ReignOfError
@reignoferror.bsky.social
Jack: UK based retired public and third sector worker. Former immigrant, married to another.
Mainly into gardening, reading, history, politics, and travel on here.
Mainly into gardening, reading, history, politics, and travel on here.
One of the ‘lost’ rivers of London: the Fleet.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
One of the ‘lost’ rivers of London: the Fleet.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
I made a small contribution to this, and, look, the NT sent me a Giant moon badge!
Thank you.
Thank you.
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I made a small contribution to this, and, look, the NT sent me a Giant moon badge!
Thank you.
Thank you.
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I have to renew my driving licence in mid-February because it’s ten years old. Then I have to renew it again two months later because I’ll be 70. Wouldn’t you think the DVLA could could avoid this sort of bureaucratic daftness with a simple tweak to their computers?
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I have to renew my driving licence in mid-February because it’s ten years old. Then I have to renew it again two months later because I’ll be 70. Wouldn’t you think the DVLA could could avoid this sort of bureaucratic daftness with a simple tweak to their computers?
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With grim resignation, he discovers an unopened Christmas cheese selection.
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
With grim resignation, he discovers an unopened Christmas cheese selection.
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Exciting to have a Trump position the UK govt is officially against (if I'm being very cynical may also suggest Greenland isn't seriously in scope for Trump yet) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Only Greenland should decide its future, Starmer says
It comes after President Trump again said
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Exciting to have a Trump position the UK govt is officially against (if I'm being very cynical may also suggest Greenland isn't seriously in scope for Trump yet) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Happy 3/4 of a century to the MERL!!
Happy New Year everyone! We're back for another year and still in our celebrating era because we just turned 75, which is a grand age for anyone, even a museum
Happy New Year to everyone and a very happy 75th birthday to @themerl.bsky.social, which came into being officially on 1 January 1951 (the same day as the first national broadcast of The Archers).
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Happy 3/4 of a century to the MERL!!
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I mean, he's not wrong, but that would mean facing up to the racists over freedom of movement. I don't think Starmer has the guts.
"I actually think now we've done deals with the US...with India which are in our national interest, we are better looking to the single market rather than the customs union for our further alignment" Keir Starmer 🧐
So he wants to align to the SM rather than the CU whilst sticking to his red lines.
So he wants to align to the SM rather than the CU whilst sticking to his red lines.
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I mean, he's not wrong, but that would mean facing up to the racists over freedom of movement. I don't think Starmer has the guts.
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I love the idea that governments have to stay on Twitter because that's where "their audience" is.
Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.
Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I love the idea that governments have to stay on Twitter because that's where "their audience" is.
Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.
Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.
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The world's most beautiful milk shop, was established in 1880 by the Pfund brothers in Dresden, Germany.
January 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The world's most beautiful milk shop, was established in 1880 by the Pfund brothers in Dresden, Germany.
How happy I am with this depends on whether it’s an acronym or not
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
How happy I am with this depends on whether it’s an acronym or not
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'The “official” Edinburgh’s Hogmanay™ festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century, to the year 1993 to be precise.' @threadinburgh.scot
#hogmanay #NewYear #Edinburgh
threadinburgh.scot/2025/12/31/t...
#hogmanay #NewYear #Edinburgh
threadinburgh.scot/2025/12/31/t...
The thread about “why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay” (and why it never did)
In a news article the other day, the BBC’s Edinburgh and East Reporter sought to answer the age old question of “Why did Edinburgh become the home of Hogmanay?” without really get…
threadinburgh.scot
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
'The “official” Edinburgh’s Hogmanay™ festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century, to the year 1993 to be precise.' @threadinburgh.scot
#hogmanay #NewYear #Edinburgh
threadinburgh.scot/2025/12/31/t...
#hogmanay #NewYear #Edinburgh
threadinburgh.scot/2025/12/31/t...
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Rumpelstiltskin’s rage
Artist: Eric Winter (1968)
Artist: Eric Winter (1968)
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Rumpelstiltskin’s rage
Artist: Eric Winter (1968)
Artist: Eric Winter (1968)
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Just saying something that bears no relation to reality. You think everything containing chlorinated chicken will have CONTAINS CHLORINATED CHICKEN in big green letters?
You haven’t got to buy it
Just saying
Just saying
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just saying something that bears no relation to reality. You think everything containing chlorinated chicken will have CONTAINS CHLORINATED CHICKEN in big green letters?
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The upper class in Britain sees itself as almost class-less. The benevolent, neutral custodians of the nation
Everyone else has politics. They are above such petty notions
Everyone else has politics. They are above such petty notions
Relative independence 😂 yes because the hereditary peers have a real cross section of party affiliation and have no *quite literal* landed interest whatsoever.
Risible stuff.
Risible stuff.
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The upper class in Britain sees itself as almost class-less. The benevolent, neutral custodians of the nation
Everyone else has politics. They are above such petty notions
Everyone else has politics. They are above such petty notions
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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#DuvetKnowItsChristmas My poor son and daughter-in-law have been relegated to the study this year because the room they normally sleep in is full (literally) of my other daughter-in-law-to-be’s wedding dress hanging up and I don’t dare touch it!
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas My poor son and daughter-in-law have been relegated to the study this year because the room they normally sleep in is full (literally) of my other daughter-in-law-to-be’s wedding dress hanging up and I don’t dare touch it!
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Sorry, I was about to go to sleep and then this arrived and now I’m on high #DuvetKnowItsChristmas alert
We've brought our own tent to my sister-in-law's so we can have our own little boutique hotel room in the back of the lounge.
#duvetknowitschristmas
#duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sorry, I was about to go to sleep and then this arrived and now I’m on high #DuvetKnowItsChristmas alert
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So, I just discovered #duvetknowitschristmas and I think my situation qualifies
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
So, I just discovered #duvetknowitschristmas and I think my situation qualifies
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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The light was better when I was photographing from ground level. At this time of the year the sun goes behind the town and hills to the south-west so you don't get to see the whole stack in golden hour light.
Bow Fiddle Rock #Scotland
#CanonR5ii
Bow Fiddle Rock #Scotland
#CanonR5ii
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The light was better when I was photographing from ground level. At this time of the year the sun goes behind the town and hills to the south-west so you don't get to see the whole stack in golden hour light.
Bow Fiddle Rock #Scotland
#CanonR5ii
Bow Fiddle Rock #Scotland
#CanonR5ii
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Picture the scene. It's dark. It's cold outside. There's all sorts of extended family trapped together in a house. Tensions begin to rise. People argue. Somebody gets bumped off in the night.
While all that's going on at home you can go off and read your Agatha Christie book.
While all that's going on at home you can go off and read your Agatha Christie book.
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Picture the scene. It's dark. It's cold outside. There's all sorts of extended family trapped together in a house. Tensions begin to rise. People argue. Somebody gets bumped off in the night.
While all that's going on at home you can go off and read your Agatha Christie book.
While all that's going on at home you can go off and read your Agatha Christie book.