Sign in

Peter Baxter

@peterjb.bsky.social
434 followers 311 following 14 posts

Retired IT worker, mostly programming. Started drawing again. Living in Northumberland, UK.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
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.
4920911254
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
15229072125
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Paul Harper @paulharper.mu.social · 15/04/2026
Not quite going the way the Daily Mail hoped. Excellent. Feel free to join in... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
911096396
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
125140294034
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores Here’s a 20% discount on your first order refer.bookshop.org/jen52349
bookshop.com
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
21039611524
Peter Baxter @peterjb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sunrise this morning on the Northumberland coast. #northumberland #druridgebay #sunrise
0220
Peter Baxter @peterjb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Some of the preserved remains of the 6 - 10000 year old Doggerland forest at Druridge Bay, Northumberland. The easterly winds we’ve had over the past few weeks have moved a lot of sand and there’s a lot more of it visible than usual.
Remains of ancient Doggerland forest at Druridge Bay
0200
Peter Baxter @peterjb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Just finished a pen drawing of one of the grotesques on our local church, Cresswell in S.E. Northumberland.
230
Peter Baxter @peterjb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Couple of pictures of the sunrise this morning at Druridge Bay, Northumberland
Sunrise at Druridge Bay, Northumberland Sunrise at Druridge Bay, Northumberland
030
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
30048441802
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Sometimes the most transformative solutions come from looking at old ideas with fresh eyes. Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating. www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...
641930425
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027. And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done. The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
Net emigration
46455149
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
OK, strap in…. Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims! 🎄🎅🤶🎄 TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look. And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting. Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait 🧵 1/31
1623890
Reposted by Peter Baxter
LBC @lbc.co.uk · 27/11/2025
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn - Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn What gets more attention? James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
31596243
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If you give through @crowdfunderuk you can set the automatic ‘tip’ of 20% of what you give to zero by clicking ‘enter custom amount’ and putting in £0. This is a private profitable company which takes 1.9%+20p+VAT of what you give from the charity and 2.4%+20p+VAT from others
14324
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
28403222
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Full Fact @fullfact.org · 09/10/2025
Videos claiming that a new rule will ban pensioners from driving at night have been shared thousands of times online. But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.
fullfact.org
Fake nighttime pensioner driving ban rumour spreads online – Full Fact
A spokesperson from the Department for Transport confirmed this is not true.
05841
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Lots of people asking about the Government's prospects for recovering the £120m from Barrowman/Mone/their companies Short answer: I don't know. I'm not an insolvency specialist. No clue how the £120m was paid out to them from PPE Medpro So I have no technical answer But...
68135
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
bit.ly
JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner
The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m
910676
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 24/09/2025
Superb news showcasing the wonder of medical science. Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease. This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%. One medically retired patient has now returned to work. Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
931780
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The artist Banksy acknowledges his work by publishing photographs of it on his website. So we know that this is his latest work. But look more closely at the images. rozenberg.substack.com/p/more-damag...
rozenberg.substack.com
More damage to the courts
But Banksy’s greatest offence is to coarsen public debate
87321
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Current state of UK political discourse.
111463471
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Angelique @ladydelancelevee.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
47838426
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
421241413
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The replies to this post, even on here, even moreso on X, are so depressing to me. We live in a world where cities have never been safer and a minority of people are denying themselves a lot of delightful experiences because they’ve gone mad online.
581213296
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
In the recent interim judgment on the proscription order, the judge helpfully summarised the govt’s position. It is not obviously stupid to call this terrorist. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
Para 93 of the link.
62414
Reposted by Peter Baxter
SaschaJanssen 🎸 @saschajanssen.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Cool
38078682218
Reposted by Peter Baxter
North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 19/07/2025
It is getting harder to spot the usual warning signs with scams
northeastbylines.co.uk
The five most convincing scams of 2025
It is getting harder to spot the usual warning signs with scams
0198
Reposted by Peter Baxter
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This post by @lewisgoodall.com on the Afghan super-injunction should be read - and read *very* carefully - by all with any interest in law and policy in the UK. And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal
The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.
