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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 2d

‘big bong’ is a good theory though

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 2d

Big Bong #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 2d

A tent on a river bank. A human living like an animal. But, you know, stop the boats. #homelessness #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 8d

Bavaria! Bavaria!
Where all the men are hairier,
And dogs are so much scarier
Than any in your area

#nationalpoetryday

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 8d

Justin Webb, Victorian time-traveller, arrives unexpectedly in a BBC studio to interview a neurologist and asks questions about the soul and other such quaint notions #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · 18d

In a pub, talked to a Reform councillor. I try be civil. He says he just wants to represent local people - but scratching below the surface he reveals he thinks climate change is a scam and migrants are forming an army. He denies scientific evidence for the former, but believes his own skewed truth.

Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Sep 9

25% of schools in England do not have a physics teacher. #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Sep 6

The most privileged (including Farage, Tice etc) often pay less tax, as a percentage, than most of us - it’s a huge injustice - but there’s rarely any noise about this.
#r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘the sort of thing George Osborne did well,’ says Richard Tice. Now we know - a Reform government would be a rerun of Tory austerity. As they see the reality of government coming into focus, so we can see - Reform have no new ideas. #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Sep 4

I went to Malmesbury, found the tomb of Athelstan, first king of England and pioneer of hot air ballooning. Please give this a listen - only 6 mins. (also on other all platforms - search ‘these weird isles’)

open.spotify.com/episode/0cyI...

Malmesbury

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Aug 27

Within 10 minutes in one episode we had: ‘nice arse’ and ‘she is with child’- the language skims over the drama like a warped frisbee. And any scene where there are just two people is seething with hatred and resentment or oozing with love-gunk. Also: it’s Iceland.

Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Battle of Bosworth Field took place on this day, 1485. The exact location is still disputed, although there is a Visitors’ Centre, of course, with a pleasant restaurant and gift shop. (on most other platforms too)
open.spotify.com/episode/6k2s...

Bosworth Field

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Aug 14

I got 3 As, a B and 2 Ns - so I made ‘BANANA’

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Aug 12

On a day when we’re warned that high temperatures in the UK could be a threaten to life, when wildfires sweep across Spain, guess what issue is headlines across nearly all media? Fingers in ears, head in the sand. #bbcpm #bbcnews

Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jul 22

Right wing politicians, think tanks and media tycoons have done their best to destroy the social fabric of the UK - but we do not face ‘societal collapse’ because of the work - and hope - of millions of ordinary people who do their jobs with unfailing duty and care. Unlike Nigel Farage. #r4today

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · Jul 16

56 years ago today, three men left Earth and set off for the moon. A wise decision.

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jul 11

Three or four seconds at the most, and usually I’m wrong about that

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jul 11

BBC Radio 4 headlines this morning: ‘There are questions about whether a one in one out migrant deal with France will deter people.’ I look forward to similar headlines: ‘There are questions about whether Nigel Farage is a weird racist intent on giving huge tax concessions to the rich.’ #r4today

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jun 21

I like camping in Devon but I don't endorse it. #thisisajoke

Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jun 16

It’s Bloomsday, here’s a very short thing about James Joyce and the Martello tower where Joyce lived and Ulysses begins…#bloomsday #joyce (also on Soundcloud/Amazon/Apple etc)
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sru...

The Omphalos, Sandycove

these weird isles · Episode

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · Jun 11

Rochester, a city destroyed not by bombs, but by bureaucratic error… #rochester #dickens

open.spotify.com/episode/4hVD...

Rochester

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · May 24

This is a fascinating, eccentric and slightly mad album of songs…

open.spotify.com/album/7aSfnd...

33 Rpm

Workhouse Disko · Album · 2025 · 9 songs

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Andrew @yawnthepost.bsky.social · May 2

Please someone, anyone, explain to me: Brexit has lost us billions - yet somehow Farage is still seen as credible. How? #farage #reform

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WorKhouse DisKo @workhouse-disko.bsky.social · May 1

‘You can’t reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.’ (Kevin Kelly)

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