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Chris M.
@thegiptonombudsman.bsky.social
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"socialist", with a small "s" and casual cynic. Ennui is pretty close. Likes road and gravel bikes, football ( soccer to the colonial ingrates 😉 ), particularly Leeds United FC, truth, justice and love.
Advocate for pedal power.
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Getting a bit fed up with the constant negativity in this world.
Here's a random picture of summer...
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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As for my favourite spoonerized business name, it will never not be this furniture showroom in New Zealand...
Sign for furniture showroom that reads SHACK OF SIT
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Oh dear. It seems like the publishers & film-makers truly had the wool pulled over their eyes. Thank goodness for good journalism - well done Chloe Hadjimatheou & @theobserveruk.bsky.social and for exposing The #PorkiePath!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Sat out in the garden.
June 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Fathers Day cards from my girls. Accurate and appropriate. 👏👏👏
June 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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I have a new hero.
This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!
Image shows an owl with a hobby horse - looks like a witch on a broomstick
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A team visited Nepal to collect data and engage with farmers as part of a project to understand antimicrobial resistance in Yak milk microbiomes

@jessmitch15.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social @microbes4ever.bsky.social

Full article ➡️ edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Understanding antimicrobial resistance in Yak milk microbiomes
June 2025: A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh travelled to Nepal to join colleagues from Research Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology (RIBB) on an extensive data collection tr...
edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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I needed some good news today.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Kim Jong-un furious as North Korea warship partly ‘crushed’ in launch gone wrong
South Korea said the destroyer was lying sideways in the water after ceremony to launch the new 5,000-tonne ship
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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If you believe......
@rem @remhq.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Rediscovered whilst packing for a house move. #tourdefrance #Yorkshire #cycling
May 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Just to inform the, tragically, ill-informed -
May 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Borrowdale temperate rain forest -
May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Good morning walk around Derwentwater -
May 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Leeds United to spend ‘every last penny’ on Premier League survival
Club’s US owner pledges to push outlay on players ‘to the limits’ after securing return to top tier of English football
www.ft.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Billy says - @LUFC, you've got one job to do, today.
JUST DO IT!
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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As seen outside newsagents, earlier -
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April 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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He's still Leeds and he knows he is.
April 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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It's one of those days....
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Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (Live At Pompeii, 1972).
YouTube video by El "Pink Side Of The Moon"
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April 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Nothing to see here, just some dinosaurs in Keswick Town centre.....
April 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Proud of the lad.
April 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Another nice morning in The Lakes. Spoony Green Lane on the gravel bike.
#Keswick #canyongrizl
April 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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A good ride from Keswick to Loweswater and back via Cockermouth. #thelakedistrict # canyonbikes
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Had this played at my Mother's funeral. It means a lot. Happy Mother's Day, Phyllis.
Thanks #REM. Bill, Peter, Mike and Michael.
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
R.E.M. - Find The River (Official Music Video) [Parallel Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
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March 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM