Robert Foxon
@robertfoxon.bsky.social
United Kingdom.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
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The stars follow me
From the canal bank to the city
(Or do I follow them?).
Dimmer, but they are still there.
So too are the leaves
Of birch, rowan, and beech
Strewn beneath my feet.
Dandelion and pineapple weed
Burst among the cracks
That beetles call 'home.'
#DailyNature #poetry #naturewriting
From the canal bank to the city
(Or do I follow them?).
Dimmer, but they are still there.
So too are the leaves
Of birch, rowan, and beech
Strewn beneath my feet.
Dandelion and pineapple weed
Burst among the cracks
That beetles call 'home.'
#DailyNature #poetry #naturewriting
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The stars follow me
From the canal bank to the city
(Or do I follow them?).
Dimmer, but they are still there.
So too are the leaves
Of birch, rowan, and beech
Strewn beneath my feet.
Dandelion and pineapple weed
Burst among the cracks
That beetles call 'home.'
#DailyNature #poetry #naturewriting
From the canal bank to the city
(Or do I follow them?).
Dimmer, but they are still there.
So too are the leaves
Of birch, rowan, and beech
Strewn beneath my feet.
Dandelion and pineapple weed
Burst among the cracks
That beetles call 'home.'
#DailyNature #poetry #naturewriting
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Steve's Advent Calendar Day 2
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Steve's Advent Calendar Day 2
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😂
“Okay, I know what vinyl is, and a record player – but what’s a shop?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
😂
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😂 Funny, but revolting true.
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
😂 Funny, but revolting true.
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🤦♂️ Oh my goodness they walk amongst us. A Trump idiot blames his daughters for all the hell Trump has done to them. 🤡
"I chose a crass serial rapist and adulterer, who calls women 'nasty' and 'piggy,' and took away by daughters' reproductive rights, over my daughters. So why are they displeased with me??? It must be all THEIR fault! I take no responsibility. NONE!"
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🤦♂️ Oh my goodness they walk amongst us. A Trump idiot blames his daughters for all the hell Trump has done to them. 🤡
I just signed the campaign calling to end violence in Gaza through a lasting ceasefire and scaling up aid act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Gaza-pet...
End violence in Gaza through a lasting ceasefire and scaling up aid
I just signed the campaign calling to end violence and scale up aid in Gaza
act.38degrees.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I just signed the campaign calling to end violence in Gaza through a lasting ceasefire and scaling up aid act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Gaza-pet...
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Bill Gates Epstein Files latest
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Bill Gates Epstein Files latest
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Countries In Red (Population 2.3 billion) Have As Many Murders Combined As The US (Population 330 million).
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Countries In Red (Population 2.3 billion) Have As Many Murders Combined As The US (Population 330 million).
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
There is something truly rotten in the US, that sime think this is normal or OK. It's obvious it's the GOP and their gun lobby, but they need to be stopped. This is a modern crisis.
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December comes
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
December comes
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
With sweeping rains.
Alder catkins glisten and drip,
Full of spring's promise.
A lone moorhen
Rows across the canal.
#DailyNature #poetry #December
#naturewriting #ukcanals
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Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
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Steve's Advent Calendar Day 1
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Steve's Advent Calendar Day 1
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"Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars".
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buddy the runaway reindeer from Wales sparks major search
The animal, named Buddy, fled a festive celebration on the coast and went on the run for hours.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars".
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite sophisticated for a reindeer, really. I wonder where he got them?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
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In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
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Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
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😂 It's what I've bought , nowt.
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
😂 It's what I've bought , nowt.
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😂 Perfect example
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
😂 Perfect example
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Just back from The Cottage. Garlic mushroom pizza and a pint of Brewpoint's Pilothouse porter was perfect on a cold November day.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just back from The Cottage. Garlic mushroom pizza and a pint of Brewpoint's Pilothouse porter was perfect on a cold November day.
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Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
www.newstatesman.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look what I got for my birthday. Thinking about wearing it when I go to see Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden on Tuesday. 😀@thelongestjohns.bsky.social #folk