Simon 🌈
@trainmad25.bsky.social
34, Kent. Part of the Railway Family. My pronouns are He/Him. My flags are 🇬🇧🇫🇷🏳️🌈
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France has ended up in a strange position after using some €250bn of tax-payer money to build a fleet of nuclear power stations. Wind and solar power is merrily entering the French power market at prices nuclear production can't match, resulting in huge surpluses of power.
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Électricité : un rapport confidentiel d’EDF anticipe une explosion des coûts et des risques
« Le Point » s’est procuré le rapport interne d’EDF sur les conséquences de la modulation de son parc nucléaire pour faire place aux renouvelables. Un document explosif, alors que le gouvernement s’ap...
www.lepoint.fr
February 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
France has ended up in a strange position after using some €250bn of tax-payer money to build a fleet of nuclear power stations. Wind and solar power is merrily entering the French power market at prices nuclear production can't match, resulting in huge surpluses of power.
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Bluesky hive mind - what do we think this poster is, behind the vending machine at Chatham station, platform one? The white border and light blue colours suggest it’s a @serailway.bsky.social poster, but it looks weathered enough to date back to British Rail days!
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Bluesky hive mind - what do we think this poster is, behind the vending machine at Chatham station, platform one? The white border and light blue colours suggest it’s a @serailway.bsky.social poster, but it looks weathered enough to date back to British Rail days!
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News from Poland. Apparently the Americans have started circulating form letters nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize - all the nation in question has to do is sign it. The Speaker of the Sejm told them to fuck off and the US Ambassador has had a meltdown.
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
News from Poland. Apparently the Americans have started circulating form letters nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize - all the nation in question has to do is sign it. The Speaker of the Sejm told them to fuck off and the US Ambassador has had a meltdown.
I’ve joined a book club at work and everyone had to suggest a book to read. I chose ‘Murder by Cheesecake; a Golden Girls cosy mystery’ and it seems to have been picked as the first book for us all to read.
If anyone at work didn’t know about me, they sure as hell do now! 🤣🏳️🌈
If anyone at work didn’t know about me, they sure as hell do now! 🤣🏳️🌈
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I’ve joined a book club at work and everyone had to suggest a book to read. I chose ‘Murder by Cheesecake; a Golden Girls cosy mystery’ and it seems to have been picked as the first book for us all to read.
If anyone at work didn’t know about me, they sure as hell do now! 🤣🏳️🌈
If anyone at work didn’t know about me, they sure as hell do now! 🤣🏳️🌈
You know you’ve gone completely round the bend when you have YMCA stuck in your head but with the letters T-M-S-T instead.
Two more shifts to go this ‘week’ 🤪
#traingeek
Two more shifts to go this ‘week’ 🤪
#traingeek
January 31, 2026 at 5:21 PM
You know you’ve gone completely round the bend when you have YMCA stuck in your head but with the letters T-M-S-T instead.
Two more shifts to go this ‘week’ 🤪
#traingeek
Two more shifts to go this ‘week’ 🤪
#traingeek
Ok, that was a hiding to nothing, but turned over in time to see the Benfica keeper score their 4th goal at the last second to keep them in the tournament and knock out Marseille
January 28, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Ok, that was a hiding to nothing, but turned over in time to see the Benfica keeper score their 4th goal at the last second to keep them in the tournament and knock out Marseille
Cross-platform changes; that’s what we like
Shame the connection won’t leave for another half hour, but last time I did this trip, the connection literally left as my foot touched the platform!
Shame the connection won’t leave for another half hour, but last time I did this trip, the connection literally left as my foot touched the platform!
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Cross-platform changes; that’s what we like
Shame the connection won’t leave for another half hour, but last time I did this trip, the connection literally left as my foot touched the platform!
Shame the connection won’t leave for another half hour, but last time I did this trip, the connection literally left as my foot touched the platform!
The war between the land and the sea
Eww…
Eww…
In search of the Bermuda Triangle
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The war between the land and the sea
Eww…
Eww…
Is Flying Scotsman meant to be out and about today? It was happily steaming away to itself just outside the National Railway Museum just now as I passed heading north.
January 28, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Is Flying Scotsman meant to be out and about today? It was happily steaming away to itself just outside the National Railway Museum just now as I passed heading north.
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Kristi Noem must resign.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Kristi Noem must resign.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
Quote post with a picture of you being a dork
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Quote post with a picture of you being a dork
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If Greg and Alex were coffee
January 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If Greg and Alex were coffee
When your brunch plans get cancelled so last second that you’re already on your way into London and your next plans aren’t until 2pm, what else is there too do but engage in geekiness?
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
When your brunch plans get cancelled so last second that you’re already on your way into London and your next plans aren’t until 2pm, what else is there too do but engage in geekiness?
“OPEN THE PENGUINS! RIP OUT THEIR HEARTS!” - Claudia Winkleman #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“OPEN THE PENGUINS! RIP OUT THEIR HEARTS!” - Claudia Winkleman #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
Disaster!
Virgin Media is down on the estate (the street group chat has been filled with “is anyone else’s internet playing up?” messages for the past few days) and it’s #TheTraitors tonight!
Going to have to hotspot my computer and watch it on iPlayer an hour later
Virgin Media is down on the estate (the street group chat has been filled with “is anyone else’s internet playing up?” messages for the past few days) and it’s #TheTraitors tonight!
Going to have to hotspot my computer and watch it on iPlayer an hour later
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Disaster!
Virgin Media is down on the estate (the street group chat has been filled with “is anyone else’s internet playing up?” messages for the past few days) and it’s #TheTraitors tonight!
Going to have to hotspot my computer and watch it on iPlayer an hour later
Virgin Media is down on the estate (the street group chat has been filled with “is anyone else’s internet playing up?” messages for the past few days) and it’s #TheTraitors tonight!
Going to have to hotspot my computer and watch it on iPlayer an hour later
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
- Kate Bush
- Florence & the Machine
- Garbage
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Corrs
- Kate Bush
- Florence & the Machine
- Garbage
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Corrs
Introduce yourself with five converts you’ve been to:
Madonna
Madonna
Kate Bush
Disclosure
Madonna
Madonna
Madonna
Kate Bush
Disclosure
Madonna
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to
Madonna
Cher
Lady Gaga
Reba
Santana
Madonna
Cher
Lady Gaga
Reba
Santana
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
- Kate Bush
- Florence & the Machine
- Garbage
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Corrs
- Kate Bush
- Florence & the Machine
- Garbage
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Corrs