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Andrew Rothe
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"I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks
An empty vessel who can't make contact"

NTU (BA 2017, MA 2021)

-Sales Assistant 💳
-Assistant Museum Curator 🏛️
-Heritage Rail Volunteer 🚂
-Photographer 📷
-History Lover 🖼️
-Geek 🎮
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We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
Trump and Farage
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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#PloughMonday is upon us once more as another agricultural year begins.
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Let us hope the weather is kind and the harvests are bountiful.
In a stubble field backed by woodland, a pair of farm workers are tilting a traditional blue and red balance plough on its centre axle. A black steam ploughing engine sits behind the plough and connected to it, with two people on the footplate. Further away, a very similar ploughing engine that is black with orange wheels is releasing excess steam through its safety valves.
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#NewProfilePicture

Standing on the beach at Black Rock Sands, doing my best James Dean Bradfield impression.

#Thisismytruthtellmeyours #ManicStreetPreachers #MSP
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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every country in central and South America has their own very specific answer to the question “When has the United States ever engaged in imperialism”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d
KERNEN: Europeans are talking about it almost being like Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.

JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Could it be anything else? #Firefly
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Spare a thought for our society's hard-working satirists, who I suspect are currently despairing that no parody/joke they can ever invent could possibly keep up with the unhinged farce happening on the world stage at the moment.
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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"Es Verdad ... those Washington Bullets again"
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Almost every story I read about genAI makes me want to kick out the plugs. “But it’s here to stay!” “But I’ve found this positive use for it!” Bully for you. Just turn it off until we can regulate it properly so it doesn’t give dangerous health advice, tell people to kill themselves or generate CSAM
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Despite getting more books for Christmas, I've just ordered two more. And we're not even two days into the New Year. Oh dear. 😂

I genuinely think that there's a growing part of me that's rapidly losing trust in online resources and just wants a nice big physical library that no AI can tamper with.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Random Fact About Me:

I have double jointed elbows and can bend my arms backwards to enough of a degree that it physically disturbs many new people that I meet. 😀
meganeve.bsky.social Megan Eve @meganeve.bsky.social · 21d
Post a random fact about yourself:

I can only parallel park if listening to Whenever, Wherever by Shakira.
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If you see this post a random fact about yourself:

I don’t play D&D but a published campaign has a particular geographic feature because the illustrator smudged their map and I suggested incorporating the smudge
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whoever you’re with, I hope you have a safe, prosperous and peaceful New Year.
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“Memory is the greatest gallery in the world, and I can play an endless archive of images” – J. G. Ballard
A tree-lined Welsh valley illuminated by low sunshine under blue skies.
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Hard to narrow it down to just one music video, but I have a soft spot for Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity". 💙🎶

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkI...
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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New profile picture time.

Myself and my friend Dan taking his 1917 10-ton Aveling & Porter steamroller around the ring at a traction engine gathering. Photo credit to my friend Oliver Moore.
Two people driving & steering a green and black steamroller around a grassy event field on a bright summer's day.
December 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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So I'm finally making the permanent move over here from the... dead bird site. Huzzah! Really need to start posting more often.

So for anyone new; I'm Andrew, I live on a diet of coffee, political satire and Britpop.

You can usually find me playing with steam engines, trains or fairground organs.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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When it comes to the police/detective drama series that I'm watching at the moment, I'm definitely in my 'brooding, solitary, intellectual, softly-spoken widower' era.

