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Dermot Smith

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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A different group and a different message, but this image was at the end of Downing Street a couple of weeks ago on a random weekday - black clad groups are being emboldened by a lack of consequences.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
From 2015, when @news.sky.com had all the big stories.
TV screen grab from 2015 of EasyJet aircraft with Sky News Chiron reading “MAN TEASED ON EASYJET FLIGHT”
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Are you kidding me, Sky News?
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sky News "pictures of the week" article captured all the day's visitors in one shot
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Depends what he was buying www.colliers.com/en-gb/proper...
Image of an island fort in the Solent.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Definite @secondmentions.bsky.social in the FA Cup Semi-Final text commentary. Chelsea are “the managerless club.”
BBC Text commentary “Now a great chance for Chelsea but João Pedro cannot get a firm shot away and Leeds escape after a terrific move by the managerless club.”
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Well that was a gig! Standing for two and a half hours was a lot easier in my 20’s but was worth it last night. The Feeling’s lyrical dexterity always distracts you from just how rock inspired their music is - and how ******* loud! Ears still ringing a day later.
Band The Feeling on stage at venue “The 1865” in Southampton 15th March 2026.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
At my first standing only gig since uni many decades ago!
Crowd standing in front of stage
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Most definitely, we all do. Smudge (at the back here) soldiers on!
Two black and white ‘tuxedo’ cats, Charlie at the front, Smudge behind
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Finally The Times investigative journalists unearth the reasons behind Trump’s yearning for public adulation.
Screenshot from The Times online with a photo of Donald Trump at a lectern flanked by JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth. Headline from another item below the photo, appearing to be a caption on this photo, reads: “How abandoned monkey learnt to make friends with help from his stuffed toy”.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The enshittification of online services continues apace
Screengrab of message "Messenger.com won't be available after 15 April 2026. You can continue your conversations on the mobile app or on Facebook. "
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Product tagline: ‘So good, it’s like you have an extra hand!’
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Ditto. But probably Sunday too, given the running time.
Title screen card for "The Brutalist" movie
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
News just in from Sky… Finger on the pulse
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The Times has launched a new political podcast. As a reader of @thetimes.com political coverage, I cannot begin to describe to anyone just how far their description here varies from the reality of the current published articles in the newspaper, app and website. "trusted political reporting"
Times Logo for 'The State of It' podcastDear Subscriber,

As a subscriber to The Times and Sunday Times, you already rely on our trusted political reporting. Now, we're offering that same rigour and access in a brand new politics podcast, The State of It.

Hosted by our expert political journalists Caroline Wheeler, Steven Swinford, Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, we bring you the inside scoop on what's happening behind the scenes at Westminster and the stories shaping the nation.

Each episode takes you beyond the soundbites, revealing how political stories are uncovered, verified and developed by the journalists who break them.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Look at that gorgeous sky…
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A very unusual cloud formation this morning over Black Chalk Vineyard near Andover
A cloud formation at multiple levels, one level of which has clear overlapping circles scored into the clouds
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@secondmentions.bsky.social as seen in Private Eye... "the rogue 17-cm dental implement"
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Watches: “These small yet complicated mechanical works of art” @secondmentions.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Well that was a day! A delightful afternoon at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party.
At Buckingham Palace for a Garden PartyHM King Charles speaking with Garden Party guestsHM Queen Camilla speaking with Garden Party guestsGarden Party food menu
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Strawberries & Cream Battenberg (this was not my plate!)
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Might have queued with you there today…
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Anti-piracy style image with wording “You Wouldn’t Tariff a Movie”
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Anti-piracy notice style image with words: “You Wouldn’t Tariff a Movie”
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Anti piracy notice style image with words “You Wouldn’t Tariff a Movie”
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A mercifully short Michael Jackson tribute show made very slightly more palatable by strong cocktails...
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Well, Thursday has arrived and the show introduction was "yeah, so, yes, he was a paedophile but this is why it is OK for us to put on this show..."
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More common than you might think - place we're staying...
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Steam trains! And a first chance to pull a points lever…
Steam train leaving Ropley Station towards AltonSteam train with the Mayor of Winchester waving to the crewInside the signal box on the Watercress Line at Ropley, Hampshire
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Post a warning - or just life advice
Chinese sign outdoor with the following English translation included:
"No visitors allowed to work hard"
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
post a warning
Chinese Sign on the upper floor of a shopping centre:
"No Climbing ... No Leaning ... No Tossing"
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Mark Hamill spent too long in makeup?
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Christmas market under a blue sky for Bluesky
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Someone takes pride in their job. The apprentice needs to up their game.
Glass jars of biscuits with the layers carefully positioned to create a pretty visual effectA jar of biscuits right next to the two jars of prettily arranged biscuits but these are a higgeldy piggeldy mess.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Friday Night Comedy!
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Follow @garius.bsky.social for plenty. #proofofcat
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We have a 17 year old Charlie! Here he is aged 8 making sure we didn’t forget to pack him for holiday.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
How old are you in internet years without telling your age? Well before ever programming a computer using a keyboard, I programmed a much more powerful one using a stack of marked cards (marked up with a pencil).
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Government (current and previous) cannot claim to be ignorant of ongoing impacts of trade barriers since UK left the EU. This is from the an HMRC survey result published today and it says results are similar to the previous year. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Supermarket cat in Turkiye. Meows as you exit the store precisely as you pass as if in place of a bleep. #proofofcat
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
That last one is very good value, bearing in mind the limited supply each season.
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Even on holiday. Yes we brought the Dreamies with us, that's normal holiday packing. #proofofcat
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
Before decorating snap
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Dermot Smith @dermotsmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
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