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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She must have steady hands, given the longer (I assume) exposure times as well as the weight of the box! I can't shoot anything nowadays without image stabilisation.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nowadays they'd have to download the app, create an account and submit a request! @artinsociety.bsky.social

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The footpath through Mesopotamia has been closed until further notice due to damage. Oxford University, on whose land it sits, has asked people to find alternative routes until damage can be assessed and repaired.

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Closure notice
Mesopotamia Path closed
Due to damage to the footpath, the Mesopotamia path is currently unsafe and has been closed until further notice.
Please use alternative routes and do not attempt to access the path.
Thank you for your patience and understanding while we assess the damage and plan repairs.

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Jill Segger @quakerpen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don't imagine they would deal differently with dissent if they were to be in government. There is no moral foundation.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Having apparently lived under a rock for the last few weeks (and so were the last people to realise there would be a partial eclipse today) we had no special glasses. But this workaround with a colander worked actually quite well!

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Lots of interesting points in this thread and the replies. It's a genuinely remarkable change that you can have a Catholic prime minister, a Jewish foreign secretary, a gay defence secretary & a British-Asian home secretary, and those are among the least controversial facts about those appointments

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

ICYMI, yesterday's mega-thread on the makeup of the Cabinet reshuffle, and how it applies to Oxfordshire, with a current Cabinet Oxbridge tally: Oxford 10.5, Cambridge 5, (if you count the PM), others 11.5

In reflection, it was a foolish endeavour to live bleat the entire cabinet. But here is one of Roger Close's glorious photos, reflections of the Sheldonian, with which, it seems, many of our new cabinet will be familiar.

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I thought I'd start today with a rare opportunity to acquire an ELG painting! This is "Kensington Palace" by Elwin Hawthorne from 1936. It was a candidate for a poster design that did not go ahead, unfortunately. It is coming up for sale this coming Wednesday, 10/06/26 here: tinyurl.com/4jh2nc8d

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

You don’t get stuff like this over on the Muskerville platform 🙂

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A little trip up Yr Wyddfa (still Snowdon to many) where the classical views were enjoyed!

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

From here benwansell.github.io/local-electi...

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Andrew Paterson @andrewphpaterson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Every right minded church, whatever their denomination, should be spreading this message - there has been far too much silence www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil

Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yet

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Jill Segger @quakerpen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"The Cardinal of Naples, Don Mimmo Battaglia, wrote a powerful and painful letter addressed to the 'merchants of death', those who continue to trade in war while the world counts its dead. Read this letter. Calmly. Respectfully. With an open heart." www.pressenza.com/2026/03/to-t...

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"To the Merchants of Death," a powerful letter from Don Mimmo Battaglia

With a view to simply examining the facts and engaging in a calm discussion, we bring to the attention of our readers the letter written by Cardinal

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Excellent concert at Cadogan Hall last night by the Doctors' Orchestra cadoganhall.com/whats-on/the... in support of the excellent and crucial work of Freedom from Torture - www.freedomfromtorture.org

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The Doctors’ Orchestra | Cadogan Hall

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

UK people: KLAXON - today is the last chance to submit your views to the government's BBC Charter Review! There's a lot to think about and not much time. Please set aside some of your rage about "BBC bias". The BBC is imperfect but supporting it is crucial to resist the slide towards news media […]

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Jill Segger @quakerpen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Bluesky getting a tad ahead of itself on Ash Wednesday..

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Currently in the Courtauld exhibition (along with a host of other Seurat seascapes)

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

First time we’ve had outside Christmas lights. I’ll be joining the 21st century if I’m not careful!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Yes, we wrote a listicle. Sorry/not sorry. Someone had to write this and it turns out it was us. 🙄

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social , did you walk the Striding Edge route up to Helvellyn in the end? I went up there the other week but from the easier Thirlmere side. Just curious, given the various replies to your original post (which I couldn’t find again) on this topic.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Just a 1100m climb up to this mountain guest house (‘hut’). Greats views. Sausage and noodle soup most welcome!

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Waterfall, Alpine style. Attentive readers will note the path goes right through it!

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Pottering about in Austria up near the Italy border

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

totally agree - this is a point I make repeatedly on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #Insidebriefing podcasts. Hunt was deeply irresponsible on the NIC cuts and this overshadows all his other decisions.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

There's too much sport and sun and heat at the moment. Why can't it be spread out evenly over the year? (OK - I'll give you Dec and Jan)

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Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raph.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2025

The biggest media failure on the bombing of Iran is that every article should have started with: "The Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015 effectively curtailed Iran's nuclear program until the US withdrew in 2018, under pressure from Israel". Without this context, any commentary is worthless.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The FT article about @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy returning his Royal Society is the most shared article on Mastodon.

Image features a person in a laboratory setting wearing safety goggles and gesturing while discussing science. The headline mentions a Royal Society prize winner returning an award in protest over Elon Musk, attributed to Michael Peel, with 489 posts.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Because they're crap at comms. They spend all their time chasing votes in areas they don't believe in, and don't try to act as they (not Sir K of course - cf. "Get In" etc) believe. What's the point of power if you dare not use it? Can anybody imagine the Tories/Reform "chasing the Labour vote"?

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Or, alternatively, changing one set of victims for another is OK?

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Loch Lochy (yes, really its name) this afternoon, seen from the southern end.

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Tomorrow’s ‘feels like’ temperature not getting into double digits here in the highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Philip Mountford @philipmountford.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Can't help but see this as a visual metaphor for Trump and his regime!

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

Kudos to #Harvard for standing up to the #Trump admin. Friday, April 11, the Trump admin expanded its list of demands to Harvard. (Note that Harvard made it public on the Harvard website.) […]

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

It is the last day of the tax year 2024/25. But why? Why does the UK tax year begin part way through a month on 6 April? And why April? The answer may surprise you bit.ly/2ys5AWL

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WHY DOES THE TAX YEAR REALLY BEGIN ON 6 APRIL?

The tax year in the UK starts on 6 April and runs through to the following 5 April. To find out why we need to go back a l o n g ...

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