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Nick Posford

@nickpos.bsky.social
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Exec Director @ukevaluation.bsky.social Evidence based decision-making and action. V pro #NetZero and #renewables. Chief of Staff to two Lurchers. Love Cymru, where I'm lucky to live. Pessimistic about the world, but hoping hope does spring eternal!

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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 3h
Best buddies, how can anyone resist those cute faces. I'm smitten every day.
Best buddies. Two rescued lurchers.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 3h
Rogue is the cutest boy. Grew up in an abusive household, was rescued and cared for but nobody wanted him, and when I saw him, I had to see if he'd get on with Whisper, and they did. Not best buddies at first but now very much a duo in lots of ways. Adopt a rescue, they deserve to be loved.
Lurcher, half greyhound and half Saluki. Rogue by name and by nature.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
People's inability to grasp nuance will be the death of humanity
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Off with Liz Truss' head!
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That must be why my bigger dogs go nuts at small dogs and cats! They're just chaseable objects to them. Sorry!! (I do keep them on a lead whenever there is any risk of encountering chaseable objects)
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wake up babe new eggcorn just dropped
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New phone, new camera. Well, not new but reverted back to my better quality phone and camera, lots of pics of these two to enjoy!
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And eventually you get to 'human' but how would they cope with the reality that actually we're all fundamentally the same? That a refugee or asylum seeker is just the same but born somewhere different that made their lives very different. One day maybe we'll stop these arbitrary divisions.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Friend who wants to stand for Reform liked it!!
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My friend who wants to stand for Reform liked it!!!
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 30/09/2026
Yes, an information vacuum is bad. But throwing out tiny morsels that invite speculation every 8-12 hours while offering no actual narrative or explanation might be the one thing that's worse.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Given Cheshire Police seem unconcerned, can they at least explain why they are not worried given nearly everyone apart from his current wife seem very worried!?!? Have the police visited and spoken with Fiennes?
Cheshire Police have said they are aware of the concerns regarding Sir Ranulph, and are satisfied he is living in an appropriate setting with suitable care.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How we all like to start the working week...
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also why are @gwr.com seats so incredibly uncomfortable. Made of cement!?!?
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If only I could have the optimism that train trackers have that a delayed train will make up for lost time before the end of its journey. ALWAYS does it, NEVER happens, trains just get further delayed (not least because of how congested the system is).
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Mike Wilson @whisperingwind.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is this thuggery ignored by the authorities but grannies holding signs are arrested on terrorism charges & people are in prison for phone calls about climate action?
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely fucking brilliant, watch right to the end
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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There once was a prick that set to sea And his boat was a sieve and as useful as he He had no clue and so into the blue Down went his craft of spite Soon may the RNLI come And of course they would Cos saving lives is good Soon may the RNLI come Or they would if the prick hadn’t shut them down
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a dog owner and someone who repeatedly says it won't be AI that kills us, it will be humans, I still think this point is absolutely valid. Control the owners AND control the dogs. If AI is given free rein that's a human error but we still need AI controls because we know humans will make errors.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
On the basis she's pretending to be real, kinda, she's an appalling actress. Her facial expressions and tone and manner is clearly computer generated, so I won't rush to see whatever shite she's in. I doubt humanity is threatened by this....
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not sure that's true. I think a significant chunk of the population, no doubt encouraged by the media, did emote way over the top for someone they did not know and had never met. For those of us who didn't, it was weird and depressing to observe. Same with queen to a much lesser extent.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Could we hear from Britain's poorest people rather than mega wealthy ones who don't even live in it!? For someone who has so much, to moan is tedious. Give us the views of somebody with nothing, they will be more worthwhile.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Those countries have particular memories of war from the 20th century that may encourage them into whatever it takes to deter aggression, and maintain some kind of peace.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dare I suggest that Russia, USA and China - as long as they want solo global dominance - may find the whole of Europe plus Canada, Australia and many more, end up building alliances and partnerships to end up on a more equal footing.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Don't really care for any inherited wealth landed gentry monarchy, but he's right that the statement never actually denied Charles said it. Because we can all imagine he would have.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Make the patriot platform and Piddington fascist army watch this. Fascists as thick now as Griffin was then.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
All these people saying AI will kill humanity but how is what I want to know. Terminator style or does AI nick all the food and give it to more deserving animals? Like how exactly does it kill all humans!?
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not just Wales!
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More dogs, can never have enough!
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Oaf @languidoaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He's so fucking thick. He has no clue about anything. Wades in with all the subtlety of a turd.
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Psychologist 4 Democracy @psychologist7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Read the thread that leads to this conclusion. And then weep.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And then given the idealism of youth, don't those changes hit harder, so the younger feel less happy than the older?
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn't everyone increasingly unhappy? I mean the world gets shitter every decade, so I'm surprised if anyone is getting steadily happier...
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's all well and good MPs voting down assisted dying, then fucking invest in palliative care so people aren't dying in agony because their village didn't hold a fucking bake sale to support the local hospice. This country treats death with disdain, and I see ZERO hope of that changing.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Little in how BBC News present this story suggests it's a liar lying which all previous evidence would support. Just because someone is in a formerly respected public role (indeed, especially in that circumstance) media should not accord them respect. They must earn it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I look at these two every day and that keeps me sane in a world gone crazy
A lurcher looks at the cameraAnother lurcher looks at the camera
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
That's me. Repayments went up by £100 per month, on a loan half the size of my original one. 4.9% instead of 1.8 in November 2021.
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Joe @joe-jones.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Science keeps my plane in the sky and so I entrust my life to it, but then Science tells me to fly less and so now I don’t believe in it”
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hopefully not in that simplistic form. It didn't 'give' votes for women, it conceded eventually when women demanded what was rightly theirs. There should be no praise for eventually doing the right thing. Same with abolishing slavery and probably everything else the British empire 'did'.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fascist thugs in Dover, not dissimilar to those assaulting protestors in Birmingham yesterday at the annual gathering of wannabe fascists.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
EVERY single time the media uses the word migrant to describe a human being, they contribute to the despicable inaccurate portrayal of desperate people trying to find a better life. It's unnecessary and it's how dehumanisation leads to genocide and war.
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Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
No doubt he'll push for that change soon.
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