Colin Baines
@colinbaines15.bsky.social
Re-Cumbrianing (formerly immigrant in Vienna) podcasts, politics, educator, science, neurodiversity
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Colin Baines
@colinbaines15.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Congratulations if you’ve recently eXited
“Starter packs” are groups of profiles that folks have created around different topics or accounts they followed on other SM.
Can follow up to 150 accounts at a time.
So I made feed that collates posts with “starter pack” and a link
bsky.app/profile/did:...
“Starter packs” are groups of profiles that folks have created around different topics or accounts they followed on other SM.
Can follow up to 150 accounts at a time.
So I made feed that collates posts with “starter pack” and a link
bsky.app/profile/did:...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
That’s only 0.8 Trussecs
(Or 3.5 Scaramuccis)
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 😉
That’s only 0.8 Trussecs
(Or 3.5 Scaramuccis)
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 😉
Ange Postecoglou sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days as head coach
Nottingham Forest sacked Ange Postecoglou after 3-0 a defeat by Chelsea made it eight winless matches since he succeeded Nuno Espírito Santo
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
That’s only 0.8 Trussecs
(Or 3.5 Scaramuccis)
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 😉
That’s only 0.8 Trussecs
(Or 3.5 Scaramuccis)
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 😉
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Nice. Now negotiate a return to the programme known as the EU.
UK and EU reportedly negotiating British return to Erasmus programme
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK students get chance to study in Europe from January 2027 under new Erasmus deal
The EU is pushing for a rapid agreement for Britain to rejoin the student exchange scheme
inews.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Nice. Now negotiate a return to the programme known as the EU.
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NEW:
We are joined by Luke Tryl to talk about everything from:
🔵📉 Tory Party Demise
🏆 Trump’s ache for a NobelP
🇪🇺🇬🇧 reducing reliance on 🇺🇸
Plus Wokey Dokey is BACK.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6ZMU...
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We are joined by Luke Tryl to talk about everything from:
🔵📉 Tory Party Demise
🏆 Trump’s ache for a NobelP
🇪🇺🇬🇧 reducing reliance on 🇺🇸
Plus Wokey Dokey is BACK.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6ZMU...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The Art of The Kneel
Quiet Riot · Episode
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August 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
NEW:
We are joined by Luke Tryl to talk about everything from:
🔵📉 Tory Party Demise
🏆 Trump’s ache for a NobelP
🇪🇺🇬🇧 reducing reliance on 🇺🇸
Plus Wokey Dokey is BACK.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6ZMU...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
We are joined by Luke Tryl to talk about everything from:
🔵📉 Tory Party Demise
🏆 Trump’s ache for a NobelP
🇪🇺🇬🇧 reducing reliance on 🇺🇸
Plus Wokey Dokey is BACK.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6ZMU...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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The scale of the backlog arises because the Sunak government, while clearing the 2022 backlog, stops processing asylum claims of those who arrive in 2023-24, despite having no real world prospect of removing 99% of those it is accommodating, in limbo. No plan except to leave it to after the election
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The scale of the backlog arises because the Sunak government, while clearing the 2022 backlog, stops processing asylum claims of those who arrive in 2023-24, despite having no real world prospect of removing 99% of those it is accommodating, in limbo. No plan except to leave it to after the election
What a PR triumph for Putin!
1. Red carpet greeting, with massive formalities.
2. Trump applauds him 3x on arrival.
3. They ride together in Trump's car.
4. At the incredibly brief press conference, Trump agrees to consider the suggestion that Moscow could be the venue for their next meeting.
1. Red carpet greeting, with massive formalities.
2. Trump applauds him 3x on arrival.
3. They ride together in Trump's car.
4. At the incredibly brief press conference, Trump agrees to consider the suggestion that Moscow could be the venue for their next meeting.
August 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Great thread (h/t @columnist.bsky.social)
Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Great thread (h/t @columnist.bsky.social)
@quietriotpod.bsky.social wonder how far this translates across to reform/tory playbook- for me it’s the nhs versus US health insurance that is a bulwark against a ‘fear’ of empathy
One of the most successful deceptions of our time was getting so many Americans to fear diversity more than racism, equality more than misogyny, democracy more than fascism, immigrants more than authoritarians, the poor more than corrupt billionaires, and empathy more than cruelty.
August 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social wonder how far this translates across to reform/tory playbook- for me it’s the nhs versus US health insurance that is a bulwark against a ‘fear’ of empathy
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🎉 Some exciting housekeeping news in tomorrow’s show🎉
Make sure to be subscribed wherever you get your podcasts
Make sure to be subscribed wherever you get your podcasts
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🎉 Some exciting housekeeping news in tomorrow’s show🎉
Make sure to be subscribed wherever you get your podcasts
Make sure to be subscribed wherever you get your podcasts
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UK chemistry industry professionals
Please fill in this short survey to help CAMS help us all by modernizing what graduates are taught with respect to data handling. Which can be as simple as organizing yourself and naming files sensibly! #chemsky
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Please fill in this short survey to help CAMS help us all by modernizing what graduates are taught with respect to data handling. Which can be as simple as organizing yourself and naming files sensibly! #chemsky
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Microsoft Forms
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July 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
UK chemistry industry professionals
Please fill in this short survey to help CAMS help us all by modernizing what graduates are taught with respect to data handling. Which can be as simple as organizing yourself and naming files sensibly! #chemsky
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Please fill in this short survey to help CAMS help us all by modernizing what graduates are taught with respect to data handling. Which can be as simple as organizing yourself and naming files sensibly! #chemsky
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The ongoing marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea is one of the the largest marine anomalies observed globally
June 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The ongoing marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea is one of the the largest marine anomalies observed globally
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🚨 WALES SPECIAL: Senedd Stakes
Labour’s future, Reform’s rise, the fate of Taith, and who’s winning the long game ahead of #Senedd2026.
@pimlicat.bsky.social chats to @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. #WelshPolitics #QuietRiot
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5etY...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Labour’s future, Reform’s rise, the fate of Taith, and who’s winning the long game ahead of #Senedd2026.
@pimlicat.bsky.social chats to @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. #WelshPolitics #QuietRiot
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5etY...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Wales 2026: The Battle Begins
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S2, E69 Bonus · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨 WALES SPECIAL: Senedd Stakes
Labour’s future, Reform’s rise, the fate of Taith, and who’s winning the long game ahead of #Senedd2026.
@pimlicat.bsky.social chats to @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. #WelshPolitics #QuietRiot
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5etY...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Labour’s future, Reform’s rise, the fate of Taith, and who’s winning the long game ahead of #Senedd2026.
@pimlicat.bsky.social chats to @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. #WelshPolitics #QuietRiot
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5etY...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Brexit: the next phase. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the Gibraltar agreement ending the A50 issues, and the Reset Summit over, we're entering a period of technical adjustments. Thoughts on that, and the 9th anniversary of the Referendum: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/brex...
June 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Brexit: the next phase. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the Gibraltar agreement ending the A50 issues, and the Reset Summit over, we're entering a period of technical adjustments. Thoughts on that, and the 9th anniversary of the Referendum: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/brex...
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Yes, We are still alive and resisting. But gdream of course wants to kill protests in Georgia. Don't forget about us ♥️
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
June 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yes, We are still alive and resisting. But gdream of course wants to kill protests in Georgia. Don't forget about us ♥️
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
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My kingdom for an edit button. FFS.
June 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My kingdom for an edit button. FFS.
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Classic Vienna. -- After all these years, I still find new features at the Stephansdom: like this statue of St. Lawrence (with the gridiron used to torture him), atop one of the romanesque towers above the main entrance. #Vienna #photography
June 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Classic Vienna. -- After all these years, I still find new features at the Stephansdom: like this statue of St. Lawrence (with the gridiron used to torture him), atop one of the romanesque towers above the main entrance. #Vienna #photography
12 Scaramuccis = 2.67 Trussecs
for the British measurement
for the British measurement
June 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
12 Scaramuccis = 2.67 Trussecs
for the British measurement
for the British measurement
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The stats say Trident was even more popular than Teeth on its first day, so join many, many other More Jam Tomorrow fans and listen to me and Bertrand Russell talking about the end of the world.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
Trident
Seventy years ago, on an island off Australia, we started something we couldn’t finish. This is the story of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, Trident — why we have...
morejamtomorrow.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The stats say Trident was even more popular than Teeth on its first day, so join many, many other More Jam Tomorrow fans and listen to me and Bertrand Russell talking about the end of the world.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
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In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.