Reposted by Murray Chapman Singletrack Magazine @singletrack-world.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Be back soon. Forum 3.0 is loading. Stress levels at 100% 241
Reposted by Murray Chapman All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I've started investing in stocks : beef, chicken, vegetable... One day I hope to become a bouillonaire. 813121239
Reposted by Murray Chapman Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Poohsticks From the new Private Eye, out now. 632532
Reposted by Murray Chapman Singletrack Magazine @singletrack-world.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Islands In The Mud You know how there are islands in the Galapagos where there's a finch that's perfectly adapted to eat just that one seed that grows on that one island? And then on the next island there's another finch that's perfectly adapted to eat just that one seed that grows on the island…singletrackworld.comIslands In The MudYou know how there are islands in the Galapagos where there's a finch that's perfectly adapted to eat just that one seed that grows on that one island? And then on the next island there's another finch that's perfectly adapted to eat just that one seed that grows on the island where it lives, and so on? I think that mountain biking, or mountain bikers, can be a little bit like that. 051
Reposted by Murray Chapman Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 14/01/2025Did you know we're all placed onto different Bluesky servers, and they're named after mushrooms?? You can find out what mushroom server you're on by looking yourself up on Clearsky clearsky.app I'm team oyster mushroom. 🦪🍄 5371633275
Reposted by Murray Chapman RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025🎉🎙We are excited to announce our new partnership with the @disordershow.bsky.social podcast. RUSI experts will regularly join host (and RUSI Associate) Jason Pack to bring order to the disorder and explore some of the most important and urgent global issues. More details below!rusi.orgRUSI Announces Partnership with Disorder PodcastThe Disorder Podcast - a top 20 UK Podcast currently co-produced by Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Podcasts and dedicated to understanding the 'novel historical era of The Global Enduring Disorder' - has r... 0193
Reposted by Murray Chapman Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Challenge accepted! 🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy 831307374
Reposted by Murray Chapman Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on. 1020130951434
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/01/2025‘Grief doesn’t bend’: professional big mountain skier Hadley Hammer on moving forward past losstheguardian.com‘Grief doesn’t bend’: professional big mountain skier Hadley Hammer on moving forward past lossThe American big mountain skier has experienced more loss at 38 than most humans will in a lifetime. She opens up about how she’s learned to navigate the highs and lows For the last five years, Hadley Hammer has been fighting to stay above water. Only… 36815
Reposted by Murray Chapman James Watson CEng, FIET @engineerlondon.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Happy Christmas! And a particularly Happy Christmas to the 27 guys in national control and 57 standby engineers covering the England & Wales supergrid today so all parts of the network are under our watchful eyes. No ‘planned’ work today- just powering your Christmas 🎄 🦃🎅🏻💡🥂 7816
Reposted by Murray Chapman Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · 22/12/2024This article depicts a battle ‘within the National Trust’ but RT2021Ltd or Restore Trust is a private company with 4 directors, The National Trust is a 129-year-old charity which has 5.5m members, all of whom have democratic voting rights. www.thetimes.com/article/26a1...thetimes.comBattle over National Trust decision not to restore ruined Clandon ParkCharity plans to showcase country house, which was gutted in a devastating 2015 blaze, as a fire-damaged shell but traditionalists demand it be restored 1837586
Reposted by Murray Chapman Zion Lights @zionlights.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I’ve cross posted it > zionlights.substack.com/p/all-we-wan...zionlights.substack.comDear Ed, all we want for Christmas is clean and affordable electricityAn open letter to the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 023
Reposted by Murray Chapman Think Defence @thinkdefence.bsky.social · 20/12/2024NEW BLOG POST A look at above ground protected shelters www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/abov...thinkdefence.co.ukAbove Ground Protected Shelters - Think DefenceAbove ground protected shelters are used for rest areas, medical facilities, HQ and CP functions, storage, and equipment care. 184
Reposted by Murray Chapman Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 20/12/2024What if Hasbro took over the US government and Monopoly money became the official currency? Your strange economics questions, answered... (1st 300 clicks free - enjoy) on.ft.com/41Dm8H0on.ft.comWhat if DogeCoin becomes the US currency? And more of your wild proposals answered[FREE TO READ] What if Bitcoin got adopted as the only way of paying for coffee? 37216
Reposted by Murray Chapman Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Good morning - it’s day 19 and the penultimate advent on my top 20 worst fox hunting crimes with @huntsabs.bsky.social – please watch . And then email your MP , this nightmare belongs in the past . Thank you . #RealBanNow 11472160
Reposted by Murray Chapman Ye Olde Punk @nehoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Possibly the best live album ever. #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollection 6777323
Reposted by Murray Chapman ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/12/2024"Since the early ‘90s, the cost of a lithium-ion battery has fallen by more than 97% per kilowatt-hour" www.construction-physics.com/p/how-we-got...construction-physics.comHow We Got the Lithium-Ion BatteryIt took decades of research, performed around the world, before a practical lithium-ion battery was possible. 412220
Reposted by Murray Chapman Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 18/12/2024"Siri, find me a very small violin. Nano-scale" 2684
Reposted by Murray Chapman Nir Kahn @nirkahn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Finally had the patent granted on this endoskeletal composite car structure that I wrote about years ago when the patent was first filed. Working right now on implementing it because it’s high time that cars stopped being giant steel turtles heading for extinction www.linkedin.com/pulse/bones-...linkedin.comInto The Bones of Composite CarsIn Part 3 of a series on new paradigms in car design, Nir Kahn explains how composite cars need to be designed from the inside out Last week I was cycling up the beach and I came across a rather large... 1152
Reposted by Murray Chapman Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The correct pronoun of Russian general is "was/were". 291365141
Reposted by Murray Chapman Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 16/12/2024So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!" No sense of humour, some people... 22563110
Reposted by Murray Chapman Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024We started a history TV channel in 2018 with nothing but a crowdfunder & enthusiasm. We were playing in a world of billion dollar giants. This year we won a Best Channel award, attracted ever more subscribers and made these stunning original documentaries Join us! www.historyhit.com/gift-subscri... 1539635
Reposted by Murray Chapman Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I can find no flaw in this proposal 542851371
Reposted by Murray Chapman Jaz @jaz.sh · 06/12/2024Nothing quite as exciting as deploying a change with a decent sized diff that makes the service more stable and less scary to deploy in the future. I hate systems that are intimidating to deploy and we've had a few since we had to scale up fast but we're slowly making them boring again :) 2073017
Reposted by Murray Chapman Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 03/12/2024My Nature column on tear gas is here. Should be non-pay-walled media.nature.com/original/mag...media.nature.com 12714
Reposted by Murray Chapman Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Heidi Alexander’s appointment as transport secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history - great stat from @georgeeaton.bsky.social 241171281
Reposted by Murray Chapman Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Absolutely, I’m just singling out people who did something for me and didn’t want anything in return. That’s when it makes a difference 011
Reposted by Murray Chapman Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Asked by Sky News whether his fellow Reform MP previously being jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend, and then subsequently lying to voters about it, should be grounds for his expulsion from the party, Nigel Farage replies that "I've got a million followers on TikTok" and storms off 1322042615
Reposted by Murray Chapman Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024It's Black Friday. 25% of all Rubles. @antitankiator.bsky.social 351905256
Reposted by Murray Chapman Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 26/11/2024So Wired Magazine did a profile of me! www.wired.com/story/murder...wired.comHow Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' LifeMartha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. 2214297892
Reposted by Murray Chapman Eleven Films @elevenfilms.com · 26/11/2024Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees? We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share. We escaped hell to be here. Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire) 21337376110768
Reposted by Murray Chapman George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/11/2024He did it! Congrats to Derek Tran!! 764446935649
Reposted by Murray Chapman John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024I'm always glad when people retroactively pay for things, and also, if for some reason that's not possible, I suggest instead buying a young person a book or two (not necessarily mine), and paying forward the love of reading and learning. 1773929
Reposted by Murray Chapman Eleonora Svanberg @eleonorasvanberg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024hello bluesky! here's a longer version of the foxes playing around in the snow at my college in oxford. the video has gone viral and i think it's one of those moments where i feel like 'humans are so cute' — we just appreciate watching foxes in the snow! wishing you all a wonderful week :) 22643151
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 20/11/2024☎️ "Without that inheritance tax loophole, we wouldn't have had 3 entertaining series of agricultural TV on Amazon Prime!" "What does Keir Starmer want us to watch instead? BLOODY COUNTRYFILE?" Colin from Portsmouth on Jeremy Clarkson and the farmers' protests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDdB...youtube.comColin From Portsmouth On Jeremy Clarkson And The Farmers' ProtestYouTube video by TheExplodingHeads 17431140
Reposted by Murray Chapman Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 19/11/2024‘Classic BBC’ :) 4002417383
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Colin from Portsmouth has just rung in about Jeremy Clarkson and the farmers' protests. With you in 30 minutes... 1023121
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 19/11/2024British values. What exactly are they? 🇬🇧 youtu.be/2N47S_4JLHM?...youtu.beBritsh Values are being CHEMICALLY CASTRATED!YouTube video by TheExplodingHeads 721349
Murray Chapman @mugski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"Some of Thames’s essential systems are still run on forms of Lotus Notes software from the late 1980s and early 1990s that can no longer be updated" - I'm truly impressed www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comThames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claimExclusive: Company relies on obsolete tech and there are troubling security gaps, Guardian investigation suggests 020
Reposted by Murray Chapman Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole CadwalladrIn the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance 11642128010222
Reposted by Murray Chapman Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Sorry, I know this is upper level shallow. But I've waited 30 years as a published author to see one of my books in an actual bookshop and today was the day! Thanks Leeds Waterstones. (In distinguished company, too!) 88913144282
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Onion @theonion.com · 14/11/2024Via our parent company @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social CEO @brycetetraeder.bsky.social: theonion.com/heres-why-i-... 38790701998
Reposted by Murray Chapman The Onion @theonion.com · 13/11/2024Biden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding Handstheonion.comBiden, Trump Die 2 Minutes Apart Holding HandsWASHINGTON—In a heartwarming and touching end to the story of two soulmates, sources confirmed Thursday that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump died two minutes apart holding hands.... 13196221117
Murray Chapman @mugski.bsky.social · 01/11/2023I'm not into Halloween but it was lovely to see excited children getting their sweets last night. We need more happiness in this world. 030
