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Peter Wells

@pete-wells.bsky.social
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Designer. Shopkeeper. Snowboarder. Rider of bikes. Keeper of cats. Old Mini and old VW van driver. Brexit is stupid. From Essex but living in Salford/Manchester. Ad Astra per Aspera

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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@gailmyerscough.co.uk the set of prints arrived today and they’re fantastic. I can’t wait to get them up on the wall!
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 15/08/2026
If you're into brutalist architecture, vinyl records or retro patterns, you might like my shop. Prints, cards, homewares and more. Designed in Manchester. Made in the UK. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
A grid of nine photos featuring music and architecture illustrations, a cassette T-shirt, a Forton Services T-shirt, a geometric pattern slipmat, a retro pattern phone case and retro pattern mug.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@kientan74.bsky.social file this under totally predictable: altrincham.todaynews.co.uk/news/2026/08...
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Co-op to close Altrincham store less than a year after opening
The store only opened in September 2025.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The Octagon theatre in Bolton has six sides
static.klipy.com
There Are Four Lights Picard
ALT: There Are Four Lights Picard
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error
The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Got so tw*tted out of my mind on Absinthe I was dancing on somebody’s dining room table hallucinating that soldiers were trying to bayonet me. Never got a nazi tattoo though.
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Will cycles slower than you 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026
Ever seen someone using Strava to do art, riding a route that draws a picture? Ever wanted to do that yourself, but thought designing the route is too difficult? Just use the #WillCycle #GPSart Generator! www.willcycle.com/gps-art/ What will YOU draw with your route?
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GPS Art - WillCycle
Ever wanted to do your own GPS art, and write a message, or draw a picture, out there in the rear world, simply by riding your bike? And then you discovered how difficult it is to actually match that ...
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Parked apparently…
A silver taxi parked over the corner of a road
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Another benefit of the bee network bus tracking app is when your young daughter leaves her rucksack on the bus at Piccadilly gardens you can work out which one it’s on and get it from the bus on its return journey. Thank you to the bee network employee who found it and looked after it on the bus too
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I’m not sure this is something to be proud of… I wonder how many are for ripping off other people’s designs?
Screenshot of an Aldi social media post saying “look at us coming out on top again” above an image of an Aldi store with the words “our all time most cease and desists received in one week”
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 03/05/2026
I love hedgehogs! I’ve only ever met two in the UK that weren’t flattened to a road. One in Cornwall, one in Powys, both in roads and both shoved in a hedge to keep them safe. @protect.earth will keep planting hedgerows all over the U.K. so I can meet one hanging out in there. Fat, happy, and safe.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Post your warning sign
Road sign pointing left and saying “Secret Nuclear Bunker”
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
£3.10 for a 500ml bottle of coke at Sainsburys local - more expensive than WH Smith!!!!
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Oh god no. Tesla have announced they’re “pivoting” to AI robots. Having not managed to kill enough people with their cars, they’re going full on to build a terminator aren’t they?
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a close up of a man 's face with his finger pointing
Alt: Arnold Schwarzenegger as the terminator putting on a pair of sunglasses
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Apparently government borrowing is down £20bn this year. We could have built HS2 to Manchester and still be down £15bn.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
@emilykerr36.bsky.social Hi Emily, were you asking a few ads ago about LA’s planning new bus routes? sorry if I’ve misunderstood but TfGM’s Bee Network is undergoing changes and there’s a committee meeting on this topic tomorrow (art. 6) democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/documents/g5...
democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 21/03/2026
Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Explore bold and colourful designs by Gail Myerscough, featuring prints, homewares, and stationery. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 17/03/2026
I’ve just added some new greeting card sets to my online shop. Stock up and never be stuck for a card again. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-car...
Northern Sayings card set. You’ll Be Reet, Get In!, New Gaff, Ta Very Much cards.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
To be fair the policy of not chasing the polls has been a complete success
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
media.tenor.com
a man in a green elf costume is standing in a hallway .
ALT: a man in a green elf costume is standing in a hallway .
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Matt Badloser and Roddy from flushed away.
The sad loser Matt Goodwin / Badloser looking like a sad muppet Roddy, the cartoon rodent from the animated film Flushed Away. Roddy being a far better smarter guy than any reform candidate
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
No cheating, your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist (Oh I’m so F*cked…)
A zombie, AKA Matt Hancock,
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Four fictional characters who would definitely defect to Reform
Gul Dukat, an evil Cardassian military officer from Star Trek Deep Space Nine Seska, a undercover spy, traitor from Star Trek VoyagerHarry Mudd, from Star TrekWeyoun, a slimy bureaucrat representing the “evil” Dominion in Star Trek Deep Space Nine
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New UKIP logo not hiding they’re more than a bit Fascist (taken from Electoral Commission website) www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...
