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Matt Buck

@thenewno2.bsky.social

Mathematician, railway lover, photographer, terrible joke maker.

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Love this #F1 photo from 1976, a year I remember well. Such variety in car designs at that time...a year or two before the Lotus ground effects revolution changed everything.

04.12.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unintentionally ran into the holiday train :)

03.12.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement".

I'd say it's a historic achievementπŸ™ˆ

03.12.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 840    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 11
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Photo by Andy81E Flickr

Best/worst rhtt livery I’ve ever seen

04.12.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Pantone Cloud Dancer

Pantone Cloud Dancer

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is a white
In Pantone language, that’s code 11-4201β€”aka Cloud Dancer.

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Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're on the bridge of the Enterprise, point of view from the captains chair looking forward. Sulu is at his station just ahead and looking back at us if to say "are you seeing this shit?" Beyond Sulu is the main view screen, where Abraham Lincoln is pictured in a large chair with space behind him. Closed caption reads, "I AM ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're on the bridge of the Enterprise, point of view from the captains chair looking forward. Sulu is at his station just ahead and looking back at us if to say "are you seeing this shit?" Beyond Sulu is the main view screen, where Abraham Lincoln is pictured in a large chair with space behind him. Closed caption reads, "I AM ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

04.12.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1325    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 38
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Today's Photo From the Stour πŸ“Έ

The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run πŸ™ŒπŸ˜€

#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail

04.12.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PALAEOPLISHIES HOLY SHIT

Ancient animal people represent and show some love with your purchasing power

04.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Me, a 6ft tall white person in purple uniform standing at the doorway of a Class 810 traun

Me, a 6ft tall white person in purple uniform standing at the doorway of a Class 810 traun

A Class 810 train next to a Class 222 train at London St Pancras train station

A Class 810 train next to a Class 222 train at London St Pancras train station

What a dream! What a brilliant day!

Got to work 810s on their first day in traffic with 1C59: 1400 Sheffield to St Pancras being worked by 810010

The reaction to these trains have been really positive and everyone was really enjoying themselves, both crew and passenger 😊

What... a... day!

03.12.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Is Wes Streeting actuallt RFJ Jr's unacknowledged son?

04.12.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A station that brings back very fond memories of old. Amazing just how much it brings back from those heady days of the 80s!
CAF built 397012 pauses at Preston with 1S38, Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley.
#Class397 #TPE #CAF #Preston

04.12.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is an image taken in the North Cascades National Park this past summer. Miss that weather! #Photography #NationalPark #Washington #Nature πŸ“·

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It’s Where You Left It #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #inkpainting #pastel #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #graphite #oilpainting #painting #artwork #panelpainting #outsiderart #expressionism #abstractexpressionism

04.12.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 720    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
Julie (back left) cuddled up with four of her friends (anticlockwise): Chick, Ash, JL, and (probably) Gremlin at the back.

Julie (back left) cuddled up with four of her friends (anticlockwise): Chick, Ash, JL, and (probably) Gremlin at the back.

We lost our Julie earlier this year. She had a roughly annual attempt to die in new and exciting ways. Sepsis, anal gland tumour, fistula caused by same, gall bladder tumour, finally cheating by doing two in the same year and having a stroke. She is sort of missed, sort of not.

04.12.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last year we rehomed a cat of ours who wasn't enjoying the household environment, her new owner had something similar to this, she was on it almost immediately!

03.12.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.

03.12.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4474    πŸ” 872    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 28

Republicans control both houses of Congress. They could do something on their own. Stop pretending that the will to extend the subsidies is lacking from both sides.

03.12.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The lighting almost makes it look like a Stagecoach livery

03.12.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The beginning of a new era for the Midland Mainline. On the first day of revenue service for the 810s, 810010 arrives into Leicester working 1F32 London St Pancras International to Sheffield.

03.12.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.

This is getting utterly ridiculous now

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A steam locomotive in the early morning sun, surrounded by clouds of steam as it heads up a main line.

A steam locomotive in the early morning sun, surrounded by clouds of steam as it heads up a main line.

It's a mainline steam day here in Putney, with No 35028 Clan Line hauling a Christmas Carol special to Sherborne in Dorset.

Clouds of backlit steam as the sun rises.

#photography #steamtrains #railwayphotography

03.12.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This made me chuckle….

03.12.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1008    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 18
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Hitachi #Class810 810010 #Aurora working EMR #InterCity 1C17 0700 Sheffield > London St Pancras International - P6 Derby

03.12.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Somehow this is the worst part.

Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.

03.12.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11222    πŸ” 3074    πŸ’¬ 575    πŸ“Œ 215

Guess you didn't watch the 10 or so races where he didn't even make Q2.

03.12.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh ooh ooh

02.12.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.

It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."

When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.

02.12.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1597    πŸ” 482    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 30
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Why Zipcar gave up on London The car-sharing scheme was hit by rapidly increased costs, a new congestion charge, and a lack of support from councils.

Among other issues with Zipcar's model in London: Having to negotiate individually with 32 boroughs, some of which charged thousands of pounds per car. Meanwhile, Croydon council outsourced much of their employee car fleet to Zipcar and may be a bit screwed. www.londoncentric.media/p/zipcar-lon...

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