Robert Foxon
@robertfoxon.bsky.social
United Kingdom.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
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Bill Gates Epstein Files latest
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Bill Gates Epstein Files latest
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Countries In Red (Population 2.3 billion) Have As Many Murders Combined As The US (Population 330 million).
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Countries In Red (Population 2.3 billion) Have As Many Murders Combined As The US (Population 330 million).
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
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December comes
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
December comes
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
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Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
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Steve's Advent Calendar Day 1
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Steve's Advent Calendar Day 1
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"Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars".
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buddy the runaway reindeer from Wales sparks major search
The animal, named Buddy, fled a festive celebration on the coast and went on the run for hours.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars".
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
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In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
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Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
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😂 It's what I've bought , nowt.
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
😂 It's what I've bought , nowt.
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😂 Perfect example
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
😂 Perfect example
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Just back from The Cottage. Garlic mushroom pizza and a pint of Brewpoint's Pilothouse porter was perfect on a cold November day.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just back from The Cottage. Garlic mushroom pizza and a pint of Brewpoint's Pilothouse porter was perfect on a cold November day.
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Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
www.newstatesman.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk
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Wanting complete security for what little you can save, an extreme aversion to risk following the financial crashes, and a deep distrust of the 'stock market' spring to mind.
Why are so many British people allergic to investing?
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Wanting complete security for what little you can save, an extreme aversion to risk following the financial crashes, and a deep distrust of the 'stock market' spring to mind.
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📷 by macrophile on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📷 by macrophile on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons
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"The trouble started when American MPs arrived and tried to force U.S. segregation rules inside the British pub. They attempted to remove & arrest the Black soldiers, which shocked the locals. People in the pub openly stood by the Black troops, telling the MPs that everyone there was welcome."
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"The trouble started when American MPs arrived and tried to force U.S. segregation rules inside the British pub. They attempted to remove & arrest the Black soldiers, which shocked the locals. People in the pub openly stood by the Black troops, telling the MPs that everyone there was welcome."
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Ardlington Marsh lock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this lock is likely to be lost forever due to the proposed Sesro Reservoir.
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ardlington Marsh lock on the @wiltsberks.bsky.social this lock is likely to be lost forever due to the proposed Sesro Reservoir.
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
Another fantastic lock to see with the gates still in place like a couple in the area. Amazing to see this derelict lock still defying nature
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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This is so true.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is so true.