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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 3d

Very dapper! But do make sure to drape your forked tail over your arm with flair.

Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 3d

Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer:
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Introduce routine prostate cancer screenings for all at risk!

Despite prostate cancer affecting tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. But right now the UK National Scree...

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 9d

Just home from my diabetes ‘MOT’. Now the wait for results. It helped that the nurse I saw is the one at the practice who just puts me at ease & makes me feel relaxed. Now home with a big mug of coffee & my favourite music on the hi-fi 😁

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‘Dark Room’ by JJ Lovegrove playing in Plexamp on iPad.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 10d

And hearing the voice of the much missed John Peel introducing the band at the start of this…

And again, so much energy in this recording.

Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions. Playing in Plexamp on iPad.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11d

In case you missed it ...

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · Dec 13

"68% of Britons would now accept a return to free movement across borders in exchange for regaining access to the EU's single market. Among those who voted to Leave in 2016, the margin for Returning stands at 54-35%. Even 44% of Reform Party voters are in favour of it."
#RejoineU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Eye-Opening Poll on British Regret over Brexit

The Guardian has a story out today about a really gob smacking poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) regarding closer relations between the UK and EU, based on a survey of more than...

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 10d

Sublime blues rock.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 10d

Given a time machine, I’d be making sure I got myself into the audience for this one.

Disc 2 is so damned good. So much energy in this.

Whole Lotta Love medley, Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions playing in Plexamp on iPad.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 10d

Having a bit of a Zep evening.

Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions, Stairway To Heaven. Playing in Plexamp on iPad.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 14d

If you see this, QRT with a game released the year you were born.

Original 1967 UK version of KerPlunk (photo nabbed from Wikipedia).

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · 23d

It's my birthday, and as if by magic @gelatovillage.bsky.social have liquorice gelato available today 😁 Thank you, wonderful as ever! Just keep this quiet from my diabetes nurse 🙄😉 #Leicester

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 25

A couple more of the red panda, with the lucky Red Panda Experience person 🤣

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 25

I have a few more of the red panda. It's a favourite of mine to see. Somebody was lucky enough to be having the "red panda experience" at the time, feeding them by hand etc, so they were blocking my view most of the time.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 24

I blogged a blog.

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Peak Wildlife Park

I had a very enjoyable visit to Peak Wildlife Park near Leek in Staffordshire today (24th September 2025). I had visited once before, about ten months ago and enjoyed it so much I knew I wanted to …

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 16

There we go. Just at the time where the sun has moved around so I can sit in the shade but still have sunlight. This is Yorshire Bakewell Brew. Lovely 🫂

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 16

@nwisser.bsky.social They arrived! Will DM you shortly but thank you so very much, they're lovely 🫂x

Two different designs of Clonehenge mug in my garden.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

Blog post with a few photos taken at a really wonderful gig at Firebug, Leicester on Friday 12th September.

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Firebug

The night of Friday 12th September saw me back at Firebug in Leicester for a fantastic lineup of Chris Ilett, Rai Waddingham, L’Ku, Kevin Hewick, Sally Hossack and J.J. Lovegrove. I was sport…

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

I hadn't, but my daughter, who is much more aware of US politics than I am, knew about him.

Same day, shooting at Evergreen High School, Colorado & I don't recall seeing anything on BBC about that. Can't even find anything from a quick search now. I have family in Colorado or I wouldn't have known.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

And here's one of me from that trip on August 8th this year. I had just popped my wide-angle lens on and was showing Michelle how crazy close you could get into stuff with it. So, a deliberately unflattering portrait 🤪🤣. SW sector.

Me taken at Avebury with wide angle lens. A deliberately unflattering photo.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

Aww, that's a very kind thought, but it's fine. I just need to remember to take it with me - and send you some photos when I do. I was last at Avebury on August 8th, very hot sunny day, & told myself I'd get back in the autumn. So maybe soon!

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

Just snapped my mug with my phone. Damage to the base, but the shock of the fall also took a chip out of the bottom inside so I'm hesitant to drink from it. But the artwork is all good so fine to appear on photos of stones 😄

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

My favourite shot of the day here 😀 Pete with Clonehenge mug and Nancy. Sadly mine fell from the kitchen cupboard and the enamel cracked. But I still have it & treasure it. Next time I visit some stones it's going in my camera bag. And I loved Pete's shirt that day, all the wee drawings and writing.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

And Silbury from Waden Hill that day. It's a shame I don't have more people photos. I know I'm bad with that, and I always tell myself that those are the ones I value most, but when out with the camera, I don't like to intimidate people with my lens. Need to work on that attitude.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

And another I clearly did nothing with at the time. Walking up Waden Hill for the view of Silbury and I snapped one away to the south of people walking up to West Kennet Long Barrow.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

And one from 8 minutes earlier that day, at The Cove Stones. Don't think I've shared this one before.

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Chris Tweed @squonky.bsky.social · Sep 14

About a stop of exposure added 😀

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