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Kieron Brogan-Wadley

@kieronorkney.bsky.social
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Lives in Sanday, Orkney. Hubby to Carl, dad to Ollie. Work for the Islands Dev Trust. Board Games, Tech, Science, Animals, Climate, Community, Universe, Mental Health. Living life as best I can and trying to add more than I take. Likes 🍍 on 🍕

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
british fan chat
cartoon for the guardian by Stephen Collins - script as follows:

[Scene is a darkened LOFT. Amongst the boxes and junk are FOUR KNACKERED OLD FANS - three tower fans and one circular, with cracked grey plastic and buttons missing. One fan, TOWER FAN 1, is a bit taller than the others, and is addressing them]

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TOWER FAN 1:
Right lads, get ready.

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TOWER FAN 1:
This is our time.

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TOWER FAN 1:
The time when we remember who we are, and why we’re here.

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TOWER FAN 1:
We are the four crap fans in a British person’s loft,

and we are here to make absolutely no difference whatsoever.

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TOWER FAN 1:
I know what you’re 
thinking, lads:

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TOWER FAN 1:
Surely this will be the year they finally replace us?

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TOWER FAN 1:
Our plastic’s gone all brown... I haven’t oscillated since 2018...

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TOWER FAN 1:
Dave here sounds like a spitfire and blows like a sad cat’s sigh… 

TOWER FAN 2:
Cheers mate

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TOWER FAN 1:
But no. These people are British, and every year, they forget the sun exists.

By the time they remember, 
new fans will cost *four million pounds* on Amazon.

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TOWER FAN 1:
So we’ll be back down there... shovelling thick air across the moaning faces of a species that cannot comprehend the concept of air conditioning, or even just closing the curtains when it’s hot out...

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TOWER FAN 1:
...while they incessantly bang on about normally hot countries which this country is now temporarily a bit hotter than.

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[The loft hatch opens and a person comes up the ladder]
PERSON:
APPARENTLY IT’S HOTTER THAN GREECE, LISA
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Don’t you mean another bathroom
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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Happy Friday! Trying to remind myself of this lesson.
Caption: you can do anything, but not everything 

Two rows of jars. Top row has one jar being filled all the way. Bottom row has all of the jars being filled a little.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Day 14 with Ollie. Making sure he gets his veggies
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I’ll post this to our social media pages too 👍
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Dr. K Gow @kgjura.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Researchers at Aberdeen Uni are looking for ppl in rural & island Scotland to help shape research into healthcare provision for specific medical conditions. Check out the link for more info on the project & how to get involved. www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/academi... #RuralHealth #IslandHealth
Do you want to help shape research into how and why health and healthcare for people living in different types of rural communities differs from those living in urban areas?

Researchers are looking for people who live in rural and island communities in Scotland and who 

a) live with or have experienced cancer or a long-term rheumatic or musculoskeletal condition, 
or 
b) are over the age of 65 and have been hospitalized at least twice in the past two years, 

to be part of the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement group for the BRUCES research project.
Group members will be compensated for their time.

