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Andy

@ab-initio.me.uk
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🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺❄️ He/Him. Control(s) Freak. Interested in tasteful thirst, politics, green transport & energy. There is no LGB without the T! Inauthentic followers will be blocked 🚫 Chorley 🏡 Macclesfield 🧑🏻‍💻

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is it: join a local group objecting to wind turbines / solar farms / pylons? Asking for a Nimby.
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Energy bills: what to do as prices head for £2,000 a year, from switching deals to insulating
The price cap is to soar for about 20 million households in Great Britain from January, but there are ways to save
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 30/09/2026
Chefs kiss
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Perfect Chefs Kiss
Alt: Perfect Chefs Kiss
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026
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The roofs won’t be enough
“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the UK, Prince William has launched an anti-suicide campaign with the Premier League, whose every other ad is for gambling. Hey prince: how about you dust off some old dungeons & fill them with every gambling CEO & the celebs who endorse them & watch suicides plummet? EASY PEASY MATE
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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I’m hoping for 72 virgins” “You’ve not been dogging round here before have you”
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 28/09/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.
The Eden Project biomes under a blue sky with white clouds. They are surrounded by green trees and a path to the biomes through the trees is central.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There’s no excuse for being Camilla Tominey.
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Bible literally says that a woman can be created from a man’s rib, Janet.
Telegraph and Mail journalist Janet Murray on Facebook: Apparently the Church of England has ordained its first 'transgender woman' - following a 'gender transition'.
Now, I'm no biblical scholar. But I did go to a faith school, study compulsory RE until I was 16, and get an 'A' in Religious Studies (back when that was the top grade). So I'm scratching my head here.
Genesis says God created humankind "male and female". Where does the Bible say that men can become women? Sarah Jones is a man, not a woman.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 26/09/2026
I was bingeing this yesterday - I’m up to 42 up - 2 years before they we’re originally due to be the “shop stewards and executives of the year 2000” Some show real self-awareness and others, none…
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 26/09/2026
When you know that @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social EV target moans are BS ‘Meanwhile EV discounts fell to 10.7% from 11.1%, which the group said was mainly down to companies such as Mercedes-Benz and MG “scaling back their incentives as they close in on their required ZEV mandate levels for the year”.’
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Robin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ever wondered what that wind farm or gas plant nearby is? Well wonder no more as my patent-pending* Energy Radar will tell you! radar.robinhawkes.com *Not really patent-pending, it just sounds cool
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It takes a loading error to produce such candour.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Look, you have to understand Bibi: it really deeply upsets and frightens him that a Muslim reached the age of 34.
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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 23/09/2026
You voted for your daughter’s death and it should torment you until you meet your own
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/09/2026
It seems like the police are assuming the far-right losers are 'looking for an excuse' to do more damage and so must be given maximum space. In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.
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Talon Fast @talonfast.com · 21/09/2026
Mark Carney could fully fund Alto and Andy Burnham could build HS2 in full with this one simple trick! Bus commuters playing music loudly, putting feet on seats face fines of up to $500 from Sept 23: LTA www.straitstimes.com/singapore/tr...
straitstimes.com
Bus commuters playing music loudly, putting feet on seats face fines of up to $500 from Sept 23: LTA
New rules in Singapore impose fines up to $500 for disruptive behaviour on buses to ensure a safe and comfortable commuting environment for all passengers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Man and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in Belfast
Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 20/09/2026
This is so true and just becomes second nature after a while.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 20/09/2026
If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says…
A sign by the side of the road says:

