Robert Foxon
@robertfoxon.bsky.social
United Kingdom.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
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Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
www.newstatesman.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk
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Wanting complete security for what little you can save, an extreme aversion to risk following the financial crashes, and a deep distrust of the 'stock market' spring to mind.
Why are so many British people allergic to investing?
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Wanting complete security for what little you can save, an extreme aversion to risk following the financial crashes, and a deep distrust of the 'stock market' spring to mind.
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📷 by macrophile on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📷 by macrophile on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons
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"The trouble started when American MPs arrived and tried to force U.S. segregation rules inside the British pub. They attempted to remove & arrest the Black soldiers, which shocked the locals. People in the pub openly stood by the Black troops, telling the MPs that everyone there was welcome."
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"The trouble started when American MPs arrived and tried to force U.S. segregation rules inside the British pub. They attempted to remove & arrest the Black soldiers, which shocked the locals. People in the pub openly stood by the Black troops, telling the MPs that everyone there was welcome."
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Ardlington Marsh lock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this lock is likely to be lost forever due to the proposed Sesro Reservoir.
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ardlington Marsh lock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this lock is likely to be lost forever due to the proposed Sesro Reservoir.
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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This is so true.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is so true.
This year's Royal Institute Christmas lectures look good this year. Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is doing 'Mysteries of the Universe'. Hopefully, there won't be anything the Mango Mussolini can sue about.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This year's Royal Institute Christmas lectures look good this year. Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is doing 'Mysteries of the Universe'. Hopefully, there won't be anything the Mango Mussolini can sue about.
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This is a really good comprehensive overview of the current evidence on Devon being the cradle of world civilization
Well worth your time, good maps too
Well worth your time, good maps too
Did you know Bronze Age Cyprus had trade connections all the way to Britain? Tin was imported from south-west England, playing a fundamental role in the transition from copper to full tin-bronze metallurgy across Europe and the Mediterranean.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?
Bronze Age–Early Iron Age tin ingots recovered from four Mediterranean shipwrecks off the coasts of Israel and southern France can now be provenanced to tin ores in south-west Britain. These exceptionally rich and accessible ores played a fundamental role in the transition from copper to full tin-bronze metallurgy across Europe and the Mediterranean during the second millennium BC. The authors’ application of a novel combination of three independent analyses (trace element, lead and tin isotopes) to tin ores and artefacts from Western and Central Europe also provides the foundation for future analyses of the pan-continental tin trade in later periods.
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is a really good comprehensive overview of the current evidence on Devon being the cradle of world civilization
Well worth your time, good maps too
Well worth your time, good maps too
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Reform Party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
Reform party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction
The politician was driving over the legal alcohol limit
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Reform Party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
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Doctors strike
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Doctors strike
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Who needs imaginary cloud friends when you have actual physical wonders like this. The universe is such a magnificent spectacular reality, we don't need fiction.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Who needs imaginary cloud friends when you have actual physical wonders like this. The universe is such a magnificent spectacular reality, we don't need fiction.
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The real benefits scandal is that companies can pay employees such as low wage so the Government has to top it up for them to be able to survive.
And that the DWP knowingly enables and allows PIP assessors to lie on reports.
And that the DWP knowingly enables and allows PIP assessors to lie on reports.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The real benefits scandal is that companies can pay employees such as low wage so the Government has to top it up for them to be able to survive.
And that the DWP knowingly enables and allows PIP assessors to lie on reports.
And that the DWP knowingly enables and allows PIP assessors to lie on reports.
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All the new evidence that keeps coming out makes the story of our ancestors so interesting and wonderful to discover.
Another hominin cousin! Nice toes!
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda - Nature
3.4-million-year-old hominin fossils discovered in Ethiopia provide insight into the diet and locomotion of Australopithecus deyiremeda.
go.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
All the new evidence that keeps coming out makes the story of our ancestors so interesting and wonderful to discover.
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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"Some people are still blaming Tories for the current austerity.
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Some people are still blaming Tories for the current austerity.
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
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This is so true - 😂
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is so true - 😂
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Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
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I’ve just accidentally leaked my response to the budget. I’d give it ten minutes if I were you.
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’ve just accidentally leaked my response to the budget. I’d give it ten minutes if I were you.
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This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.