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Hills, mountains, outdoor stuff, bikes and cycling, books, general carping and trivia. I do not have a cat. Location: off on a tangent.

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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 23h
Granddaughter (11) has just started secondary school. One of the lessons is Engineering. They are split into teams and have a project to build an extraterrestrial rover vehicle. First task was to give theirs a name. G/d proposed 'Arcturus' but the others objected because they couldn't pronounce it.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah!
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, a question. If I want to use Google to identify a building of which I have a picture on my phone, Google Lens comes up with "Allow access to your photo library". If I agree does that mean Google will immediately scrape *every* photo on my phone?
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Infirm of purpose! Give me the fucking daggers!
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@adamroberts.bsky.social Random question. Do you have any info you can share about Dave H? He's disappeared from here and I know he sometimes needs a break. I just hope he's OK.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is that one of those cryptic crossword clues?
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A fingerpost with fingers, you ask? Happy to oblige! #FingerpostFriday
On top of an old Cotswold stone column shaped from a large square base to a short stubby column sits an iron cylinder. Three long white arms are attached to the cylinder, each with a substantial hand and extended finger. The arms point to Stow on the Wold, Toddington and Tewkesbury, written in black uppercase. In the background a green field with distant trees and a cloudy but bright sky. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Back home after a day trip to London and my first visit to the Donmar Warehouse - Brian Friel's adaptation of Turgenev's "A Month in the Country". Excellent.
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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gravel bike for sale! Bombtrack Beyond 1 (2022) small (rider height 1.60m to 1.72m) As per original manufacturer spec, plus: Stamp pedals and SKS mudguards added. Tyres swapped to Terravail Washburns: can swap back to the original unused WTB Ranger TCS Light Fast tyres if you prefer. 1/n
Drop bar gravel bike Drop bar gravel bike
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'll ask you again, Daphne. What did young master Jerome do that made you hit him with your hairbrush?
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Trump didn't get Greenland but he was allowed to take a victory lap on social media." - US Correspondent for Danish newspaper Politiken.
Screenshot from bbc website. Headline reads "US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threats"
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm finding headlines like "Palace hunting for new manager" and "Palace in row over Spencer claims" very confusing.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@robonabike.eurosky.social Couldn't join your recent conversation wondering about the whereabouts of F Porpentine but it prompted me to look, and I found they blocked me in March this year. I've no idea why. Deliberate, accident or error?
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your regular reminder that if your 12-inch pizza has a crust 1 inch wide you're only getting 70% pizza topping plus 30% dry, overcooked bread.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's one show I certainly won't be watching.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To confound the doubters, here's yet more proof that Leicestershire exists. Probably. #WaymarkWednesday
A waymark roundel fixed to ann old wooden posr with a faded yellow painted top. The roundel is yellow on green and its central arrow has black lettering on yellow. It reads "Leicestershire County Council" around the top, and "Leicestershire Round" in a circle on the direction arrow, inside which is an outline of the (alleged) county boundary and four arrows chasing each other in a circle.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Piddington FC apply to UEFA for recognition and so to earn automatic qualification for Euro competitions.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am resolutely not reading any articles, watching any videos or listening to any podcasts about the Sussex family.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
OK, bluesky, you'll know the answer. Are those annoying little plastic labels supermarkets stick on individual pieces of fruit and veg compostable? Because if not they should be declared the spawn of the devil and banned immediately.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This made me hoot 😂😂😂 #SundayFunday #Funny
Teacher asking kids: NAME SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH E' THAT YOU'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT

Kid: SPELLING!
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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
extremely niche but important question: does anyone know of any charity or service that can help get supplies to someone in hospital in bury st edmund’s i’ve got a friend who was brought in by ambulance yesterday and they need to stay at least another night, and they don’t have anything
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Make a band edible. The Peach Boys
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Make a band edible. The Rolling Scones.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've heard it said that Leicestershire doesn't exist, but I took this picture at Foxton Locks, which claims to be in that county. #FingerpostFriday.
