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"Don't tell me I'm still on that feckin' island".
Beachcombing the little rocky Isle of Man aka Isle of SUV http://backoftheocean.weebly.com “Everyone should believe in something. I believe I’ll go fishing”.
Pinned
When trying to sleep with the sound of the storm or when a storm is only in my head, I try to return my mind to the peace of the tent after walking all day. Deep in the forested mountains of the Vercors. Falling asleep to the soundtrack of owls & animals of the night. My own Innisfree.
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I thought the trees looked very #Christmasy with twinkling lights behind them. #briskwalk surprises
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We feature these in our book! Pokémon lollipop stick from 1999 or thereabouts….
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Ah. It’s five years since I wrote this elegy about leaving the EU - and nearly 50 years since the adventure happened (not). But the dream lives on!

The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage

bylinetimes.com/2020/12/30/t...
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
Hi-jacked while hitchhiking, knife fights with Germans, camping on French rubbish tips... now Britain’s divorce from the EU is finalised, Peter Jukes reflects on his teenage dreams of an ever-deeper u...
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Good morning 🌅

The ghostly galleon that is the Voltaire at anchor, dwarfing the rest of the shipping.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Fuelled up leaving Camaret to dive across Biscay.
Spain for lunch on Friday...
PS can someone distract the sea pandas?
Follow with live tracking here:
share.garmin.com/99PHC
#Sailing #boating #yachting #ThatSailingPage #Biscay
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Exactly what Trump hopes to achieve through his threats. He doesn’t have to follow through with legal action, the threat was enough to trigger self-censorship. And of a REITH lecturer. What would Reith have thought?
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Oh yes, like all those other crackdowns on benefit fraud that managed to solve the massive problem that it isn't.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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In the desert of plastic crap at vide greniers & Flohmärkte, sometimes a well. "Ce qui embellit le désert, dit le petit prince, c'est qu'il cache un puits quelque part…"
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In the desert of plastic crap at vide greniers & Flohmärkte, sometimes a well. "Ce qui embellit le désert, dit le petit prince, c'est qu'il cache un puits quelque part…"
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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North wind today, Steptoe fingerless glove weather. #IsleofMan
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
North wind today, Steptoe fingerless glove weather. #IsleofMan
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When gates open at French & German flea markets, the first wave of buyers are invariably men, with shoulder bags & torches. They ask each stall holder for jewelery (that may contain gold), any LPs & any Pokemon. I never knew what the Pokemon was, but today I found one on the beach. #allwashedup
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The cheering for each Scotland goal tonight shook our block of flats and rolled around Lochrin Basin. On nights like this it's great to live in the centre of the city.
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Really starting to #snow in #Shetland
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@timmcnulty.bsky.social I have sent you a DM
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Thinking about how the perfectly sane and humane - and not remotely radical - words coming out of this man’s mouth makes him an outlier in today’s political landscape.
A Government of cowards.

Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.

They can't get away with this.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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A welcome, dry day in the Isle of Man. 2 hours around the coast, no peoples, but plenty of company - ravens, choughs & singing seals.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.

The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.

We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.

Reject the hate. Reject them.

This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A welcome, dry day in the Isle of Man. 2 hours around the coast, no peoples, but plenty of company - ravens, choughs & singing seals.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@marlinhoister.bsky.social I recommend the posts from this smallholding in the Italian Alps.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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This is the UK Home Office's 🐦 feed at 8am this morning.

Shame on you, UK #Labour.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM