Alan Fresco
@alanf.bsky.social
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An opinionated Edinburger mainly interested in the outdoors, science and politics. Currently raging against the dying of the light.
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covertshores.bsky.social
Another ‘narco submarine’ found in the Solomon Islands, after it sailed all the way across the Pacific(!). This is the 3rd publicly reported example there.

Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed
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alanf.bsky.social
A career in engineering or science can be extremely rewarding and there is a chance that you might change the world.
I think my soul would have been destroyed if I'd spent years working hard to get an arts degree only to find I ended up working in a call centre.
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reformexposed.bsky.social
Reform UK Kent Councillor and Cabinet member Chris Hespe would rather save Adolf Hitler from a burning building than a trans person.

There’s more.
alanf.bsky.social
Be careful with the leaf blower.
alanf.bsky.social
Most of our airports have dreadful connections to public transport.
Sorry.
alanf.bsky.social
Scot here, you have no idea what you're talking about.
alanf.bsky.social
..but not less affordable.
alanf.bsky.social
Let's face it, for Kemi this will be as good as it gets.
alanf.bsky.social
Doesn't this just show that we need to acknowledge there are margins of error associated with all this data and the best we can say right now is that emissions have probably levelled out?
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localnotail.bsky.social
A fresh look at empiricism 1927-42 Freedom and Government Bertrand Russell
The 2 steps required for the rise of fascism
The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity...
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A fresh look at empiricism, 1927-42-Chapter: Freedom and Government, by Bertrand Russell on the 2 steps required for the rise of fascism
The rise of fascism brought about, in its early stages, an exactly opposite situation. Here it was the reactionaries who favoured freedom of organization and the progressives who opposed it. The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity.
The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.
This technique is as old as the hills; it was practised in almost every Greek city, and the moderns have only enlarged its scale.
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stansaidairport.bsky.social
So sweet. One of our sniffer dogs enjoying his break in the Bahamas with his new mate Dave. Lovely to see.
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omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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mrtrellis.bsky.social
Robert Jenrick thinks Doctor Who got too woke when Peter Davison took over.
denofscholes.bsky.social
Robert Jenrick says salt is spicy enough for him
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yakhunt.net
Robert Jenrick once wrote a strongly worded letter to Bassets after a pack he bought contained no white ones
chriso1.bsky.social
Robert Jenrick’s favourite chocolates are White Magic.
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bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight
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isokongallery.bsky.social
Opening soon, “A House in Hampstead”, a solo exhibition with new work by Karin Kneffel, centred on the Isokon Flats, in which the artist invites us to re-imagine a fragmented past, discernible only through undated scenes.
Dirimart London, 09.10–15.11.2025
dirimart.com/en/Exhibitio...
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billybragg.bsky.social
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧
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davidosland.bsky.social
Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.
alanf.bsky.social
It can be a toxic place, there are some really nasty individuals on here.
However they and the usual subjects have blocked me and I've conscientiously blocked them back so things are fine for me now.
In short, you'll encounter cranks and arseholes when you join but after a bit of blocking it's fine.