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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The size of *one* of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, versus Exeter cathedral 🤯 From this useful piece profiling the local campaigns against it: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A diagram comparing the size of one of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, with Exeter cathedral. Source: Guardian piece linked to in post.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The conclusion I’ve come to is that AI is currently best used in the places where mistakes are cheap and human review is easy. That is Microsoft copilot’s view. I’m not sure that it’s a good idea to outsource half of our healthcare to AI

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I have meant to post another of my wooden project for a while, as a break from politics! All moving and rising/falling as it turns. I call it the fairy-go-round😊, birthday present for a granddaughter. Probably the project in most proud of, as solving the mechanics was as hard as doing the woodwork

A wooden carousel I made for my elder granddaughter with pastel pink and blue unicorns, that spins and bites up and down

A closer view of the carousel showing one of the unicorns in more detail

A close up view of one of the 4 carved wooden unicorns on the carousel spray painted in iridescent baby blue and pink

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Another rare personal post; as of today I am a homeowner. Not one I'll be able to live in until I retire, so I'm not sure if it should be 'house-owner' but I'll have somewhere to retire to when it happens.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Southern Brave won, superb comeback!

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

4 minutes in & Newsnight has already pissed me off about how bad the consequences of what Andy Burnham might do, if he were to do it would be, and how bad the way he might do them could be, if he were to do them, in those ways- which we don't know, but will definitely be terrible because...

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Reed and Reeves getting their marching orders has really cheered me up. There are better choices of chancellor, as long as they're not Mahmoud.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spain just won and the commentators are STILL fawning over Messi 😡

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Nice to see England completely stuffing Argentina 19-3 at half time in a game where roughing up the opposition is the point, not a supposed foul. #RugbyUnion

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. Karl Popper

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is not a good day for Britain. The government is very unpopular after supporting Israel so unquestioningly, and the far right is on the rise, even in high Muslim population areas, despite an abysmal record in the places they have done well before. They’re local elections, but still worrying

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Last night, the city of Esslingen honored me with the prestigious Theodor Haecker Prize for “extraordinary courage and journalistic integrity” that “has brought to light the influence and crimes of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, in the Central African Republic and in Mali.”

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Unbelievably hard to get my bank to make a payment for me while I’m away on holiday, but thanks to my daughter for helping out, I have been able to start the process of buying a house near her. I could be the oldest first time buyer in history 🤣

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I don’t post much about my own life, but am excited to have had an offer accepted to buy my first house (at 58), while also pissed off that Americas war has just put up our mortgage rates

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thank you America, thank you mr Trump. I guess we aren't going to see that drop in our energy prices now (or any time soon).

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I didn’t mean to stay up to watch dirty business, but I’m very glad I did! It was very well made & hard-hitting television. It’s a great way to communicate important information. May there be many more expose’s like this.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I thought it is time to post something else I made, as it's Saturday. this is a secret Santa present I made for a colleague. It cost less than the £10 limit, as I basically gave her a stick I found, but I was very proud of it.

A Hanukah inspired candelabra with 5 candle holders made from a stick found on Wandsworth common as a secret Santa present I made for a colleague that doesn't celebrate Christmas but joined in as part of a close knit team

The thought that any branch can reflect the whole tree if you shine a light on it inspired this candle holder made from a stick I found

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

@unison.org.uk What use is a union that never responds to it's members?

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

My effort to grow holy basil on my windowsill seem to be coming to fruition

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Evening spent Julienning sour mangoes and trimming coriander roots for freezing. Tomorrow green papaya and lime leaves

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Today’s adventure was mostly about magnificent chedis and the amazing sukhotai era. That and getting both sunburnt and caught in a tropical storm

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

At the , Khlong Lan waterfall

The Khlong Lan waterfall in Kamphaeng Phet province Thailand, swollen by the monsoon rains and roaring down the cliff

A rare selfie, taken in front of the Khlong Lan waterfall in Thailand

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Very happy to have potted my first Holy Basil cutting, from the tiny little seedling I was given and told would never grow but is now thriving on my window ledge. In this country I count that as an achievement. Authentic Pad Grapao Moo in the UK 😁

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

two weeks and a day before I go on holiday and I was asked today (in all seriousness) if I'd done my packing yet. Is it odd to think two days is more than enough?

