Paul Newstead
@newst0509.bsky.social
Scientist, petrol head, Parkrunner
Clark's Village outlet shopping centre is quick off the mark to recognise a local hero
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Clark's Village outlet shopping centre is quick off the mark to recognise a local hero
THEY DESTROYED APPLE CRUMBLE AND CUSTARD!
An unforgivable crime. Lock them up and throw away the keys.
BBC News - Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An unforgivable crime. Lock them up and throw away the keys.
BBC News - Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display
The Tower of London was partially closed to the public while the police investigated.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
THEY DESTROYED APPLE CRUMBLE AND CUSTARD!
An unforgivable crime. Lock them up and throw away the keys.
BBC News - Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An unforgivable crime. Lock them up and throw away the keys.
BBC News - Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I thought that What Three Words gave unique locations around the world. Yet when I entered "England. Batting. Collapse" into the app, it showed several places in Australia.
#Ashes
#Ashes
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I thought that What Three Words gave unique locations around the world. Yet when I entered "England. Batting. Collapse" into the app, it showed several places in Australia.
#Ashes
#Ashes
Why don't they just give him the Golden Boot now, to save time?
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Why don't they just give him the Golden Boot now, to save time?
Surely not another Reform politician accused of racism? I'm shocked.
At least Reform will never be racist against Russians.
BBC News - Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At least Reform will never be racist against Russians.
BBC News - Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform's Laura Anne Jones' racist WhatsApp slur 'caused hurt'
Members of Wales' Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is "very upsetting".
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Surely not another Reform politician accused of racism? I'm shocked.
At least Reform will never be racist against Russians.
BBC News - Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At least Reform will never be racist against Russians.
BBC News - Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our beech tree looks like it's on fire at this time of year
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Our beech tree looks like it's on fire at this time of year
Reposted by Paul Newstead
Farage really on the ropes there.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Farage really on the ropes there.
"The worst possible PM at the worst possible time"
Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"The worst possible PM at the worst possible time"
Let's just add the stars and stripes to our own list of hate symbols
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Let's just add the stars and stripes to our own list of hate symbols
Cruel exits in both #onlyconnect and #university challenge tonight. Well played all teams.
#quizzymonday
#quizzymonday
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cruel exits in both #onlyconnect and #university challenge tonight. Well played all teams.
#quizzymonday
#quizzymonday
I hope that the #AudiF1 car does look like this. It will be like having Senna's Mclaren MP4 back on track. Especially if they write 'Marlboro' in big red letters across the rear wing.
#F1
www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
#F1
www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
Audi reveal livery concept ahead of 2026 F1 debut
Audi have unveiled the colour scheme that will adorn their first Formula 1 car, which will debut in 2026, as part of a glittering launch event in Munich.
www.formula1.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I hope that the #AudiF1 car does look like this. It will be like having Senna's Mclaren MP4 back on track. Especially if they write 'Marlboro' in big red letters across the rear wing.
#F1
www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
#F1
www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
I remember when the political "silly season" was just during the summer parliamentary recess. But since the 2016 referendum it seems to happen all year round.
BBC News - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Friends of the PM are worried his job might be under threat, perhaps as soon as after the Budget in a fortnight.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I remember when the political "silly season" was just during the summer parliamentary recess. But since the 2016 referendum it seems to happen all year round.
BBC News - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I genuinely don't understand why senior BBC managers have to resign because of this mistake, yet some national newspapers can print lies on an almost daily basis without any consequences.
i feel like this is a reasonable take that i would have held pre-2024 (the BBC did screw up therefore there should be accountability) but the fact that this trivial editing mistake should have such terrible consequences, while right wing media lies with impunity constantly, makes my head explode
Exactly, so the BBC didn't need to shoot themselves in the reputation by editing it that way. But they did, and here we are
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I genuinely don't understand why senior BBC managers have to resign because of this mistake, yet some national newspapers can print lies on an almost daily basis without any consequences.
Reposted by Paul Newstead
Real-Life Coyote vs. Roadrunner!
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Real-Life Coyote vs. Roadrunner!
Reposted by Paul Newstead
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
I have just watched the new Alan Partridge series and I'm convinced that Donald Trump is a huge fan. So much so that he has devoted his life to impersonating AP all the time. The line between North Norfolk Radio and Truth Social is very blurred.
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I have just watched the new Alan Partridge series and I'm convinced that Donald Trump is a huge fan. So much so that he has devoted his life to impersonating AP all the time. The line between North Norfolk Radio and Truth Social is very blurred.
Reposted by Paul Newstead
It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.
October 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.
Let me see if I've got this right. #Jenrick is saying that in order to improve integration in Birmingham, more white people should move to Handsworth?
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let me see if I've got this right. #Jenrick is saying that in order to improve integration in Birmingham, more white people should move to Handsworth?
Not sure if this is real or if it's the plot of the next 007 movie where a Bond villan tries to take over the world with Frankenputers.
BBC News - Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
www.bbc.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Not sure if this is real or if it's the plot of the next 007 movie where a Bond villan tries to take over the world with Frankenputers.
BBC News - Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I think that Trump may be targeting the wrong Portland. The one in Oregon is apparently peaceful but I was in Portland Maine recently and there were tanks on the streets. *
* Not actually true but the city was full of homeless pushing shopping carts piled with their possessions.
* Not actually true but the city was full of homeless pushing shopping carts piled with their possessions.
September 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I think that Trump may be targeting the wrong Portland. The one in Oregon is apparently peaceful but I was in Portland Maine recently and there were tanks on the streets. *
* Not actually true but the city was full of homeless pushing shopping carts piled with their possessions.
* Not actually true but the city was full of homeless pushing shopping carts piled with their possessions.
For someone who is usually only too willing to give his opinion, it is strange how reticent Farage becomes when the answer to a question is 'inconvenient'
Farage asked on @lbc.co.uk whether he agreed with on the unproven link between paracetamol and autism
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
September 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For someone who is usually only too willing to give his opinion, it is strange how reticent Farage becomes when the answer to a question is 'inconvenient'
Reposted by Paul Newstead
First Farage platformed notorious UK anti-vaxxer, Aseem Malhotra, who insinuated that Covid vaccines caused the Royal Family’s recent cancers.
Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all.
This is deeply dangerous populism.
Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all.
This is deeply dangerous populism.
Farage asked on @lbc.co.uk whether he agreed with on the unproven link between paracetamol and autism
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
First Farage platformed notorious UK anti-vaxxer, Aseem Malhotra, who insinuated that Covid vaccines caused the Royal Family’s recent cancers.
Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all.
This is deeply dangerous populism.
Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all.
This is deeply dangerous populism.
OK, so we know that paracetamol doesn't really cause autism, but contestants in Strictly should be warned that too much spray tan clearly causes insanity
Trump: "I'm really good at predicting things. During the campaign they had a hat -- a best-selling hat -- 'Trump was right about everything.' And I don't say that in a braggadocios way, but it's true. I've been right about everything."
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
OK, so we know that paracetamol doesn't really cause autism, but contestants in Strictly should be warned that too much spray tan clearly causes insanity
It's a sad sign of the times when Europe is hit by a major cyber attack and we can't be certain whether it came from Russia or the USA because both hate us.
September 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's a sad sign of the times when Europe is hit by a major cyber attack and we can't be certain whether it came from Russia or the USA because both hate us.
Reform is becoming the party of failed and desperate Tory MPs. They have abandoned their vision for the future and are clinging to a final hope of relevance. It's pitiful.
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reform is becoming the party of failed and desperate Tory MPs. They have abandoned their vision for the future and are clinging to a final hope of relevance. It's pitiful.