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Jes

@jesthejester.bsky.social
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Retired Planning Officer (UK) Grandad, Husband, Northerner. Allotment, Cycling, Pilates, Gym, Hiking, Piano Wacky sense of humour

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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stone walled terraced houses, stone flags on the pavements, massive stone cobbles on the streets. All quarried locally. Brings back my memories of Bradford in the 60's
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Last year we travelled from the UK to see the start of Le Tour de France in Lille. We also had a trip to Roubaix to see the famous stadium where the Paris to Roubaix cycle race finishes. We did a diversion to see this fantastic mural. Brilliant.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We've visited this church. A lovely place and very impressive mural.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Only Kings 'reign'
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Is that evidence of last year's huge moorland fire behind?
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Because they wish they were Goldfinches? Great photo John.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Love this Edwardian building Jim. Great photos. 👍
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Great photo Paula.👍
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Torcross and Slapton on BBC News tonight because the main road along the coast has been washed away in the recent rough weather in Devon.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
January in NE England has been wet wet wet, but it resulted in an impressive High Force waterfall on the River Tees last Saturday.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
January weather in NE England has been rubbish so far. Generally Cold, grey, wet etc. The forecast for yesterday was better, so we took the opportunity to hike up Addlebrough, a 1600ft flat topped Fell in Wensleydale, Yorkshire. We met no one and had a brilliant day out. Good for the soul.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Aysgarth Middle Falls, Yorkshire Dales, UK last Saturday.
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Greg Save Democracy @gregbluecrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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Gwdihŵ 🦉 @youwouldknow.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Wong is not wrong
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A Famous Grouse on a drystone wall and two new born lambs enjoying a warm sunny day in Swaledale, North Yorkshire yesterday.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road.Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).The Cat With The Pearl Earring.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Lithuanian president & people paid their respects to 4 American servicemen who died during training exercise. When the soldier’s remains arrived at Dover Air force Base, no US president was there to honor them on behalf of a grateful nation. Trump was golfing & will dine with rich Saudis
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My wife & I came across about 20 Swallows chasing bugs whilst we were walking along the River Tees from Piercebridge to Darlington yesterday. Magic.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Upper Swaledale North Yorkshire
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Milan to Paris, high-speed, 1st class, peak morning, for less than £50. No, they don't have a privatized rail network like ours, what made you ask?
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Keri @nonnie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
15,000 people protested fascism and racism in Amsterdam yesterday.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣 (also: #sad) 😞
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Perfect weather for last Saturday's 10ml walk on the Northumbrian Coast (UK)
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Good morning from Cumbria, UK
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
President Zelenskyy has arrived for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer walks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his motorcade after their meeting in Number 10
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#Shernborne Village Hall, #Norfolk An #ArtsandCrafts style chalet, which was moved from a former location stone by stone. Originally built in 1908 as Queen Alexandra’s Bungalow at Shepherd’s Port, #Snettisham. Demolished in 1925 & materials used to build village hall. #LocalHistory #Royalty
A “chalet style” building, with an end chimney stack that tapers towards the top, Beautiful tiled roof with a very steep pitch to it.
Carstone corner stones with flint nodule walls.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/02/2025
Zelensky, the ELECTED leader of a free country, should not be expected to kiss the ass of the toddler. His people expect Him to be strong. Trump would have fled where Zelensky stayed and fought. Trump is the worst negotiator
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 01/03/2025
Court and Spark
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Key points and statements from President Zelenskyy's interview to Fox News: ◾️Ukrainians want peace more than anyone. ◾️Ukrainians need peace through strength, with security guarantees, not just a ceasefire that Putin will violate like he already has done with numerous earlier ceasefires.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/03/2025
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Trump & Vance tried to humiliate Ukraine. And ended up humiliating America.
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CaputmundiHeidi @caputmundiheidi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Tetti di #Roma 🤍 da una finestra del Collegio Romano di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola #Rome
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
An impressive display of snowdrops in the churchyard of St Mary's Church
Gainford Co Durham UK
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Vance was right on just one thing: Europe lacks a clear positive vision of what it wants to defend. The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action. It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.
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Jes @jesthejester.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Sunday was a lovely sunny but cold day for a walk in Teesdale Co. Durham UK
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The FAA is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. The former FAA administrator stepped down on Jan. 20th after Musk called on him to resign. Musk was angry after the FAA fined SpaceX for failing to get approval for launch changes.
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The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
FAA chief Michael Whitaker resigned earlier this month after facing criticism from Musk.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Oh.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision. The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Screenshot of a BBC Politics tweet shows Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at a podium during a live broadcast of her speech. The quote at the top reads, “We are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into a nature restoration fund… they can focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts,” as she addresses the audience. In the background, there are large screens displaying the live stream of the speech, with a banner at the bottom reading “Kickstarting Economic Growth.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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