Rob Derr

Rob Derr

@deeppurple64.bsky.social

British, happy husband, 🐈 dad. I’m a prog-rock loving, 🍷 drinking, sci-fi reading, left leaning bloke. Unoriginal thinker, working on allyship, openness and acceptance. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ supporter 🇪🇺 rejoiner ❌ 🚩DM’s, crypto, nazis, pornbots, OF, hookup merchants etc.

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Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social

Great band, do go see if you can.

MusicPlayers.com@musicplayers.bsky.social

BIG BIG TRAIN ANNOUNCE UNITED STATES TOUR FOR MARCH 2027 #BigBigTrain #InsideOutMusic musicplayers.com/2026/10/big-...

musicplayers.comBIG BIG TRAIN ANNOUNCE UNITED STATES TOUR FOR MARCH 2027 – MusicPlayers.comBig Big Train are delighted to announce that they will bring their Woodcut & Other Stories Tour to the United States in March 2027. The band will play ten shows immediately before their fourth appeara...

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British Electricity Tracker
@mygridgb.bsky.social

British electricity mix at 11am on 10th Oct 2026 🔥 Gas 7.6% Biomass 4.5% 🍃 Wind 52.7% Solar 22.4% Hydro 1.1% ⚛️ Nuclear 11.8% 🪫 Storage 0.0% 🔌 Generation 34GW ⬅️ Exports 4.8 GW 🌍Carbon intensity 47 gCO2e/kWh Gas use very low

Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social

Fascinating story

Bart⚓️@bartgonnissen.bsky.social

1/28 A Soviet cruise liner with 738 people aboard, a flat, calm afternoon in 1986, and a pilot who knew that water better than almost anyone alive. He steered her at 15 knots into a gap between a headland and a lighthouse rock. Mikhail Lermontov. A 🧵 #maritimehistory #maritimeincidents

Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social

Fantastic post 👍

Bart⚓️@bartgonnissen.bsky.social

1/x Everyone knows the story of Captain Schettino leaving the sinking vessel before he made sure everyone was safe. But there's also a story of a captain refusing to leave his sinking ship until the last moment: This is the story of Captain Kurt Carlsen.

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Emma Monk
@monkemma.bsky.social

Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22

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Met Office - weather and climate
@metoffice.gov.uk

The UK will experience a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 August. The extent of the Sun's coverage and the timing of maximum obscuration will differ across the country. Never look directly at the sun; use a pinhole projector or certified eclipse glasses to view it.

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The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies
@theanchoress.bsky.social

My new album, As We Once Were, is released today! 14 tracks. One massive concept. 21 vintage synthesizers & four generations of women. All wrapped up with some really special guests including James Dean Bradfield from Manic Street Preachers, Hannah Peel, Gwenno, and Eaves Wilder. Fill yer boots!

Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social
The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies@theanchoress.bsky.social

My new album, As We Once Were, is released today! 14 tracks. One massive concept. 21 vintage synthesizers & four generations of women. All wrapped up with some really special guests including James Dean Bradfield from Manic Street Preachers, Hannah Peel, Gwenno, and Eaves Wilder. Fill yer boots!

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kaybell27.bsky.social
@kaybell27.bsky.social

Ivan Kenneth Eyre (1935-2022) - Foothills 1998 Ivan's landscapes depict gently rolling, forested hills seen from an elevated perspective with narrow skylines. He created “invented landscapes”, dreamlike spaces that reflect memory and emotion. #artzeal

Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social

David was a cracking singer and a lovely bloke.

Burning Shed@burningshed.com

The David Longdon Foundation is a UK-registered charity that has been set up to raise funds for disadvantaged young musicians & the UK’s largest music therapy charity https://burningshed.com/newsletters/newsletter_02_07_2026.html #MusicTherapy #UKCharity #SupportTheArts #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Mateta earns Conference League glory for Crystal Palace against Rayo Vallecano

theguardian.comMateta earns Conference League glory for Crystal Palace against Rayo VallecanoAfter being denied their rightful place in this season’s Europa League, Crystal Palace finally have their revenge. In Oliver Glasner’s final match in charge, it was fitting that Jean-Philippe Mateta should score what turned out to be the winning goal after his January move to Milan was scuppered by a failed medical. It has been that kind of season in south London. Having rescued them from the brink of extinction only 16 years ago, how Steve Parish must have relished this occasion. The Palace chair found himself sitting next to the Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin for the biggest night in their history and he can now start planning for the Europa League campaign that was denied to them as last year’s FA Cup winners were adjudged to have broken European football’s governing body’s rules on multiclub ownership. As for Glasner, it ends any debate over whether he is the greatest manager in Palace’s history. Having been second best in the first half, he must take great credit for the way his side seized the initiative after the break and the Austrian can now ride off into the sunset with a third trophy in the space of just 12 months. Surely a top club will snap him up soon enough. Continue reading...

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Led By Donkeys
@ledbydonkeys.org

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

Rob Derr
@deeppurple64.bsky.social

Excellent thread

Ben Chu@benchu.bsky.social

How much more North Sea oil and gas could be extracted by the UK? & what direct impact might this have on UK energy prices? Some relevant data. Thread 🧵...1/17