Ian W
@ianw9999.bsky.social
Retired engineer, pessimist and old git.
Just thinking how smug the staff, alumni and students of Oxford University must be feeling just now having swerved a Mandelson chancellor.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Just thinking how smug the staff, alumni and students of Oxford University must be feeling just now having swerved a Mandelson chancellor.
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Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
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February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
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When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 AM
When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.
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This is a catamaran map. It has two Hulls
*Ay thang yew*
*Ay thang yew*
a man in a tuxedo is singing in a black and white photo that says pathe on the bottom
Alt: It’s Big Hearted Arthur in full flight
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January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This is a catamaran map. It has two Hulls
*Ay thang yew*
*Ay thang yew*
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I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
Redpoll after the alder seeds and velvet shank mushrooms @rspb Fowlmere on Sunday.
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Redpoll after the alder seeds and velvet shank mushrooms @rspb Fowlmere on Sunday.
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seeing as how he loves renaming everything, the Epstein Files should be called the Trump-Epstein Files
December 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
seeing as how he loves renaming everything, the Epstein Files should be called the Trump-Epstein Files
@guitarmoog.bsky.social Hi steve - is this sort of thing up your street?
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December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@guitarmoog.bsky.social Hi steve - is this sort of thing up your street?
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This is very cheeky of me @richardkbroughton.bsky.social but would you be able to confirm these identifications? I've looked at books, tried the Merlin app and Google Lens but am still not 100% sure if the Linnets really are Linnets or are in fact Corn Buntings. I foolishly didn't pay enough 1/2
#birdwatching #birds
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is very cheeky of me @richardkbroughton.bsky.social but would you be able to confirm these identifications? I've looked at books, tried the Merlin app and Google Lens but am still not 100% sure if the Linnets really are Linnets or are in fact Corn Buntings. I foolishly didn't pay enough 1/2
#birdwatching #birds
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#birdwatching #birds
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm for me whether I have the correct IDs for these birds:
1. Linnet (female?)
2. Linnet (female - taking off?)
3. Corn Bunting
4. Linnet (male?)
Many thanks
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There is something wrong about public procurement.
Boeing has appointed former UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Sir Jeremy Quin as president of Boeing UK & Ireland.
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Former defence procurement minister to head up Boeing UK
Boeing has appointed former UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Sir Jeremy Quin as president of Boeing UK & Ireland.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
There is something wrong about public procurement.
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The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Betony, Self-heal, hogweed and (I think) welted thistle seen at Brownes Piece by Waresley Woods #WildlifeBCN for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Betony, Self-heal, hogweed and (I think) welted thistle seen at Brownes Piece by Waresley Woods #WildlifeBCN for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Clouded yellow butterfly spotted @rspb.bsky.social Ouse washes reserve yesterday (it took on a passenger for the second photo)... @savebutterflies.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Clouded yellow butterfly spotted @rspb.bsky.social Ouse washes reserve yesterday (it took on a passenger for the second photo)... @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Seen at #RSPBFowlmere:
Kingfisher, grey heron and cormorant
Kingfisher, grey heron and cormorant
August 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Seen at #RSPBFowlmere:
Kingfisher, grey heron and cormorant
Kingfisher, grey heron and cormorant
Anyone know if this is true??? Not great.
August 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anyone know if this is true??? Not great.
Spotted this dragonfly on a walk close to our south-west cambridgeshire village. I think it is a female Southern migrant hawker (Aeshna affinis) @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Are they common in Cambridgshire?
Are they common in Cambridgshire?
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Spotted this dragonfly on a walk close to our south-west cambridgeshire village. I think it is a female Southern migrant hawker (Aeshna affinis) @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Are they common in Cambridgshire?
Are they common in Cambridgshire?
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Brexiters and Leave voters upset with the Gibraltar agreement should direct their anger at the real cause of it: Brexiters and Leave voters.
June 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Brexiters and Leave voters upset with the Gibraltar agreement should direct their anger at the real cause of it: Brexiters and Leave voters.
Some photos from a walk in @wildlifebcn.org Gransden and Waresley Woods reserve:
June 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Some photos from a walk in @wildlifebcn.org Gransden and Waresley Woods reserve:
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💚Want to see our headquarters gardens brimming with wildlife? Pop along to our annual Open Garden event this weekend Saturday 7th June at the Manor House in Cambourne.
👉It's free entry - you can view more information on our website here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
👉It's free entry - you can view more information on our website here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💚Want to see our headquarters gardens brimming with wildlife? Pop along to our annual Open Garden event this weekend Saturday 7th June at the Manor House in Cambourne.
👉It's free entry - you can view more information on our website here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
👉It's free entry - you can view more information on our website here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
@guitarmoog.bsky.social just in case this little gem didn't cross your timeline.....
April 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@guitarmoog.bsky.social just in case this little gem didn't cross your timeline.....