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Angus Sawyer

@aardgoose.info
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Coder and caver with an enthusiasm for Border Collies and maps. Creator of CaveView (3d cave survey web application) aardgoose.github.io/CaveView.js Occasional contributor to threejs.org and Firefox.

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Crusty old quarry that has seen better days #cave #mine #quarry #speleology
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 25/09/2026
Unusual sales call. Someone selling tourniquets, chest seals and other medical provisions.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Zack Polanski? Lying?
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Report of this case here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... What's really alarming is that, without necessarily crossing the legal line which gave rise to this prosecution, the underlying sentiments are pretty widespread in posts on X etc.
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Former councillor from Stafford jailed for terror offences
Ivan Jennings was an “active participant” in extreme right-wing groups online, a court hears.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of my favourite archaeological projects in a career spanning over a quarter of a century was the opportunity to survey this 15th century latrine at the London Guildhall 😁🫣💩 Come & find out about my career in ruins at my London gig, 18 November: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buildi...
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Council for the Northern Caving Community @cncc-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another fine fencing effort by our team, this time at Hardrawkin Pot, Chapel-le-Dale. From a visiting caver reporting this, to our team fixing the issue was only three weeks! cncc.org.uk/article/hard...
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Hardrawkin Pot fencing
Rotten fencing repaired at Hardrawkin Pot, helping to keep our open potholes safe to livestock. Great work by CNCC's conservation team.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 07/09/2026
I want to meet the evil genius who decided to plant mahonia at the edge of the "touch" section of a sensory garden.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So. This week Farage says rules and laws don’t actually apply and he also says he’s going to run roughshod and declare a state of emergency and be a dictator. Why aren’t we locking him up?
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There could be no clearer signal that Reform propose to be a fascist government The purpose of a state of emergency is to suspend constitutional requirements Politicians and journalists who are committed to democracy should understand and act accordingly www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farge set to declare 'national emergency' in huge Reform speech
Nigel Farage will make his keynote speech at Reform UK's conference - follow live
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Frankly amazed that despite wall-to-wall Bayeux Tapestry coverage nobody has mentioned the Playmobil version I made back in 2016.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Christ what an asshole
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last week, we brought you the story of Merle the bat - her rescue from our galleries and her rehabilitation by our volunteer Rose-Ann, a licensed bat carer. Yesterday evening, Merle was safely released back into the wild, flying off healthily into the night 🦇
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 21/08/2026
In the latest: people can be trusted not to set things on fire. Having a barbeque on a sofa. On Burns Street. BBC News - Arrests as barbecue thought to have caused flat fire - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Arrests as barbecue thought to have caused flat fire
A man and a woman, both in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of arson, police say.
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 20/08/2026
A strange phenomenon this morning. The dog has come back from his morning walk with moist fur.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026
awe-inspiringly mental pinned post, truly what are the Greens doing
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇
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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Here at #BexleyArchives we are delighted to be hosting Dr James Wright on 7 November at 2.30pm as part of his book tour. To hear him talk about The Buildings Archaeologist please book your place by emailing archives@bexley.gov.uk or by visiting the Local Studies Centre. @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 17/08/2026
Nurse! BBC News - Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue
The president also told Fox News the US had a direct backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - something it denies.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Those who think the fire alert was overkill seriously underestimate the BBQ-related stupidity of some people. A few years ago, part of a Cambridge college almost burned down because some students decided to light a disposable BBQ on the lead roof on one of the buildings. 🙄
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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Reform's plan to fix our water crisis is to...make reservoirs nationally significant infrastructure projects. Something they.... already are!
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Mrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Please just want to remind everyone about the reporting (or even public discussion) guidelines around suicide - suicide is not ever caused by any one reason and speculating on (or even announcing) why someone completed suicide is really unhelpful, incl. to people with suicidal ideation
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta...
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 12/08/2026
Back at the local exhibition of bad tattoos aka the gym to get cool.
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 12/08/2026
Severn Trent need to listen to their automated voice announcements. It pronounces their web address as h t t p : / / s twater.
