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Sïmon 〓〓

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I have trees. Lots of trees. #Kernow. Retired CITP and Radioregulatory Consultant. Smallholder. Runs UK003K #archaeology #CIfA #trees #environment #bats #hamradio #ukmon #wülferhampton #linux #mageia #woodlands

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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 12h
While it’s totally awesome to hope for a connection, don’t let hope keep you from living. The show must go on, but not for an audience. Keep going, because your life is happening now, not later. gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/dont-postp...
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Don't postpone living until a connection is made
While it’s totally awesome to hope for a connection, don’t let hope keep you from living. The show must go on, but not for an audience. Keep going, because your life is happening now, not later.
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bit of news, a bit of background and a petite pinch of ranting. It's all in Almost Breaking News on the Everything Electric tech channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j1N...
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BYD 'flash' beaten? Tesla Roadster! Truck Off? Texas' toxic wastewater crisis"?!?
YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wey hey!! Two cheers. Hurrah! I’m almost, but not, quite, mildly excited that something might not be ruled out in a few years time. Way to go, Andy. Bold, bravely ambivalent, solidly ambiguous, resolutely vague leadership, at last. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto
PM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes, I'm pretty sure everyone can see what's happening. Rich, privately, educated entitled tossers who could not be more part of The Establishment do not think they ought to have to play by the rules.
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 20/09/2026
Well, the data is starting to accumulate, but I don't know yet if this is good or bad. I used to listen for pings whilst working and I am sure I heard more than one or two an hour. #MeteorRadio #UKMON
A mere four days of meteor 'ping' data collection. Not showing a pattern or a great deal of activity as yet, but early days and the whole system is a complete lashup.
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 19/09/2026
Well, the Radio Meteor detector (records reflections from the ionised trains left by meteors burning up in the atmosphere) software I've installed seems to be working. A few more things to tweak, but it's getting there. #MeteorRadio
Output of a bash script that calls a python script that produces a graphical representation of the number of meteor pings detected by my receiving system in each hour of each day. The system has only been running for a few days and still needs a bit of work, and the script has almost certainly been superseded by other functions in the software that I have yet to explore or get to work, but this modified script works fine for the time being.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Piddington's independence ref is being presented as a quaint 'crumpets and muffins' comedy of plucky country folk. It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
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Passport to Piddington
Last week an Oxfordshire village declared independence from the United Kingdom - ostensibly in protest at a local refugee centre. But is something darker going on?
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Faraday-in-Kernow @faradayinkernow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
IT'S A FUCKING MUSEUM!!!! IT'S A FUCKING MUSEUM ABOUT VOLUNTEERS WHO RISK THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE ANYONE FROM DROWNING...EVEN A RACIST CUNT IN A BALACLAVA FUCK'S SAKE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"we’re quite close to a moment where countries will start desperately competing for immigrants". Aging populations & declining birth rates mean changing dependency ratios where there are too few people of working age to support public services and fill jobs. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 16/09/2026
I have an enclosure just down the drive from the house with three rescue pheasants in it. And now we also have 'Sherwood'. He's a lonely wild male who'd rather like to be in the cage too, except that my Dennis isn't keen on having a rival in the cage with him. They'll fight. Male pheasants do that.
Male pheasant outside my pheasant cage. He's been arguing with the pheasant in the cage, and the female pheasants in there rather like him. I'm calling him Sherwood, because he has a green head and neck with no white ring like a hood, and Robin Hood didn't quite work as a name.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Asylum seekers are not illegal – people have a right [under international law] to seek shelter" via Truth Against Hate
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cubs, like these ones, are being killed by hunts training their hounds on them. Report hunts, strengthen the ban.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09...
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Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing
Martin Wolf has written in the Financial Times today about the difficult choices facing John Healey as he prepares for his October Budget. Wolf argues that the Chancellor needs to be bold. I agree, bu...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Economics and empathy are words not often seen together. They should be. I wrote this infographic. AI created the image.
An infographic on economics and empathy.
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Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
*EXCLUSIVE* Patriot Platform 2026/27 kit launch leaked.
Patriot Platform. Or maybe the Gumbys from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Hard to tell.
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 09/09/2026
When it was new, my van was converted to have two rows of seats in the back. One aftermarket seatbelt anchor had been rivnutted in front of a rear shock bolt stopping it from being replaced. After 200k miles the shocks were toast. So that fitting had to go. Rusty mess. Van body underneath is fine.
