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Mandy Patrish

@mandypatrish.bsky.social
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British European. Interested in science, history (natural and man-made), music etc etc. Wish the world wasn't in such a mess, appreciate the people who are trying to make it better. Will block anti-science nonsense, aggression and spam.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29th September 2026 07.00
Pastel colours, easterly breeze
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ten years ago today, the first episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces* was on BBC4. Here's a thread of all the pictures we featured, with the new attributions and before & after photos. (*internationally, Amazon Prime etc, as 'The Art Detectives')
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So how are the Home Free European concerts going? Bringing some friends to sing with them? Just wonderful - even if there was a little issue 😏. @homefreeguys.bsky.social #DRKoncerthuset #Copenhagen youtu.be/W5cYLigJC60?...
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Home Free - Northwest passage - Live from Concert in Copenhagen 26/9-2026 @HomeFreeGuys
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'Lord, what fools these mortals be!' MND #ShakespeareSunday The comedies
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Alt: Two men holding drinks are trying to look cool. One tries to lean on the bar but it's not there. Text reads "I think we're on a winner here Trig alright play it nice and cool son nice and cool know what I mean" David Jason and Roger Lloyd Pack in a classic scene from the TV series 'Only Fools and Horses'
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: THE COMEDIES!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras But we need your help on the streets to help make history. 💚
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
24th September 2026 06.14
Tangerine dream
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21st September 2026 06.48
Cool, still morning
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with lots of people with Vote Green signsZack with a group of women and a young man all smiling on the streetZack and Hannah with lots of people waving vote green signs
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 20/09/2026
🔭 Analemma over the Callanish Stones Image Credit & Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca ap260920
The featured image the Sun in many positions above
the Callanish stones. 
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
20th September 2026 06.48
The sun comes up, the gull goes down.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
💥 On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page below to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, 61% of the UK public for joining, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign and share everywhere please. 👇
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey @jacobcolliermp.bsky.social I've emailed you - you are my MP so please take note of my views when you decide how to address this debate.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19th September 2026 06.48
Weaving among the cloud
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Stormfeather @stormfeather.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Love the @homefreeguys.bsky.social premiere for today - who doesn't love a tall, dark, handsome man? Get him, Bastien! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrxs...
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Home Free - No One Needs To Know
YouTube video by Home Free
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️👇
An illustration of a pirate with a tricorn hat and a bushy moustache
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18th September 2026 06.46
Orange into purple
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
16th September 2026 08.30
Clouds in 3D
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's that time again, National Trust members. Please use the QuickVote or make your own choices but avoid Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani. Hopefully one day "Restore Trust" will give up trying to Restore Empire and deny our full and honest history as a nation.
Restore Trust
@RestoreTrustNT Sep 10
"The National Trust, too quick to bend in the wind of fashion, is making historical mistakes and confusing visitors."

Lawrence Goldman on Dyrham Park.

