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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So TV is over 100 years old. I must have missed the actual anniversary.

Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have received a flyer from Innova Data Centres about a proposal for a data centre about near me. It needs 400 MW power and 60 hectares. Cunningly, it is positioned just over the border in East Cheshire rather than in Trafford (Manchester City Region) where the majority of the affected people live.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From the archives of the Manchester Literary & Phiosophical Society. This is a pocket watch presented to John Dalton.

Rear of a 19th century pocket watch with engraving to JD

Front view of a pocket watch that belonged to John Dalton

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Seen outside an art gallery in Seoul. Unfortunately it isn’t a towel.

Image shows a banner titled “society of hitchhikers”.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

At last I have seen the end of a Rainbow. Edinburgh Meadows August 2026 so a Fringe highlight.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Just been to WOMAD. These are recommended if you see them in a venue near you. Best described as Japanese Punk with lots of drums.

Photo of main stage at WOMAD showing Seppuku Pistols one of the bands

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Presentation ceremony: Trump looks as if he’d rather be somewhere else

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ooh a bit of Argie Bargie off the balloons the final whistle blows

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Justice for all. I wonder if Trump will now not present the trophy.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

TV feed irritating. Too many replays when game is going on

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Have Argentina Ben playing for penalties since the start?

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cynical by Messi. Knows he is immune to censure

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Amazing acting by Argentina to avoid goal!

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Not the most exciting football match I have watched

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Francis Egerton, duke of Bridgewater, opened Britain’s first purpose-built industrial canal on this day 1761 between Manchester and his coal mines at Worsley. Engineered by James Brindley, it halved the coal price in Manchester and sparked canal mania.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

To look on the bright side. This shows that Gareth Southgate was a great manager. The myth of his poor substitution strategy exposed by an equally poor decision by Tuchel.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Moorland fires today in Tintwistle, Peak District

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Johnny Ninefingers @johnnyninefingers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We need to save £380,000 by electing Count Binface.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope

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SanguinePar @sanguinepar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's very simple to define The North. If a place is mentioned here, it's the North. Scholarly work from the Jams. youtu.be/20XLWEjN9eI?...

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The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (Official Video)

YouTube video by KLF

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

32 degrees in Hay-on-Wye. Help!

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Listening to Cory Doctorow at How the Light Gets in Festival at Hay-on-Wye

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Travelling back by Eurostar from grant awarding committee in Brussels and reviewing papers. I have just done a classic reviewer 2 report .

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I seem to be cursed when using Eurostar. Held up today by an “incident” at Brussels Midi which closed the station as the police cleared a suspect package. This left my train in Lille for 30 min and another 30 min delay getting in slowly as the train jam ahead unravelled.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ok - I found the article quoting Dr Frila Pool in today’s Guardian

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

About to go away and the automatic cat feeder fails! Error message and web suggests main board failure. Need to Marshall the neighbours.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Needs to add Andor

Mon Mothma speech about genocide and the death of truth, from Andor s2 episode 9

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Nils Hoppe @hoppe.law · 21/01/2026

This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.

A reader‘s letter in the times which reads as follows:

Old adversaries
Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge's robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: "We meet at last, Mr Bond."
Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Article for those interested in sources en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Br...

en.wikipedia.org

John Bradshaw (judge) - Wikipedia

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

An anniversary that could act as a prompt to the situation in another country.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In troubled times here is a sign of another early spring in the UK

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Cyco @cyco1414.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.

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Antoine Tresgots 🌹🌟 @atresgots2.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

C'est l'heure des bilans...en toute rigueur scientifique !

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Arrived in Boston. No issues at immigration but a couple of ethic Chinese ahead of me had long conversations at the desk before they were allowed to pass. Admittedly an Irish passport at Boston immigration is an advantage.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Just been to Hope Mill theatre in Manchester. An excellent production in a small venue. Give them your support. It is their Tenth Anniversary this year

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

With the aid of a colleague who had a 24 mm socket set I was able to change the folding pedal on my Brompton. It had lasted 25 years and the replacement is secured by a more convenient Allen Screw.

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Brian Derby @brianderby.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I have just had my ESTA approved so I will be visiting Boston for the fall MRS. It will be interesting to talk to US Scorton get the current vibe

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

What to do if your copy of Private Eye won't open… From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

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