Scott Pilkington
@spil030.bsky.social
campanologist, museologist, science communicator, historian, anthropologist, dancer, fibrecrafter, gin drinker, higher ed specialist, bi. he/him/they/ia 🏳️🌈🇳🇿
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We managed to get some enthusiastic ringing in this morning before the very hot rain arrived. Sadly I lost count of how many ringers we had, but we rang rounds, called changes, Plain Bob Doubles (with 768 behind), and Grandsire Triples.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We managed to get some enthusiastic ringing in this morning before the very hot rain arrived. Sadly I lost count of how many ringers we had, but we rang rounds, called changes, Plain Bob Doubles (with 768 behind), and Grandsire Triples.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
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"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
AND guaranteed to happen a week that I'm not going to Western Springs once, so it'll be at least a week before I get to try it out!
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
AND guaranteed to happen a week that I'm not going to Western Springs once, so it'll be at least a week before I get to try it out!
I have discovered my dream job DOES exist!
Taylors Bellfoundry has a museum, and there is a museum director.
MUSEUM. CAMPANOLOGY. ALL IN ONE.
Sadly in Loughborough. But apparently walking distance to a steam train & a canal.
Taylors Bellfoundry has a museum, and there is a museum director.
MUSEUM. CAMPANOLOGY. ALL IN ONE.
Sadly in Loughborough. But apparently walking distance to a steam train & a canal.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I have discovered my dream job DOES exist!
Taylors Bellfoundry has a museum, and there is a museum director.
MUSEUM. CAMPANOLOGY. ALL IN ONE.
Sadly in Loughborough. But apparently walking distance to a steam train & a canal.
Taylors Bellfoundry has a museum, and there is a museum director.
MUSEUM. CAMPANOLOGY. ALL IN ONE.
Sadly in Loughborough. But apparently walking distance to a steam train & a canal.
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Always a good time to remember TREASURE PLANET has the best PhD-vs-MD joke this side of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, delivered as a perfect David Hyde Pierce freakout
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Always a good time to remember TREASURE PLANET has the best PhD-vs-MD joke this side of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, delivered as a perfect David Hyde Pierce freakout
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
I'm SEETHING about this week's challenge travle. You have to get from the Bay of Campeche to the Red Sea by boat. Fine. But if you try to enter the Gulf of Arden as your last gulf, you can't complete. Apparently the correct water body was "regions.AdeG" and nearly every person has gotten that wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I'm SEETHING about this week's challenge travle. You have to get from the Bay of Campeche to the Red Sea by boat. Fine. But if you try to enter the Gulf of Arden as your last gulf, you can't complete. Apparently the correct water body was "regions.AdeG" and nearly every person has gotten that wrong.
Well done Philip! We've not met, but his work is exemplary, and I gather he's annoyingly lovely to boot
Philip Goff, a founding Fellow of the Burgon Society, was honored by the University of London on its Founding Day and visited with the university’s Chancellor, The Princess Royal.
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Well done Philip! We've not met, but his work is exemplary, and I gather he's annoyingly lovely to boot
Another lovely but overcast day of ringing this morning. We had 13 ringers, including some wonderful & much welcome visitors. We rang rounds, Plain Bob Doubles & Triples, Grandsire Doubles, & Reverse Canterbury Doubles.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Another lovely but overcast day of ringing this morning. We had 13 ringers, including some wonderful & much welcome visitors. We rang rounds, Plain Bob Doubles & Triples, Grandsire Doubles, & Reverse Canterbury Doubles.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
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How getting New Zealand Back on track is going: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-fina...
August 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
How getting New Zealand Back on track is going: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-fina...
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always remember: Terry Pratchett said trans rights
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
always remember: Terry Pratchett said trans rights
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently
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Today, @aucklandpride.bsky.social has filed a judicial review against the Minister for Sport for the removal of Sport NZ’s trans inclusion guiding principles. So grateful our community orgs are fighting back, and so proud to be supporting this. aucklandpride.org.nz/auckland-pri...
Auckland Pride Takes Government to Court for Cancelling Trans Inclusion Guidelines
aucklandpride.org.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
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oh some nice good news
#RailNews: Seven new apprentices will take part in the Oamaru Steam and Rail Society’s successful education and mentoring programme.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/nort...
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/nort...