Vote Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani. Leave the Quick Vote unticked.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Trump has no clue about his own social media posts 👇 Q: On Friday, you reposted a video from January 6 asking the rioters to go back home. What was the message? TRUMP: The who? Q: The rioters of January 6 TRUMP: I don't know what you're talking about
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The White House launches an attack on a journalist who reports the truth. I support Aaron Rupar.
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Westminster Abbey @westminsterabbey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'Ring [...] out the bells aloud throughout the town' - Henry VI, Part I [I, 6] The Abbey's ten bells were made at the Whitechapel bell foundry, and can be heard ringing out to mark church festivals and royal occasions 🔊 Speakers on to enjoy their beautiful sound #ShakespeareSunday #LoudAndQuiet
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: LOUD and QUIET
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The Muppets: Gonzo's Trumpet Performance
ALT: The Muppets: Gonzo's Trumpet Performance
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Labour has delayed its plans to allow new North Sea drilling until after the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. A Green win on 8th October will add pressure on Labour to reverse this shortsighted and dangerous plan. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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People ‘incensed’ by North Sea plans can vote Green in byelection, says Zack Polanski
Party leader, who will contest Starmer’s former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, says gas drilling has come up on doorstep
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
11th September 2026 06.33
Orange merges into blue
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Sally @sallymaria.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fun original from their latest album.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
10th September 2026 06.30
Sailing into the mysticSailing into the mystic
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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The Longest Johns - NEW TOUR 2026 @thelongestjohns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tour starts on the 16th! Don't wait to hear how good it was, find out for yourself! www.thelongestjohns.com/live #TheLongestJohns #Europe #UKFolkMusic #LiveMusic #Shanty
A stock image showing three scientists, all in lab coats, doing science work. In the background is a woman looking at a flask that seems to contain Andy's face. In the foreground there is a woman pointing at a computer screen that has photos from TLJ gigs on it, next to a man sat in a wheelchair who has his left index finger pointed to his chin in contemplation. The woman is saying 'Memorable' and the man is saying 'Hm yes I see'.
Above and below is the text "AN EXPERIENCE SO UNFORGETTABLE THAT SCIENTISTS MIGHT WANT TO STUDY YOU (but they could name the condition after you, so that's pretty cool)"A tour poster for The Longest Johns - Ends of the Earth European Tour
It shows a cheeky crocodile peering in from the bottom of the picture, with birds and smaller crocodiles draped over its snout. The tour dates for September are as follows:
Wed 16th - Nijmegen, NL / Doornroosje - SOLD OUT
Thu 17th - Amsterdam, NL / Melkweg Max
Fri 18th - Cologne, GER / Die Kantine
Sat 19th - Leuven, BEL / Het Depot
Mon 21st - Aalborg, DEN / Skraaen
Tue 22nd - Copenhagen, DEN / Rust - SOLD OUT
Wed 23rd - Stockholm, SWE / Debaser Strand
Fri 25th - Hamburg, GER / Gruenspan
Sun 27th - Paris, FR / Les Etoiles
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 08/09/2026
as so often, Terry Pratchett had it nailed.
Death and Susan talking in Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET— Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?"

MY POINT EXACTLY.
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026
It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Because I was working a shift on the newsdesk last night and the last thing I edited before bed was a big story on Portsmouth I have woken in a foul fucking mood. What is the point of a police force if not to tackle the kind of mob violence the black-clad fash are dealing in? What is the point of a
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I went to the kitchen to get my hoodie before going to bed and saw some dishes I forgot to put in the sink and then I put away some dishes that had dried and noticed some food on the counter I needed to wipe up before we get ants and when I got back to the bedroom I realized I didn't have my hoodie
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two weeks to seeing Home Free in Manchester's Albert Hall - very excited for their first UK concert in 3 years. @homefreeguys.bsky.social youtu.be/LCOSh7h2ttM?...
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Home Free - The Breakdown Medley
YouTube video by Home Free
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's a year since we posted on Bluesky about it being seven years since we posted on Twitter, THIS. 👇 (So it's now eight years.)
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
3rd September 2026 06.23
Rising into the blue
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Net migration is at its lowest level, outside of the pandemic, for fourteen years, small boat numbers are collapsing and yet you still can't move for 'migrant crisis' stories in the British media
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1st September 2026 06.20
An early glow
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
America's national parks are being quietly taken apart: mass layoffs, record budget cuts, monuments shrunk by millions of acres, protected land reopened to drilling. None of this is speculation. Ten sourced examples, one at a time. 🧪
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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The Avid Indoorsmen Podcast @theavidindoorsmen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our live episode from the Tim Foust Oregon Getaway is up and ready for your ears. We had a bunch of guests and a bunch of fun playing movie games! #MovieGameNight #OregonGetaway #NewEpisode
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A few drops of the wet stuff falling out of the sky and I'm like 'Rain, rain, rain, rain . . .' youtu.be/TPm8RcHaxmo?...
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain (Live)
YouTube video by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Mandy Patrish @mandypatrish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP The great Dolly Parton. youtu.be/NEE9RFDniN0?...
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Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris - After the Gold Rush (Official Music Video) | TRIO
YouTube video by Linda Ronstadt
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