New UK Independence Party logo. Consists of an Iron Cross symbol and letters U K I and P with the phrase “the new right” underneath
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@kientan74.bsky.social so Aldi sales this Christmas are up 3%, while their store numbers are up 40 to 1081 (so up nearly 4%) no wonder they don’t release LFL figures… www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Aldi reports record Christmas sales after shoppers moved to cut festive grocery bills
UK’s fourth-largest supermarket’s sales rose 3% with 5.5m bottles of fizz and 500,000 turkeys sold
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
In your view, what changes are needed to improve rail travel? 2026 will be a huge year for the railways, with major reforms happening. It's vital that passengers' voices are heard, so please fill in our survey:
bettertransport.org.uk
Rail reform: share your views
The way the railways are run is changing. Tell us what you think are the main issues that the rail reform process should tackle.
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Static Warp Bubble @staticwarpbubble.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Jfc we are only 3 days into 2026.
media.tenor.com
a woman in a star trek uniform is holding a cup and a tray .
ALT: a woman in a star trek uniform is holding a cup and a tray .
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A very long and important THREAD - The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974. And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself. Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I’m not so sure it’s my word for 2026 but its probably what I’m having for tea:
The word potato on a blue background
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Deanna @deanna-granny83.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A reminder.....
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I once accidentally trod on Aleks Krotoski’s toes in a nightclub
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
To placate Trump I think the BBC should offer him a staring roll in a top BBC show*, star billing, writing credits, merchandise royalties, the lot. He’d love that. *Mrs Brown’s Boys
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 23/12/2025
The Liberal Democrats won 106 Council By-Elections in 2025, more than any other party #ByElectionsWrapped 1) LDM 106 2) RFM 104 3) CON 45 4) LAB 36 5) GRN 24
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, warned yesterday that Europe faces war with Russia. Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity. Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure. That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Hopper and Joyce from Stranger Things, stood side by side looking confused
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
politico.eu
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
@showmeasign.online has someone ordered the wrong size sign?
Green a road direction sign showing left for A6 Pendleton and Salford shopping city, and right for Crescent and Chapel St, with a brown tourist sign for art gallery below, all fixed to an oversized galvanised steel frame. There is a McDonald’s drive through behind
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I guess we will be seeing a lot of stories like this making us think migrants are bad and we need ID cards… “BBC finds” my arse.
B B C headline saying “crime network behind UK mini marts is enabling migrants to work illegally B B C  finds
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Make up your mind Stockport!
Shop front in Stockport shopping centre of shop with both old W H Smith and new T G Jones signs side by side
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Antifa CEO (official) @ultrafast.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
what the fuck
an Escalade IQ with awful aftermarket wheels
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A great YouTube video about Manchester’s resurgence: youtu.be/VPkLUOfugjo
youtu.be
How Manchester became the UK's economic miracle
YouTube video by CityEd.
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
@kientan74.bsky.social The new Co-Op ‘to go’ while nicely done isn’t very surprising, very much their standard FTG offering, a Costa machine and small bake-off operation. They’ve picked a tough market with lots of good indies, a Greggs, a good M+S and even a large Tesco all within walking distance
A co op food to go shop with chairs and tables outside and a post office next door
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Keith Irving @keithirving.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Road Casualties data for 2024 in Great Britain published this week: www.gov.uk/government/s... Thanks to @pactsuk.bsky.social, there is an important new chart on the vehicles involved in fatal crashes:
Chart showing road fatalities by road user involved in collision. Data for Great Britain in 2024
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
@kientan74.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/jo...
standard.co.uk
Jobs at risk as all Amazon Fresh grocery shops set to close
Amazon plans to shut its 19 UK Amazon Fresh stores, risking 250 jobs, as it shifts focus towards online operations.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Nigel Farage claim: "We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world" Reality: The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
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Peter Wells @pete-wells.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Oh dear, apparently dimly lit canal tow paths are good infrastructure
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Please use alt text folks; especially large accounts, those for organisations and those with influence in large organisations.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 21/09/2025
New graffiti in Norwich. Not quite sure what Ross Kemp did to deserve that.
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