Sign in

Brian Plester

@brianplester.bsky.social
510 followers 393 following 577 posts

Retired software engineer, born at 315ppm. Gardener, cat servant, local wildlife & habitat guardian. Left of centre veggie. #NHS for people not profit. Love not war, everywhere. Analogue. Filters deactivated. Dorset, UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🦡 🦊

PostsRepliesMedia
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 22h
Yay, we have ditched the diesel and gone EV.
010
Reposted by Brian Plester
League Against Cruel Sports @leagueacs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Share this to help keep the pressure on ↩️
0108
Reposted by Brian Plester
Rudy Nordhausen @rudynordhausen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hoe gaan we dit ooit voor elkaar krijgen?
1423672
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please sign this and keep the pressure on the government to do something for us instead of for the foreign shareholders.
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kraznov doing what he was hired to do?
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I mean!
1128
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Iran doing it's bit to make the world a safer place wanaen.com/strait-of-ho...
wanaen.com
Strait of Hormuz Will Remain Closed Until Trump and Netanyahu Are Removed from Power - WANA
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, political adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said in a message marking 200 consecutive days of public presence in the...
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So our glorious leaders allow our water and power utilities to be plundered, with subsidies, by "Data Centres" and they have zero justification for them. We need to follow the money.
010
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Does anyone have experience of cats with kidney disease? How do you get them to eat? Mine is refusing special 'renal' wet food and only has a few nibbles of dry food. He's gone from six kilos to four over three months. Very worried about him. Advice welcome, please. #cats #catsWithKidneyDisease
111
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Does anyone have experience of renal issues with cats? We learnt yesterday our stray ginger tom, who's been with us 10 years, has advanced kidney disease. Have just picked-up some Royal Canin renal food, but how do you separate the special food from the 'normal' food for the other cats ?
321
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you or anyone else you know has been ill after swimming in the sea or river, please report it here: www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit... Suffers Àgainst Sewage are compiling a list of cases to present to parliament for discussion regarding the forthcoming Water legislation.
sas.org.uk
Submit a sickness report
Water lovers across the UK are getting sick from sewage. We’re collecting sickness reports for evidence to hold water companies to account.
073
Reposted by Brian Plester
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
£3.4bn is going on to YOUR Water Bill to subsidise Data Centres owned by trillionaire companies that don't pay tax in the UK. The UK is a failed Mafia State, that exists only to rob you.
12225117
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Another brilliant election broadcast, this time from somewhere above Clacton.
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
How come the English Channel which at it's narrowest is 22 miles wide has international shipping lanes, but the Strait of Hormuz which at it's narrowest point is 24 miles wide, doesn't?
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We don't have a climate crisis, we have a political crisis.
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
OMG.
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Why would my solar panels suddenly stop working? Despite charged batteries we're pulling from the grid. No fault on the inverter 🙁
200
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Recommendations please for a VPN which works with Linux Mint. Mozilla VPN doesn't.
231
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Now something rather more serious from private eye.
010
Reposted by Brian Plester
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Water companies panic as drought worsens in UK From the new Private Eye, out now.
371543578
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Amen. Well said that man.
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
the bees are loving the Nepeta - Catnip
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If Carlsberg’s made ads, that took the piss….
711961
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org
Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
011
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sadly, there are too many people who think it's ok to use them in drought conditions. Time to ban them.
010
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"So here Lord Reed states openly that any judge who believes the executive is constrained by the provisions of the Human Rights Act will not get on to the Supreme Court." www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
craigmurray.org.uk
The Hard Right Packing of the UK Supreme Court - Craig Murray
Unlike the USA, where it is obsessively watched, the UK has no political culture of scrutinising the political composition of its Supreme Court. This is a big mistake. The UK Supreme Court has been de...
000
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wow, arrested for using a microphone ! What has the UK become? 😱
001
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wowzer, my 16 panels generated 50.7 kWh, 39.5 of which went onto the grid 😇
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Alarm at NHS England as patient records put under control of US private equity firm TPG via a takeover. Business model is profiteering, not care for patients. Regulatory/Govt silence on expansion of private equity. Public money fuelling PE growth.
theguardian.com
Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm
Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England
23379256
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I am absolutely delighted by the first full day of feed-in:
A graph showing solar generation and feed-in to the grid starting around 8am through to around 8pm on out first day of feed-in.A graphic showing a feed-in of £4.25 plus solar savings (electricity generated instead of purchased) of £2.10 giving a total payback of £6.35 for the day.
020
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
100 US refuelling aircraft in Israel. What a tempting target for Iran!
010
Reposted by Brian Plester
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
611434737
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
He has some formidable opposition; Nick the Incredible Flying Brick, Woke Trump Carrzee and Monster Raving Loonies Howling Lord Hope & Baron von Thunderclap, among others.
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
299127333823
Reposted by Brian Plester
National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thank you to @pippaneill.bsky.social for this article about the #NationalEmergencyBriefing in the Guardian. For a screening near you: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map Enter postcode to see if your MP has joined the Parliamentary Call for a televised briefing: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
theguardian.com
MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis
As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health
15145
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What dirt does Trump have on Infantino ? It was blackmail, surely?
100
Reposted by Brian Plester
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The positive of Balogun is it's the first time a Republican has intervened to reduce a black man's sentence.
231106254
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My local patch.
A Forestry England sign for the Whitesheet peat restoration project explaining the benefits and the volunteers who helped create it.
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
Renee🏳️‍⚧️ @reneexlieselotte.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I hate how big companies just don't want anyone to own anything ever again. They'd rent food to us if they could
42469161338
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How embarrassing to live in a town where people buy tickets for this :-(
110
Reposted by Brian Plester
Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Brexit, SEZs, Freeports. Its all the same thing. Loot and destroy the state. Then use that stolen wealth to reinvest in the collapsed state into privatised tax free fiefdoms.
0107
Reposted by Brian Plester
EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Jeffrey Epstein in an email to Peter Thiel wrote ‘Brexit, just the beginning’
10331165
Reposted by Brian Plester
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
When politicians and media say ‘difficult choices’, that’s code for working class people about to be screwed.
19575176
Reposted by Brian Plester
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The UK is increasing the Pension age to 68. Poland has lowered theirs to 60. Their pension is higher as well.
20280108
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Rather pleased with my first day's solar generation.
A snapshot of the App for my Fox ESS solar installation showing the first day's generation figures. 23.6 kWh generated 23.5 of which was used by the house or charged the batteries. The house used 11 kWh 10.6 of which came from the panels or battery.
000
Reposted by Brian Plester
ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This is so Artistic 😊
253108261768
Reposted by Brian Plester
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Absolutely astonishing that there has been a two day racist pogrom in Northern Ireland and Keir Starmer hasn’t called a COBRA meeting. QWHITE revealing!
24596155
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Tell the government: act for nature before it’s too late
Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? There’s less wildlife today than in living memory − and it’s still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...
020
Brian Plester @brianplester.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Dale Chihuly, an amazingly talented glass artist.
040
Reposted by Brian Plester
Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The media is complicit in picking targets which meet their racist agenda ... "None of this happened after this r*cist murder: - No demands "pure cold rage" should be directed anywhere ... - No massive protest and zero riots from any community ..." www.facebook.com/ExposeRaciis... via Expose Racism
24024