https://bit.ly/BRUCESPPI
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Is anyone else getting multiple porn accounts following them each and every day? Becoming a real pain blocking them all. I hope they get this sorted @bsky.app
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Day 13 with Ollie. Christmas tree comes down tomorrow. Wonder how much he will have grown when it is next up.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I’m gonna need more popcorn
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I can hear the ignition
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"On Her Majesty's Slippery Surface" 😍😍😍 Best gritter lorry name. Ever. 😆
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Oh I think there are some of those right here on the planet
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Hopefully you?
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Day 12 with Ollie. Had a bit of a busy night cleaning up after his jab and worming but he is still a happy chap.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Not Rodgers 😩 That job was his life, he was due for retirement next year.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Will Tufty desert you when you have to cross the road too?
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
It also captures Orkney as the very special place that it is
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Very true … and they don’t get involved for locking them up in a cage (puppy prison) either. Although we are surrounded by hundreds of sheep and I’m sure I heard him whining for mint sauce the other day 🤣
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Same with my 9 week old pup …. although it’s ok for him to do the first one …. swap that one out for having needles instead of teeeth
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Easy …. Wingspan
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The Visitor
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Lots of good memories I hope.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Day 11 with Ollie. First trip to the vet, not a sound when he had his jab and he also happily ate his worming tablet without any fuss
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
They say money can’t buy you love. Well it can’t buy you intelligence or common sense either.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
It didn’t last long. Now getting multiple porn accounts following me each day. Why can’t they stop this centrally as they are easy to spot. Blocking them all is becoming a pain and makes this places much less enjoyable @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
spot.as
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Not a bad day to be at sea
View from a ferry showing waves at sea and the snow capped hills of Orkney mainland
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Nope. Don’t do them
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Day 10 with Ollie. I think this picture will explain it best
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
In this world in 2025 who knows
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Chest or head? 🤔
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A wintery view today and a bit breezy but nothing bad. Should hopefully all be fine for a ferry trip into Kirkwall tomorrow ⛴️
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Another of the #progressivevoices to amplify for 2025 - Anna Kendrick - who donated her fees for her brilliant directorial debut to victim support charities
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The 1st photo taken just before 1pm as the men's New Year's Ba was about to be thrown up. 2nd a screenshot from livestream about 3 1/2 hours later as the game goes on up the top end of the town. It's a mad event really...which is why I spent over 5 1/2 hrs outside today watching 🫣 #Kirkwall #Orkney
View of Broad Street in Kirkwall with the cathedral in the background and the street full of folk ready for the men's New Year Ba to be thrown up. Screenshot of Facebook livestream of the New year's Ba at about 4.30pm.
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Written by me. If you like the tweets here, you & a little one may enjoy theses. RT’s appreciated #ShinyPippin and the Broken Forest is a truly magical book, It’s full of important things like magic, adventure, friendship, and lots of giggles just like every book should be. See also Mr #IndiaBones
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 01/01/2025
A persistent misconception about summer 2024 in the UK is that it was wetter than normal. A remark on the 'wet summer' was even made in London's New Year fireworks display! Yet, for most regions (and most of the population) it was notably drier than normal! www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/cli...
Map of UK rainfall anomalies for summer 2024 versus 1991-2020 average. Most of England (except Cumbria) along with eastern Scotland saw drier than normal conditions overall.
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David Ullrich @davidullrich202.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Could 2025 be the year we finally start to understand dark energy? A map of 31 million galaxies created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will be released next year, and could shed light on the origins of this force www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
newscientist.com
Could 2025 be the year we finally start to understand dark energy?
A map of 31 million galaxies created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will be released next year, and could shed light on the origins of this mysterious force
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Surely just better to not have to shower …. or pee. Go big or go home 🤣
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
A celestial blessing for the year ahead.. have a great 2025! #Papay #orkney #aurora
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Day 9 with Ollie. Yeah …. Of course we got him a bed we can all lay down in together
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
When the alert goes out that the #NorthernLights are out so the layers go back on from a trip out to the garden #Orkney #AuroraBorealis #NewYearsDay
Silhouette of trees and rooftops with the sky lit up with the northern lights.Silhouette of trees and rooftops with the sky lit up with the northern lights.Silhouette of trees and rooftops with the sky lit up with the northern lights.Silhouette of trees and rooftops with the sky lit up with the northern lights.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Have a great New Years Eve and 2025
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Day 8 with Ollie. Not wanting you to think all he does is sleep. It’s just that it the best time to take that isn’t just a fur blur
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It does. It’s just that some people don’t work in any world
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Day 7 with Ollie. So his batteries do run down …. Eventually
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It’s that strange Limbo time between Christmas and New Year when Pringles and Matchmakers washed down with the cheap vodka your brother gave you is a legitimate meal. If you’re at a loose end you can catch every episode of Call Jonathan Pie on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
bbc.co.uk
BBC Sounds - Call Jonathan Pie - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Call Jonathan Pie on BBC Sounds.
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Research Machines 380Z
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Kieron Brogan-Wadley @kieronorkney.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I have. Miss some of the folk who have not yet joined here, but in no way miss the platform
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