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Taking my mother out for a meal to celebrate her 92nd birthday. Nice pub, nice food, but I'm in shock that no Essex taxi drivers work on Sunday and it took 50 minutes for Uber to get a driver there- and not at all for the way backM

My 92 yr old mother eating her birthday dinner in The Haywain pub near Manningtree

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Lunch with my mother for her 92nd birthday. She’s not grumpy, just a stiff neck!

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Plus regulate & tax those entities properly, & fine them when they break the rules.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Every so often I get sad and look back at some pictures to make me feel better. Miss you Myncz.

A picture of my cat Myncz, a tabby and white cat with big round eyes, who passed away in May.
Taken when she was very small, she is curled up asleep on my lap, showing the little beans on the bottom of her paw.

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Reporting on the Russian Wagner Group has come at a personal cost. I’ve been abducted, tortured, and targeted with death threats by their operatives & allies. Yet, I continue to speak out because the voices of the victims—the miners, the mothers, the children—deserve to be heard.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

But Trump is worried about birds and cancer......

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Russia is weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, using violence and human trafficking networks in Libya. Western intelligence considers Russia’s actions in Africa—especially in Libya—the second-most urgent threat after its war in Ukraine. united24media.com/world/putins...

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Russia Fuels Migrant Surge in Hybrid War Tactic

Russia is weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, using violence and human trafficking networks in Libya to sow division between Europe and Ukraine.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

So #LisaNandy, it's OK to arrest dozens of people waving Palestinian flags, but groups attacking police & damaging property whilst trying to kill immigrants are fine? Is it because they were only carrying bricks, not paint? What kind of country are you trying to turn us into? Ban Britain First/ EDL

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I think Starmer should remove Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney. He’s not a helpful or positive influence in the party or this country!☹️

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Happy Caturday! An old one I found of Myncz while tidying up a photo folder

My Cat Myncz, who died a week before her 12th birthday in May, sitting in front of a laptop when she was about 3, watching a football match intently. I'm not sure why, as I don't watch football myself! I found the photo tidying up folders on my computer

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 16/07/2025

The NHS is in crisis. Underfunded and overstretched, but MPs are raking in millions of pounds from donors linked to the private healthcare industry. We don't think this is right. youtu.be/yIDZ8s3k5d8

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

If heads must roll at the BBC, let's start with Richard Sharp

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

@itvnews.bsky.social Nice one, ask people that spend all of their money in a pub why they don't feel they have any money.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I've been told I have no shortage of empathy, & it really helps in my job, but anyone saying don't speak ill of the dead as far as Norman Tebbit goes can fuck right off. The man was a product of everything that was bad about Britain's past, nastiness personified & an architect of our problems now

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

‪ ‪@vicderbyshire.bsky.social is ‪@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social‬ being thick or disingenious about PIP & employment? why do I have to keep shouting about the fact that PIP has nothing to do with unemployment? is rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social a liar or an idiot?

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Wes Streeting (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social)

Labour MP for Ilford North. Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I'm going to paraphrase Mark Cuban on medicaid by saying The way to cut the benefits bill is to name & shame the company owners that pay their employees so little they have to claim Universal Credit.

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Cannot understand how Starmer can be so tone-deaf. Not to understand that PIP is an in-work benefit and push through reforms that will push people out of their jobs whilst refusing to collect unpaid taxes, & continuing to subsidise greedy bosses through universal credit will put reform into govt

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Why the fuck are we sending planes to Israel? RU enters a support pact with Iran, N. Korea sends troops to Ukraine, Doesn't Starmer realise that Israel just started a world war? Leave us out of it! I've been patient with his blunders but he'll become the Tony Blair that didn't achieve anything first

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

To all my sources, Africans, Ukrainians, and Europeans who risked everything to speak out, you made this happen, and I dedicate this prize to you. Together, we brought to light Russian atrocities in Africa and beyond. I am forever grateful for your trust. www.pillartoday.ng/philip-obaji...

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Philip Obaji Wins Knight International Journalism Award

Philip Obaji; the award winner. Nigerian journalist, Philip Obaji, has been named as one of the two winners of this year’s Knight International Journalism Award.…

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Pete Hardy @ch405ity.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Well said. This has been a media driven RW attempt to destabilise a new govt, inexplicably taken up by moderates who should be doing more to direct funding to where it is needed, and not feeding wealthy boomer's holiday funds.

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