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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉

@goakl.bsky.social

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Published on 19th Century Vendéen memorials. Former PwC partner. Trustee at Institute of Historical Research. Trustee at NHS Retirement. Active travel in Bishop’s Stortford. Keyboard warrior. Bearsted CC. Cricket, cycling, rugby à XV. France and England.

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 15m

I was struck by the parochialism of this reporting. You think you will be able to deal with the consequences of climate change on global migration, interconnected businesses, access to food and water…by building smarter houses in Surrey?

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 10h

This is what we looked like.

Aged 19 and 22.

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 10h

This evening’s episode of House MD bought to you from probably the oldest bit of my music collection.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CJxp...

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not an expert on this. In my tiny village in rural France we have 5G and fibre. Delivered by Orange/France telecom. In the UK in a market town/dormitory for London we struggle sometimes to get 3G and fibre is coming "sometime soon".

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 21h

and even then you still have to go via Northwood Hills

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody ever pays attention to my dreams.

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

You lived a more interesting life for knowing that though! And stealing from the GPO was actually getting one over “the man”. Anyway isn’t all property, theft…

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

Let me tell you youngsters about “party lines” and Button A and Button B.

Oh and the urban mythology of free calls from phone boxes if you tapped out the number on the phone rest.

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

Ooops - I meant to write - but wouldn't you need a browsdresser? Nah it still isn't funny.

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

Barber...

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

With £15,000 in currency in a bag. Nope, nothing dodgy about this at all...

Katieboo @k8tshires.bsky.social · 1d

"PS Farmer, who was supervising the officers at the Channel Tunnel entrance that day, told the court that Mr Lennon had said he was delivering a friend's "extremely high value" Bentley Bentayga to Benidorm."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'

The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

www.bbc.com

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 1d

Are you sure it’s not Christmas yet?

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I think about how absolutely wild it is that drivers think they're being oppressed when they get punished for breaking the law

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

Dinner tonight is autumnal nursery food.

Smoked haddock. Carrot and potato mash, sprouting.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 2d

This is good news.

A few vehicles with Intelligent Speed Assist can have an outsized impact on safety bc they’ll also prevent vehicles behind them from speeding.

www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/ne...

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

Not yet. But Aldi was eerily quiet. Felt I had to buy something from their Christmas shelf.

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

Is it Christmas yet?

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

BlueSky knowledge sharing at its very best. Now where did that half-empty bottle of dubonnet go..?

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JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63.bsky.social · 3d

And here's another way to reduce Farage's support:

www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/e...

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

www.desmog.com

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

I have two “professions”.

Memoricide de la Vendée

Accounting for hyper inflation

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 2d

Please use in-text referencing

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 2d

Didn’t the old Queen Mum, gawd bless her, (I think that the correct usage) drink a bottle of gin a day? Nor sure she had much truck with water, tonic or otherwise.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 3d

"“Too many people are locked out of opportunity because the transport system simply doesn’t work for them."

"Many families can't afford a car or would spend a huge proportion of their weekly budget running one."

#TransportJustice

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

www.ippr.org/media-office...

Revealed: Car ownership eats up a quarter of poorest households’ incomes | IPPR

Poorest households spend a quarter (25 per cent) of their income on their carTransport costs take up twice the share of income for the least well-offIPPR r

www.ippr.org

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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure Keith Richards smoked his way through every concert ever! And he must be at least 120.

Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 3d

*for eight!!