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@pbkc

Planning and environmental lawyer, sometime cyclist

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Disappointed by this. I thought you had more sense.

12.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Air Ferry (1961) This short extract is from the Dunlop Film Collection held at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Taken from the 1961 film 'Montage Magazine No.3', this clip shows cars being taken abroad on a Bristol Type 170 Freighter at Lydd Airfield. Find out more about the Film & Video Collection at https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/collections/film-and-video-collection/

You can watch a similar operation at YouTube.com/watch?v=kstdaFg0drc

12.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This one at Lydd Airport. Photo courtesy of Silvercityairways via hagerty.co.uk

12.03.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Et tu Ed?

I expected better.

12.03.2026 06:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reaching net zero by 2050 β€˜cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 23
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I still think about this a lot.

11.03.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 3583 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 71

I'm up for it!

11.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never seen a long eared owl before, but all of a sudden there are 4 of them in a neighbour's garden. Completely unbothered by the attention ... Not the best picture, but only had my phone with me

08.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Email

06.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s being said a lot that the shadow of Iraq is hanging over Keir Starmer and the Labour Party during this Iran crisis.

It absolutely should. What’s remarkable is how little much of the British media and the rest of politics seem to be thinking about it at all, or learning its lessons.

04.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 1287 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 18

I'd like to say it was for his own good, but ...

28.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minka is obviously more skilled than Ginger, who, in a failed bid to avoid the same fate, was forcibly extracted from the (all too narrow) gap between our microwave and the kitchen cabinet before being put in the pet carrier. He hated me from that day on ...

28.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, it's an ice-cream served at state banquets.

28.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But .. but ... but ... these are not apples. Why isn't it Pomme de Terre Anna?

28.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 10387 πŸ” 3562 πŸ’¬ 792 πŸ“Œ 394
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"Let's be blunt. Let's be brutally honest with ourselves. When you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. You don't look at the electorate and ask them, what were you thinking? You look at yourself and ask, what were we doing?"

Keir?

27.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 23

Sadly, until the government stops posting on X, I don't suppose they'll even realise the "woke liberal elite Bluesky echo chamber bubble" exists, let alone how in touch it is

27.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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⚑ When your mum gets an e-bike, suddenly you’re the one trying to keep up.

All three generations of Sarah’s family now ride together after her mum tried an e-bike at our Making cycling e-asier session.
See how an e-bike can bring the family together at cyclinguk.org/grandmas-e-bike

26.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Pursuit of Spring - Day 9 - β€œIf it had snowed all the way down from Scotland, I would still have found spring inside this church - for the bench ends are alive with the most delicious foliate carving - green men, mythical creatures, birds and other animals.” πŸ‘‰ www.digest.andymarsh...

26.02.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of women in black dresses and orange belts are standing in a line ALT: a group of women in black dresses and orange belts are standing in a line

Not this one?

23.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts YouTube video by BBC

Ink Radio.
The only place you’ll hear.

21.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 867 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 29

Nothing. But have you tried the ones in jars? Once you have, there's no going back ...

21.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just going to leave this here

12.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 2937 πŸ” 1198 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 32
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer πŸ•‰οΈ)
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer πŸ•‰οΈ) YouTube video by Avie Sheck

This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...

15.02.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 648 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 60
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πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

15.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 780 πŸ” 232 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3

Our grandchildren are going to ask what we did to stop this.

10.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

If you were a UK lawyer I'd introduce you to my colleague @seanjones.org who has a simple solution: you can humblebrag all you like, as long as you make a contribution to his charity. But well done ...

10.02.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So what was the attendance record of the person who proof-read that before it was printed?

10.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starbucks has scrapped a $250,000 limit on its CEO's use of the company jet for personal travel.

CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.

The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.

10.02.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 918 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 55

Reminds me of an interview I once heard with a chef who was going to publish a book of recipes for things to do with capers, but decided not to when he realised all of the recipes tasted better if you left the capers out ...

09.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0