Dudley de Beau
@dudleydebeau.bsky.social
Design & architecture fanatic. Ébéniste/furniture maker, living in France. Like my forebears, a lover of idiotic things (apart from ring wingers). Very amateurish bassist & uke player & photographer
⚠️ Dyslexic errors do occur
Photos: © but repostable
⚠️ Dyslexic errors do occur
Photos: © but repostable
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Dudley de Beau
@dudleydebeau.bsky.social
· Jun 16
Wall #photography #coast #dunes
Couldn’t see much when taking this (light reflection on old iPhone 6s). It was only back at the house that I discovered that a small boy was taking his dog & the sun for a walk, pushing aside the dark clouds, just as I took the shot.
Good thing is happenchance.
Couldn’t see much when taking this (light reflection on old iPhone 6s). It was only back at the house that I discovered that a small boy was taking his dog & the sun for a walk, pushing aside the dark clouds, just as I took the shot.
Good thing is happenchance.
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Legal aid was decimated under the Tories.
In the last year, Labour have supported the system with small pots of funding in specific areas.
But following a major review and consultation on funding, they have today announced an increase of £92m more funding to rebuilt after years of neglect!
In the last year, Labour have supported the system with small pots of funding in specific areas.
But following a major review and consultation on funding, they have today announced an increase of £92m more funding to rebuilt after years of neglect!
Multi-million-pound investment in legal aid to boost access to justice for victims
Criminal legal aid solicitors will receive up to £92 million more a year to help address the ongoing challenges in the criminal justice system.
www.gov.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Legal aid was decimated under the Tories.
In the last year, Labour have supported the system with small pots of funding in specific areas.
But following a major review and consultation on funding, they have today announced an increase of £92m more funding to rebuilt after years of neglect!
In the last year, Labour have supported the system with small pots of funding in specific areas.
But following a major review and consultation on funding, they have today announced an increase of £92m more funding to rebuilt after years of neglect!
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This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order
Leavitt: The latter is true
Leavitt: The latter is true
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Good morning.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Good morning.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
It’s like 2008 never happened.
Those who forget history…
Those who forget history…
Private credit firms are having mini explosions everywhere. BlackRock lost 100% of a $150M loan and is now offering zero fees to keep investors from bailing. The credit market keeps going into cardiac arrest.
#UNFTR for @meidastouch.com.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/ULJc0reSqXA
#UNFTR for @meidastouch.com.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/ULJc0reSqXA
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s like 2008 never happened.
Those who forget history…
Those who forget history…
Doing some musical instrument research this afternoon & I stumbled across this guy, Nicholas Bras.
He is the epitome of mad French eccentric brilliance. Headphones on, volume up 🤌👍😂
youtu.be/TV9vXzCGoug?...
He is the epitome of mad French eccentric brilliance. Headphones on, volume up 🤌👍😂
youtu.be/TV9vXzCGoug?...
Bass strings with elastic tensioners sound great!
YouTube video by Nicolas Bras
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Doing some musical instrument research this afternoon & I stumbled across this guy, Nicholas Bras.
He is the epitome of mad French eccentric brilliance. Headphones on, volume up 🤌👍😂
youtu.be/TV9vXzCGoug?...
He is the epitome of mad French eccentric brilliance. Headphones on, volume up 🤌👍😂
youtu.be/TV9vXzCGoug?...
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Thanks to Paul Caruana Galizia we now know that Boris Johnson rushed to this party in Umbria after the Skripal attack and the NATO meeting without his security detail to talk to former KGB agent Lebedev Snr was offering him a backchannel to Putin’s foreign minister Lavrov youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thanks to Paul Caruana Galizia we now know that Boris Johnson rushed to this party in Umbria after the Skripal attack and the NATO meeting without his security detail to talk to former KGB agent Lebedev Snr was offering him a backchannel to Putin’s foreign minister Lavrov youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
1/2 Came upon this, this morning.
I’ve designed & made many things for my son over the years, from bicycles to longboards, but I never got around to making this #louge #sled for the mountains.
Based on car leaf springs & short patinette skis, it can be made size adjustable & disassemble quickly..
I’ve designed & made many things for my son over the years, from bicycles to longboards, but I never got around to making this #louge #sled for the mountains.
Based on car leaf springs & short patinette skis, it can be made size adjustable & disassemble quickly..
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I think it would have benefited all with someone kicking it off with a song.
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I think it would have benefited all with someone kicking it off with a song.
This should send out alarm bells
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This should send out alarm bells
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Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There’s just one foodstuff that my greedy Franglais family won’t touch with a barge pole (that god). Pity the same can’t be said for the HP Sauce.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There’s just one foodstuff that my greedy Franglais family won’t touch with a barge pole (that god). Pity the same can’t be said for the HP Sauce.
Unfortunately as long as there’s other state govs willing to launder sanctioned goods for a healthy profit (like India), there’s always access..
"A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms."
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’
US group Dekleptocracy identifies additives for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilities
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Unfortunately as long as there’s other state govs willing to launder sanctioned goods for a healthy profit (like India), there’s always access..
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"A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms."
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’
US group Dekleptocracy identifies additives for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilities
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms."
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal
Tim Horlick bought the Pimlico property shortly after his company was awarded the now-contentious £255m contract by the government
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
It can be done
Johnson
Gove
Rees-Mogg
…..
Johnson
Gove
Rees-Mogg
…..
REUTERS: Peru sentences ex-President Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
It can be done
Johnson
Gove
Rees-Mogg
…..
Johnson
Gove
Rees-Mogg
…..
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The whole story about Karoline Leavitt’s brother is grosser than you think.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The whole story about Karoline Leavitt’s brother is grosser than you think.
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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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Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.
As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that fuel global warming.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Ah, the very man (lose term) who put the plug in FOI requests during his term.
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ah, the very man (lose term) who put the plug in FOI requests during his term.
Well, this is disturbing & a sort of own goal
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Well, this is disturbing & a sort of own goal
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The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
The more I read about this case, the more I realise it’s also about inflicting financial ruin. Attorneys don’t come cheap.
NEW: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone … for now. A look at the loose ends and questions that remain after a judge tossed the indictments and declared the lead prosecutor to be illegitimate.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The more I read about this case, the more I realise it’s also about inflicting financial ruin. Attorneys don’t come cheap.
What you get when you hire a glorified estate agent as a peace envoy
If you have not read it, please do - this will allow you to understand any future plans
The 28-Point “Peace Plan” for Ukraine Is Illegal. Here’s the Full (Easy-to-Read) Legal Breakdown.
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/the-28-...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
What you get when you hire a glorified estate agent as a peace envoy