New apprentices steaming for railway mentoring
Seven new apprentices will take part in the Oamaru Steam and Rail Society’s successful education and mentoring programme. Steam and Rail general...
www.odt.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
oh some nice good news
100%
You know what would also save 10 mins on an airport trip? Regular and dependable mass transit like light rail, MRT, etc.
Most of us could fit happily on a flat floor tram (etc) to the front door of the airport, saving a lot of traffic on the road for those who do need to drive
You know what would also save 10 mins on an airport trip? Regular and dependable mass transit like light rail, MRT, etc.
Most of us could fit happily on a flat floor tram (etc) to the front door of the airport, saving a lot of traffic on the road for those who do need to drive
this is so much of right-of-centre politics in NZ, just scolding the left for not caring about real issues like saving 10 minutes on an airport trip. who cares if the standard speed limit will instantly kill any child hit by a car, it might takes 1 minute longer to drive through this school zone
$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
100%
You know what would also save 10 mins on an airport trip? Regular and dependable mass transit like light rail, MRT, etc.
Most of us could fit happily on a flat floor tram (etc) to the front door of the airport, saving a lot of traffic on the road for those who do need to drive
You know what would also save 10 mins on an airport trip? Regular and dependable mass transit like light rail, MRT, etc.
Most of us could fit happily on a flat floor tram (etc) to the front door of the airport, saving a lot of traffic on the road for those who do need to drive
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Today, it's exactly one hundred years since the opening ceremony of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition in Dunedin.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Today, it's exactly one hundred years since the opening ceremony of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition in Dunedin.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
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#TrainNews: Te Huia have launched a survey on the future of Te Huia.
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Future of Te Huia | Your Voice Matters Waikato
This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete and is open until Sunday, 30 November.
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#TrainNews: Te Huia have launched a survey on the future of Te Huia.
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Another lovely morning of ringing. We had 12 of us, including a welcome visitor from Melbourne. We rang rounds, Plain Bob Doubles & Triples, and Grandsire Doubles.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Another lovely morning of ringing. We had 12 of us, including a welcome visitor from Melbourne. We rang rounds, Plain Bob Doubles & Triples, and Grandsire Doubles.
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
Oh yeah, fuck off. It costs you nothing to wear it. "I don't want to wear it for religious reasons" and "I won't wear it to not single out my friend".
Oh yeah, fuck off. It costs you nothing to wear it. "I don't want to wear it for religious reasons" and "I won't wear it to not single out my friend".
Basketball: NZ Breakers won't wear ANBL 'Pride' insignia
The Auckland-based team have opted out of wearing rainbow insignia during the competition's 'Pride Round'.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...
Oh yeah, fuck off. It costs you nothing to wear it. "I don't want to wear it for religious reasons" and "I won't wear it to not single out my friend".
Oh yeah, fuck off. It costs you nothing to wear it. "I don't want to wear it for religious reasons" and "I won't wear it to not single out my friend".
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This is impressive for several reasons. I can't ring full peals anymore, so I'm a little jealous too
This is impressive for several reasons. I can't ring full peals anymore, so I'm a little jealous too
…I made this?? I made this!!
(I also conducted the peal!)
Ian (organizer of the peal and ringer of the treble) commissioned it and requested that it include a representation of the cathedral
(I also conducted the peal!)
Ian (organizer of the peal and ringer of the treble) commissioned it and requested that it include a representation of the cathedral
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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This is impressive for several reasons. I can't ring full peals anymore, so I'm a little jealous too
This is impressive for several reasons. I can't ring full peals anymore, so I'm a little jealous too
Ever meet someone and just *know* that (if they have any) their adult children don't speak to them anymore?
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ever meet someone and just *know* that (if they have any) their adult children don't speak to them anymore?
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
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For anyone passionate about The Huia or commuter rail, Waikato Regional Council are looking for feedback on the service. Open to anyone. Share it around #nzpol #transit #nz yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Future of Te Huia
The Te Huia passenger rail service has been operating between Waikato and Auckland since 2021. Whether you have travelled on Te Huia or not, we want to hear your thoughts about the service and what it...
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For anyone passionate about The Huia or commuter rail, Waikato Regional Council are looking for feedback on the service. Open to anyone. Share it around #nzpol #transit #nz yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...