Spademashie
@spademashie.bsky.social
Retired. Golf, Liverpool FC, history, archaeology, astronomy, climbing, hillwalking, family, social justice
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What else aren't they wanting us to know?
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What else aren't they wanting us to know?
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Given the inconsistent use of hyphens, I want to know what the former London Zoo meerkat was an expert in.
We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Given the inconsistent use of hyphens, I want to know what the former London Zoo meerkat was an expert in.
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Today’s Feast of the Immaculate Contraception is cancelled as the organizers had to pull out at the last minute.
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today’s Feast of the Immaculate Contraception is cancelled as the organizers had to pull out at the last minute.
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Exciting end to the 2025 Formula I championship.
But disappointing to see many of the sports I used to enjoy bought off by obscenely wealthy despots in an effort to camouflage corruption, abuses of human rights, etc.
Hard to see the sport for the greed!
#Formula1 #AbuDhabiGrandPrix #Sportswashing
But disappointing to see many of the sports I used to enjoy bought off by obscenely wealthy despots in an effort to camouflage corruption, abuses of human rights, etc.
Hard to see the sport for the greed!
#Formula1 #AbuDhabiGrandPrix #Sportswashing
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Exciting end to the 2025 Formula I championship.
But disappointing to see many of the sports I used to enjoy bought off by obscenely wealthy despots in an effort to camouflage corruption, abuses of human rights, etc.
Hard to see the sport for the greed!
#Formula1 #AbuDhabiGrandPrix #Sportswashing
But disappointing to see many of the sports I used to enjoy bought off by obscenely wealthy despots in an effort to camouflage corruption, abuses of human rights, etc.
Hard to see the sport for the greed!
#Formula1 #AbuDhabiGrandPrix #Sportswashing
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
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This has got to be one of Gavin Newsom's best...
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This has got to be one of Gavin Newsom's best...
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A Triumph Mayflower has parked opposite my house.
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Triumph Mayflower has parked opposite my house.
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
Livie is suddenly not the olderst car in the road
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
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John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
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I’ve been trying to figure out a good lyric from Chicago or Sister Act to play the meme, but none is going to top this one is it…
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out a good lyric from Chicago or Sister Act to play the meme, but none is going to top this one is it…
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“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
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insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/hammersmit... (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/hammersmit... (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."
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From my Facebook memories today.
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From my Facebook memories today.
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
A useful reminder that hyphens can be very important...
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*sigh*
I'm just surprised it took so long.
I'm just surprised it took so long.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
*sigh*
I'm just surprised it took so long.
I'm just surprised it took so long.
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A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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This is so disgusting. Why is this man still walking freely, let alone occupying our White House 🤬
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Today is the day! I am immensely proud to have been a part of this project. It has been an honour and a privilege to help put Dorothy back together, and I can’t wait for people for people to be able to see the result of all of Mary’s hard work on these very special boats.
Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first
The boats
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Today is the day! I am immensely proud to have been a part of this project. It has been an honour and a privilege to help put Dorothy back together, and I can’t wait for people for people to be able to see the result of all of Mary’s hard work on these very special boats.
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The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
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People forget, but the rot really started with Cameron in 2010. He explicitly threatened the BBC with defunding if they didn't move to the right. Things have been getting worse since.
Looks like the BBC is going dowwwwn
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
People forget, but the rot really started with Cameron in 2010. He explicitly threatened the BBC with defunding if they didn't move to the right. Things have been getting worse since.