Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 17h"Thatcher's three great lies: 1/ TINA “There is no alternative” 2) There is no government money, only taxpayers money. 3) The government budget is like a household budget, it must balance expenditure with income." I can't remember who first wrote it. 1192
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I bet it wasn't as cold and wet as it is in northern Crete right now. I've went on holiday by mistake. 🙄 110
Reposted by Andy AgateDr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Never not going to be excited at seeing my books in an actual honest to goodness bookshop. #RomanFortThursday 1599
Reposted by Andy AgatePrincess Tabi 👑💜🌈+ Dezi @chieftabi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I really love this sentiment Doesn’t apply to me as I don’t shrink myself….already short enough but this approach is the epitome of authenticity, tbh 1172
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Is, 'Do ponies living wild on a hillfort have Iron Age chariot dreams?' The name of your next book? And will the folm be called Silence of the Foals? Probably not. 471
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm looking forward to the upgrade to simple despair. 010
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I've said it before, it's never about the money until it's about the money, and then it's ALL about the money. 020
Reposted by Andy AgateOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Danny Tommo currently youtu.be/KsdzKnJNAC8?...youtu.beThe Simpsons - Videotaping This Crime SpreeYouTube video by hommere's choices 1215724
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm happy to add some personal perspective to this - I waited for 2 and a half years for my liver transplant. It was a living nightmare. Organ donation is a gift worth giving! 020
Reposted by Andy AgateJane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do go to the NHS App and make sure you’ve got your organ donation wishes correctly registered. There’s been a sharp decline in donors (is it part of the general trend of health fuckwittery?) so please update both the NHS and your family. www.organdonation.nhs.uk/news/nhs-ann... 185
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Exactly the sort of reason I'm no longer an FLO. The number of f**ks given by detectorists is lower than zero. 150
Reposted by Andy AgatePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go. 751935432
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You've got 1 hour 50 minutes to eat as many pies as humanly possible! GO! Let's see that U/S, CT or MRI! Good luck! 110
Reposted by Andy AgateAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why can't they integrate? 942142605
Reposted by Andy AgateMarc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I would like to amputate 10% of Jared Kushner. If he wanted to concede those bits of his anatomy, then we could have a deal tomorrow. But right now he does not want to do that. 04710
Reposted by Andy AgateRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable bravery. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...shop.rnli.orgDonation to RNLIIt costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work. 118192
Reposted by Andy AgateDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026There's an argument for calling them masked thugs, because that is factually true. There's an argument for calling them pathetic cosplaying loser incels, also true, and laughing at them damages their tough-guy self image and hurts recruitment. There is no argument for calling them protesters. 351440341
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And the American Arc de triomphe remains empty of victories. 010
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I was lucky enough to be up close with the crystal jar in the NMS labs one day while researching a similar piece of gold work from Northumberland. Speechless! 030
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I hope it goes well and I hope you're really happy in your new home! 010
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I can hear St James' from my house and it was horrible. 010
Reposted by Andy AgateVox Hiberionacum @voxhib.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot. 522348
Reposted by Andy AgateJan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Medical Advice 243123893405
Reposted by Andy AgateChris Barrett @mrchrisbarrett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026the homeopathic theory of governance 0225
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026You only need bridges if you're commuting. If you're on a journey somewhere, it's not that important to your future. 010
Reposted by Andy AgateOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Whatever happens in Clacton tomorrow Farage is going to end up looking absolutely ridiculous He wanted to prove himself to be the hero of the hour, taking on and taking down the mythical "establishment". Instead he's going to look like an absolute clown - surrounded by clowns at a clown convention 1632541489
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So torcs are just IA washing machine door props?? Who knew! 110
Reposted by Andy AgateCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface 12940211067
Reposted by Andy AgateLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 11/08/2026‘Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own financial affairs after issuing a legal threat to the Guardian.’ 1/theguardian.comRichard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the GuardianReform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources 198
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Interesting the Express haven't adopted the metric system. 020
Reposted by Andy AgateLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 08/08/2026‘One morning in October 1552, Felix Platter left his hometown of Basel for Montpellier, where he was to study medicine. He was fifteen years old. Things started to happen to him, and he wrote them down in his daybook.’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on a Renaissance diary: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukErin Maglaque · Green into Gold: A Renaissance DiaryFor all the force of his curiosity I’m not sure Felix Platter’s life was any less elusive to him. His diary is... 0257
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I live 350 miles away from their home. It's been a challenge. Even bad luck runs out. I hope that's soon. 140