Aftermarket seat belt anchor that had been fitted right in front of a rear shock absorber bolt on a T5 Transporter. This rusty mess hid a nice clean piece of paintwork and underbody.
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 08/09/2026
DAILY MIRROR: After far-right thugs confronted RNLI crews in Portsmouth, public support surged: donations to the charity’s ‘Flying Farage’ hovercraft fundraiser jumped by £5,000, backing volunteers targeted for saving lives. - by Matt Atherton
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RNLI fundraiser for 'Flying Farage' hovercraft jumps £5,000 after far-right thugs attack hero volunteers
EXCLUSIVE: After a far-right group confronted RNLI crews on Sunday night in Portsmouth, a wave of good-hearted Brits poured money into the charity once again, to counteract their attacks
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine What Burnham’s Got Wrong About Thatcherism The Prime Minister misunderstands exactly why four decades of neoliberalism have failed the UK, writes Simon Nixon
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What Burnham’s Got Wrong About Thatcherism
The Prime Minister misunderstands exactly why four decades of neoliberalism have failed the UK, writes Simon Nixon
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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Why getting your hands dirty is good for you
Putting our hands in soil and touching grass, trees or moss provides a wide range of health benefits, for our skin and wider immune system.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: Reported pheasant numbers increase in England to over 26 million, according to official data I've obtained under FOI But these stats fall far short of what the shooting industry acknowledges to be the true figures, as so many estates fail to comply with regs whoownsengland.org/2026/09/08/r...
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Reported pheasant numbers increase in England as government explores regulatory options
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Photo: AndyHi8 on Flickr, Creative Commons Licence (CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0) The latest official figures show an ongoing increase in the reported number of pheasants being br…
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Lady Macbeth @notinstructed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Quite. Forget the speeches, slogans and stagecraft — this is the photograph that will sit in the public memory. A woman being struck with a walking stick while the crowd surges around her. Some images write the post-mortem for you.
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Mike Bealing @sillytees.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As previously discussed here and elsewhere, yes of course Nationalise the Water, the Rail and energy companies, but let’s not forget the shocking state of the mail system — Expensive and unreliable. So can we have our GPO back too
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 02/09/2026
Three identical M1911 Airsoft magazines. Two are mine, and one I found in the woods today with my metal detector. Is it mine? I'm sure I have only ever had two magazines and never went up into the woods with the pistol. Although I did once a couple of years ago to break up a bad Corvid quarrel. 🙃😬👻
Three M1911 airsoft magazines.
Two I've always had with my pistol, one I found today in the woods above the house. They're identical, barring a bit of mud and rust.
Nobody goes into the woods, let alone for a bit of airsoft. I use my M1911 to move on birds and other animals that shouldn't be there. It's more effective than killing them, which is unkind as well as usually completely unnecessary.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🦇 If you are new to bats you may find our e-learning resources a great way to get started! Some highlights: - Intro to bats - Bat care for non-bat carers - Bat resources for teachers and youth workers - Bat talks from conferences More here: learn.bats.org.uk/collections/...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The FT view: make the vulnerable pay for failing neoliberalism www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... Rarely is the message spelt out so clearly as the FT has today, that the rich think the world should be run in their interests, and everyone else should pay the price.
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The FT view: make the vulnerable pay for failing neoliberalism
The Telegraph says in an email this morning that: Andy Burnham’s Commons debut as Prime Minister yesterday was overshadowed by a market rout that sent borrowing costs to their highest in decades. This...
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MMTAction @mmt-action.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When a news outlet claims the government "must find the money" before it spends, that's not economics. It's a lie that kills policy. Use our Complaint Letter Generator to file evidence-based challenges to misleading economic reporting. Name the error. #MMT #Economics #UKGreenParty
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Complaint Letter Generator
Draft evidence-based complaints about misleading economic reporting
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 01/09/2026
Well, this piqued my interest. 🙃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1u...