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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Post your favourite Disney Princess. Wrong answers only.
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Dame Edna's Iconic Expression
ALT: Dame Edna's Iconic Expression
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 12/08/2026
Post your favourite Disney Princess. Wrong answers only.
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The biggest threat to national grid’s investment plan - more or less every critical pylon route to redistribute renewable energy is being opposed by councils. To pick at random: here is Norwich-Tilbury. Still opposed even after NG agreed to bury 1/3 of it: news.suffolkvillage.info/2026/08/11/q...
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Questions remain unanswered – councils repeat objection to pylons project
In a closing statement to National Grid’s Norwich to Tilbury examination, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have restated their objection and again called for the plan to be halted – with q…
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Anyone claiming national grid has neglected investment doesn’t know the first thing about national grid. National grid is investing £70B over five years, more than two years of total household spending on electricity!
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 11/08/2026
A novel unit for area. The Vatican. Batteries to store National Grid energy on Vatican-sized site close to Stoke Rochford and Great Ponton share.google/HeI3L0TJSo0n...
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Site the size of 62 football pitches to be covered in batteries
Giant batteries storing energy for when UK demand for electricity is high will be located in the area.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I'm minded to rename the culture wars 'The Edge Case Wars'... Brexit: c.1.4% of all voters swung the vote to Leave. Pre-Brexit sovereignty complaints: Clinical Trials (that the EU then fixed) ECHR migration 'rage' cases: just 16 lost over many decades Covid vaccine harm: c.0.05% of the vaccinated
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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026
Let's imagine I decide that Britain would be better off without these fascist thugs and their shit views and their pogroms. So I get a gang together and go raid their homes and/or set fire to them, attacking police who get in the way. Will the statements talk of legitimate protest and grievance? No.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I have enormous sympathy with people angry that the political vandalism of our prison system is forcing the (even earlier) release of prisoners. It is a scandal. But deciding who does and does not get released on the basis of the volume of public outcry at their crime is the road to madness.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Absolute joke for a Green Party to oppose solar panels. But very much in keeping with why the UK and whole of Europe are failing on energy policy. Other priorities... www.ft.com/content/6fe7...
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The one climate issue uniting Greens and Reform in Kent
Insurgent parties of left and right find common cause in stance over major solar farm scheme but UK government will have final say
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hands up if you just knew Polanksi was going to wade in on this one and stick up for the guy jailed for a prolonged campaign of antisemitic harassment against a Jewish MP
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 05/08/2026
More climate issues in the Alps. UKC News - Aiguille du Midi Exit Cave closed share.google/7Tr1CF4G6dK5... @t0nyyates.bsky.social
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NEWS: Aiguille du Midi Exit Cave closed
Chamoniarde.com have reported that the Aiguille du Midi exit cave has been closed.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Reminder that the Tories believe any non-British person who commits more than a minor parking or traffic offence should be automatically deported. They “believe in second chances”, apparently, but only for literal Nazis.
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Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Flags on the Abingdon Road
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Kemi did say she wants candidates with conviction. I just didn’t realise she meant for burglary, assault, inciting racial hatred, malicious communications, and racially-aggravated harassment.
We need candidates with the five Cs: they must be clever, have charisma, communication skills, conviction and, most importantly, be Conservative.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Home Office Secretary Chris Philp, in high-vis police jackets enjoy a photo opportunity.
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Best-selling crime author Lynda La Plante has been disqualified from driving for six months, despite tearfully telling the court a ban would end her writing career.
The 83-year-old author and screenwriter told Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court she needed her car to meet criminals and sources for research into her next works of fiction.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Welcome to the 2026 version of the Conservative Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 02/08/2026
The dog has just come to tell me to go to bed. Tomorrow he will try to prevent me leaving him, while his has company, to go to the gym. He is a bossy dog.
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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is how Restore Britain, sorry I mean Restoration, talks to working class northern Labour members in Red Wall seats who say they care about Ukraine. Do not under any circumstances vote for these charlatans for the Labour NEC.
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info · 02/08/2026
Looking after a Duke's carriage horses or sign writing.
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