An evening of Michael Kitchen in "Foyle's War" or Bertie Carvel in "Dalgleish". Perfection ❤️
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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This. To all my trans friends ... you are real, you exist, you are valid and you matter. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️
themountaingoats.bsky.social the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Apr 16
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website because of abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be on minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious achurchill.substack.com
Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website by abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be dedicated to minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious https://achurchill.substack.com Image and citation from Wikipedia. Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Lt. Col. Rogers, Field Artillery, distinguished himself in action while serving as commanding officer, 1st Battalion, during the defense of a forward fire support base. In the early morning hours, the fire support base was subjected to a concentrated bombardment of heavy mortar, rocket and rocket propelled grenade fire. Simultaneously the position was struck by a human wave ground assault, led by sappers who breached the defensive barriers with bangalore torpedoes and penetrated the defensive perimeter. Lt. Col. Rogers with complete disregard for his safety moved through the hail of fragments from bursting enemy rounds to the embattled area. He aggressively rallied the dazed artillery crewmen to man their howitzers and he directed their fire on the assaulting enemy. Although knocked to the ground and wounded (continued on next image) by an exploding round, Lt. Col. Rogers sprang to his feet and led a small counterattack force against an enemy element that had penetrated the howitzer positions. Although painfully wounded a second time during the assault, Lt. Col. Rogers pressed the attack killing several of the enemy and driving the remainder from the positions. Refusing medical treatment, Lt. Col. Rogers reestablished and reinforced the defensive positions. As a second human wave attack was launched against another sector of the perimeter, Lt. Col. Rogers directed artillery fire on the assaulting enemy and led a second counterattack against the charging forces. His valorous example rallied the beleaguered defenders to repulse and defeat the enemy onslaught. Lt. Col. Rogers moved from position to position through the heavy enemy fire, giving encouragement and direction to his men. At dawn the determined enemy launched a third assault against the (continued on next image) fire base in an attempt to overrun the position. Lt. Col. Rogers moved to the threatened area and directed lethal fire on the enemy forces. Seeing a howitzer inoperative due to casualties, Lt. Col. Rogers joined the surviving members of the crew to return the howitzer to action. While directing the position defense, Lt. Col. Rogers was seriously wounded by fragments from a heavy mortar round which exploded on the parapet of the gun position. Although too severely wounded to physically lead the defenders, Lt. Col. Rogers continued to give encouragement and direction to his men in the defeating and repelling of the enemy attack. Lt. Col. Rogers' dauntless courage and heroism inspired the defenders of the fire support base to the heights of valor to defeat a determined and numerically superior enemy force. His relentless spirit of aggressiveness in action are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself. his unit. and the U.S. Army.
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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She's here! Hello 'Newstead', and welcome to North Norfolk! 💓🚂
A dark red railway locomotive, specifically a standard gauge saddle tank with 6 wheels, chained down firmly to a flatbed trailer which is being moved around a car park in bright sunshine.
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A fascinating look at Norwich's hidden past today at 'The Shoebox Experience' under Castle Meadow! Always interesting to learn more about local history and see somewhere new! I'd reccomend this tour to anyone who likes Medieval History.
A brick wall in a dark underground space A battered wooden doorway and a window frame covered in metal bars, set in a brick wall in a dingy underground space. An old brick wall in a dimly-lit underground space. A old brick wall in a dimly-lit underground space.
March 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Genuinely feeling like a technological god after successfully resurrecting the museum's Sum Up machine from its winter hibernation. 💳

It's especially satisfying after the Curator told me yesterday that it wasn't working. 😂
February 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Quite enjoying Brian and Maggie on Channel 4. I'm far from an expert on British politics in that era, so I can't comment on historical accuracy, but it's rather entertaining TV and I think Harriet Walters has got pretty close with Mrs Thatcher's voice. #BrianandMaggie
January 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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#Inauguration2025

The BBC commentators were noting that Melania was wearing a hat, and now we see why. A clever use of a wide brim to prevent unwanted kisses on the cheek.
A photograph of a smartly-dressed woman wearing a hat with a wide-brim. She smiles through gritted teeth as Donald Trump leans in to kiss her on the cheek, but finds he is unable to reach her cheek due to the width of the brim of her hat.
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The sounds of the Notre-Dame organ coming back to life are absolutely remarkable ❤️
December 7, 2024 at 7:35 PM