Jeff
@jeffm2018.bsky.social
Just looking in to see what is what. Blues, cats, cakes and photography and stuff. Might have spent 30 years in broadcast. no dm.
Header pic Caban Coch Dam in the Elan Valley in Wales. Water topping the dam is normal when it is full.
Header pic Caban Coch Dam in the Elan Valley in Wales. Water topping the dam is normal when it is full.
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Happy Gingerbread House Day! 👻
Ghostbusters-themed gingerbread house by Gonzuela’s Cakes.
Ghostbusters-themed gingerbread house by Gonzuela’s Cakes.
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happy Gingerbread House Day! 👻
Ghostbusters-themed gingerbread house by Gonzuela’s Cakes.
Ghostbusters-themed gingerbread house by Gonzuela’s Cakes.
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It’s 12 Syndrummers Drumming!
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s 12 Syndrummers Drumming!
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Surely this is Scotland's snazziest trig point?
A re-visit to Ben Rinnes was needed as we knew the old decaying trig point had been encased in steel this summer by the Friends of Ben Rinnes. It has a beautiful granite view indicator too.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/moray/ben-ri...
A re-visit to Ben Rinnes was needed as we knew the old decaying trig point had been encased in steel this summer by the Friends of Ben Rinnes. It has a beautiful granite view indicator too.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/moray/ben-ri...
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Surely this is Scotland's snazziest trig point?
A re-visit to Ben Rinnes was needed as we knew the old decaying trig point had been encased in steel this summer by the Friends of Ben Rinnes. It has a beautiful granite view indicator too.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/moray/ben-ri...
A re-visit to Ben Rinnes was needed as we knew the old decaying trig point had been encased in steel this summer by the Friends of Ben Rinnes. It has a beautiful granite view indicator too.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/moray/ben-ri...
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We're making memes and that Christmassy on @b3ta this week
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're making memes and that Christmassy on @b3ta this week
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Machado escape planner feared US strike on her vessel as it fled Venezuela
Machado escape planner feared US strike on her vessel as it fled Venezuela
Special forces veteran Bryan Stern says he told US defence officials some of his planned route to reduce airstrike risk
The most dangerous moments came when salvation seemed finally assured.
Many miles from land, the small fishing skiff carrying the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel prize laureate María Corina Machado had been lost at sea for hours, tossed by strong winds and 10ft waves. A further hazard was the ever present risk of an inadvertent airstrike by US warplanes hunting alleged cocaine smugglers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Machado escape planner feared US strike on her vessel as it fled Venezuela
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Today's mood: 🫤
(Northern giraffe: not actually being cynical)
(Northern giraffe: not actually being cynical)
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today's mood: 🫤
(Northern giraffe: not actually being cynical)
(Northern giraffe: not actually being cynical)
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Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
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🚨🔔‼️This is the missing context in 🇬🇧 debate about Brexit, ECHR, IHT farm tax and Starmer’s behaviour.
Trump’s classified National Security Strategy is explicitly about dismantling Europe from inside.
The targets are not random:
🇵🇱 Poland
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇹 Italy
🇦🇹 Austria
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Trump’s classified National Security Strategy is explicitly about dismantling Europe from inside.
The targets are not random:
🇵🇱 Poland
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇹 Italy
🇦🇹 Austria
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨🔔‼️This is the missing context in 🇬🇧 debate about Brexit, ECHR, IHT farm tax and Starmer’s behaviour.
Trump’s classified National Security Strategy is explicitly about dismantling Europe from inside.
The targets are not random:
🇵🇱 Poland
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇹 Italy
🇦🇹 Austria
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Trump’s classified National Security Strategy is explicitly about dismantling Europe from inside.
The targets are not random:
🇵🇱 Poland
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇹 Italy
🇦🇹 Austria
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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Badumna longinqua, or Gray House Spider, is an Australian native now established in many parts of the world, including Britain since 2021. Unlike many new arrivals, it can survive outdoors away from buildings, with mature adults found throughout the year including winter.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Badumna longinqua, or Gray House Spider, is an Australian native now established in many parts of the world, including Britain since 2021. Unlike many new arrivals, it can survive outdoors away from buildings, with mature adults found throughout the year including winter.
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The Right Honourable The Lord Offord of Turncoat-Garvel, financier, never elected, made a life peer for services to donating money to the Conservative Party.
Reform UK think he will make a great leader in Scotland.
That tells you all you need to know about the ‘anti-establishment party’.
Reform UK think he will make a great leader in Scotland.
That tells you all you need to know about the ‘anti-establishment party’.
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Right Honourable The Lord Offord of Turncoat-Garvel, financier, never elected, made a life peer for services to donating money to the Conservative Party.
Reform UK think he will make a great leader in Scotland.
That tells you all you need to know about the ‘anti-establishment party’.
Reform UK think he will make a great leader in Scotland.
That tells you all you need to know about the ‘anti-establishment party’.
I am under no illusions how bad this will be for Wales.
I hope that on the night the people of Wales show them the door, but anecdotally, I hear different.
I hope that on the night the people of Wales show them the door, but anecdotally, I hear different.
