@ianmac
TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers. Newly trained to be a Wellbeing Walks Leader in Barrow-in-Furness with Active Cumbria. #ParkRun #LoveParkRun
I'll be at the excellent Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales', Sun March 22nd, 3.30pm. Tickets here: litfest.org/events/brian... Book due out Feb 26, can be preordered from bookshops and websites.
“I have a bomb, I have a bomb. Don’t let anyone in or out of the clinic, or I’ll set it off.”
After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.
Lighthouse, Llanddwyn Island, north-west Wales, painting by Martin Llewellyn.
I do adore @badsquiddogames.bsky.social - some of the best (and most necessary) minis around.
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Found a couple more images of Marilyn Monroe from that 1956 press conference.
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Both stages of Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA ONE rocket for its first flight have arrived at SaxaVord. According to the company, the launch is expected in the summer, meaning anytime between June and the end of August. Image credit: RFA
I’d been in the RAF for 10 years before we finally got issued DPM goretex and decent(ish) combat uniforms.
And somehow people are surprised that we can’t deploy a warship to Cyprus?
John Healey MP, the UK Secretary of State for Defence, visiting the Buffalo factory. He’s standing with one of their mid-layer jackets which is sand coloured (khaki).
I find it ironic how that the Secretary of State for Defence is visiting the factory where Buffalo make their cold-weather kit. I had an olive green jacket down the Falklands, before ‘softies’ became standard issue. The service issue kit was so poor and most people ended up buying bits and pieces.
The Barrow Litter Hitters this morning in central Barrow.
8 bags of rubbish cleared off the streets of central Barrow this morning.
#LitterPicking #Volunteering
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I got to fire one as an Air Cadet!
and the LMG.
I see the Tyrant Philosophers series by @aptshadow.bsky.social being remembered as one of the all-time greats, they are that good.
The latest, 'Pretenders to the Throne of God' is out now.
My sfbook.com review: sfbook.com/pretenders-t...
Thank you @headofzeus.bsky.social
Statement of support for the British Paralympic Association's appeal for funding for the 1992 Barcelona games: The NUM have declared their support for the British Paralympic Association's Appeal. At their NEC meeting on 8th November, £100 was donated to the Appeal and a pledge given to approach all the regional organisations of the Union, seeking their support and financial help. All donations will be used to assist the British Paralympic team who will be participating in the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games. Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of the NUM, commenting said: "The mining industry has more than its share of seriously disabled men, victims of a hostile working environment. We have always looked after our seriously disabled members, trying to help them overcome their disabilities and have been proud of those of our members selected to participate in such activities. I hope the Appeal is successful enabling more and more disabled people from the country to participate in Barcelona 1992"".
Photograph of an open orange file, the British Paralympic Association's celebratory handbook of the 1988 Seoul Paralympics is one of the documents on display.
A timely find in the archives of NUM Secretary Peter Heathfield!
In 1990 the National Union of Mineworkers gave financial support to the newly formed British Paralympic Association. 'Disability sport' had strong mining links, with competitive events a key part of coal industry welfare provision.
Actress and singer Marilyn Monroe — dressed in an elegant black dress suit and black leather gloves — captured facing the camera while seated on a light-coloured couch, legs crossed, her left hand resting on the seat, right hand on her knee as she smiles broadly and glances to the left, a standing microphone positioned in front of her, in a full-length black-and-white shot taken during a press conference in the waiting room at Los Angeles Airport
Marilyn Monroe during a press conference at Los Angeles Airport, 1956
Wooden guard tower, barbed-wire fencing, and rows of brick barracks at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau. An open gate leads into the camp area under a partly cloudy sky.
📷 The gate leading to the oldest part of Auschwitz II-Birkenau - sector BI.
Learn about its functions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTsmPDa7CU
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Photo: https://www.instagram.com/darrenlavery89/
I always give the school a nod when I run past on Salthouse Road, hopefully you’ll all be back there one day soon.
The Doomwatch team face their first challenge at 11:25pm....
🌌 DOOMWATCH (1970) with #RobertPowell #JohnPaul #SimonOates in 'The Plastic Eaters' #TPTVsubtitles
“Totally unreviewable” is how the Trump administration apparently views Kennedy’s actions as health secretary.
Why did Kristi Noem get fired?
She forgot the most important rule of Trumpworld: No one puts Baby in the corner
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During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system.
The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣
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A color photograph of Rose Gottemoeller, American diplomat and arms control expert, speaking at a United Nations press briefing or formal event. She is seated at a table with a microphone bearing the UN logo in front of her, wearing a dark blazer over a light pink blouse with a collar, a pearl necklace, and small gold earrings. Her short graying hair is neatly styled, and she has a focused, serious expression with her mouth slightly open as she speaks, her hands resting on the table near a stack of papers and notes. The background shows the blue UN emblem with a world map, emphasizing her role in nuclear non-proliferation, arms control negotiations (including New START), and high-level U.S. and NATO diplomacy on disarmament and security issues.
Rose Gottemoeller was chief negotiator of the New START Treaty (US/Russia).
The treaty expired 5 Feb 26 leaving no legally binding limits on US/Russian nuclear warheads (capped at 1,550 each under New START). 1st time since 1972.
It's Internat'l Day for #Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Awareness.
Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."
Why are some people introverts and others extroverts? Hannah Critchlow explains that part of the difference lies in how our brains respond to stimulation and reward. Extroverts often seek out dopamine in social interaction while introverts tend to have higher cortical arousal in the brain at rest.
They had a hit with Turning Japanese ... and they're still recording today! The Vapors are coming to #rdguk this April thanks to Future Transmissions - details here #LiveMusic #TheVapors
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