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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 22h

I guess concrete has a finite lifespan.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 22h

Ooh. What are they building? Just wish it was a bit easier to get to as I’ve not been back in 25+ years!

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Reform UK are foxes looking after the chickens "Reform councillor James Sawkins—who was literally IN CHARGE of "Safer and Stronger Communities"—forced to STEP DOWN after appearing in COURT over Class A drugs and illegal medicine charges! ..." www.facebook.com/politicsinth... via Politics in the U.K

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Phone photo (!) taken at Wilpattu NP in Sri Lanka last year, an Asian Open-bill Stork, quite fitting for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BestBeaks, I think. Wholeheartedly recommend #SriLanka as a perfect destination for the mix of culture, wildlife, friendly people, amazing food and great beaches.

Asian Open-billed Stork wading, knee deep, in greenish brown water. The stork is white and black with red legs and a long, thick red-grey bill that - as the name suggests - remains open when it’s closed!

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not been out with my camera in September, but here’s a Gannet against a #Northumberland coast sunrise taken with my phone. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth

A silhouetted Gannet against an orange, sunlit sky and a shimmering sea

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aren’t the RW press always telling us how much better life was in the 1970s? I’m confused.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No longer a Vestal Virgin! A surprising visitor at the porch light tonight #TeamMoth #Northumberland

A Vestal moth, an elongated creamy yellow moth with a diagonal red stripe on each wing. The wings are tented above the body as the moth rests on a white-painted porch-light support.

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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please show your working. [Sitting very comfortably eating my breakfast, thank you very much]

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This 👇🏻 being the latter, I guess. bsky.app/profile/wtfi...

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Your time in HE clearly didn’t teach you not to make assumptions. You know nothing of who I am or what I’ve done. And you are of course entitled to any opinion you like, regardless of where you grew up or studied; yes, even a pompous one.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wretched little island. 😮 Could I have learnt such pomposity if I’d studied Humanities in NA?

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shut him down? He’s scored 6 goals and had 2 assists against Arsenal in 8 Premier League games. Although I definitely agree, the England team knew him well enough to control him more than most teams in the WC.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026

I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Delighted to finally connect with Ivy Bees in #Northumberland today, around 30 seen on a long stretch of roadside ivy on the edge of Morpeth (that I’ve regularly checked for this species for the last 5 or 6 years without success!) #Bees #Hymenoptera

Ivy Bee on ivy. A medium-sized bee with yellow-haired head and thorax and a strongly striped abdomen

Ivy Bees on ivy. Two medium-sized bees with yellow-haired head and thorax and strongly striped abdomen

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Horrific. What vile, evil, cruel people these bastards are.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gannet passing Newbiggin this morning. A beautiful day at the #Northumberland coast. #NEbirding

A Gannet in silhouette against a sunlit orange sky over a shimmering sea

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Very little of note in the UV trap last night here in South East #Northumberland but this Red-Green Carpet contrasted well with the wall and a Brown-spot Pinion posed well. #TeamMoth

Red-green Carpet moth on a pale brick wall. The moth is mottled green and black with paler bands and an overall pinkish-red hue

Brown-spot Pinion moth settled on a small-leaved green shrub. The moth is pale brown overall, with several dark triangular marks along the wing edge and two pale-ringed grey blotches separated by a chestnut-brown wedge

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As for well-trained dogs, can I work out in the 7s I have which is which? No, I almost stop for most dogs, since a minority are not. Don’t get me wrong, every different user has an equal right to the space, but UK cycle infrastructure is shit, prioritising drivers (mostly) & walkers (secondarily)

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes, we agree on a lot, here. I’m not denying some cyclists are twats. What I’m saying is that there’s no “just ring your bell, we’ll all be fine” solution here - that you suggested - if/when most pedestrians are not as considerate as you.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Clearly. But there’s an argument to say, on a shared path, dog owners keep your dog on a short lead, parents keep kids close, take headphones off, walk on the half that’s to walk on (if it’s marked), don’t walk 5 abreast. Otherwise, all the bell-ringing in the world isn’t going to let cyclists cycle

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nearly as many of them as there are cycling idiots. Probably slightly fewer of both than driving “USE THE CYCLE PATH” idiots (when said cycle path is a narrow pavement with 🚲 painted on it every so often). As for good bell, hard-of-hearing/ear-bud-users/people-staring-at-phones don’t hear from 50m

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

While I agree, and I hope that I do, what would you consider “good time”? At 15mph it takes just a few seconds to cover 50m. Does 7s give you long enough? Further away, you likely don’t even hear me, and it becomes an “angry” sounding Ding…Ding…Ding-ding…ding-ding-ding-ding-DING! [Pedestrian scowl]

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Signs off with this telling quote: “On the Homeland Party, I do not accept the characterisation of “extremist” given, as mentioned, I believe their policies at the time to have been very close to Reform’s policies now.”

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Shocked, who’d have thought it?

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Does your washing machine have career goals? Is your TV fed up with being stared at? Should you ask before shutting down your laptop? The article should be a lot shorter than the headline.

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Dave Wolinski @davewolinski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sky lost their mind over that goal. Just show the Fernandes/Rashford goal for a couple seasons back and say “yeah fair enough”. Crack on.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Both Ben Delo & Christopher Harborne have used legal loopholes for their donations to Reform. Ben was based in Hong Kong but Labour introduced a £100,000 cap on overseas expats so he declared that he is moving back to the UK to free him from the £100,000 limit (1/3)

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seriously? A museum?? These thugs don’t have a functioning braincell between them.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks Alan. The Farne Islands is a remarkable place, it’s impossible not to come away with some cracking photos!

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

First #BirdOfTheDay entry for a while, but today’s #ABCD theme is nice and broad! So here’s a posing Arctic Tern on the #FarneIslands a few years back.

An Arctic Tern, a pale grey and white seabird with black cap, red bill and short red legs. The tern is side on, perched on a lichen-and-guano covered dry stone wall, next to a patch of white-flowered bladder campion. The background is a soft focus dark blue sea under a pale blue sky

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

😂 I was doing my nut last night. Every single time a City player laid even a gentle hand on a Porto player they fell over. We might as well have not bothered with taking corners; I think all but one ended with a FK to Porto 😤

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are Amazon Prime trying to get Guehi a retrospective red card? FFS. And what game was Gabriel Clark watching? In what way were Porto unlucky? Zero shots on target vs 10 for City?? Glad I don’t watch City on TV often!

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dreadful. They were desperate for Guehi to get sent off. Even Alan “elbows” Shearer…

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every corner City had, you knew would end in a free kick for Porto. Their players hold, hold, hold then any push back just fall over. Horrible to watch

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are #FCporto players made of jelly? Embarrassing

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Porto are right snide shits, aren’t they? #FCPMCI

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What a player Georgi Kinkladze was. A shining beacon in otherwise dismal days as a City fan. Just look how many times he leaves 3, 4 even 5 players sat on their arses, tackling thin air or facing the wrong way.

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andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Was quite a surprise! There’s another 25-30 on the plant which won’t ripen but should be enough for some green fig jam

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