618789
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In an effort that will no doubt torch my follower base, I have laid out some basic numbers around our fiscal situation. Obvious, but still a little sobering for me. freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
There really is no getting out of this fiscal corner
It is something of a cliche to argue that Britain is running out of money, living beyond its means, wandering through a fiscal fool’s paradise – but no less true for that. The trend of …
70399112
Reposted by Peter Baxter
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 07/07/2025
‘The bombers may have been bound together by a conviction they were working “in the name of Allah”, but they did not heed the second half of the prayer.’ In a 2005 Diary piece, Sameer Rahim explores the reactions of British Muslims to the 7/7 Tube bombings: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
lrb.co.uk
Sameer Rahim · Diary: British Muslims react to the London bombings
2144
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Neil Atkinson @knoxharrington.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This is most definitely a valid way to run a company.
17615
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
International investors back the UK ahead of USA and Japan bit.ly/406tTDM not a headline you might expect to see in some parts of the press but it is what this Deloitte survey found
bit.ly
UK is now a top investment destination, Deloitte survey reveals
Deloitte’s latest survey of chief financial officers shows the UK has overtaken the United States and Japan as a more attractive country in which to invest
126219
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
OK, some more considered thoughts on the Industrial Strategy published on Monday and my comment on it. The first, inescapable point to make about this thing is that it is *huge*. Not "Bidenomics" huge, which translated to £ would have meant £100bns. But in detail 1/ www.gov.uk/government/p...
gov.uk
Industrial Strategy
Strategy document setting out a new economic approach to backing the UK’s strengths, with ambitious plans for 8 high-growth sectors.
69336
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Article 8 of the human rights convention does not prevent the United Kingdom from expelling foreign criminals, a former president of the European Court of Human Rights said at the weekend. Robert Spano was responding to a call from a Times columnist. rozenberg.substack.com/p/rights-and...
rozenberg.substack.com
Rights and wrongs
No knots and the extraordinary allegation of an attempted Mennonite kidnapping
1107
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 27/06/2025
I don't want to hear "we can't afford it" one more time from Labour. Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines. The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering. The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
521236403
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
How much will the ethnic profile of the UK change from migration and natural change over the next one hundred years? Will 'White British' become a minority? I've tried to have a look at the data on this - and I didn't find what I thought I would. georginasturge.substack.com/p/will-white...
136724
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
An interesting thread that has, probably, changed my mind on this subject.
11549
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
44895317
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thursday 5 June, is the 50th anniversary of the UK voting overwhelmingly YES to remain in what was then the European Community which we had joined on 1 Jan 1973. It became the EU. 17.38mn (67.2%) voted YES and 8.47m (32.8%) voted NO.
45112
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Here you go: an absolute beast of a starter pack, with many of the UK's most prominent humanists on it. Includes scientists, historians, philosophers, public figures, the New Humanist editorial team and Humanists UK staff. A network for reason and decency. go.bsky.app/PTC4j2d
46691189
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Zoe Kleinman @zsk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A few thoughts about the UK’s current AI/copyright battle
5113
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A High Court hearing last Friday failed to shed much light on how fake cases came to be cited by lawyers in two recent hearings. As I explained a week ago, it’s widely assumed that these non-existent “authorities” were generated by artificial intelligence (AI) rozenberg.substack.com/p/ai-still-a...
rozenberg.substack.com
AI: still a mystery
No evidence produced at hearing of how fake cases were cited in court
1267
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
One of the less-stated reasons for why *immigration* has risen as a Most Important Issue since 2000 - the fall of the category it was competing with.
68024
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A crash course in human evolution youtube.com/watch?v=eC4T...
youtube.com
A Crash Course In Human Evolution With Anthropologist Chris Stringer
YouTube video by History Hit
15014
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It's really not Reform UK that Labour needs to worry about... (Chart from www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... )
918145
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 29/04/2025
How to call your bank by dialling just 3 numbers… simply dial 1-5-9! Then you know it’s legit, watch the video for more info. Please share, the more people know, the fewer will be scammed.
24419260
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 24/04/2025
Just to say, if like me your feed is alot of US politics to the exclusion of UK/Ireland accounts, then reposting content you like - even if it's just the picture of a beach - rather than just liking it, really works. My feed has improved (along with some judicious muting) immeasurably.
Upside down sign that says 'From another point of view'.
1414873
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Race IS a social construct, but what does that actually mean? In the wake of Trump’s scientifically illiterate statements on race, I have written a handy explainer. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.
17367144
Reposted by Peter Baxter
Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world. It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
theguardian.com
Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art
Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants
8449147