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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was getting a little angsty bcs my old roll was almost expired. Thank you Lidl. Two observations: 1) Duct tape is way cheaper than diesel. 2) This is a chunky roll, good if you're thinking of kidnapping Donald J Trump or any local corrupt politicians.

3M best quality Duct Tape £2.49 at Lidl !!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

and now there are more !! quite dizzying. scudding away to themselves, with no-one but me watching, and you, now.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rubio, Trump's puppet, attempts to enlist and inflate a minor UK event as evidence of the horrors of those foreigners trying to subvert the West and attack the US and its bases to build the case for Trump's declaration of martial law.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've just finished reading this. As it says on the cover, it's "A chronicle of the Crusades" What a bunch of utter bampots they were, driven by religious frenzy. Makes one ashamed to be part of western civilization. I think Pete Hegseth must've read this book.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think the Italian one is quite original. Gets my vote.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Belgium, WI 53004, USA . . . . . . is just a little to the north of Milwaukee.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

sadly, this feels like the world we live in today. very depressing.

will Trump and Putin kill all of us?

🎨✍️Ibuki Satsuki

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The U.S. is all out of croissants and the world knows it.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just this ..... In other parts of the world we have normal cows . . .

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here are two screenshots from this presentation: interactive.carbonbrief.org/el-nino-expl...

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Never mind blocked toilets, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night for fear that it toppled over.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

curry goat much? does the US navy need to move on from MacDonald's Cheeseburgers?

Food frequently fed to USAmericans.
May have unacceptable additives.

Goats, available all around the Arabian Sea, are potentially a plentiful supply of protein for the USS Abraham Lincoln and its fleet.
I'm sure Somalia, Ethiopia and Pakistan will step up to help if asked.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yes, 🇨🇦, RESIST, ‼️ Chips are long soft delicious deep-fried potato strips about 12mm x 12mm in section (see photo). Crisps are thin crispy slivers of potato, also deep fried. Trousers are what men wear over their pants. Football is not American field-wrestling. 100⁰ is boiling point.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Don't tell Donald Trump that they're building an access road for more offshore wind turbines right next to his golf course. 🎨 Guy Billout

I hope Donald Trump sees this Guy Billout picture of a contractor building a new access road for an offshore wind farm.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Better a hundred Zohran Mamdani's than one Pete Hegseth.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

reference the race to build Dreadnought battleships in the years prior to World War One. Then came the war. A lot of people died because a lot of rulers were stupid. Icebreakers might be the new Dreadnoughts. Bad news.

HMS Dreadnought at sea in 1906 - newly commissioned.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our local Home Bargains has a new manager. Says his name is Pete Hegseth.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Peak diplomacy. Note the veiled threats. He does "favors" And he knows where you live Xi !!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Да ладно вам, парни, с дронами всё проще простого — одни лишь аккумуляторы да провода, вы с этим точно справитесь" "C'mon lads, drone tech is dead easy, just batteries and wires, you'll be good at that" 📷 h/t Wikimedia.commons

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I suspect that Donald Trump is following events in Scotland more closely than Andy the hero of the North.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yes indeed. I borrowed this graphic the other day. I suspect that the wee map of the UK in the corner has got shrunken-Scotland-syndrome though.

and I suspect that that wee map suffers from the BBC weather map distortion which shrinks Scotland.
The blue map on the right is better perhaps.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

as can Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 But not with Andy Burnham. Although he is from the "North" I don't think he understands the role northern nations will need to prepare for as the climate heats.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We were visiting New Zealand in late 2019 when smoke from the Australian wildfires came over, blotted out the sun, turned the sun red, v bad air quality. Notably, New Zealand didn't invade Australia, or tariff Australia, or go mental !!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ahem . . I thought US society and civilisation had already collapsed "If Amazon warehouses were burned like this in America our economy would collapse. Society would collapse. Civilization would collapse."

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Can we extend this hydrogen pipeline to Scotland? We have so much renewable energy that could contribute to Europe's hydrogen economy.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Is that picture the new, new change, different 👓 spectacles new, radical, conservative, ferociously devolving and reforming dragon from the North that daren't mention rejoining EU or wealth taxes? thought not

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I read the piece ⤴️ It's worryingly interesting. One of my thoughts was that Scotland needs to get moving on land reform. We're going to need as much land as possible in agricultural use, not grouse moors.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Yes, I agree. Carbon Capture & Storage is the universal Santa Claus myth for grown-up politicians. In the words of the carol: . . . . "Green wash! Merrily on high"

Green wash! Merrily on high
In heav'n the bells are ringing.
Green wash! Verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing.
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I don't follow football. Is this Kane guy an England footballer? Playing golf with Trump, how utterly repulsive !!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

These days I'm reduced to being an armchair tourist. So thank you Lewi for these guides to Russia. Looking forward to your next installment. Do you use TripAdvisor?

I'm off to type "significant Russian factories" into the TripAdvisor search field.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just saying . . . Iran historically knows how to do stuff – Like cool people without electricity (or oil) !

Cooling towers in Iran.
We don't need AC here in Scotland either..

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This photo is apparently being blocked by BlueSky

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It was grandparent toddler childcare day today. My wife rescued this little fellow from the bathroom basin U-bend. He is apparently called "secret agent". But my dear wife is the real hero. I love her.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-out-of-the-box @peterstott.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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