MSmitham
@msmitham.bsky.social
Family man, IT nerd, photographer, drone pilot. Left leaning. Glossop UK.
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
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The highlands of Iceland seen from above… Captured from a Cessna plane few years ago, part of a series focusing on glacier water networks.
#photography #art #landscape #nature
#photography #art #landscape #nature
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The highlands of Iceland seen from above… Captured from a Cessna plane few years ago, part of a series focusing on glacier water networks.
#photography #art #landscape #nature
#photography #art #landscape #nature
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Photo of the Day;
Tourist in Pompeii, Italy
#Pompeii #Italy #italia #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #fujixseries #blacknwhite #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #xpro2 #streetphotography #storyofthestreet #picoftheday #pixoftheday #photooftheday #photography #travelphotography
Tourist in Pompeii, Italy
#Pompeii #Italy #italia #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #fujixseries #blacknwhite #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #xpro2 #streetphotography #storyofthestreet #picoftheday #pixoftheday #photooftheday #photography #travelphotography
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Photo of the Day;
Tourist in Pompeii, Italy
#Pompeii #Italy #italia #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #fujixseries #blacknwhite #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #xpro2 #streetphotography #storyofthestreet #picoftheday #pixoftheday #photooftheday #photography #travelphotography
Tourist in Pompeii, Italy
#Pompeii #Italy #italia #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #fujixseries #blacknwhite #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #xpro2 #streetphotography #storyofthestreet #picoftheday #pixoftheday #photooftheday #photography #travelphotography
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This from @mrhenrymorris.substack.com is utterly, sublimely brilliant.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
A New Yorker Profile
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December 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This from @mrhenrymorris.substack.com is utterly, sublimely brilliant.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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And now I find out that The Salt Path wasn't even published by a real penguin.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
And now I find out that The Salt Path wasn't even published by a real penguin.
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Bonjour Paris by Marc Lamey https://www.artlimit...
#color #capture #people #fineart #photography #female #colours #colour #digital #deborah #photographydaily
#color #capture #people #fineart #photography #female #colours #colour #digital #deborah #photographydaily
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Bonjour Paris by Marc Lamey https://www.artlimit...
#color #capture #people #fineart #photography #female #colours #colour #digital #deborah #photographydaily
#color #capture #people #fineart #photography #female #colours #colour #digital #deborah #photographydaily
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Dolly Parton wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day. Today I put a wash on, played with the dog and I’m now making tea. That’s three things. Your move country girl, your move.
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Dolly Parton wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day. Today I put a wash on, played with the dog and I’m now making tea. That’s three things. Your move country girl, your move.
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
Reader, I physically recoiled.
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Reader, I physically recoiled.
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
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I've been off social media a lot, for me, this afternoon, but catching up and what the actual fuck is wrong with some people. You can absolutely condemn the Israeli government for its genocide in Gaza. If you use that in any way shape or form to minimise the attack in Sydney you need serious help.
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I've been off social media a lot, for me, this afternoon, but catching up and what the actual fuck is wrong with some people. You can absolutely condemn the Israeli government for its genocide in Gaza. If you use that in any way shape or form to minimise the attack in Sydney you need serious help.
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John Lenari’s ice cream cart, Collyhurst, 1920s (Archives+).
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
John Lenari’s ice cream cart, Collyhurst, 1920s (Archives+).
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A night out, The old star, City of Westminster
#blackandwhite #B&W #Photography #photo #bwphotography #bnwphotography #monochrome #mono
#blackandwhite #B&W #Photography #photo #bwphotography #bnwphotography #monochrome #mono
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A night out, The old star, City of Westminster
#blackandwhite #B&W #Photography #photo #bwphotography #bnwphotography #monochrome #mono
#blackandwhite #B&W #Photography #photo #bwphotography #bnwphotography #monochrome #mono
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
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Unseasonably mild afternoon here in southern Norway for mid December. 10C!
The winter extent was an old snow pile in Oslo. Boo!
The winter extent was an old snow pile in Oslo. Boo!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Unseasonably mild afternoon here in southern Norway for mid December. 10C!
The winter extent was an old snow pile in Oslo. Boo!
The winter extent was an old snow pile in Oslo. Boo!
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Pandering to populists only ends up boosting populists. We see it with Labour policy driven by Reform. We saw it with Cameron's attempts to tweak EU membership ahead of Brexit.
Starmer's attacks on human rights will backfire, while harming vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer's attacks on human rights will backfire, while harming vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Pandering to populists only ends up boosting populists. We see it with Labour policy driven by Reform. We saw it with Cameron's attempts to tweak EU membership ahead of Brexit.
Starmer's attacks on human rights will backfire, while harming vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer's attacks on human rights will backfire, while harming vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
At least they now know what font to print the Epstein Files in.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
At least they now know what font to print the Epstein Files in.
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No Prince Philip either
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Prince Philip either
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This story more than any other disgusts me.
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This story more than any other disgusts me.
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
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Prof. Pagel is enlightening. Follow her if you do not already. 👇🏼
Breaking down some of the anti Vax stuff going at the CDC *before* this week's ACIP meeting on childhood vaccines.
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
Why the FDA memo on COVID vaccine risk is nothing to worry about
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Prof. Pagel is enlightening. Follow her if you do not already. 👇🏼