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Dick Flabbergastedly

@richmorrow.bsky.social
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UK returnee, bit wet, major nerd, politics-addict, renewables and climate obsessee (professionally and personally), keeps some arcane lore.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hard to imagine the fear and helplessness you'd feel in such a situation.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Depressingly, I agree — fascism can't be forever eliminated, cos we can all be arseholes! But we can neuter the conditions it needs to metastasise (inequality, grievance, anger, xenophobia, corruption etc etc).
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 24/08/2026
Russia has tried to take Ukraine's independence away by force for years. It has failed. Ukraine is still here. Still free. Still fighting.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Landfill
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
'The UK only produces 1% of emissions, so why should we do anything?' As this teacher says, just turn the analogy to dog poo or litter.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit."
Without naming the film, say a line that would make any true fan immediately recognize the film?
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Technically, they’re Remains now.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sounds very encouraging. I just hope it can be easily scaled to municipal-supporting size!
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Berkeley Climate Equity Action @climateequity.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
YouTube is full of awesome videos of blades on trucks. Here’s one with the blade mounted on a hydraulic controller, going through the mountains. youtu.be/9dtUrY8_1CM?...
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How are wind turbine blades transported to mountains?
YouTube video by CGTN
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Social Democrat Economic: collectivist Social: leaning progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: hawkish Authority: libertarian Constitutional: centrist Take the quiz: quiz.jmoxley.co.uk
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British Political Spectrum Quiz
Find out where you sit on the British political map across six dimensions.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
One the one hand — yes! On the other, if there's one thing the far right will never run out of, it's make believe oppressors.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A great explanation here of why we need industrial solar, why it's not bad for experienced private companies to build it...and why some NIMBY green supporters are being 'time to cut off this evil nose; there you go face!'
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
America: You need to re-learn that corruption is real, politics attracts it, and that you need to stamp that shit out like you weigh 300 pounds and wear hobnail boots. And that includes every arsesling paid or motivated to overlook it.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is an important point to remember every time some yahoo politician who wants to defund the NSF reads the title of a grant in dumbstruck tones: "They're studying the venom of Gila monsters? What? Who's *that* for?" All of us, Gomer. It's how science actually works.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/04/2026
Very Ukrainian accent: "Oh Mr Vance, is it hard to negotiate peace? Is it difficult to come to a deal when both sides have fundamentally irreconcilable positions on key issues? Does not being able to trust your counterparty make things tricky? Why do you hate peace, Mr Vance?"
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a man with a beard is sitting in a chair .
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a chair .
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 11/04/2026
This is a fantastic photo #ArtemisII
The Artemis II Crew pose in getting of their Orion capsule "Integrity".
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The rainfall of Namibia, 🇳🇦 where millions of water lilies bloom all at once
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Amid the general feelings of dread and fear this is at least a slight bit of good news.
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Juliet Kano @julietkano.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is a view of Mount Fuji seen through cherry blossoms in full bloom in a mountain garden… a once-a-year kind of magic you don’t just pass by. 🌸✨ #Mt.Fuji #Sakura #Shizuoka
This is a view of Mount Fuji seen through cherry blossoms in full bloom in a mountain garden… a once-a-year kind of magic you don’t just pass by. 🌸✨
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The Economist weighs in on the noblest of campaigns: STP standards!
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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This! Literally. Reposts of my art (which are free!) REALLY bloody help, lads! Thank you for all that do! Xxx Art available in Small World section of Artofnote.sumupstore.com #ukgiftam #ukgifthour #bsnm #birds #birdart
WIP of Sing when you’re winning. Pebble portrait of Robin with gold leaf available in my artofnote.sumupstore.com
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My resignation letter
screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character(s). Wrong answers only.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"We are WINNING so much. In fact, there is SO MUCH winning I want others to come and enjoy it too with their navies. Come on, all this victory can't last forever. First one to say YES gets their tariff dropped to 10%!"
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
A long, but quite delightful, read, on Banksy, who he probably is, and how Massive Attack is involved.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Sausage Who Loved Me.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Great thread. It's in nobody's economic or security interests, including the US's, for it to extort and invade its allies!
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Wind Power: Affordable and British-made So why does Farage want us to use expensive fossil fuels supplied by Putin? 🇷🇺
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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 11/12/2025
cc @tef.bsky.social
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
24th November, first time I've heard 'All I want for Christmas' this year. Mariah Carey's bank account has just started ting ting tinging!
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
My own personal Jesus? Someone to hear my prayers? Someone who cares?
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Which one is more English?
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
If you have a @financialtimes.com subscription, I suggest you read this. It's a jaw-dropping account of, to put it politely, monumental ambition being thwarted. Terrific work by @alisonkilling.bsky.social and the FT imagery team!
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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween
Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 09/10/2025
Britain ran entirely on clean energy for 87 hours this year – a fiftyfold rise since 2021. Proof that progress is real, even if there’s a long road to 2030’s clean-power target. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @seththevoz.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org - with thanks.
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Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far
Clean-energy sources have powered Great Britain entirely for a record 87 hours this year — a milestone toward 2030 targets
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 01/10/2025
The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It's a racist lie, all of it, every word. The claims it is based on are false in fact, and repellent in morality. Merely having said it out loud without being unanimously howled down marks another moment of shameful descent for us as a nation.
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
An engrossing take from @stephenkb.bsky.social on what immigration levels mean for nations' economies, underscoring why it needs careful and nuanced storytelling to shift public narratives (plus: lovely pics!)
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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Not quite how I'd paraphrase my Battle of Britain speech, but not far off.
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"we cannot express our regrets profoundly enough, but it is our hope that you will use these two free passes to return to jurassic park"
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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Dick Flabbergastedly @richmorrow.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
China has many, many issues but its tripling down on solar power is pretty amazing. And it's even beginning to bring down its overall carbon emissions! www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinas-carbon-emissions-fell-first-half-2025-study-shows-2025-08-21/
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
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