FOR SALE
WELL ROTTED
HORSE MANURE
LAST BEFORE M6
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Industry has fed waste heat into district heating for decades: steelworks, refineries, incinerators and so on. Using that heat never meant endorsing the source but not wasting energy. Data centres are the same.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 18/09/2026
@support.bsky.team can the alt text screen be fixed so that we can scroll to click the button when keyboard is visible - seems to broken when pre-populated?
Alt text screen unable to scroll with keyboard visible when box is pre populated with text (e.g when a gif is selected)
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should be very British about this new independent nation by invading it and claiming it for the Crown. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 15/09/2026
Oh no, what’s Crafty Wank been up to? 🫣
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 15/09/2026
@bggyoneandonly.eurosky.social Freepost Licences don’t work like that You’ll spend £5 and it won’t cost Reform a penny bsky.app/profile/ab-i...
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 15/09/2026
@evmusings.bsky.social Husband picked up an error on latest episode around BUS value - you kept saying £5k
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Daniel @dnlmrkrssll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
To cheer you up.
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 13/09/2026
Spare a thought for the poor hacks at BBC News, how will they achieve climax now??
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026
This isn't true - the handwritten option for Freepost was discontinued in 2015, and Response services now require pre-pay licencing from the receiver. Partly because political parties got to the point of mailing phone books to each other to create maximum mischief.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 12/09/2026
@netflix.com separate documentaries from films challenge. Level (seemingly) impossible.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 12/09/2026
Hey @octopus.energy I’m getting increasingly p’d off by being logged out of Electroverse app and “sign in with password” then requesting a code - always at the most inconvenient moment - when trying to start a charge🤬 How can I turn this off?
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 11/09/2026
A letterboxd screenshot showing 4 recent watches:


Sneakers - 5 stars rewatch
Mayday - 4 stars first watch
The Last King of Scotland - 3 stars fist watch
Pitch Black - 1/2 a star first watch
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 11/09/2026
25 years ago today I was ill and bed-bound whilst travelling in Vietnam. In the hotel in Hue, the only English language TV station available was CNN. I was watching the news as the very first report came in and then watched in shock for the next terrible hours as the world changed.
A calendar entry for 11th September. Between 2pm and 3pm is a placeholder that says Hue, Vietnam.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 10/09/2026
Wait, what’s his mother doing to that poor dog?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/09/2026
I know this isn't the main point but: The Transformers are famously undocumented immigrants hiding in America (among other places) having fled the consequences of a civil war. Do these chuds think Megatron was in the US on an O-1 talent visa?
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An extract of my new book Out Now in The Guardian. It is the most astonishing story of how a same sex kiss was broadcast on the BBC back in 1990, without BBC executives knowing at the time. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘That was all secret’: the ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TV
Everyone thinks Byker Grove broke the taboo in 1994, but another teen drama got there first. Here’s the astonishing story of Two of Us, which put a gay relationship on UK screens – and was the origina...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Blackshorts" is perfect.
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK land speed record of 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h) set by Donald Campbell on July 17 1964 has just been broken by a paper shredder at Reform UK HQ.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"just a little heads up, the Met Police are in the building updating us on all the terror threats against Nigel"
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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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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 08/09/2026
Two things: one, no, it won't, because cancer isn't one disease with a single cure that's just waiting to be found, and two, why is the economics editor writing about tech, and indeed health research, when he clearly knows fuck all about either subject? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
AI will cure cancer in our lifetime, claims boss of UK chip giant
Arm Holding's chief executive Rene Haas says artificial intelligence will find a solution to the disease.
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 08/09/2026
Imagine posing and smiling for a selfie with this bunch of wrong-uns 🫣
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Andy @ab-initio.me.uk · 07/09/2026
Passengers nervously looking at the doors on their Boeing aircraft…
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Awkward Monkey Looks Away
Alt: Awkward Monkey Looks Away
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Stop shitting yerselves to death! Stop shitting yerselves lit'rally inside out! We liked you lot for a while! Then you! E! Lected a peadophile!
the cast of oliver
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Willie Mackenzie @williemackenzie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nasty C4 done a sting on Nigel! Never fear! Here’s BBC’s Laura K with a soapy t*t w*nk interview, courtesy of the licence payers. #scuffles Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Picky Bits Racism.
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CTRL ALT REFUEL @ctrlaltrefuel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Love this:The City of London’s official 1973 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI now has a 120 kW motor and a 62 kWh battery -instead of the original V8 @ElectrogenicREV did the (Fully reversible) conversion. Lady Mayor Susan Langley commissioned it….
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Georgeous McGeorgeface 🇬🇧🇫🇮🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈🇪🇸🇮🇨🇳🇴 @georgeous.one · 05/09/2026
I remember when a man was convicted of raping a woman in one of the underpasses at Elephant & Castle. To this day, nobody knows who the woman was. She never came forward. He was nonetheless convicted because of the video evidence.
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