LukeBMTB
@lukebmtb.bsky.social
Usual Twitter transfer. Dog walks, phone photo's, dad puns, education, some politics, some family stuff, trying to maintain a 600 year old house.
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387 tiny paper buildings, made in the 1950s / 60's by Austrian insurance clerk Peter Fritz.
socks-studio.com/2013/12/06/t...
They were stored in a plastic bag, before ending up in a junk shop where Oliver Croy found them in the early 2010s.
socks-studio.com/2013/12/06/t...
They were stored in a plastic bag, before ending up in a junk shop where Oliver Croy found them in the early 2010s.
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
387 tiny paper buildings, made in the 1950s / 60's by Austrian insurance clerk Peter Fritz.
socks-studio.com/2013/12/06/t...
They were stored in a plastic bag, before ending up in a junk shop where Oliver Croy found them in the early 2010s.
socks-studio.com/2013/12/06/t...
They were stored in a plastic bag, before ending up in a junk shop where Oliver Croy found them in the early 2010s.
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A useful thread of online design archives from around the world. (Taken from our 2020 Tweet of the same name)
1. Bulgaria socmus.com
1. Bulgaria socmus.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A useful thread of online design archives from around the world. (Taken from our 2020 Tweet of the same name)
1. Bulgaria socmus.com
1. Bulgaria socmus.com
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Simple: do what they do and deny them visas.
Sorted.
Sorted.
MILAN MAYOR SALA:
“.. This is a militia that kills. ..
It's a militia that enters people's homes by signing permits for themselves. … It's clear that they're not welcome in Milan, there's no doubt about that."
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-mil...
“.. This is a militia that kills. ..
It's a militia that enters people's homes by signing permits for themselves. … It's clear that they're not welcome in Milan, there's no doubt about that."
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-mil...
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Simple: do what they do and deny them visas.
Sorted.
Sorted.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Evening walk. Clear sky. Mobile phone handheld.
January 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Evening walk. Clear sky. Mobile phone handheld.
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I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
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wow
W O W
W O W
I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk
ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
wow
W O W
W O W
A gritter just went through the village so at least we're in for a dry night, I suppose.
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
A gritter just went through the village so at least we're in for a dry night, I suppose.
There was a very positive review of this book in Amateur Photographer last weekend. Well worth visiting Marc's site and buying a copy from him.
I've received a small set of advance copies of ‘The Edge of Ruin’. Excited that I will have some copies to show at BOP Bristol this weekend.
Opening the box is so nerve racking, but I’m so happy with the job that the printers & binders have done. Exactly as myself and @wayneford.co.uk envisioned it.
Opening the box is so nerve racking, but I’m so happy with the job that the printers & binders have done. Exactly as myself and @wayneford.co.uk envisioned it.
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There was a very positive review of this book in Amateur Photographer last weekend. Well worth visiting Marc's site and buying a copy from him.
Half an hour on the phone to someone trying to get a home insurance quote (it's an old house so complicated) and because I couldn't tell them how much some repairs carried out over 25 years ago cost at the time they couldn't proceed. "Could you find out?" "Only via a seance."
*sigh*
*sigh*
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Half an hour on the phone to someone trying to get a home insurance quote (it's an old house so complicated) and because I couldn't tell them how much some repairs carried out over 25 years ago cost at the time they couldn't proceed. "Could you find out?" "Only via a seance."
*sigh*
*sigh*
The story of individual's efforts to prevent disaster and the guilt having felt they failed.
Such huge moments at the time, repeated almost on loop on the news.
Challenger and Columbia both significant in changes to the US's post war confidence in itself as unassailable engineering superpower?
Such huge moments at the time, repeated almost on loop on the news.
Challenger and Columbia both significant in changes to the US's post war confidence in itself as unassailable engineering superpower?
40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The story of individual's efforts to prevent disaster and the guilt having felt they failed.
Such huge moments at the time, repeated almost on loop on the news.
Challenger and Columbia both significant in changes to the US's post war confidence in itself as unassailable engineering superpower?
