Oliver Gardiner
@whitecottage.org.uk
I despise Trump. I like making things: guitar amps, pedals, woodwork, software, DIY CNC of various sorts, cooking. Twitter account was binned some time ago - hoping for better here. #FBPE. #IStandWithUkraine, #TACO, #TeslaTakedown
I'm a week away from being made redundant from a job I've hated for years. I can't wait. I'm very lucky as I can just retire. The only fly in the ointment is that I just don't know what I'm going to do.
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm a week away from being made redundant from a job I've hated for years. I can't wait. I'm very lucky as I can just retire. The only fly in the ointment is that I just don't know what I'm going to do.
When I was growing up in the 80s, my mother was obsessed with the awfulness of Thatcher. Evenings once spent watching Bergerac turned into a series of depressing news bulletins. BBC1 at 6, Channel 4 at 7, BBC at 9, ITV at 10, then Newsnight. Now I daren't watch any news at all because of Trump.
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When I was growing up in the 80s, my mother was obsessed with the awfulness of Thatcher. Evenings once spent watching Bergerac turned into a series of depressing news bulletins. BBC1 at 6, Channel 4 at 7, BBC at 9, ITV at 10, then Newsnight. Now I daren't watch any news at all because of Trump.
I'm feeling smug. Our central heating wasn't working, and after much research and cogitation, I'd narrowed the problem down to the mid-position valve actuator. I was contemplating replacing it when it occurred to me that the offending microswitch could be sorted by hitting it. Worked like a charm!
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm feeling smug. Our central heating wasn't working, and after much research and cogitation, I'd narrowed the problem down to the mid-position valve actuator. I was contemplating replacing it when it occurred to me that the offending microswitch could be sorted by hitting it. Worked like a charm!
It will probably always be controversial, but I will be hoping that #NZ-W can beat Deepti on Thursday. She's been clear about how she sees cricket, but the way she plays it is not one that I can agree with. That Mankad really is a problem.
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It will probably always be controversial, but I will be hoping that #NZ-W can beat Deepti on Thursday. She's been clear about how she sees cricket, but the way she plays it is not one that I can agree with. That Mankad really is a problem.
A work of 80s genius, but sad to say that Trump makes Reagan look like a genius...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWL...
Not the Nine O'Clock News - I Believe...
YouTube video by edsigalaClassic
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October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A work of 80s genius, but sad to say that Trump makes Reagan look like a genius...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWL...
I can't believe Belarus are still accepted into international competition. It's not often I'm supporting the Scots, but I hope they bury Lukashenko's mob.
October 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I can't believe Belarus are still accepted into international competition. It's not often I'm supporting the Scots, but I hope they bury Lukashenko's mob.
A sad day but a great life www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Dickie Bird dies aged 92
Legendary former umpire Dickie Bird dies at the age of 92.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A sad day but a great life www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Mystery finally solved (for the cost of a security camera) - if you look closely, you'll see that this clever burglar is opening the chip-controlled cat flap by pulling it outwards.
September 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Mystery finally solved (for the cost of a security camera) - if you look closely, you'll see that this clever burglar is opening the chip-controlled cat flap by pulling it outwards.
To, perhaps, state the obvious, as one approaches retirement as a privileged person, you're forced to think about what you can do with your days that might be useful and fulfilling.
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
To, perhaps, state the obvious, as one approaches retirement as a privileged person, you're forced to think about what you can do with your days that might be useful and fulfilling.
Obviously, Nigel Farago is appalling, but it's beyond belief that Trump makes him look vaguely like a human being (as he clearly isn't). Can we please deport them all to another planet.
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Obviously, Nigel Farago is appalling, but it's beyond belief that Trump makes him look vaguely like a human being (as he clearly isn't). Can we please deport them all to another planet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A phrase that has been used quite widely, but I'm pretty confident that in a competition to be the most "economically illiterate" premier, Trump would beat Carney by a distance.
Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may come at a high price
The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour
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August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A phrase that has been used quite widely, but I'm pretty confident that in a competition to be the most "economically illiterate" premier, Trump would beat Carney by a distance.
I think Aggers predicted penalties this morning. Great game but hoping England women can show the men how to win a shoot out!
July 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I think Aggers predicted penalties this morning. Great game but hoping England women can show the men how to win a shoot out!
First Musk, then Murdoch. I really hope there is an afterlife - where they all get locked up together.
July 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
First Musk, then Murdoch. I really hope there is an afterlife - where they all get locked up together.