New Beaufort/ @nation.cymru of Welsh voting intentions:
Reform 27% (-3 since their Sept poll)
Plaid 26% (+4)
Labour 21% (-2)
Cons 12% (-1)
Greens 9% (-)
LibDems 3% (-1)
According to @jaclarner.bsky.social’s simulator, this poll could result in the below distribution of #Senedd seats: #devolution
Reform 27% (-3 since their Sept poll)
Plaid 26% (+4)
Labour 21% (-2)
Cons 12% (-1)
Greens 9% (-)
LibDems 3% (-1)
According to @jaclarner.bsky.social’s simulator, this poll could result in the below distribution of #Senedd seats: #devolution
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am under no illusions how bad this will be for Wales.
I hope that on the night the people of Wales show them the door, but anecdotally, I hear different.
I hope that on the night the people of Wales show them the door, but anecdotally, I hear different.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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A Roman roof tile from Minety #Wiltshire stamped with TPF
Possibly TEGVLARIA PVBLICA FECERVNT (made by the public tile works)
This in turn could suggest civic production for the nearby town of CORINIVM (Cirencester)
📷 Dec 2025 in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social Malmesbury
#FindsFriday
Possibly TEGVLARIA PVBLICA FECERVNT (made by the public tile works)
This in turn could suggest civic production for the nearby town of CORINIVM (Cirencester)
📷 Dec 2025 in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social Malmesbury
#FindsFriday
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A Roman roof tile from Minety #Wiltshire stamped with TPF
Possibly TEGVLARIA PVBLICA FECERVNT (made by the public tile works)
This in turn could suggest civic production for the nearby town of CORINIVM (Cirencester)
📷 Dec 2025 in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social Malmesbury
#FindsFriday
Possibly TEGVLARIA PVBLICA FECERVNT (made by the public tile works)
This in turn could suggest civic production for the nearby town of CORINIVM (Cirencester)
📷 Dec 2025 in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social Malmesbury
#FindsFriday
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This morning I would like to smile together with my beloved followers..😀
#Apollo17 astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan make music on this day in 1972:
🎶“I was strolling on the moon one day.”🎶
December 12, 1972
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
#Apollo17 astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan make music on this day in 1972:
🎶“I was strolling on the moon one day.”🎶
December 12, 1972
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This morning I would like to smile together with my beloved followers..😀
#Apollo17 astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan make music on this day in 1972:
🎶“I was strolling on the moon one day.”🎶
December 12, 1972
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
#Apollo17 astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan make music on this day in 1972:
🎶“I was strolling on the moon one day.”🎶
December 12, 1972
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
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#Apollo17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan is holding the lower corner of the American flag during the mission's first EVA, December 12, 1972.
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
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forallmankind.de
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Apollo17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan is holding the lower corner of the American flag during the mission's first EVA, December 12, 1972.
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
contactlight.de
forallmankind.de
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They are "accused of coercing women into pornography. Andrew was also accused of rape and of having sex with and beating a 15-year-old."
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They are "accused of coercing women into pornography. Andrew was also accused of rape and of having sex with and beating a 15-year-old."
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Members of the House of Lords arriving for work.
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Members of the House of Lords arriving for work.
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Holding Govts to ransom
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale/breakup after budget tax rises.
Gambling companies do not bear the social cost of their operations. Society pays to deal with the mess.
William Hill owner holed up in Gibraltar to avoid UK taxes. No one forced it to borrow £1.82bn.
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale/breakup after budget tax rises.
Gambling companies do not bear the social cost of their operations. Society pays to deal with the mess.
William Hill owner holed up in Gibraltar to avoid UK taxes. No one forced it to borrow £1.82bn.
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale or breakup after budget tax rises
Value of heavily indebted company has plummeted more than 90% since it bought chain of 1,400 bookmakers
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Holding Govts to ransom
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale/breakup after budget tax rises.
Gambling companies do not bear the social cost of their operations. Society pays to deal with the mess.
William Hill owner holed up in Gibraltar to avoid UK taxes. No one forced it to borrow £1.82bn.
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale/breakup after budget tax rises.
Gambling companies do not bear the social cost of their operations. Society pays to deal with the mess.
William Hill owner holed up in Gibraltar to avoid UK taxes. No one forced it to borrow £1.82bn.
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*ARCHIVE:
spotter: unknown;
replete GCOD on cats row leading down to old harbour; note children.
date: 1895-1916?
spotter: unknown;
replete GCOD on cats row leading down to old harbour; note children.
date: 1895-1916?
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
*ARCHIVE:
spotter: unknown;
replete GCOD on cats row leading down to old harbour; note children.
date: 1895-1916?
spotter: unknown;
replete GCOD on cats row leading down to old harbour; note children.
date: 1895-1916?
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Oak trees are unique in having developed their own defence against deforestation 🌳😡
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Oak trees are unique in having developed their own defence against deforestation 🌳😡
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Thank you for the art show! Happy cat in my Threadless shop. Available as art prints, stickers, magnets, t-shirts and other stuff. There are more of these silly blob cats there too.
merviart.threadless.com
merviart.threadless.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thank you for the art show! Happy cat in my Threadless shop. Available as art prints, stickers, magnets, t-shirts and other stuff. There are more of these silly blob cats there too.
merviart.threadless.com
merviart.threadless.com