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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It has been a good time for book finds of my particular nerdisms in charity shops and the local "antiques emporium" (junk warehouse). Don't tell the wife... #milhist #NavalHistory #SciFi #RAFHistory

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Enjoying the early Autumn sun at my local natural harbour

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

AI, please be useful and identify this light fitting..

A photo of a light fitting with an AI generated caption of "Office supply, Chocolate" at the top.

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Paedophile protects Paedophile The US Government is now protecting paedophiles US Marines conducting a raid on British soil, on which they have no jurisdiction, to seize one of their own diplomats and then use US military resources to ferry the suspect out of the country and fly him to the US 🧵

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My town. So proud of Poole Patriots. What a bunch of losers, often seen in the bus station sharing their brain cell kept in a bottle

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Left Behind We all got left Behind We let it all slip away (I ignore you)

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's the 25th anniversary of this masterpiece. Every now and then its rawness coincides with my own state of mind and it goes to work. So from Slipknot's Iowa here's People = Shit #Iowa #Slipknot youtu.be/qqK1FrO3BdM?...

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Slipknot - People = Shit (Audio)

YouTube video by Slipknot

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just bought an 18 rated dvd in a charity shop. Got asked if I was over 18. As I'm 62 I thought they were joking... but no, they weren't...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Busy boat day down on Poole Quay....

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This evenings entertainment was provided by: a) Beer b) Black Sabbath

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yessss!!!! Thank fuck. Argentine wankers, playing anti-football. Fuck them. Viva España!

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Just booked a couple of tickets for a performance at the Royal Opera House and while I am hugely excited, I'm worried about what organs to sell to pay for it...

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Rephrasing the famous words of a German member of parliament: The clitoris has 3,009 nerve endings and is still not as sensitive as this prick. Letter by Farage to constituents.

I live in the constituency!

This is the letter he is sending out although I personally have not had one yet.

The following was on a local website fact checking said letter.

If anyone has received their ‘Nigel Letter’ here is AI fact checked ! Interesting as always !

several claims are either false or purely rhetorical dressed up as fact:

∙ “They even tried to cancel the Essex County Council elections… until we fought back” — this reverses what happened. The postponement was requested by the Conservative-run council itself, as part of a devolution/reorganisation process agreed with government back in 2025. Reform’s own county councillor actually voted against the proposed delay at the time. It wasn’t a Labour or “establishment” plot targeting Reform specifically.

∙ “They are changing the donation rules to stop Reform” — no evidence of any donation rule change specifically targeting Reform. Unsupported claim.

∙ “They cannot defeat us fairly at the ballot box” — this is opinion, not fact, and it’s aging badly: recent Ipsos polling shows Reform’s lead over Labour narrowing sharply (down to just 2 points in one recent survey, from 26% to Labour’s 24%), and Andy Burnham is now preferred as PM over Farage by a wide margin in multiple polls.

∙ “This Labour government… have done everything they can to destroy me” — the actual investigation into his undeclared £5m gift is being run by the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, not the government. Framing an independent parliamentary process as a partisan Labour attack isn’t accurate.

∙ The “350 polls” figure Reform has claimed similar tallies — 175, then 300 — at earlier points this year) but is being used to imply invincibility at exactly the moment his actual polling lead is shrinking.

∙ “My home has been attacked, my family targeted” — no independent verification found; complete or insurance records presented as fact with no specifics to check

Make of this what you will !

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hey @rivetsandpins.bsky.social I recently picked up this snapshot of an early (1940) production Sd.Kfz.10/4 and have just noticed the gent sitting is wearing a top hat... shades of Obgefr Porta? It's also lost half its windscreen. 1/2

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'll put the Brasso back in the cupboard then, as clearly nothing is coming home. At least I'll enjoy the final now.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The number of years between now and this #totp is the same as between then and Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again" which seemed to me, at the time, a bloody epoch away. Speaking of epoch's, does anyone have a spare ice age? 😩🥵

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Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Remembering Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky, commanding voice gave the world classic hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Holding Out for a Hero," "It’s a Heartache," and more. Tyler was 75.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I have just had my first religious experience. I have been to a Sunn O))) concert. #livemusic #concertsky #SunnO)))

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today, in a moment of old age crisis, I went to get my ear pierced. I had had it pierced 40 years ago and miraculously it was still open, the excellent lady at Auris Piercing in Poole took the time to find out.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Day 1 of the very lovely, very local, #LoveRocks rock and blues festival complete. Day 2 incoming... #Dorset #LiveMusic #Festivalsky The band is #BlueNation

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Random and spontaneous outbreaks of morris dancing all over the place #WimborneFolkFestival

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It's all kicking off in #Wimborne today. Violent outbursts #shocking

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This morning's listening is courtesy of Uriah Heep: 1972's majestic Magicians Birthday and the 1973 release Sweet Freedom. My copies are looking a little tired now (Magicians Birthday is a 1979 reissue, Sweet Freedom is an original pressing) but sound great! #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #UriahHeep

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It very much says something about me that I know all the songs on 1979 #totp but none on the 1999 episodes. Not sure what... #oldgit

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Rightly angry piece from @iandunt.bsky.social about the Populist Right BS that followed the awful Henry Nowak murder case and how the media/national conversation has been drawn into it. iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Last night's *immense* pleasure was seeing this iconic band... #Kraftwerk #musicsky #livemusic

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Marc H (New Forest Ramble) @newforestramble.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social opened the WW2 Exhibition at Buckler's Hard yesterday. The exhibition will form one small part of the WW2 Heritage Weekend on Sat 13 - Sun 14 of June. Search FB for Buckler's Hard Wartime Weekend for details.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Ventured up north for a party. So having a pint to wind down after a long drive. "Brewed in the shadow of Pendle Hill..."

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

After my son's final recital for his master's, a picnic in lovely Bute Park #MusicSky #Cardiff

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As it's so warm the back doors are open and I'm treating the neighbours to some early 80's NWOBHM. 1980 Angelwitch's eponymous album 1982 Borrowed Time - Diamond Head #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #NWOBHM #DiamondHead #Angelwitch

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The best cocktail bar yet. Salut! in Schöneburg, Berlin. Should you happen to pass through.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The bar we are in allows smoking at the bar. Something I've not come across in 20 years. Kinda wish I hadn't given up now...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Have to admit I'm feeling very chilled in the centre of this lovely town... #Berlin

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Any suggestions for a good bar in the Tiergarten area of Berlin, please?

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

@garius.bsky.social can't wait to see the dramatisation of shooting a chicken...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The two pictures are 11 years apart. On 10 May 1933, the Nazi Party staged an ideological spectacle of the burning of 'un-German’ books. 2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber and crematorium V, 1944. #Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead people.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The new eponymous album by sunn 0))) is a visual and aural work of art, with sleeve notes by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social that perfectly describe the connection between what you are hearing and feeling. Epic #NowPlaying #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #sunn0))) #drone

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

On the day that the BBC normalise fascism, 81 years ago they were celebrating defeating... fascism.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

We need the sensibility of this band and it's stunning debut album more than ever as fascism digs it's claws into society. #NowPlaying Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing - Discharge (2016 Let Them Eat Vinyl reissue of 1982 original) #vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #Discharge #Punk

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I've just sewn a button onto some trousers. My wife promised to do it nearly a year ago, so I've just cracked on and done it. Only took 3 hours. 🧵🪡

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