Chris Pilley
chrispilley.bsky.social
Chris Pilley
@chrispilley.bsky.social
Idealist, grandfather, INFP. Devastated by Brexit and its aftermath. Seeking independence for Scotland. Daily Blipfoto regular. Weekly (slow) parkrunner.
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Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Great news
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
‘Derelict Notice (Superseded)’
Police notice, c. 1990s? 
The phrase “Car Crime Area” shows a blunt, fear-based message replaced by surveillance-focused language.

#Blipfoto #photography #Policenotice #graffiti #carcrime #fear #surveillance #language #1990s #CCTV
www.blipfoto.com/entry/344692...
‘Derelict Notice (Superseded)’ | Chris_P
Police notice, c. 1990s?  The phrase “Car Crime Area” reflects a period of blunt, fear-based messaging later replaced by CCTVs...
www.blipfoto.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
‘Still Life with Rust and Rain’
Metal, plastic, stems, rain. Dereliction at a garden’s edge.

#Blipfoto #photography #derelict #stilllife #garden #rain #rusty #metal #overgrown #pots #broken #containers #bent #rack #bin #vegetation #decay

www.blipfoto.com/entry/344436...
‘Still Life with Rust and Rain’ | Chris_P
Metal, plastic, stems, rain. Dereliction at a garden’s edge.
www.blipfoto.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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"Infantino awarded Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at today’s World Cup draw in Washington DC, and that has led to questions over whether the line between FIFA and politics is being blurred."

Just give up on the BBC.
What a joke of a media organisation.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
‘Full Moon, Thin Veil’
This beautiful full moon was setting behind wispy high clouds when I got up this morning

#Blipfoto #photography #fullmoon #moon #craters #lunarsurface #detail #thincloud #cloud #aura #haze #cirrus #monochrome #photography #moonset

www.blipfoto.com/entry/344355...
‘Full Moon, Thin Veil’ | Chris_P
This beautiful full moon was setting behind wispy high clouds when I got up this morning
www.blipfoto.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
’Two Arcs’

A small tug testing its firefighting pumps this morning, leaving nothing but two bright arcs on the water.

#Blipfoto #photography #tug #firefighting #water #spray #arcs #pylons #abstract #monochrome #selenium #FirthofForth
www.blipfoto.com/entry/344145...
’Two Arcs’ | Chris_P
A small tug testing its firefighting pumps across the Forth this morning, leaving nothing but two bright arcs on the water.
www.blipfoto.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This is both terrifying & a comfort. It’s hard to explain. READ IT.
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM