Simon Ferrigno
@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social
Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal
Pinned
European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal) - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)' on Wednesday 29 October 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
Pin Farage's lies and Davey's response somewhere - they will be needed in the years ahead hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
Probably thinks young people should go and spend a gap year fighting for Russia
Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
Nigel Farage rakes in another £200,000 from second jobs
The Reform leader has made over £1.3 million from second jobs since he was elected as an MP in July 2024
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Probably thinks young people should go and spend a gap year fighting for Russia
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Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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The sound of lightning on Mars - listen here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 26 November 2025
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The sound of lightning on Mars - listen here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It's a 10-15 min walk to the venue they mention. Easily done on foot, or with improved public transport. But instead, let's release the embedded carbon from the old car park, and build a new one as well. No planning whatsoever for sustainability 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New multi-storey car park planned for Derby city centre
The city council leader says the authority is looking at car park sites near the Vaillant Live venue.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's a 10-15 min walk to the venue they mention. Easily done on foot, or with improved public transport. But instead, let's release the embedded carbon from the old car park, and build a new one as well. No planning whatsoever for sustainability 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Bylines Gazette is back bylinesnetwork.co.uk/gazette/gaze...
Gazette November 2025 - Bylines Network
bylinesnetwork.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Bylines Gazette is back bylinesnetwork.co.uk/gazette/gaze...
It has #RejoinEU (and fine, start with a customs union. Just start, and hound the Russian loving ReformUK'ers back to whatever hell they came from)
Brexit has been a disaster for our country, it has been a disaster for our economy.
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It has #RejoinEU (and fine, start with a customs union. Just start, and hound the Russian loving ReformUK'ers back to whatever hell they came from)
I like the Quakers. If I was ever going to seek some spiritual life, I'd probably go there. They're also a nice counter-weight to extreme evangelical xtians www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I like the Quakers. If I was ever going to seek some spiritual life, I'd probably go there. They're also a nice counter-weight to extreme evangelical xtians www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
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I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)
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Both nighttime and compound heat mortality shows statistically significant increases across two decades when measured in 11 regions.
If you have money, you can adapt, but poorer populations and regions cannot and bear the burden of your afluence.
Find your soul.
If you have money, you can adapt, but poorer populations and regions cannot and bear the burden of your afluence.
Find your soul.
Climate change kills - and the culprits are still free www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Escalated heatwave mortality risk in sub-Saharan Africa under recent warming trend
Nighttime heat exposure is driving increased vulnerability to heatwaves across African populations amid recent warming.
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Both nighttime and compound heat mortality shows statistically significant increases across two decades when measured in 11 regions.
If you have money, you can adapt, but poorer populations and regions cannot and bear the burden of your afluence.
Find your soul.
If you have money, you can adapt, but poorer populations and regions cannot and bear the burden of your afluence.
Find your soul.
Reform do not uphold British values
Bullies will be bullies.
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Reform do not uphold British values
Climate change kills - and the culprits are still free www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Escalated heatwave mortality risk in sub-Saharan Africa under recent warming trend
Nighttime heat exposure is driving increased vulnerability to heatwaves across African populations amid recent warming.
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Climate change kills - and the culprits are still free www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is Russia getting desperate? engelsbergideas.com/notebook/why...
Why Russia has come to the table
Moscow is burning through its reserves and staring into a deep domestic abyss. Everyone in Putin’s Russia — from the poorest pensioner to the wealthiest oligarch — is feeling the strain. That's why th...
engelsbergideas.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Is Russia getting desperate? engelsbergideas.com/notebook/why...
Another Maga win. A la votre! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prestigious Chicago brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes | CBC News
The Siebel Institute of Technology, North America’s oldest brewing school, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January 2026. The relocation is aimed at improving accessibility for international stud...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Another Maga win. A la votre! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AI conference flooded by AI slop .... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
AI conference flooded by AI slop .... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'm sure this was a common movie plot on the old sci-fi channel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data
The issue is thought to affect 6,000 planes, which will need to undergo an urgent software update or have computers replaced.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm sure this was a common movie plot on the old sci-fi channel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform - it's a going to be a bumpy ride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alton Towers boss chosen as next CEO of Reform UK-run council
Neil Crittenden is set to take on the role of chief executive at Derbyshire County Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reform - it's a going to be a bumpy ride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin's investment in Brexit still paying off by keeping UK divided from Europe
#BBCNews - Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Putin's investment in Brexit still paying off by keeping UK divided from Europe
Yep
Will Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
@sussexbylines.co.uk
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Willl Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yep
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Yes, everyone can, and should.
It's time. Just do it.
It's time. Just do it.
Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?
Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed b...
dub.uu.nl
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yes, everyone can, and should.
It's time. Just do it.
It's time. Just do it.
Can they keep him?
#BBCNews - Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
Russia's leader praised what he called Orban's "balanced position on the situation in Ukraine".
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Can they keep him?
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and another one
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
and another one
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Interesting listen, as my family hail from the sth of Italy (Minori+Atrani), with great-granfather starting to trade between Italy and London around the the Risorgimento. He was a pacifist, & the more I learn, the more I suspect the conflict drove this audioboom.com/posts/881017...
The Risorgimento myth
Gerald Warner (https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-risorgimento-myth/) on the origins of a 'black legend' designed to discredit the once-flourishing Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Rea...
audioboom.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Interesting listen, as my family hail from the sth of Italy (Minori+Atrani), with great-granfather starting to trade between Italy and London around the the Risorgimento. He was a pacifist, & the more I learn, the more I suspect the conflict drove this audioboom.com/posts/881017...