An unpainted all-wooden signpost with Canal and River Trust roundels. The arms point to various nearby places including "Inclined Plane Boat Lift Summit", "Top Lock Coffee Shop" and "Canal Museum". Trees and brambles behind the signpost.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've seen a better line-up of bare knees at Pontin's knobbly knee contest.
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Graham Uney @grahamuney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can we all start getting messages to Donny T that he's so incredibly marvellous that he must have genuine superpowers. Then suggest he show the doubters how wrong they are by flying from a twelfth floor window.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don't usually express my views on the royal family, or indeed have any interest in them, but what a smarmy little git he looks in that photo. I suspect most kids' reaction would be a desire to kick him down the street.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think I'll wait until it stops raining before I start not doing the things I need to be doing this morning.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What exactly does it mean that Orr and Jukes have "stepped down"? How does that stop them talking to Nigel or anyone else in the so-called 'party', basically carrying on just as before?
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My granddaughter has just started secondary school and has gone through the inevitable rite of passage and has her own new smartphone. So of course she's messaging everyone in the family, singly and in the group. I'm having to remember *not* to reply in the same style as I normally do online 🫢
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Medieval parents trying to make their kid get up and go to school on the first day back after the summer holidays.
Stained glass window showing man and woman lamenting over lifeless body.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Browsing the terrestrial broadcast TV channels for this evening, and caught my breath as I saw the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is on BBC1. What a throwback to a long distant past. I wonder if they still do that Field Gun obstacle course thing (but I won't be watching to find out).
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
3 days in the Lakes next Easter for a three-generation mountain trip. G/daughter, who has a Wainwright log book with only one tick in it, decided she'd like to "climb some more mountains in the Lake District" so Son has booked us a place only fifty yards up the road from @braithwaiteshop.bsky.social
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Do you remember, ooh, just 4 weeks ago when it was still light at 9 o'clock? Fuck you, August.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Apart from a few people here on #bluesky I doubt if anyone knows what a Barnsley chop is any more. In related news, I am eating a Barnsley chop.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We knew this back in the 1970s. My tutor and Head of Department at the LSE is one of the authors.
The cover of a Pelican book titled "The Technology of Political Control"
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Showcasing the Autumn collection from IncelApparel ™️
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Seagreen Safeway
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Michelangelo's design for a helicopter
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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#ElbowsUp @theshovel.bsky.social theshovel.com.au/2026/08/27/c...
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Canada Renames Lake Ontario “Lake of Hormuz”, Just To Fuck With Trump — The Shovel
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as a “completely unnecessary but extremely satisfying” response to US President Donald Trump’s trade tantrum.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
More sad news, though living a troubled life explored through art and ultimately, though far later than deserved, achieving superstar status and surviving to the age of 97 is quite a remarkable story. To infinity and beyond, Yayoi Kusama!
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly. I'm gutted. One of the good ones gone. 💔
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026
The world will mourn her because she made the world better in so many ways.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
OK, let's do novels now. Make a novel smaller. The Raisin of Wrath.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 24/08/2026
Someone lost his wedding ring on Saturday, probably between the top of Great Calva and down to the river Caldew. If anyone finds a gold wedding ring with an inscription in side Please let us know and we can put you in touch with them.
Map showing the area where it was probably lost between Great Calva and the River Caldew
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A strong and balanced statement from Carney, but for maximum trolling points he should have finished with "Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I see you're opening the riding helmet/stetson equivalent of the jam first/cream first controversy. #HelmetFirst
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FYI there's currently an exhibition of the work of Enid Marx, including but extending well beyond her London Transport moquette designs, at Compton Verney in Warwickshire. www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/eni...
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Enid Marx – Modern British Textile Design at Compton Verney
Explore the bold patterns of Enid Marx and her creative community in this major exhibition of modern British design at Compton Verney.
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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yay! It's raining! 🌧️ ☔
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