Such huge moments at the time, repeated almost on loop on the news.
Challenger and Columbia both significant in changes to the US's post war confidence in itself as unassailable engineering superpower?
*shocked face*
Ofsted has found 'no evidence' to substantiate concerns about political impartiality at a school that postponed the visit of an MP due to planned pro-Palestine protests
schoolsweek.co.uk/no-evidence-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/no-evidence-...
Ofsted: No political bias at school that postponed MP visit
Inspectors praise 'diverse and inclusive' Bristol school after emergency monitoring inspection
schoolsweek.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
*shocked face*
Griffiths is my MP. I'm embarassed by even that level of association and I didn't vote for him.
The problem with Andrew Griffiths is that even when he's trying to make a statesmanly point about honuring a deceased colleague, his tone still reverts to snarky. It's like the row over Priti Patel's resting expressing, but vocally
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Griffiths is my MP. I'm embarassed by even that level of association and I didn't vote for him.
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Me, in the 24-48 hour period between getting paid and all my direct debits going out.
January 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Me, in the 24-48 hour period between getting paid and all my direct debits going out.
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Read the full report here -> www.southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy...
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Read the full report here -> www.southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy...
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I'm dead against the proposed new housing development near us but the group formed in opposition to it is so full of flag-shaggers, illiterates, reactionaries and general numpties that I'm actually coming around to the idea that some new neighbours might be a good thing.
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I'm dead against the proposed new housing development near us but the group formed in opposition to it is so full of flag-shaggers, illiterates, reactionaries and general numpties that I'm actually coming around to the idea that some new neighbours might be a good thing.
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And it was a VERY good morning
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
And it was a VERY good morning
Here you go, twenty minutes training from the Government 54 seconds with an AI and you are a scientist with a paper to prove it and can ask for a pay rise.
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BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Here you go, twenty minutes training from the Government 54 seconds with an AI and you are a scientist with a paper to prove it and can ask for a pay rise.
bsky.app/profile/raph...
bsky.app/profile/raph...
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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A photographer is the obvious candidate for a compact cargo bike. Tasked with carting camera equipment 28 miles, Chris took the scenic route, loaded up for a thorough test of this Ado e-bike.
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
ADO Air One Pro review
The ADO (A Dece Oasis) Air One Pro might look like a small wheeled eBike, but with its easy ride
www.cyclingelectric.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A photographer is the obvious candidate for a compact cargo bike. Tasked with carting camera equipment 28 miles, Chris took the scenic route, loaded up for a thorough test of this Ado e-bike.
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
You may be surprised to find this bike is sold at only £1,699.
www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/ado-...
That's Mick Jagger circa 1968, surely?
Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is artist's latest garden fence creation
Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is artist's latest garden fence creation
The Traitors presenter becomes an artist's latest creation in Stowmarket, Suffolk.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 AM
That's Mick Jagger circa 1968, surely?
However bad your working day is, whoever sent this is likely having a worse one.
Amazon reveals fresh round of global job cuts in email sent in error to workers
Amazon reveals fresh round of global job cuts in email sent in error to workers
Message erroneously said affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been informed
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Business live – latest updates
Amazon has told workers of a fresh round of global job cuts in an email that appears to have been sent in error.
Workers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) received a meeting invitation from a top executive on Tuesday for the following day – subsequently cancelled – that also contained a draft email. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
However bad your working day is, whoever sent this is likely having a worse one.
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We keep banging on about council funding because the end result is this very real, very depressing fraying of the social fabric. Newcastle needs to save £200k so the park cafes close, the staff is let go, and another community anchor goes. To save pennies.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle parks cafe staff 'shellshocked' by sudden double closure
Council-run cafes in both Exhibition Park and Paddy Freeman's Park are to be closed down, with bosses saying they are no longer financially viable
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
We keep banging on about council funding because the end result is this very real, very depressing fraying of the social fabric. Newcastle needs to save £200k so the park cafes close, the staff is let go, and another community anchor goes. To save pennies.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...