Steve Wood
@steve-wood.bsky.social
Ex-a few things, now mow lawns and shout at trees.
There's enough for everyone, some people need to learn to share better.
Into old toys, sci-fi, comics, films.
I run because I have to ... you'll never see a cheetah jogging for fun.
There's enough for everyone, some people need to learn to share better.
Into old toys, sci-fi, comics, films.
I run because I have to ... you'll never see a cheetah jogging for fun.
Get out whilst they can.
Only a matter of time before they're simply human incubators for the next generation of 'warfighters' and cheap farmhands.
Only a matter of time before they're simply human incubators for the next generation of 'warfighters' and cheap farmhands.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Get out whilst they can.
Only a matter of time before they're simply human incubators for the next generation of 'warfighters' and cheap farmhands.
Only a matter of time before they're simply human incubators for the next generation of 'warfighters' and cheap farmhands.
Dinner:
Started off thinking a trip to the chippy.
Ended up with humus, falafel, couscous, pitta & salad.
Where did it all go wrong?
Started off thinking a trip to the chippy.
Ended up with humus, falafel, couscous, pitta & salad.
Where did it all go wrong?
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dinner:
Started off thinking a trip to the chippy.
Ended up with humus, falafel, couscous, pitta & salad.
Where did it all go wrong?
Started off thinking a trip to the chippy.
Ended up with humus, falafel, couscous, pitta & salad.
Where did it all go wrong?
Mid 30s “£4k .. savings …. £4k .. shares”
30 “saved exactly £0,”
40 “saved £95k”
28 “I have £1,500”
43 “£6,000 so far ... I’m finally building up my savings.”
I'm 60 and my savings were better than some, similar or worse than others.
Spent on holidays & cars .... "the rest was wasted" [G. Best]
30 “saved exactly £0,”
40 “saved £95k”
28 “I have £1,500”
43 “£6,000 so far ... I’m finally building up my savings.”
I'm 60 and my savings were better than some, similar or worse than others.
Spent on holidays & cars .... "the rest was wasted" [G. Best]
‘I have saved exactly £0’: how soaring costs have hit Britons’ nest eggs and pensions
Tales of dwindling savings, frozen retirement pots and stringent frugality to put something aside for the future
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Mid 30s “£4k .. savings …. £4k .. shares”
30 “saved exactly £0,”
40 “saved £95k”
28 “I have £1,500”
43 “£6,000 so far ... I’m finally building up my savings.”
I'm 60 and my savings were better than some, similar or worse than others.
Spent on holidays & cars .... "the rest was wasted" [G. Best]
30 “saved exactly £0,”
40 “saved £95k”
28 “I have £1,500”
43 “£6,000 so far ... I’m finally building up my savings.”
I'm 60 and my savings were better than some, similar or worse than others.
Spent on holidays & cars .... "the rest was wasted" [G. Best]
I'm reminded of 24 ..... just don't know who on what side any more.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm reminded of 24 ..... just don't know who on what side any more.
Is it time for everyone who is part of or votes for Reform to have their hard drives and bank accounts checked at regular intervals? Just asking the question; as Nigel puts it.
Reform accused of ‘walking a fine line’ over JCB video after £200,000 Lord Bamford donation
"He needs to be very clear about what his interests are"
leftfootforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Is it time for everyone who is part of or votes for Reform to have their hard drives and bank accounts checked at regular intervals? Just asking the question; as Nigel puts it.
Trump: “I made a beautiful statement, and they made it into a not beautiful statement,” ...... such a way with words. Sheer poetry.
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC, despite its apology
US president says he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump: “I made a beautiful statement, and they made it into a not beautiful statement,” ...... such a way with words. Sheer poetry.
Still playing by the old rules.
The rules have changed. If she can't do it legally, do it snidely.
Whispers, briefings, criticism, rumour, "can't support", etc.
Force him out.
The right-wing started this shit, use it to finish them.
The rules have changed. If she can't do it legally, do it snidely.
Whispers, briefings, criticism, rumour, "can't support", etc.
Force him out.
The right-wing started this shit, use it to finish them.
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Still playing by the old rules.
The rules have changed. If she can't do it legally, do it snidely.
Whispers, briefings, criticism, rumour, "can't support", etc.
Force him out.
The right-wing started this shit, use it to finish them.
The rules have changed. If she can't do it legally, do it snidely.
Whispers, briefings, criticism, rumour, "can't support", etc.
Force him out.
The right-wing started this shit, use it to finish them.
The BBC missed a trick in the Panorama programme.
All they had to do was include a comment that he was a kiddy fiddling rapist nonce, and there'd be no threat of legal action from him.
All they had to do was include a comment that he was a kiddy fiddling rapist nonce, and there'd be no threat of legal action from him.
BBC prepared to apologise to Trump to resolve billion-dollar legal threat
The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The BBC missed a trick in the Panorama programme.
All they had to do was include a comment that he was a kiddy fiddling rapist nonce, and there'd be no threat of legal action from him.
All they had to do was include a comment that he was a kiddy fiddling rapist nonce, and there'd be no threat of legal action from him.
My lawns are being dug up by rats (bushy-tailed tree-dwelling species); anyone know of effective deterrents or traps (humane type as I don't want to fill with glis glis, hedgehogs, mice etc)?
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My lawns are being dug up by rats (bushy-tailed tree-dwelling species); anyone know of effective deterrents or traps (humane type as I don't want to fill with glis glis, hedgehogs, mice etc)?
Pay Trump $1bn and no Strictly for 50 years.
