Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026And not just N scale, 2mm finescale! Handbuilt track, locos and stock 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026cackling at your joke about bookish and theologian boys in this 010
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukVincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student MovementOn 1 November 2024, the canopy of a recently renovated train station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing sixteen people.... 010
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026"Dear Sir, We beg to bring to your attention that in the year-to-date, your account was debited by Mssrs. Deliveroo Ltd., an average of four times per week, placing you in the top quintile of patrons of that company, with expenditure increasing by twelve per cent Faithfully, Yours &c." 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Inspired by @stpguy3.bsky.social , I attempted my own sticky toffee pudding as a Sunday night treat. Served without custard or ice cream today, but with buckets of sauce 050
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026“West of England” is the euphemism for (County of) Avon 110
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2026also! the bad seats on the class 800s are the fault of government penny-pinchers, not the manufacturers/TOCs 010
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026One of the reasons I got into 2mm finescale over commercial N gauge: even if the learning curve is steep and the cost per unit isn't much different, building your own stock, learning to hand lay track etc. is so much more satisfying AND encourages more community! 030
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026*cries after shelling out £300 for my FT subscription* 220
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026amazed I could see Jupiter even surrounded by streetlights! 030
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The Portico? www.theportico.org.uktheportico.org.ukThe Portico LibraryThe Portico Library, home to 219 years of literature and culture in the heart of Manchester. With exhibitions, cultural events, the Portico Prizes, there is so much to see and do at the Portico Librar... 120
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 23/12/2025No the orange bits of glass on cars are for decoration only! 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Non-R3 listener friend burst out laughing when it was introduced as a 9 hour programme 120
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We had a great option right here! events.imeche.org/ViewEvent?co... 2203
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Not the toothpaste colours, but I’m sure you’re aware of when the still-steam Vale of Rheidol Railway under BR control. preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/7-9-2-6-2t-v... 2327
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025So much going on here! Skyscrapers and steam locos—Platelayers in moleskin jackets next to live and "live" lines—Light signals and 80-year old head codes! 081
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2025It's already political! www.theguardian.com/food/2024/ma...theguardian.comBritain’s bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth and classSome complain that pricey sourdough is elitist and pretentious. Others lambast cheap sliced white as unhealthy and unsustainable. How did our most basic foodstuff become a source of conflict and divis... 010
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Looks like "faucet" was originally the tube while "tap" the stopper in said tube (in a casket e.g.) www.etymonline.com/word/faucet www.etymonline.com/word/tapetymonline.comSearch 'faucet' on etymonlineSearch results for 'faucet' on etymonline 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 01/06/2025It's hard to hold eye contact and pour flour at the same time!! 0110
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Cruising the zero-waste shop (all the customers are gay boys) 190
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Happy VE Day. May you kiss every soldier, sailor and airman you meet! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... 170
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 04/05/2025It’s such a good book! Inspired me to read this biography of Edward Carpenter too www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...versobooks.comEdward CarpenterThe gay socialist writer Edward Carpenter had an extraordinary impact on the cultural and political landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A mystic advocate of, among other ca... 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 03/05/2025“I filed updates to the British Tax Encyclopaedia for my mum (a professor of tax law at the LSE, later Oxford)“ Of course you did. You write for the FT, which tends to only employ such types! 010
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025“there are 2.8 million landlords in the UK: more than 5 per cent of the adult population. … twice as many landlords as NHS employees, four times the number of teachers, … Landlordism is the closest thing we have to a national industry.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukJack Shenker · Renters v. RentiersHousing injustice, unlike most of the social ills afflicting our atomised society, has the potential to unite and... 060
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 25/04/2025media.tenor.coma woman in a gold jacket says sometimes things that are expensive are worse ..ALT: a woman in a gold jacket says sometimes things that are expensive are worse .. 020
Fergus @ferguswalsh.bsky.social · 19/04/2025media.tenor.coman elderly woman wearing a floral jacket and a necklace is making a funny face .ALT: an elderly woman wearing a floral jacket and a necklace is making a funny face . 020
