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Garry Keenor

@25kv.bsky.social
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UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | Want to know how overhead line electrification works? Get my FREE book at ocs4rail.com/downloads

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Tap, tap, tap at the window. Bloody AI Greta Garbo, trying to sell me ball bearings.”
Pete and Dud.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply.
Joint statement from National TULO

Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community

Labour's 11 affiliated trade unions stand in total solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.

Trans rights are human rights, and trans rights are workers' rights.

We in the trade union movement will do all we can to stand up for our trans members and all our trans siblings, to protect them from persecution, harassment and attack.

The government must act now to protect all trans people, to make sure their rights are protected, expanded and upheld in our workplaces and communities.

Labour Unions
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There are no “legitimate concerns” about trans people. There aren’t any about women’s safety or fairness in sports or kids being kids or fucking toilets. If there were you’d have heard of them before 2018. I am a cis white woman so you have to listen to me or I’ll cry.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.
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Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
ALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No, arresting ‘Danny Tommo’ won’t make him a martyr. *Not* arresting him will fuel his agenda.
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI
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robin @524.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
train manager is SO upbeat and he's got the balance of quips v professional exactly right dude just said "in a moment our cleaning team will be passing through the train, please give them anything you would like to get rid of. unfortunately this does not include the passenger sitting next to you"
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felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great to see @eurcorrespond.bsky.social covering @jonworth.eu's longest train journey project. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-fi...
europeancorrespondent.com
From Finland to Portugal by train in just 125 hours
Last week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from…
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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Neil Young @elderpegasus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is an untenable situation to be in as an ISLAND FECKING NATION, and that the government isn't going ballistic on the "protesters"* is inexcusable. This should be treated no differently from a criminal group shutting down a fire station or ambulance hub. *They're not protesters, they're a mob.
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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
we invite you to loudly proclaim your desire not to get involved (all proceeds will be donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy 45th birthday to Homosapien by Pete Shelley. Here's the classic video youtu.be/lQa1dGk--xI
youtu.be
Pete Shelley - Homosapien (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
would someone selling a t-rex be considered a small arms dealer
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Boy are you the Bayeaux Tapestry because I don’t really know what all the fuss is about
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great turnout from the AtkinsRéalis electrification team at today's RailEI conference in Liverpool
A group of people smiling in front of a RailEI banner
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's @gwr.com maintaining its usual excellent* level of disruption comms (note the time)
Travel Update - 09/09

Following a safety inspection of the track between Taunton and Weston-Super-Mare the line towards Weston-super-Mare is disrupted.

Train services running through these stations are returning to normal.

Disruption is expected until 15:30

(the time is 1542)
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TW: transphobia, Yet Another Disappointing Guy
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Noel Dolphin @noeldolphin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gearing up for next month's Railway Engineering Institution's Practical Electrification Challenge with a new logo. The challenge is a great example of why we needed a name change.
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
To the solo sleeping man in a 4 seater table bay, resting his socked feet on the seat opposite: sir this is First Class not your living room
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Burnham does have a dilemma. He can call out the fascists, but to do so properly he has to confirm that their 'concerns' aren't 'legitimate', and by doing so he in effect would be saying that Mahmood's immigration policy has no basis. There's a reason for that. It *has* no basis.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Question to which I want the answer to be yes. We can do more with our buses and rail but Bristol needs a proper mass transit system.
bbc.co.uk
Will Bristol ever get a tram network after Andy Burnham pledge?
Prime Minister Andy Burnham commits to “making progress” on a mass transit system for Bristol.
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 08/09/2026
neo nazis had record election success in germany and thanked elon musk/x specifically for making it possible and this is what you are enabling by staying on twitter: literal fascism
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'
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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“The youngest surviving chick from the berry-fuelled bacchanalia has reached 150 days old…this fuck season has officially brought 90 kākāpō into the world.” Brilliant from @haydendonnell.bsky.social as always 💚🦜 thespinoff.co.nz/science/08-0...?
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Update: This was the best kākāpō fuck season ever
The world may be burning but at least the world’s fattest parrot has been boning.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Altered Beast
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Follow along with Jon as he makes the longest train journey in the EU from northern Finland to Portugal.
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 07/09/2026
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Marine Le Pen I rated at 68% to win in a final round run off. AfD are in the driving seat in Germany. The UK has regular fascist street mobilisations. When will centrists decide it is time to act against fascism?
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I know people really want to resist this idea, but there’s an increasing pile of evidence that lots of people in positions of power aren’t trying to do some delicate balancing act to keep the peace, but simply agree with the aims and to an extent the actions of the fascists.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org
rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It would be wrong to speculate about the political leanings of those men in black shirts.
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So how is this “protest”, but elderly folk holding up anti genocide posters is terrorism?
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orbette @orbette.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
GO TO THE CINEMA YOU FUCKING DORKS x
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/09/2026
I was 13 when I heard her story and it made a lasting impression on me. If you haven't heard of Neerja Bhanot, today would be a good day to look her up.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Due to the unique way the BBC is funded by you we can have a man stand in the sea wearing a shirt harassing desperate people fleeing Afghanistan
screenshot from BBC News of people seeking asylum on a dinghy in Orange high there’s a BBC reporter in a white shirt holding a Mic stands in the sea talking to them
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Matt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@jonworth.eu not sure if you have these two Tours Eiffel? Le Touquet and Calais respectively
A scaled down version of the Eiffel tower made of sandA scaled down version of the Eiffel tower made of steel
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Greg Morse @gregmorsedphil.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The manuscript of 'Britain's Railway Accidents' has just been sent to @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and so the next part of the production process begins. (This isn't the actual cover, by the way.)
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive
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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
James bond writer tempted to set next 007 movie in surprise locationThe house that Fathers Ted and Dougal live in
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