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R&D scientist and consultant a long time ago. Ex scuba instructor and aging triathlete.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 4h
First cup of tea: this is cosy. Tea cosy.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18h
This rare Czech steam railcar M 124.001 "Komarek", built by Ringhoffer in 1903 and recently restored, is a small, self-contained passenger railcar featuring a vertical steam boiler. www.ntm.cz/en/for-visit... IG: @martynko.matysek ~ Czechia 🇨🇿 instagram.com/martynko.mat...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026
For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Early stroll. The unemotional stars. The bloke in the doorway flings his cig into the garden and goes inside. A metaphor-heavy wooden fork on the pavement. Puddle as leaf-collector. The temporary traffic lights hesitate, then let me pass.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Farage/Johnson/Brexiters hate the Brexit Russia connection… this is why… “Isolation from the rest of Europe is the result that Britain’s enemies wanted in 2016. Sticking to that path is the route they would choose for Britain again today if they had a vote.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr
Russian meddling probably didn’t affect the referendum result – but the Kremlin’s motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matter, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I carry the papers into the shop, accompanied by the music of the rising shutters. I snip the bundles. My eye is red and the shopkeeper asks if a bug flew into it. ‘You need drops’ she says, ‘good drops’.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40,000 light-years. Original post
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Interference is easy to prove or disprove if, unlike Boris Johnson, you can be bothered to investigate, influence almost impossible. The average Brexit voter would not be able to tell you which lies - or liars - they found most persuasive. Many of them still claim they didn't fall for any of them.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Much of the coverage today is absolutely nuts. The facts are on Wikipedia. The full Intelligence and Security Committee (Russia) Report is online. Tory media & politicians once again banking on their average consumer/voter being too daft/busy/blinkered to notice...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How wonderful 🫶🏼 #BookSky
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump backs Putin backs Farage backs Trump backs Farage backs Putin backs Trump. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
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Putin wanted Brexit - now we know why
Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 12 October · 57min
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Bloke in the hotel breakfast room reviewing the breakfast by speaking into his phone. I bet he has a YouTube channel.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The shop is open when I arrive. I carry the papers in and the shopkeeper hands me the scissors. I ask if she is getting earlier or I’m getting later; she says she is getting earlier. I’m reassured.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Early stroll. Two leaves race each other to the ground. The main road seems performatively busy. A parked excavator like a cubist dinosaur. A man on a bike waves to me. The first 218 is, unusually, empty.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
😩😩😩
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Definitely a Russian ASS!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"In September, councillors raised 137 questions about Reform’s plans to close all 10 Stanley’s nurseries in South Tyneside. ... So the committee instructed council officers to bring answers to its next meeting. Yesterday, that meeting took place. No answers ... " www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
At the shop The Sunday Lad and I have a beautiful routine. I hold the box lid up, he gets the papers out. He carries them in. I close the box lid. He snips the bundles; I pick up a fallen invoice. We thank each other.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Early stroll. Maybe that streetlight wants to change places with that star. My shadow and me: nearly a song title. Hello, silent hill. The horse is not there: horse-lack. A cat leaps over a high wall, almost flying for a moment.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Time walks down its path Never veering to one side: Temporal routine
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The shop is open when I arrive; the shopkeeper and her colleague are getting earlier. I open the box and carry the papers in; the shopkeeper carries a bundle. The scissors seem to be getting blunter. The shopkeeper wishes me luck with the lottery.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Early stroll. In my mind’s eye I see the Romans who walked round here. A passing plane’s distant spark. I sneeze; the cockerel replies. The hill dreams of being a mountain. That well-stocked library of fallen leaves.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Face punctuation: Ears as brackets. Full stop nose. Mouth as an em dash
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In the bus station I gave a bloke directions to the market. He walked away and then came back and said ‘Are you Ian McMillan? Not often you get directions from a poet!’ We laughed and went our separate ways.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A MEMORY OF THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS HAMLET To me Or not to me
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At the shop I wait to open the lid of the box because it’s drizzling. The shopkeeper arrives and I get the papers out and carry them in. The aubade of the rising shutters. I collect my £1 lottery winnings; I drop the coin and it rolls a short distance.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/10/2026
Juice xkcd.com/3308/
4-panel comic. (1) [Two people, one with a ponytail, sitting and typing at terminals opposite each other. A sign on the wall reads “Juice Mission Control,” with JUICE in huge letters.] PERSON 1: Jupiter Icy Moons Exploder checkin is complete. All systems nominal. (2) PERSON 2 with ponytail. [People turn to look at each other.] PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: Jupiter Icy Moons *Explorer*. (3) [Person 1 turns back to his terminal.] (4) PERON 1: Control, everything is fine, but I need to schedule an urgent spacecraft update. [Person 2 facepalms] PERSON 2: Oh no.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Early stroll. A fallen leaf’s soft shadow. The moon is somewhere behind this drizzle. A PUBLIC FOOTPATH sign points to darkness. Green lights garland that old tree. A black cat in an upstairs window.
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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Mar 25, 2026) Hubble's visible-light image reveals Saturn's softly banded atmosphere and bright ring system, along with moons Janus, Mimas, and Epimetheus. esawebb.org/images/weic2606e/
An image of Saturn showing its bands and rings, with moons Janus, Mimas, and Epimetheus visible. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (University of California); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
24 hours ago I did a rather humbling post on here and it blew up and made me realise quite how many people I know are active on Bluesky; I didn’t realise! I’ve hardly used it tbh, but I’m thinking I should. Anyone you think I should follow? I like history, lit, science, and whimsy and wordplay.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s a lovely space; @mooseallain.bsky.social is well worth following as is @richardmortimer.bsky.social
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As I get the papers out of the box I am suddenly illuminated by the shop light. I carry the papers in. A man comes in, buys two big bottles of cider and says ‘They’re not for today’. Doug arrives and we talk about the big fish his son caught. Someone walks by, coughing.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rachel is absolutely brilliant. But don’t take my word for it, buy a ticket & find out for yourself!
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Early stroll. Stars tell their ancient stories. Shall I count all these fallen leaves? Maybe tomorrow. The waiting lad with the bag waits with his bag. Morning peeps through a broken bus shelter roof. The shining currency of streetlights.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfectly put.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
via Andy Bray
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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