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Iain Roberts

@slowbikeiain.bsky.social

7K followers 6.1K following 8.2K posts

I run public consultations for big energy & infrastructure projects. Lib Dem, ex Stockport councillor, everyday cyclist, urbanist, The Archers, British basketball, photography. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 10m

And strangely fitting that a sex-bot is my 7000th follower.

Screengrab of Jeena who follows me, with a photo of a busty women in a bikini, Jeena has 0 posts, 1 follower and follows 385 people.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 22h

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 5h

Next meaningless milestone nearly achieved.

Screenshot showing I have 6,999 followers

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20h

Under the bridge #Photography #EastCoastKin

A still canal passes under a wide concrete road bridge.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe. That hospital has now been converted into flats, with houses all around it.

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 18h

OTD 1807: Liberal philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 166 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, it’s a mystery)

Harriet Taylor Mill portrait in gold dress

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 18h

Hey, Parrs Wood High School is just down the road from me: I want to know if lots of pupils are truanting. Especially if it might lead to them being in the Cabinet.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 18h

Tonight's supermoon #Photography #Night

The moon. Not sure there's much more to say.

Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20h

Under the bridge #Photography #EastCoastKin

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 22h

Actually the Express quoting Winston Churchill. Not sure whether that's worse or better.

Front page of the Express from 1945: "Gestapo in Britain if socialists win"

Bottom of front page - more on the story of Churchill predicting a Gestapo if Labour win the General Election.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm so sorry Amber, this never happened with Cal." #TheArchers

Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Milton Keynes Central just got colourful, and I love it.

Looking across a brightly-coloured surface towards Milton Keynes Central Station.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 1d

My message to the millions of One Nation conservatives who reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage is this:

Come and join us. Help us save our country. Come and win with us.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

As Emma would say "Where's there's a Will - or an Ed - there's a way"

Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Two pump chump? #TheArchers

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Praying the scriptwriters aren't planning an Archers After Dark special, real-time from George's bedroom when he gets back. I bet Amber's a squealer too. #TheArchers

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

At least it was only talking and snoring.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

You'd blend in well with the stags and hens then 😁

Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday - have a lovely day. There are still rollercoasters in Blackpool - it's not too late to relive your 15th birthday (though possibly with more stags and hens for company this time).

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody socialists and their top-down State control.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls.' 1/3

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

I stayed in an EasyHotel last night and.... let's just say that I'm feeling a little more sympathy for George's plight this morning. #TheArchers

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Milton Keynes City Centre is odd: economically thriving but dead at rush hour. Never figured that out.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure "We want umaccountable armed thugs snatching people off the street in Britain too" is the vote-winner the Tories think.

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2d

the global far-right is brainwashing a town near you; libraries are palaces for the people that must be defended; holding Putin's propagandists to account; support for councillors is vital; Jilly Cooper; G&G at the Hayward Gallery

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"Make no mistake: Raise the Colours and Unite the Kingdom, which drew more than 100,000 protesters to London last month, want the same thing...

liberalengland.blogspot.com

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

I'm away on business, 'table for one' in the restaurant and listening* to #TheArchers as I eat. I know how to live.

* wearing earbuds - I'm not a monster

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