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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Most housing benefit goes to private landlords. A big chunk of universal credit subsidises underpayed workers. The so-called welfare bill could be seriously reduced by fixing these underlying issues, not cutting actual welfare.

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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@gammacounter.bsky.social The French have made a short film about what would happen if all immigrants follow the ‘angry old white man’s' advice to go back to where they came from. Rather good.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looks like the Western is having another utterly awful day 😞

Signalling diagram from Open Train Times for the approaches to London Paddington. The two access lines to the cross rail depot are showing FIRE, and 9H20 on the down relief is showing EVAC.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am on a train near Leicester. My MacBook Air has managed to pick up a Samsung Fridge somewhere nearby as the only Wifi network option...

Wifi network selection menu in Mac OS. It shows two iPhone Hotspots (names obscured) and a Samsung Fridge Hotspot as the only network options available

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 04/09/2026

So one of the Reform officials who stepped down is a Cambridge academic pretending to be someone he most clearly is not? This will no doubt be the focus of the right-wing press for weeks to come - right?

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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 04/09/2026

Watching some of our regulars struggle so much this morning led us to put together this helpful chart. Have you joined a cult? Let's check the warning signs...

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There’s nothing I can add to the many other tributes to Dolly Parton. But amongst the posts of Jolene, 9 to 5, I will always love you; I’ll offer this as one of her relatively recent songs (Backwoods Barbie 2008); her encouragement to everyone on positivity in life. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeu...

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Dolly Parton - Better Get To Livin' (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“It’s come to our attention that you haven’t been entirely honest about your background” From the latest Private Eye, out now.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. Three easy ones: Sonic Lizzy Rox

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. Dionne Warwickshire

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. Crowded tower block

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. China Melt down.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. Belinda Cumbria.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger. Aztec Paparazzi

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I took GCSE Drama and this is spot on. It helped to reduce much of my self consciousness about being in front of an audience. I went into Engineering after University and that involved giving presentations etc. (I must confess I enjoyed the stage lighting design part of the subject the most)

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ModernDayNTK @modernday.ntk.net · 17/08/2026

. @locusinpes.bsky.social - this is how former NTK editors prefer to communicate with each other/ "float" experimental future policies to gauge public interest

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Commentary: Anyone who enters their dog in a “Worlds ugliest dog” contest should not be allowed to own a dog. (I couldn’t find a stand alone link to the video so have included a screen grab instead)

Screen shot of BBC News website clip about world’s ugliest dog contest. Shows interviewee Alexis Sheffield telling the camera what types of dog she thinks are the ugliest in her opinion.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There's enough drivers on the UK's roads. It should be 'one out, one in'. Maximum driving age of 75. As the OAPs get pruned off the top, new drivers are let in. Numbers remain just about manageable. Public transport & cycling get boosted. Helps carbon targets. Sanity maintained.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The TM on my train to Plymouth has announced it will not now stop at Totnes. The engines are overheating (hot day and OLE problems near PAD) so if they stop at Totnes they won’t get up Rattery bank outside the station.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A thousand times this. Far too many times my dogs have been hassled by an owner that isn’t paying attention because they’re doom scrolling or have closed back headphones on.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

☕: 3-4 🍞: 3-5 🥩: 7 🔥

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s safe to say that line is closed to traffic!

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Well this unit looks a little lost! 🙃

Three coach Chiltern Railways unit waiting on the Up Fast at Stafford station running as 3U68.
Photo shows the front coach in blue and white Chiltern branded livery.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We spent a load of money installing solar panels to reduce our carbon footprint and spend time capturing grey water to use in the garden but yes ok let’s have 14 minute flights from Luton to Heathrow to avoid (checks notes) a 35 min truck journey on the M1

Screen grab of Flight radar 24 showing a 14 min DHL freight flight from London Luton to London Heathrow.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

An unusual view of London Paddington station approaches. Not a train in sight! Not due to disruption - just luck!

Looking west from London Paddington platform 8. The station approaches are in the distance - multiple tracks with no trains visible. To the left is a sign with the station name. At the top are three signals showing red aspects. Immediately in front is the country end of platforms 7&8.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My guide to when a by-election should be held: CALL AN ELECTION: When a grifting gobshite wants to distract attention from his dodgy finances. DON’T CALL AN ELECTION: When Robert Jenrick, Danny Kruger, Andrew Rosindell and Suella Braverman fancy changing parties.

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

But a rainbow bucket hat is too political?

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A thin-skinned bad-tempered prick who's seriously starting to lose his shit? Me?

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It's unfair to say that tobacco companies, fossil fuel investment vehicles, crypto billionaires and Russian oligarchs can't be altruistic. Look at the millions they give to Nigel Farage, out of pure kindness, expecting nothing in return.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cycling on the pavement at speed is the new playing videos loud in public

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Blackberry jam making season is fast approaching. BlackBerry picking is now out of the starting blocks! 😋

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

That’s the second taxi today where the driver didn’t wear his seatbelt FFS 😬 Maybe I should threaten to show them some Jimmy Savile PSAs from the 1980s. (Also ✅ 40mph in 30mph residential area 🤦‍♂️)

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SON OF ANTIFA @highway38.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Vote Democratic Socialism, health care, social security, child care, education funding, gender and racial equality etc etc and etc.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Looks like Network Rail employed the same contractors to build the new reflecting puddle at London Paddington, as President Trump did to refurbish the reflecting pool in Washington DC.

Platform lines 8 and 9 at London Paddington station. The six foot (the space between the two tracks) has a small puddle of water, despite the hot weather, that is green with moss and algae. A Heathrow express class 387 Electrostar number 387139 stands on the Platform 8 line.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

No matter the size of the egg box (6, 12, 15), no matter how many eggs are left, I absolutely have to make them as central and symmetrical as I can before I put them away. I tell myself it's to get the centre of gravity right for next time I pick them up.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Data breaches and hacks becoming more frequent mean it's the worst possible time for governments to force their citizens to age verify by giving sensitive personal data to 3rd party providers with wildly varying security standards. It's lazy, irresponsible, and dangerous.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yesterday I repeatedly said I was the most attacked MP in the UK. Which is true if you don't count the two who were killed, or those attacked with a sword or who had their offices set on fire and if you only count 'attacks' with milkshakes or eggs.

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Paul @locusinpes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today's was a real curve ball but I managed it in three 😎 Loconundrum #100 🟨⬜🟨 🚶‍♂️🚂🚂 ⬜🟨⬜ 🚂🚂 🟩🟩🟩

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

What is it about white people that makes them so violent? Should we tolerate white culture in the UK? Is the fact he was arrested without violence evidence of two-tier policing? Should white people still be given housing when non-whites remain homeless? Will white leaders condemn this? etc.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Say what you like about David Cameron. He campaigned on the slogan "Broken Britain" and by the time his party left office they'd delivered one.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Being on Bluesky is in itself a form of age verification.

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