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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧

@mikeob64.bsky.social
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One of Sunderland's non-reform voters. Do a bit of photography. www.flickr.com/photos/mob64 "Does well in exams, but rarely participates in class" - School report. Always happy to be corrected.

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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 8h
I feel fairly sure that having my O-apostrophe surname will save me the effort of going back 5 generations 😉
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Leveson 2. Each gov has been too spineless to implement it. Still in their pockets.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
S.O.A.D
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OK, so PM Burnham is making all the right noises. I really want to be convinced, but when he says 'next parliament' 'looking at' and 'inquiry into', I just read.....no substance. Nothing concrete, no actual action. And worse, the get-out of 'not the right time'
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Having recently locked away my very modest savings in a 12month ISA, I've put back buying outright the cheapest EV. Follow me (don't, really) for more insights on global trends, then do the opposite 🤣 I'm eyeing up sovereigns, so expect gold to go through the roof lol.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shitty camera? Yes, by modern standards. This is from a Kodak Hawkeye No2, model B. 2 shutter speeds, likely 1/30th and B. No aperture control. But I can't help imagining the joy and wonder of those early (1913-33?) snappers, as photography now became in reach of most people.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/09/2026
A fairer voting system can't wait until after the next general election. We need electoral reform now.
WE NEED FAIR VOTING BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION
 
ELLIE CHOWNS
MP FOR NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
 
"The PM cannot acknowledge the unfairness of a system capable of handing power to a government with a minority of the vote share, and then say the answer is to let that happen exactly once more before he fixes it.
 
Burnham must act with urgency to immediately jumpstart the National Commission, guarantee timely progress, and ensure its recommendations are delivered in time for a fairer voting system to be in place at the next general election."

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Ted, do you want to come with me to Gloucestershire and shout at some diesel thieves" - 😂 Clowns the pair of them🤡
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A bit autumnal today down Ryhope beach
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A few people have proposed I put a tip jar link for my playing here, but that's not my motivation! I enjoy giving away these pieces freely, and tying them to money might somehow change how I craft them. I'm also fortunate to have a stable teaching job I love that gives me time to do all this.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear PM Burnham. You inherited a super majority. You could pass a bill outlawing cheese strings and one to make giving up your bus seat compulsory. Just fkn do SOMETHING! Rejoin the EU, taking water back and pushing renewables would be a good start.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
shop.rnli.org/pages/christ...
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Christmas | RNLI Shop
We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope
Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolphin entered the muddy waters of what is the Indus Basin today...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll book and take my COVID booster and flu shot. It's free after all. I interact in person with maybe 4 people per week, and don't get flu, but belts and braces. Never a good idea to piss fate off!
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just missed the anniversary... 42 years ago yesterday one of the most bleakly unsettling pieces of television I ever saw was first broadcast - the first time I saw @reecedinsdale.bsky.social at work. The whole programme is available on YouTube. This is the trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=4v0l...
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THREADS (1984) TRAILER
YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'Last night a 37-year-old man [Daniel Thomas] was arrested on suspicion of destroying ships, endangering their safety, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, and conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals. He remains in custody at this time.' www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshi...
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Man arrested after boat damaged in English Channel
A man has been arrested after a boat that had an emergency responder on board was damaged in the English Channel.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is grim struggling to find this on the BBC news site
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. 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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"I’m genuinely dismayed by this decision made my [Reform UK] Sunderland City Council to Not Support Show Racism the Red Card 😢☹️ For decades, Sunderland has stood alongside Show Racism the Red Card ... Me and David Snowdon will still be wearing red on 16 October" via Dianne Elizabeth Snowdon
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The Aesthetic of the Ordinary @aofoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AO Magazine is finally here! AO = the aesthetic of the ordinary. Yet the ordinary can be special! Access and read for free. Let us know what you think! #aofoto #ECK #CityScape #Landscape #Photography #UrbanGaze #Scape #magazine #zine #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #art
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AO Autumn 2026 - Issue No 1
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So, an update on this. In the end, 26 accounts targetted. All threats of violence or death, involving homophobic, transphobic or islamophobic hatred. Or often, just hatred of opposing politics. 17 identified with confidence. 4 identified with lesser confidence so we'll keep trying ... 1/x.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A personal project, which I may revisit. Sunderland.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The emboldening of these fucking dickheads including Labour government ministers saying it is right to protest against people seeking asylum (but not against genocide of course) has led to this absolute shitshow
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SheWhoHasHope @swhhope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m just doing to leave this here, on my 2 do list…
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time to check my stocks of Vit D supplements.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The long pants nightwear is on. The hoodie is on for some TV. Only a matter of time before the heating is on. And my (many) formerly broken bones are getting achy. Aye, I reckon the season has turned.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Doing the minefield of choosing all season tyres. Do I stick with known big brands, or go with lesser known, but positively reviewed ones? They're only for a '14 1.5dci Note, but I'd like something decent. Falken is catching my eye so far.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It had to happen sooner or later I suppose. Eye test today (*only 1024 days overdue!) and while just a tiny increase for my usual distance specs and no eye-health issues, I'm now recommended reading glasses. Just one step away from bifocals on a string and leather elbow patched cardigans, I fear :-)
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The #RNLI has now had to tell its volunteers they should feel empowered to shut shops or even lifeboat stations if they do not feel safe. Is any politician going to explicitly state how horrifying and sick this is? Whilst Farage and Jenrick look away and chuckle... 🤮 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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RNLI reviews security after protests in Dover and Portsmouth
Volunteers were targeted online after it assisted in the rescue of people crossing the Channel on Sunday.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As a raw apprentice mining electrician in 1980, I was told my first 3 (of 4) years would teach me nothing about the job. But it would teach me how to think in a certain way.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Under-19s... Kids, harassed by racists. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tonight. And you know it’s gonna be good, by the way that Yaxley-Lennon is panicking.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Need to pick up hearing aid batteries from the hospital. 40 mins bus ride, or 10 mins car, plus 40 mins finding a parking space 😔
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please sign 'From holidaymakers enjoying the sea to migrants caught in desperate terrifying situations, you carry out vital work protecting lives. And a minority of people who are abusing you should not be able to undermine your cause. They do not speak for us' act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Living space suddenly has lots of (so far small. So far.) spiders I associate with lofts, where my wine making gear is. I'm either buying new wine making equipment, or a hazmat suit, whichever is cheaper. They stays in their lane, or they gets the vacuum cleaner.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Decent sleep. Up at the crack of dawn. May even be productive today. In the words (Count Duckula) of Hoomite and Yubi, Upshee rises.
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh, dear, Mr Ferguson. Oh, dear. ID'd through your Instagram, cross-checked against your self-published photos of you at your place of employment, and a phone call. Your head office is talking to your boss, right now. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Long pants PJ's on. Not quite leccy blanket yet, but I've dug it out in preparation
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Mike O' 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 @mikeob64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I still blame the Normans.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Migrants and refugees should be welcomed and treated with dignity and respect, not met with balaclavas.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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