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Peter Scandrett

@proogs.bsky.social
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Stage lighting guy. Likes puns, technical jiggerypokery, sciencey stuff, good friendship and conversations that engage the brain. Cycles a bit. (he/him)

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Altrincham Dry Cleaners @altydrycleaners.bsky.social · 3h
At the dentists and overheard someone actually being booked in for two thirty. So that really happens.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 3h
I don't watch the Traitors but this has appeared in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. Sort of interesting advert.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 21h
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 21h
I wish that the 33.3% off railcards on the trains weren't a thing and instead they just reduced the fare prices right across the board by 25%.
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Decades ago, I needed to change a bulb in one of the lights on my first car. In the index of the manual I had no luck looking under 'b' for 'bulb', nor 'l' for 'light'. In the end, I was reduced to reading through the entire thing until I found it under 'h' for 'how to change the bulbs'.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't agree with the death penalty, but... is everything broken or incompetent in the US governance at the moment? Two lethal injections and someone doesn't die, so they take them to hospital to make sure they're alive before trying again? A strange dichotomy.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.
A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion 
E extreme shivering or muscle pain 
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured
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Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From The Times obit for Esther Rantzen. Nothing against Ms Rantzen but us dogsbodies trained for 9 months to “do the chores” and would like to see the obit writer survive “Red Light Fever” and operate the panel in a busy studio live on air or create believable sound effects for a convincing drama.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a great bit by Molly about how they made accommodations for her wheelchair/working height in the Great British Bake Off (like lowering the workbench). www.instagram.com/reel/DduD7A_...
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mrs_molly_c on Instagram: "Let’s talk about my Bake Off bench in the tent. There’s been a bit of talk about my set up and whether or not it was suitable for m…"
Let’s talk about my Bake Off bench in the tent. There’s been a bit of talk about my set up and whether or not it was suitable for me. But I can categorically say that I LOVED that bench set up and part of the reason I ended up with cake on the floor was because I felt so empowered by my set up that I convinced myself I could do everything by myself! If I had that set up at home I’d probably never leave the kitchen! #BakeOff #GBBO #Accessible
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1/19 Eleven years after a church picnic in New York killed a thousand people, a company picnic in Chicago killed 844 more. The ship never left the wharf. She rolled over while the band was playing, in twenty feet of water, six metres from the bank. The SS Eastland. A 🧵. #maritimehistory
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was just typing something about the new Japanese movie All of a Sudden, and a little bubble popped up next to it saying "Concision: 'Suddenly' would be a better way to say this." If I could make the program that did this scream and beg for mercy, I would do it and sleep just fine tonight.
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Sean @seanmgilbert20.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
well, giving the judges a virus and flavours inspired by cyanide. That's definitely an interesting thing to do #gbbo
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026
okay, today’s spicy hot take because I’ve seen this three times already this morning: The U.K. does not have any such thing as a ‘legal name’ this is a good thing! unequivocally! this means it also applies to people we don’t like
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Cycleway, my arse! @issaddlethereis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The car culture of "beating the red light" by driving through solid amber lights has to stop. It puts people in danger and is too common. This driver on this morning's school run had plenty of time to stop on amber and didn't. The Highway Code is clear on this. @metpolice.bsky.social
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cloth gown gridlock @rosyrhapsody.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Japan they don't call it a train of thought, it's the Thinkansen
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🏺 The #SecretsOfTheIce project is of course only possible thanks to the #ClimateCrisis, but it has revealed extraordinary diversity of ancient projectile tech: arrows made from ground slate, mussel shell, and bindings not just of sinew but also birch bark secretsoftheice.com/news/2026/09...
Photo of a hand holding a finely ground, long slate arrow head still hafted on its shaft tip. Background is a mountain ice and rock patch.Photo of an arrow shaft tip, showing sinew and dark bark wrapped around it. Caption:
"Rear section of an arrow shaft. It has been reinforced with animal sinew and birch bark around the nock. Approximately 3,600 years old. Photo. Frys film, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of The Ice."Photo of a partly fragmented arrow tip, against gritty muddy ground.. Caption:
"Arrowhead made from freshwater mussel shell. The arrowhead is fragile and has begun to split. Approximately 3,600 years old. Photo. Frys film, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of The Ice."
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apparently Ronnie Golden has died. I only know of him via Barry Cryer singing 'Peace and Quiet'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA6g...
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Peace & Quiet
YouTube video by glebber
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Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very very sad news. We have lost Tony De Meur - aka Ronnie Golden, he of The Fabulous Poodles, all round lovely human - and the world is a sadder place. Surely right now he is in a celestial bar swapping parrot jokes with Baz Cryer over a double.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rant: Just come back from Tesco and I'm convinced people don't know how to drive. Taxis parking blocking car park routes, drivers ignoring level crossings, driver parking a (granted, large car, like most others nowadays) diagonally across two spaces, and cutting corners on the lanes marked. 1/3
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Ember Green @embergreen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“…was arrested after allegedly slashing a boat on camera during a livestream…” “Allegedly” has never done less work in a sentence lmao
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Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 27/09/2026
Five days ahead of its official release, Pet Shop Boys' "A man from the future" will be made available to hear in full during two BBC global radio broadcasts on Sunday, 4th October.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm on the TPS register (Telephone Preference Service, for no unsolicited calls) but recently have had a few robotic auto calls come through. My phone warns me of them possibly being spam, so I've answered them with silence so far. Should I be reporting the numbers to the TPS? What's started this?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Sometimes satire says far more about the absurdity of a situation than a thousand serious words ever could. NewsThump absolutely nails it." via Truth Against Hate newsthump.com/2026/09/19/p...
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Got bag of wotsits in a meal deal for the first time in years. Nostalgia aside - I'm /sure/ they used to be bigger in diameter? These are about 8-9mm diameter, and I reckon they used to be 12-15mm diameter? Length seems unchanged. Not a major issue as I guess you get more wotsit per unit volume now!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Andrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good work Battersea!
Battersea Dog and Cat billboard titled with The only borders we care about. And three images of a border collie
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23/09/2026
This whole thread is wild & a reminder that the worst part about being locked into the @americanair.bsky.social ecosystem—because they’re the only ones who fly to Champaign—is that so many of their European connections require British Airways
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't know who this is (and neither do I want to) but this is just terrible.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My tour rider is water and coffee AND a request that the stage be dressed with a step ladder decorated by the tech crew in any way they see fit. Hats off to Leeds City Varieties tech. Salut x
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's great that all of our elected leaders are such experts in the environmental sciences, isn't it? (I mean, even if they weren't, surely they'd be advised by research scientists in the field, obviously.)
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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY
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John Ferrett @johnferrett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The drought is far from over. This is the main pond on Farlington Marshes this afternoon.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hmm. "Ed Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel duty" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... There's a climate emergency, we've just had the hottest year ever, and reducing the fuel tax disproportionately benefits the well off. There is no good reason to encourage people to drive. It's illogical.
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Ed Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel duty
Sir Ed blamed Donald Trump's war with Iran for damaging the UK economy and pushing fuel prices up.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A while ago a Forestry Commission ranger told me I was at risk of going to prison for being in breach of the Wildlife Act. I'd routed a road race close to a Red Kite nest, the location of which was a secret. He didn't seem to grasp that it's hard to plan a route to avoid a site that's a secret...
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Ha ha this-away, Ha ha Hathaway
Wizbit and Anne Hathaway
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
John Allen, former Reform party councillor who lost his seat after failing to turn up to a single council meeting for six months, was paid £18,888. He may be able to earn the same again after putting himself forward to stand in the by-election he triggered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Northumberland councillor paid £19k despite six-month no-show
John Allen is standing again after losing the seat for not going to Northumberland council meetings.
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 18/09/2026
In 2012, Addison Lee boss John Griffin was all over the news when he ranted that cyclists should “pay road tax.” Yesterday, HMRC won its case saying that, since 2013, the taxi man has been avoiding paying income tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Telegraph headline from 2012:

Cyclists should pay road tax, says taxi boss Careless cyclists are on a
'voyage into the abyss'
The head of London's largest minicab company says cyclists should think more about their own safety before "throwing themselves on to some of the most congested spaces in the world".Guardian headline today:

Addison Lee founder owes
£20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling
HMRC wins challenge over John Griffin's claim to be non-dom despite having lived in England since childhood. With pic of old man in office.
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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tram bowling is back! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Pe...
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12th European TramDriver Championship in Warsaw
YouTube video by TRAM-EM
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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look. This is really simple. Whilst the RNLI is a charity, it forms part of the basic infrastructure of the country (whether this is a suitable arrangement is another matter). Due to intimidation parts of this infrastructure are unable to function.
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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you for all of your Fabulous replies. If you would like the version with the music & pinbadge, please follow the link below. It is a website exclusive. fabulousfilms.com/products/mr-...
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For generations of children, some of television’s happiest memories began with a walk down Festive Road. From his home at 52 Festive Road, Mr Benn would make his way to the little costume shop at the ...
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why oh why oh why, in this day and age, if Windows /still/ feels the need to reboot without my permission for updates etc, does it not preserve my workspace/open programs/window states? It is sometimes polite and asks me to schedule a reboot, but at other times it just does it anyway. :-(
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don't know why this is a matter for MPs. Eurovision is just a big Euro celebration of life, if you can ignore the politics that does inevitably edge in. Who cares if we come first or last? It's one of the few things that tries to genuinely embrace diversity and equality. The contest is secondary.
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Lindsay 🎃 @broadwell.eu · 18/09/2026
the attacks on the RNLI have me genuinely enraged. these are some of the best people there are and they're under attack by some of the very worst. it is not hard to see which side here is in the right.
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Gary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay.
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