@espncricinfo.com Why was Deep's "exocet to bowl a well-set Root for 6" the moment of the match when it was a blatant no ball?
July 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@espncricinfo.com Why was Deep's "exocet to bowl a well-set Root for 6" the moment of the match when it was a blatant no ball?
@millercricket.bsky.social I'm astonished that there hasn't been more commentary about Root being bowled off a blatant back foot no ball. Also, while you've seen the light, can you please sort out a Cricinfo account here so that those of us who've left the dark place can interact? ty
July 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@millercricket.bsky.social I'm astonished that there hasn't been more commentary about Root being bowled off a blatant back foot no ball. Also, while you've seen the light, can you please sort out a Cricinfo account here so that those of us who've left the dark place can interact? ty
#ENGIND The back foot no ball rule is very clear - it's about whether or not the back foot cuts the return crease "when it lands". Root was bowled off a no ball. Any suggestion that it wasn't a no ball because the foot was not grounded when the ball was bowled is nonsense.
July 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#ENGIND The back foot no ball rule is very clear - it's about whether or not the back foot cuts the return crease "when it lands". Root was bowled off a no ball. Any suggestion that it wasn't a no ball because the foot was not grounded when the ball was bowled is nonsense.
Hells bells, the intellectually challenged orange menace sounds like he's auditioning for Ming the Merciless opposite Buster Crabbe. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and says US won’t kill supreme leader ‘for now’ – latest updates
US president says Ayatollah Khamenei is ‘easy target’ and suggests US ‘patience is wearing thin’
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June 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hells bells, the intellectually challenged orange menace sounds like he's auditioning for Ming the Merciless opposite Buster Crabbe. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Even on Fox, Trump sounds like an illiterate imbecile: www.foxnews.com/politics/car... As Del Boy would have said...
Carney cuts short questions to Trump ahead of G7 summit
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he exercised his role as G7 chair in cutting reporter questions to President Donald Trump short before the summit began.
www.foxnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Even on Fox, Trump sounds like an illiterate imbecile: www.foxnews.com/politics/car... As Del Boy would have said...
While Charles is mostly harmless and clearly holds no actual power, the concept of a King is beyond outdated. What is still terrifying is the idea of Trump crowning himself in perpetuity to subjugate the American people under his (idiotic) rule. #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
While Charles is mostly harmless and clearly holds no actual power, the concept of a King is beyond outdated. What is still terrifying is the idea of Trump crowning himself in perpetuity to subjugate the American people under his (idiotic) rule. #NoKings
Sean Spicer would have loved to have this much ability to control the drivel spouted by Trump: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2n8...
Not the Nine O'Clock News - Reagan
YouTube video by edishco
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June 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sean Spicer would have loved to have this much ability to control the drivel spouted by Trump: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2n8...
There was an amazing Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch about a Michael Spicer-a-like press adviser who managed to get the the President to say on air "it's incredible, isn't it, that a cretin suich as this could become President of the United States". Trump makes Reagan look like a genius.
June 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There was an amazing Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch about a Michael Spicer-a-like press adviser who managed to get the the President to say on air "it's incredible, isn't it, that a cretin suich as this could become President of the United States". Trump makes Reagan look like a genius.
Is Trump's vocabulary so poor that the only thing he can say about anything is that "they should make a deal"? I realise that the answer to this question is obviously "yes", but it's still amazing that a "world leader" can be so stupid. I'm not with Stupid.
June 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Is Trump's vocabulary so poor that the only thing he can say about anything is that "they should make a deal"? I realise that the answer to this question is obviously "yes", but it's still amazing that a "world leader" can be so stupid. I'm not with Stupid.
How very sad... 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tesla shares hit as Trump-Musk feud explodes
Tesla shares plunged 14%, marking one of the steepest declines in months as Musk and Trump battled online.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
How very sad... 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hats off to #TammyBeaumont and #AmyJones for a fantastic opening partnership against WI-W
June 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hats off to #TammyBeaumont and #AmyJones for a fantastic opening partnership against WI-W
It took me a while to realise that people don't like to be challenged. I once tried to stop a girlfriend from leaving me by saying that I loved her in spite of her flaws. Thankfully, it didn't go down well. Sadly, though, this is why senior managers are so bad at challenging each other to be better.
June 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It took me a while to realise that people don't like to be challenged. I once tried to stop a girlfriend from leaving me by saying that I loved her in spite of her flaws. Thankfully, it didn't go down well. Sadly, though, this is why senior managers are so bad at challenging each other to be better.