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Paul Barnfather

@clanger9.bsky.social

#music #motorcycles #mountains not necessarily in the right order. #energy geek. This is the virtual me. Real me @clanger9@mastodon.online on Fediverse. I do not have an X or Meta account.

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Political masterclass. Love it!

05.03.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barbara Newhall Follett (1914-1939?) was an American child prodigy. Her first novel, The House Without Windows, was published in 1927, when she was only 12. Her second novel was a betseller when she was 14. In December 1939, aged 25, she disappeared. She has never been found. #CelebratingWomen

05.03.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€œThe only way you do anything in life is by failing” What we asked Ian Ballard, owner of Damaged Goods Records

Β£500, one single, no plan. That’s how @damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social started in 1988.

Steven met Ian Ballard in Broadstairs to talk 38 years of punk, releasing the Manics’ first EP, the brutal economics of vinyl, and why failing is basically the job description.

03.03.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WHY does this keep happening to our Home Secretaries? Is there some secret initiation process that turns them into fascist monsters??

05.03.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

05.03.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3042    πŸ” 1402    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 64
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If you would like to join @tcvnational.bsky.social and take part in this exciting conservation project to plant a new hedge along a section of the Shropshire Union Canal in Blacon, Chester, please check out the poster below.
@cprecountryside.bsky.social hope to plant 50% more hedgerow by 2050

04.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Reginald Perrin anarchy sketch DVD quality
YouTube video by mitsymagicful Reginald Perrin anarchy sketch DVD quality

The same thing popped into my mind. Still accurate:
youtu.be/Xb82v7wh1Fw?...

05.03.2026 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"...neo-rubbish and crypto-rubbish!"
Just perfect πŸ‘Œ

05.03.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A startled Calvin recoils from his green food, which is singing "Feeheelings!"

A startled Calvin recoils from his green food, which is singing "Feeheelings!"

04.03.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"With the Operation Epic Fury Signal Chat now functionally unusable because it has 15,000 members and is being repeatedly spammed with AI images of David Hasselhoff in clerical robes, Pete Hegseth migrates it to Roblox."
πŸ‘

04.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Y'know: friends, family, culture, society, nature, human rights. Just the small stuff. A small price to pay when you have Michelin restaurants, domestic servants and no taxes, dahling! πŸ™„

03.03.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to see this. The Free Trade was walkways one of the best boozers in Newcastle πŸ‘

03.03.2026 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You do know they had colour in the 1700s, right? πŸ™„

02.03.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh fuck off with your performative racism Labour and Tories. The full on racists are voting Reform no matter how much you try and appeal to them. How about trying to appeal to the 70% of the public that aren’t irredeemably racist?

02.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer | Speech Writer I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see.
He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work.
Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk

28.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 425    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13

It seems to me that they are very afraid. Not necessarily because they disagree politically, but they sense their power slipping away...

28.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bay of Pigs cosplay and My Lai re-enactment in less than a week.
It's exhausting.

28.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something that struck me after the @greenparty.org.uk win in Manchester:
Reform could *never* mobilise a grassroots campaign like that. Their voters don't care enough. They mostly vote the way the media tells them.
But a grassroots, boots-on-the-ground campaign beats the media.
This is how we win πŸ’ͺ

28.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump being awarded the FIFA war prize

Trump being awarded the FIFA war prize

28.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 9
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Why has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed? - BBC News The multi-million pound project in Aberdeen was meant to be the future of clean public transportation.

Inevitable of course, but this is a decent, well written write-up of why this project ended in failure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look at those smiles - this is what happens when history becomes real. When you can touch the past, meet the characters who shaped our city, and imagine yourself in their world.

Help us share even more incredible stories in 2026.

Back us on @Spacehive πŸ‘‰ www.spacehive.com/heritageches...

#Chester

27.02.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Build Our Future - Realising Future Yard 2.0 - a Business crowdfunding project in Birkenhead by Future Yard Join us in expanding our community music venue with a new 600-capacity space and studios, powering music, skills + opportunity in Birkenhead

Very excited to see the next chapter of Future Yard. 🎸Do support if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/QWadbDLl
Let's keep Wirral weird! 🀘@futureyard.org

27.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Democracy producing a result I don't like means the end of democracy!" πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

27.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Health service to save millions with boost to electrify NHS fleet - GOV.UK Switching the NHS vehicle fleet to electric will save the health service millions and help to decarbonise 460 million miles of travel each year.

This looks like excellent news
www.gov.uk/government/n... #ev

27.02.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The Muslims didn't vote for the anti-Muslim party! Clearly, the voting was rigged!" πŸ€ͺ

27.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to go and check the definition of "sectarian" to make sure I haven't been victim of some terrible misunderstanding all these years.
Nope.
She's nuts. 🀑

27.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. That is... gibberish.
She does know the Tories polled at 1.8%, right?

27.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Reform shocked that Muslims refused to vote for anti-Muslim party. 'Something must be done!' says loser Matt Goodwin."
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27.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0