded war-torn country to your house and show him your collection of hats" x
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Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, accessories and stationery.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, accessories and stationery.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, accessories and stationery.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, accessories and stationery.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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I’ve just lost my lovely gig as TV columnist with The Lady Magazine (which has gone into liquidation). If anyone knows of any writing jobs going, my CV can be found within the realms of my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I’ve just lost my lovely gig as TV columnist with The Lady Magazine (which has gone into liquidation). If anyone knows of any writing jobs going, my CV can be found within the realms of my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son - hear the story in this Saturday’s episode. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
The long read: For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son - hear the story in this Saturday’s episode. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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My designs get lots of publicity in magazines and online and it looks like I’m doing really well.
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Surface Pattern Design & Illustration by Manchester based designer Gail Myerscough. Contemporary design meets mid century style.
Contact for art licensing, commissions & collaboration enquiries.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
My designs get lots of publicity in magazines and online and it looks like I’m doing really well.
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Give them a follow, and buy some of their stuff while you're at it: wonderful small UK publisher! #booksky
On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
March 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Give them a follow, and buy some of their stuff while you're at it: wonderful small UK publisher! #booksky
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'We know the Americans would keep faith with us...'
Came across this British official documentary from 1982, about Britain's nuclear deterrent, while looking for something else, and this line rather jumped out at me. #IWMcollections
Full film: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Came across this British official documentary from 1982, about Britain's nuclear deterrent, while looking for something else, and this line rather jumped out at me. #IWMcollections
Full film: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
March 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
'We know the Americans would keep faith with us...'
Came across this British official documentary from 1982, about Britain's nuclear deterrent, while looking for something else, and this line rather jumped out at me. #IWMcollections
Full film: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Came across this British official documentary from 1982, about Britain's nuclear deterrent, while looking for something else, and this line rather jumped out at me. #IWMcollections
Full film: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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in order to qualify, you have to live in the dump zone, about 15,000 people so your chances of a free flight are quite high
March 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
in order to qualify, you have to live in the dump zone, about 15,000 people so your chances of a free flight are quite high
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The hardback of my book is on a limited deal on Amazon.
Link below⬇️
Link below⬇️
March 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The hardback of my book is on a limited deal on Amazon.
Link below⬇️
Link below⬇️
#ColdWar #PortonDown OTD 1964, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE slipped from Portland Naval Base and sailed to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 22:11 ICEWHALE sailed a 4.6 mile straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, spraying massive amounts of live bacteria from spray apparatus mounted on its stern.
At 22:11 ICEWHALE sailed a 4.6 mile straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, spraying massive amounts of live bacteria from spray apparatus mounted on its stern.
January 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#ColdWar #PortonDown OTD 1964, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE slipped from Portland Naval Base and sailed to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 22:11 ICEWHALE sailed a 4.6 mile straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, spraying massive amounts of live bacteria from spray apparatus mounted on its stern.
At 22:11 ICEWHALE sailed a 4.6 mile straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, spraying massive amounts of live bacteria from spray apparatus mounted on its stern.
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We became a convenient scapegoat and a target for racial hate. While U.S. forces went off to fight fascism, we became the victims of a fascist program right here at home. They built barbed wire, militarized camps to hold over 120,000 of us for the duration of the war. /2
December 7, 2024 at 10:57 PM
We became a convenient scapegoat and a target for racial hate. While U.S. forces went off to fight fascism, we became the victims of a fascist program right here at home. They built barbed wire, militarized camps to hold over 120,000 of us for the duration of the war. /2
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Hello!
It’s Small Business Saturday so if you don’t know me…
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
#Christmasgifts
It’s Small Business Saturday so if you don’t know me…
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
#Christmasgifts
December 7, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Hello!
It’s Small Business Saturday so if you don’t know me…
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
#Christmasgifts
It’s Small Business Saturday so if you don’t know me…
I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester
I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk
#Christmasgifts
#ColdWar #PortonDown
OTD 1963, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE sailed from Portland Naval Base to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 18.20 ICEWHALE sailed a straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, covertly spraying massive amounts of two types of live bacteria - E.coli MRE162 & Bacillus globigii spores.
OTD 1963, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE sailed from Portland Naval Base to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 18.20 ICEWHALE sailed a straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, covertly spraying massive amounts of two types of live bacteria - E.coli MRE162 & Bacillus globigii spores.
December 5, 2024 at 12:56 PM
#ColdWar #PortonDown
OTD 1963, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE sailed from Portland Naval Base to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 18.20 ICEWHALE sailed a straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, covertly spraying massive amounts of two types of live bacteria - E.coli MRE162 & Bacillus globigii spores.
OTD 1963, the Admiralty ship ETV ICEWHALE sailed from Portland Naval Base to nearby Weymouth Bay.
At 18.20 ICEWHALE sailed a straight-line track across Weymouth Bay, covertly spraying massive amounts of two types of live bacteria - E.coli MRE162 & Bacillus globigii spores.
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🎙️New episode out📽️ What shaped the values and structure of The BBC? Unusually for @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social, it's a story filled with optimism and idealism. Listen ⬇️
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December 4, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🎙️New episode out📽️ What shaped the values and structure of The BBC? Unusually for @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social, it's a story filled with optimism and idealism. Listen ⬇️
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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Gail is the artist behind our September 2023 #brightonSEO print. We obviously love her work and think our supporters will too.
Please shop independent this #Christmas and buy from small creative businesses (like me) who really need your support right now.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
gailmyerscough.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Gail is the artist behind our September 2023 #brightonSEO print. We obviously love her work and think our supporters will too.
#ColdWar #LondonGold
There's gold in that there hill!
53 years ago today, HM Treasury drew attention to the fact that although the Bank of England had wartime plans to evacuate the London Gold Reserves to a 'safe' site, there was no plan for the manpower needed or for the troops to guard the move!
There's gold in that there hill!
53 years ago today, HM Treasury drew attention to the fact that although the Bank of England had wartime plans to evacuate the London Gold Reserves to a 'safe' site, there was no plan for the manpower needed or for the troops to guard the move!
December 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
#ColdWar #LondonGold
There's gold in that there hill!
53 years ago today, HM Treasury drew attention to the fact that although the Bank of England had wartime plans to evacuate the London Gold Reserves to a 'safe' site, there was no plan for the manpower needed or for the troops to guard the move!
There's gold in that there hill!
53 years ago today, HM Treasury drew attention to the fact that although the Bank of England had wartime plans to evacuate the London Gold Reserves to a 'safe' site, there was no plan for the manpower needed or for the troops to guard the move!
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To all of @reecedinsdale.bsky.social followers that have signed & re posted a massive thank you, to everyone else if Reece is supporting a terminally ill man then I ask you to do the same. It tajes 30 seconds & you will be helping thousands now & in the future. So please just sign it & help us.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
Afternoon Reece the petition has finally gone live,can I ask you to personally ask your followers to sign it & also verify the email they send or it won't count.This affects us all as anyone can be diagnosed with a terminal illness
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
Afternoon Reece the petition has finally gone live,can I ask you to personally ask your followers to sign it & also verify the email they send or it won't count.This affects us all as anyone can be diagnosed with a terminal illness
Petition: Automatic fast track benefits for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness.
I call on the government to automatically fast track anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, not just those in their final year of life, so they can get essential financial support. We think this wo...
petition.parliament.uk
December 2, 2024 at 1:25 AM
To all of @reecedinsdale.bsky.social followers that have signed & re posted a massive thank you, to everyone else if Reece is supporting a terminally ill man then I ask you to do the same. It tajes 30 seconds & you will be helping thousands now & in the future. So please just sign it & help us.