Chris Leppard
@ferretandbird.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, 2 kids, 1 cat & 1 dog | Cybersecurity | #cpfc & #F1 fan | very fond of bees | digitalxraid.com | Becoming an honorary Northerner | Views my own
:-) - I also remember my Dad smoking in the lounge and the smoke that hung in the air like a fog. Ah the delights of second hand smoke inhalation - the 70s were great!
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
:-) - I also remember my Dad smoking in the lounge and the smoke that hung in the air like a fog. Ah the delights of second hand smoke inhalation - the 70s were great!
I was born in the early 70s and some of my earliest memories were the bin strikes and sitting in the dark as the power was cut (again and again) - so yes, definitely better….
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I was born in the early 70s and some of my earliest memories were the bin strikes and sitting in the dark as the power was cut (again and again) - so yes, definitely better….
I think the public in general is unaware of the scale of industrial farming. Many would be horrified if they knew the scale of animal slaughter (in excess of 10000 pigs a day for instance) with operations running 24/7/365.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the public in general is unaware of the scale of industrial farming. Many would be horrified if they knew the scale of animal slaughter (in excess of 10000 pigs a day for instance) with operations running 24/7/365.
Such as 32271:
From: Thorbjon JagIan [former PM of Norway]
Sent: 6/28/2016 8:42:34 PM
To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Yes, terrible times. If Trump wins in US I'll settle on your island. Before that, I'll be in NY in September. Lot of things to talk about.
From: Thorbjon JagIan [former PM of Norway]
Sent: 6/28/2016 8:42:34 PM
To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Yes, terrible times. If Trump wins in US I'll settle on your island. Before that, I'll be in NY in September. Lot of things to talk about.
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Such as 32271:
From: Thorbjon JagIan [former PM of Norway]
Sent: 6/28/2016 8:42:34 PM
To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Yes, terrible times. If Trump wins in US I'll settle on your island. Before that, I'll be in NY in September. Lot of things to talk about.
From: Thorbjon JagIan [former PM of Norway]
Sent: 6/28/2016 8:42:34 PM
To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Yes, terrible times. If Trump wins in US I'll settle on your island. Before that, I'll be in NY in September. Lot of things to talk about.
Yes I was thinking the same thing - the remarkable lack of even the most basic understanding of how email works (& how insecure it is as a means of communication) is staggering (or just illustrates how safe they felt that they would never be discovered)
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Yes I was thinking the same thing - the remarkable lack of even the most basic understanding of how email works (& how insecure it is as a means of communication) is staggering (or just illustrates how safe they felt that they would never be discovered)
Hmm yes just seen that. A bit odd
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hmm yes just seen that. A bit odd
And grief has a way of just reappearing without warning for no apparent reason. I’ve experienced this in the last couple of years losing my Dad and best friend in the space of 10 months.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And grief has a way of just reappearing without warning for no apparent reason. I’ve experienced this in the last couple of years losing my Dad and best friend in the space of 10 months.
Assuming the top date is in normal US format month/day/year they do.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Assuming the top date is in normal US format month/day/year they do.
We tend to gloss over (being in the West) that the most aggressive nation in terms of cyber operations is undoubtedly the US so this wouldn’t surprise me.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We tend to gloss over (being in the West) that the most aggressive nation in terms of cyber operations is undoubtedly the US so this wouldn’t surprise me.
Reposted by Chris Leppard
Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
I posted this up earlier. Some of us had relatives who fought for UK, Canadian and US forces. The man is just an ignorant fool bsky.app/profile/ferr...
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I posted this up earlier. Some of us had relatives who fought for UK, Canadian and US forces. The man is just an ignorant fool bsky.app/profile/ferr...
:-) I’d forgotten that
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
:-) I’d forgotten that
Used to be Orange (I’m old school or just old) - best network around my way at least
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Used to be Orange (I’m old school or just old) - best network around my way at least
Replace BBC with Labour
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Replace BBC with Labour
Can’t remember Harris staging an insurrection for ‘balance’
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Can’t remember Harris staging an insurrection for ‘balance’
Great article Joe - I’ll be sending that out to my team to read this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great article Joe - I’ll be sending that out to my team to read this morning.
Same here. When I get told to ‘get over it’ I refuse to ignore the continued pain and damage it does (not least the lost £500b in tax revenue)
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Same here. When I get told to ‘get over it’ I refuse to ignore the continued pain and damage it does (not least the lost £500b in tax revenue)
I’m amazed that so many stay with the big mobile firms. If you want the latest both Apple & Google do interest-free options & a SIM only deal from Spusu (Orange network) or Lebara can be had from a fiver a month. So a new iPhone 17 would cost less less than £40 a month (even less if you trade in)
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I’m amazed that so many stay with the big mobile firms. If you want the latest both Apple & Google do interest-free options & a SIM only deal from Spusu (Orange network) or Lebara can be had from a fiver a month. So a new iPhone 17 would cost less less than £40 a month (even less if you trade in)
Agreed - I really like Pino. You don’t become a full Spanish international (playing for various national teams since he was 15) without a very decent level of talent. I could really see him becoming an Eze type player.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Agreed - I really like Pino. You don’t become a full Spanish international (playing for various national teams since he was 15) without a very decent level of talent. I could really see him becoming an Eze type player.
I’ve seen this first hand with my best friend, a highly skilled psychotherapist who worked incredibly hard in the NHS but just couldn’t cope. He was a team leader as well & all his spare time was spent doing management functions. Work related stress was a contributing factor to his suicide 2 yrs ago
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I’ve seen this first hand with my best friend, a highly skilled psychotherapist who worked incredibly hard in the NHS but just couldn’t cope. He was a team leader as well & all his spare time was spent doing management functions. Work related stress was a contributing factor to his suicide 2 yrs ago