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The Singing Engineer

@treborfirst.bsky.social
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Choral Singer. TaiChi. PPIE: Critical Care Rsrch (Oxford), ICNARC. Alumnus: Birkbeck (London Uni), OU, Leicester Poly. Erstwhile sw Eng Mgr CEng MIET Philosophy, film noir, JP Melville, RadioLaBaroque, Bach, audiophile. Brex💩& MAGA stink. No to Amazon.

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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Support us ➡️ bluehorizons.pudgycat.io 💙
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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Support us ➡️ bluehorizons.pudgycat.io 💙
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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Support us ➡️ bluehorizons.pudgycat.io 💙
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The Singing Engineer @treborfirst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The MAGA Factor
What separates Trump voters who consider themselves MAGA from Trump voters who do not?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ban Israel from UEFA.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Farage (et al) literally panting for Fairford to be linked to asylum seekers and, as usual, the ludicrous demand for immediate information with totally irresponsible implication that the absence of such information is suspect.
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brexit…..
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Farage is doing it again - stoking the flames of hate re the Fairford incident. He's one step way from saying "it's Muslims wot done it" .... but he'll be nowhere to be seen when his idiot supporters head to Fairford to cause trouble. bsky.app/profile/andy...
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Sadiq Khan wants Britain to start preparing to rejoin the EU now: return to the customs union, pursue associate membership, consider the single market and put a clear rejoin pledge in Labour’s next manifesto. His message to Andy Burnham: start making the case to voters today.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And Norway has more oil than Venezuela
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The crypto-billionaire cash being put to use. We're going to see a lot of this. Unchecked, endless ads attacking the Government outside of regulated election periods (including a lot of Reform spending in the unwinnable Holborn by-election, as Who Targets Me has also found)
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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yeah, that and the £102 million they’ve trousered from crypto billionaires who want absolutely nothing in return.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Danny Tommo tries to look well 'ard but always ends up looking like Frank Spencer. A deep dive into the comically hapless Tommo, his "Christian Army", the endless crowdfunding and the gaggle of bells supporting him. Spoiler: This is FULL of pisstaking. youtu.be/K5-56mveR9s
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Danny Tommo: The Far Right Frank Spencer
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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 669 of #GeorgiaProtests The 33rd anniversary of the capture of Sokhumi, Abkhazia. 📷 Tinatin Bolokadze
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm seeing a lot of videos at the moment showing positive communal events, with crowds singing, celebrating and enjoying life together. I've a feeling this isn't just a coincidence, but the start of an organic counter-reaction against the negative division that's been driving us apart for 10+ years.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026
Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.
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Israel revokes Dutch diplomats' status over sanctions on settlements
Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukraine could start using interceptor drones on a large scale within a few months - Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov "Prototypes are already being tested in combat conditions and are shooting down Russian drones. The next step is scaling up production."
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
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Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
Final results from the Swiss government showed over 70% of voters, and a majority in all 26 of the country's regions, rejected the plan championed by a right-wing populist party.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is called mental illness. Severely mentally ill. And yet we treat Thiel, just like Trump, and interact with them as if they're normal people. Sane people don't do this.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reform UK leaders are ALL ex-Tories ... meme via Angel Stroyan
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MO-KAN HASH @mokanhash.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kansas, this election could shape our state for years. Don’t assume someone else will show up for you. This is YOUR voice and YOUR future. Get informed. Make a plan. SHOW UP. VOTE. Every eligible Kansan has a chance to be heard—don’t waste yours.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
Josh Babarinde MP: "Our volunteer lifeboat crews. These are people who put their lives on the line for us" 👏 "Anyone who should get in their way is pathetic, unpatriotic, and un-British. We're a country that prides ourselves in bringing people together."
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trottillidrop.bsky.social @trottillidrop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let the millionaires leave the country. I'll even pack their suitcases. Millionaires do not keep the UK lights on. Ordinary tax payers keep the lights on and they also subsidise many of these millionaire owned companies. #bbcaq
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The Singing Engineer @treborfirst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Trump’s Disgraceful Ban On The White House Press — And Where It All Began
He Tested It On Jim Acosta — And Failed
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The Singing Engineer @treborfirst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Now, CNN
Democracy dies in the darkness
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@treborfirst.bsky.social fyi
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
FM Sikorski: The fact that Ukraine has destroyed, by estimates, between 30% and 40% of Russia’s refining capacity has already led to logistical difficulties for both Russia’s civilian economy and its military operations.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This should have happened right from the start.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to RESPOND to the CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO by TOMORROW, and a hearing is set on the Temporary Restraining Order motion for WEDNESDAY at 3:30 PM.
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The Singing Engineer @treborfirst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Opinion | Trump Has Finally Lost the Plot
It is now apparent that many Americans — probably enough Americans — are determined to live within the truth rather than the lie.
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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🛫 Prospect calls for investment in air traffic control following the publication of the preliminary NATS incident report 🛫 Read our statement now ⤵️ prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...
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Prospect calls for investment in air traffic control following NATS report
Responding to the publication of the preliminary NATS incident report, Prospect General Secretary Mike Clancy...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
"I am proud that my union has helped to move the wider TUC into a position where we can campaign wholeheartedly, and without apology, for the closest possible relationship with our European friends and allies," writes Mike Clancy, General Secretary @prospectunion.bsky.social.
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The trade union case for closer UK-EU ties
By Mike Clancy
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Refuse to accept these shootings as a new normal.
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@treborfirst.bsky.social Vaut le detour....
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Feel like this should have a bit more attention- www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If the goal in Musk taking over twitter was to boil brains on an industrial scale, radicalise, create mobilised armies of pro-Russian fascists & weaken western democracy then it seems to be going well.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/09/2026
During his first administration, Donald Trump revoked Jim Acosta's press credential, because the President didn't like his line of questioning. On Friday, the President renewed his attack on Acosta.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Protester at the "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" rally holds up sign that reads: “WAR CRIMES CANNOT HIDE S£X CRIMES”
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The Singing Engineer @treborfirst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Attempting to Establish an Authoritarian Government
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Give oil companies an inch and they will take the entire planet. No new drilling in the North Sea - we have better green technology and it is cheaper and more reliable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses
The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Help to buy schemes are actually a harmful waste of government money. They enable people to bid more for property and just put up market prices at massive expense. Try building council houses instead www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
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Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money,’ review finds
Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value in UK last year
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important to remember that the Iranian regime really is a deadly and oppressive one. That doesn't mean Trump's daft ideas about how to destabilise it make any kind of sense. He is simply strengthening it.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They live in a false reality they have built around themselves…..
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