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@thepottersblur.bsky.social

#Dachshund dad, comeback runner, cyclist, research, metal head and data nerd. UK Home Counties. Recently discovered I like Warhammer 40k, and went off Beer about the same time.

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Bad news for cops, good news for the rest of us.

25.11.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ฆ.but if the brake is faulty how do you stop? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

25.11.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For those of ypu keeping score at home, sci-fi fandoms:

Avoid, Lock the Door, Salt the Earth: Babylon Fivers

Keep Distance, Donโ€™t Turn Back On: Warsies, Trekkies

Engage Cautiously, Have Spray Bottle Ready: Blakeโ€™s 7

Invite in for Cookies: Farscapers

25.11.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
A night time steeet scene of Dublin lit by lamplights.

A night time steeet scene of Dublin lit by lamplights.

A pint of guiness upder a picture of Ireland Rugby players

A pint of guiness upder a picture of Ireland Rugby players

With any text!

07.11.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I siting Dublin for Saturdayโ€™s Rugby clash between Ireland and Japan. #Rugby #Ireland #Japan

07.11.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even I thought this was one of mine!

06.11.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2538    ๐Ÿ” 492    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Police showed the first minutes after the attack on Kyiv

The attack damaged residential buildings, cars, and injured and killed civilians. Patrol officers helped the wounded, evacuated people, and provided passage for special vehicles and rescuers.

26.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Kindergarten in Kharkiv got hit this morning while full of children, roof was burning and a car in front of it. Parents were rushing there, literally pushing emergency service workers aside and running into the burning building to save their children! russia needs to be stopped militarily, end it!

22.10.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Poulet Croustillant #Mauritius style

โ€ฆ.and chips. Sainsburyโ€™s style.

11.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ukrainian military liberated the village of Sichneve in the Dnipropetrovsk region, reported the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade.

The "Shkval" fighters of the 141st OMBR cleared the settlement and captured eight occupiers.

08.10.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In memoriam...

03.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5537    ๐Ÿ” 1566    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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a man in a red shirt and suspenders stands in front of a woman in a red hat and a sign that says put Alt: a man in a red shirt and suspenders stands in front of a woman in a red hat and a sign that says put a bird on it.

When the tank rolls up, you know what to do #portland

27.09.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Portland? As in Portlandia?

27.09.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and itโ€™s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread ๐Ÿงต)

24.09.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29676    ๐Ÿ” 9976    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 731    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1547

They got toe punted in the crotch wallet didnโ€™t they.

22.09.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from The Times which reads: "Zia Yusuf, Reformโ€™s policy chief, said that his partyโ€™s changes would lead to โ€œhundreds of thousands of people having to apply [for] and ultimately losing their settled status in the UKโ€ on a staggered basis to prevent disruption to businesses.

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Yusuf said: โ€œMany of those who will lose their leave to remain are entirely dependent on the welfare state and will leave voluntarily upon losing access to benefits. Those that donโ€™t will be subject to immigration enforcement as part of our mass deportation programme.โ€

Screenshot from The Times which reads: "Zia Yusuf, Reformโ€™s policy chief, said that his partyโ€™s changes would lead to โ€œhundreds of thousands of people having to apply [for] and ultimately losing their settled status in the UKโ€ on a staggered basis to prevent disruption to businesses. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Yusuf said: โ€œMany of those who will lose their leave to remain are entirely dependent on the welfare state and will leave voluntarily upon losing access to benefits. Those that donโ€™t will be subject to immigration enforcement as part of our mass deportation programme.โ€

Retrospective removal of Indefinite Leave to Remain from "hundreds of thousands of people" in the Reform plans is obscene.

They talk about "preventing disruption to businesses" but have no regard for what this means for the people themselves, their families and communities which will be torn apart.

22.09.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

โ€ฆ..fking rage is what I am looking for.

22.09.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At least now I can show something to my family that illustrates the direct consequence - the pain, cruelty and spite - that a reform vote will inflict on my household.

The more they reveal themselves the more we have to fight them with.

22.09.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ฆ.some hero needs to add LBGTQ or EU flags to the lamp posts.

19.09.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've had a few flags ceremoniously cable tied to lighting columns around the area and after about a week, the edges are already fraying. They will be a metaphor by the winter.

02.09.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here around Potters Bar- all half mast or upside down.

It looks tacky AF with the zip ties.

I bet the patriots who put them up wonโ€™t be around to maintain them and it will be someone elseโ€™s job to clean it up.

19.09.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There we very few โ€˜strange new worldsโ€™ in season 3. Just some strange new haircuts and spaceship thatโ€™s seemingly run by about 6 people.

18.09.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today, remembering the Italian anti fascist resistance, whom made sure to look cool and sexy as fuck while overthrowing the Mussolini regime

28.04.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 488    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Picture of op with his bike underneath the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Picture of op with his bike underneath the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

I rode my bike very slowly for a long time and ended up in Paris.

15.09.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got stuck in a revolving door with someone that was about to interview me for a job.

I did not get the job.

20.08.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The CDC shooting was public healthโ€™s Jan. 6 โ€œIn RFK Jr.โ€™s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.

But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isnโ€™t news at this point. After all, thatโ€™s who runs the government now!

The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.

17.08.2025 01:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3698    ๐Ÿ” 780    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Just picked this up on linked in and followed you there.

18.08.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic read!

18.08.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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