It's a meritless case, but even so.........
It's a meritless case, but even so.........
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Pay Trump $1bn and no Strictly for 50 years.
It's a meritless case, but even so.........
It's a meritless case, but even so.........
Some of the best photos were the ones, when back from holiday, you had to use up the film on what/whoever was available.
Who remembers, having to get your film developed?
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some of the best photos were the ones, when back from holiday, you had to use up the film on what/whoever was available.
Quelle F-in' surprise.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Quelle F-in' surprise.
.....But Thatcher thought giving her mates a tax break and rights to North Sea gas & oil was a much better idea.
F-in' hate Thatcher.
F-in' hate Thatcher.
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
.....But Thatcher thought giving her mates a tax break and rights to North Sea gas & oil was a much better idea.
F-in' hate Thatcher.
F-in' hate Thatcher.
Maybe he's forgotten the good times or how bad it would have been under Nazi rule.
So much is better now than 1939; no doubt he uses the NHS.
Sometimes older doesn't make them wiser.
So much is better now than 1939; no doubt he uses the NHS.
Sometimes older doesn't make them wiser.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Maybe he's forgotten the good times or how bad it would have been under Nazi rule.
So much is better now than 1939; no doubt he uses the NHS.
Sometimes older doesn't make them wiser.
So much is better now than 1939; no doubt he uses the NHS.
Sometimes older doesn't make them wiser.
Anything from Farage yet? Anything at all?
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Anything from Farage yet? Anything at all?
Taxes were always going to have to go up*.
The question is who will be paying them?
I don't mind a bit, but there are extremely rich people and corporations paying, proportionately, less than me.
As long as it's fair and eliminates some structural unfairness, most reasonable people will understand.
The question is who will be paying them?
I don't mind a bit, but there are extremely rich people and corporations paying, proportionately, less than me.
As long as it's fair and eliminates some structural unfairness, most reasonable people will understand.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Taxes were always going to have to go up*.
The question is who will be paying them?
I don't mind a bit, but there are extremely rich people and corporations paying, proportionately, less than me.
As long as it's fair and eliminates some structural unfairness, most reasonable people will understand.
The question is who will be paying them?
I don't mind a bit, but there are extremely rich people and corporations paying, proportionately, less than me.
As long as it's fair and eliminates some structural unfairness, most reasonable people will understand.
I was sent this.....
Or from a left-leaning perspective....
Four hundred thousand Antifa founder-members attack innocent Germans expressing legitimate concerns about fighting age men arriving by small boats with machine guns.
Or from a left-leaning perspective....
Four hundred thousand Antifa founder-members attack innocent Germans expressing legitimate concerns about fighting age men arriving by small boats with machine guns.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was sent this.....
Or from a left-leaning perspective....
Four hundred thousand Antifa founder-members attack innocent Germans expressing legitimate concerns about fighting age men arriving by small boats with machine guns.
Or from a left-leaning perspective....
Four hundred thousand Antifa founder-members attack innocent Germans expressing legitimate concerns about fighting age men arriving by small boats with machine guns.
Trump has benefitted from the fact that both US political parties are right-wing, corrupted by power & money, and ineffective.
Trump was an inevitability of the system.
Trump was an inevitability of the system.
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump has benefitted from the fact that both US political parties are right-wing, corrupted by power & money, and ineffective.
Trump was an inevitability of the system.
Trump was an inevitability of the system.
Watched House full of Dynamite last night. If I'd known Idris Elba was in it, I could have saved those 2 hours.
He's like Keira Knightley & Jude Law for me; a good indicator the film may be a bit shit, and more research is needed before watching.
AI & Atonement, two perfect examples.
He's like Keira Knightley & Jude Law for me; a good indicator the film may be a bit shit, and more research is needed before watching.
AI & Atonement, two perfect examples.
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Watched House full of Dynamite last night. If I'd known Idris Elba was in it, I could have saved those 2 hours.
He's like Keira Knightley & Jude Law for me; a good indicator the film may be a bit shit, and more research is needed before watching.
AI & Atonement, two perfect examples.
He's like Keira Knightley & Jude Law for me; a good indicator the film may be a bit shit, and more research is needed before watching.
AI & Atonement, two perfect examples.
Exiled to Norfolk.
Even Fergie won't go there, now. Or to Norfolk.
Even Fergie won't go there, now. Or to Norfolk.
Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge
It is understood Sarah Ferguson - who still lives with Andrew in the 30-room Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate - will make her own living arrangements in the future.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Exiled to Norfolk.
Even Fergie won't go there, now. Or to Norfolk.
Even Fergie won't go there, now. Or to Norfolk.
Idiots gotta idiot.....
‘Yes, we’ve been to the moon before’: Nasa rebuffs Kim Kardashian conspiracy theory
Nasa chief Sean Duffy confirms 1969 landing was indeed real after US celebrity on TV show says ‘I think it was fake’
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Idiots gotta idiot.....
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Does anyone still care?
Doctor Who lives on! But who will be the new Time Lord – and is it goodbye to Russell T Davies?
The BBC have confirmed that the long-running sci-fi show will return to our screens. But with ratings falling and its Disney partnership ending, questions hang over its future
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Does anyone still care?
Nuclear testing: They've had nuclear weapons for 80 years, surely they know they work by now.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nuclear testing: They've had nuclear weapons for 80 years, surely they know they work by now.
The 'ceasefire' still holds, as long as no one shoots back.
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The 'ceasefire' still holds, as long as no one shoots back.