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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The title is "Trump vs the BBC" but it's actually Jonathan Pie vs the people with vested interests in humbling the BBC- especially GBeebies www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...

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Trump vs The BBC

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Bad news / good news from Whitehaven, England. The stepped path through Arrowthwaite Wood has turned into a cascade, but a) it's quite pretty, and b) the outlet specially provided for such situations is working, so the little lake on the main path should soon disappear

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Moonsbookshop @moonsbookshop.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Cumbria Book Festival is here in Whitehaven TODAY 12-4ish in the Solway Hall - We'll be there there are Authors - Workshops - stalls - well worth a visit! #cumbriabookfestival #moonsbookshop #Whitehaven #bookshopsofcumbria

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A brilliant all-year-round place to visit!

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Moonsbookshop @moonsbookshop.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Full to bursting 30,000 books on 2 Floors in Michael Moon’s Whitehaven bookshop - finding new homes for old books since 1970. Photo by Vladimir Funtak

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Fun fact: The Taskmaster Museum has more security cameras than the Louvre

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I am noticing a troubling number of people using the word "Islamists" to describe supporters of the Palestinians. Labels have power.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/09/2025

Gonna watch the Robert Redford trifecta of fucking over corrupt power with The Sting, Sneakers, and All The President’s Men.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We could be heading for a colourful autumn

Looking east from the Brake Top, Whitehaven, England, over the nearby allotment huts (one with St. George's flag) and through a hemi-rainbow (with a hint of doubling) to the fells around Ennerdale. 5-50pm, 8 Sep 2025

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade. Look at what he does, ffs. Look at his tax affairs. Look at his grifting. Look at his lies. Look at his prejudice. Look at his allies. Look at his manifesto. Look at his Brexit. He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.

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Nigel Farage says 'there's every chance of general election in 2027'
Reform UK leader says party needs to be ready for early election and vows to 'stop the boats' within two weeks if elected
UK politics live - latest updates
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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny is really problematic when copying framed & glazed pictures.

A photograph of a print of a line drawing of the Old Quay, Whitehaven, England, spoiled by reflections off the shiny glass used in framing. 10-30am, 30 Aug 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

In the absence of smell-o-vision on Bluesky, there didn't seem much point in photographing the Continental Market along the quayside in Whitehaven just to the right of this scene. Better to come over this weekend and savour it with all your senses.

Swans in Whitehaven Harbour, England, with the old lighthouse in the background. 9-55am, 29 August 2025

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Nationalism is by default unimaginative and paradoxically every example of it is broadly similar to other examples everywhere else in the world. It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

On 1 August I featured a dazed-looking young gull hanging out in a Whitehaven street. Same street today:

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

For handy reference, here's a map of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic at the height of the Soviet era, from the Penguin World Atlas (1974). I've darkened areas which are not Ukraine, for clarity.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A hastily-edited little video of a slightly belated visit to Whitehaven Pride by the Harbourside, 16 August 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLO-...

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Whitehaven Pride by the Harbourside 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Not often you get the opportunity for an open-top bus ride to Whitehaven

Whitehaven harbour, England, from an open-top bus passing through Bransty. 10-15am, 15 Aug 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Barter Books in Alnwick is slick, but I'm not convinced it's more fun than Michael Moon in Whitehaven

Frontage of Barter Books (former Alnwick Railway Station). Lunchtime, 13 Aug 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Maybe not the best location for this poster, although the water is probably excellent for fixing an iron deficiency.

Poster "Discover a Taste of the Sea" with the soupy, orange-coloured water of Whitehaven Harbour, England in the background. 6 Aug 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Obviously, I'd have liked to feature gulls in my #Gratitude art contribution, but let's face it ...

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Definitely a time of year for #Gratitude (unless you're on the menu) #BlueSkyArtShow

Free blackberry on its way to my mouth- picked from the clump shown, in the verge of the Ginns-Kells Road, Whitehaven, England. 9-40am, 2 Aug 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This dazed and confused young gull has been living on the street for at least the past couple of days- but at least it's now learned to sleep on the pavement.

Fledgling gull on the pavement of Cross Street, Whitehaven, England (it was lying down, but got up when I was a few metres away). 9-55am, 1 August 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The 8th (and probably last, and certainly longest) episode of this years Backyard Gulls series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTTT...

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Whitehaven Backyard Gulls 2025- Episode 8 (of 8?)

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

As proposed in the alt-text of my last post, here are the scurrying squirrels

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Today's coolish, dampish weather is annoying the squirrels.

Screenshot from a video clip of squirrels in Arrowthwaite Wood, Whitehaven, England, running around like mad things. 9-45am, 29 July 2025.
Close-up not available because they were moving too fast. I may try to post an edited version of the clip later.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This week's Backyard Gulls video is going to be delayed until Wednesday, so meanwhile, here's some nice brickwork on the building next to Boots in Whitehaven (with the usual perched on top, naturally)

Carlisle-style alternating red (stretchers) & yellow (headers) brickwork on the disused shop next to Boots on King Street, Whitehaven, England. 5-40pm, 28 July 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Seen stuck on the local MP's office window:

Hand-drawn poster demanding repeal of the "Online Safety Act"- stuck on local Member of Parliament's office window, James Street, Whitehaven, England. 5-40pm, 26 July 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Version 1 of this #BlueSkyArtShow #Alternating thingy was an animated gif- but apparently BlueSky still needs user-generated animations to be converted to mp4, which I can't do here in the shop, so here's the extra-subtle non-animated alternative.

Greyscale image of random patches, with the colours inverted to spell the word "Alternating", then the vertical stripes containing the 1st, 3rd etc. letters colour-inverted.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The age verification app seems unable to accept that my face is a face. Awkward.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Wes Streeting seems to think the point of the trade union movement is to support Labour. No Wes.The point of Labour is supposed to be to support the trade union movement.

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The meadow-style planting in the verges of Whitehaven's main roads is flowering nicely in time for the school holidays

A variety of meadow-style flowers in the grass verge of Preston Street, Whitehaven, England. 5-45pm, 24 July 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Why do they call that plant "butterfly bush"?

Red Admiral butterfly on Buddleia flower-head. Back-yard of PastPresented shop, 16 Market Place, Whitehaven, England. 23 July 2025

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www.pastpresented.info @pastpresented.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Whitehaven's flutterbys have decided that the chances of rainstorms today are small

Green-veined white butterfly on (I think) Herb Robert flower, by the path from Arrowthwaite Wood down to Whitehaven town centre. 9-45am, 21 July 2025

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