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Covering uniformly: a History of the Peaked Cap
YouTube video by HatHistorian
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yes, Iceland are an independent sovereign state. Who also happen to be in the Single Market, the EEA and the Schengen zone, with freedom of movement for people, goods and services. But if the UK did that I'd be screaming about Brexit betrayal and being an EU puppet.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why won’t the Scottish government ask the right questions about taxing wealth? Me in The National this morning. www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
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The Scottish Government has chosen the worst option on taxing wealth
HM Revenue and Customs issued new data this week showing that, as a result of Rachel Reeves increasing the capital gains tax rate in the UK in…
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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🦇Bats live long lives and they also appear resistant to diseases, including cancer! New research explores this relationship by examining genomes of Myotis bats. What can we learn from bats? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Insights into longevity and virus-driven adaptation from Myotis bat genomes - Nature
Comparative and functional analyses of Myotis bats uncover unique patterns of adaptation in virus-interacting proteins and longevity-associated pathways, linking two hallmarks of bat biology.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, dumps sewage in rivers 574,323 hours a year Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third. Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade. Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
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South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows
Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
THe answer is in the question.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Charity shops are in crisis. Will their closure kill the High Street? And if so, what comes next? Will our councils and governments have the imagination (and funding) to provide the community spaces people need? youtu.be/MEa4aWl2I6k?...
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Charity shops are in crisis. Will their closure kill the High Street?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Oxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
£11Bn in lost exports. Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy. 98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market. For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 27/08/2026
Jet2 Flight from Bristol to Tenerife at the moment. Unsure why they went so far out to sea, and it could be normal behaviour. I thought maybe they were avoiding storms, but then they flew straight into one. 🙃 "There's a sick bag in the back of the seat in front of you..."
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Charlotte the Procrastinator @catsbearsandme.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Trump will never know an iota of the love, respect and power that this woman will always have.
Photo of Dolly Parton smiling.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Britain’s £3 trillion national debt is not what you think youtu.be/XONKz8OuCOw?... The so-called UK national debt is actually just the nation's favourite savings account, without which our banks, pension companies and international trade could not survive. Why get rid of that?
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Britain’s £3 trillion national debt is not what you think
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The government is suggesting we stock up on tinned food and bottled water to manage a national emergency, which ignores the fact that many people cannot do that. So, what would a courageous government do? taxresearch.org.uk
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What would a courageous government do?
This is an apparently serious news report in The Guardian this morning (and no, my copy is not dated 1 April): UK citizens will be told to stock up on tinned food and take steps to ensure they are prepared for national emergencies as part of a new government campaign to...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is £3 trillion of national debt a problem, or a sign of success and the finance sector's confidence in the government? I wrote this infographic. AI created the image.
An infographic on the UK's national debt.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 21/08/2026
We must Rewild to Recover 🌱 We're demanding urgent action: the UK Government must take rewilding seriously and restore nature to keep our towns, farms and families safe from extreme weather. Add your name to our open letter today👇 1/2 Image: Mark Hamblin/scotlandthebigpicture.com
Aerial view of green woodland beside scorched land with message urging UK government to rewild after extreme weather.
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just listening to the desperate arguments of the oil and gas industry make to justify drilling for yet more oil and a teeny tiny bit of gas. I scrawled this polite rant abouyt the topic. llewellyn.substack.com/p/it-just-ma...
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It Just Makes Sense!
Or so I'm repeatedly told
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I started my new stint as MP for Clacton the way I mean to go on - with a massive lie. I said I was advised not to attend the count by Essex Police, which they then confirmed is bollocks. In fact I just chickened out because I didn't want photos of me next to Count Binface.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The only things this ridiculous Clacton by-election farce have confirmed: 1) Farage is wholly unfit for public office, given his willingness to abuse it 2) Farage is corrupt 3) Farage is an attention-seeking, charmless, lying dickhead 4) Clacton has let us all down. Again. That’s it.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What is microeconomics? It's about how society really makes economic choices youtu.be/_9NJGSKksqM?... And you cannot understand economics without knowing about it.
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What is microeconomics? How society really makes economic choices
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
People of Clacton - it's time to send a message to The Establishment! You know who I mean - the privately educated millionaires who walked into city trader jobs then became career politicians. So you know what to do - vote Binface! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tax does not do what most people think. It does not fund the government. What it does do might be even more important. I wrote this infographic. I used AI to draw it under my direction until I was satisfied with the result.
An infographic on why we tax.
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Sïmon 〓〓 @euroscanner.net · 13/08/2026
I've been playing with the recycling bin since using some to make a simple aurora viewer. This is my new plant pot watering system. Some pots spill water everywhere no matter how slowly I try to water them. These bottle bombs (info in the ALT text) fix that nicely.
Drill three small (about 2mm across) holes equally spaced around the very rim of the bottle. This allows water or air to come out of at least one hole no matter which way the bottle is tipped into the plant pot. It should gently drip away for about 20-30 minutes. You can see the water is coming out by watching the air bubbles going into the bottle.This is how you would deploy the bottle. It's best to have it at an angle so the water can get out of one or two of the holes and air into another.
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