Ike Aramba

Ike Aramba

@speedwell.bsky.social

Old curmudgeon. Luckless pedestrian.

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HappyToast
@happytoast.co.uk
The Guardian@theguardian.com

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

theguardian.comUK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry findsInquiry chair says failure to isolate people discharged from hospital into care was ‘significant oversight’ The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found. Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19 inquiry, said it was a “significant omission” that the government did not advise isolating patients discharged from hospitals into care homes, causing the virus to spread rapidly among residents and staff. Continue reading...

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Mark Thompson
@markreckons.bsky.social

"Error" The old Upton Sinclair quote is relevant here I think. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.

theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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Daniel Emerson
@doktorfuttocks.bsky.social

The vote to make sure the weirdos, vultures and wreckers don't get their filthy paws on the treasures of our national heritage seems to come around quicker every year. #NationalTrust

Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

nationaltrust.org.ukAnnual General MeetingYour Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Adrian Littlejohn
@yorksfella59.bsky.social

This letter is currently on 74,000 signatures. If you want to let these brave, selfless people know how appreciated they are, please join me in signing it. Thank you, #RNLI ❤️ act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Auuuulet 🍂👻
@aulet.es

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

Linuxiac@linuxiac.bsky.social

LibreOffice 26.8 is now available with a new Paragraph Composer in Writer, native OpenType variable font support, Calc improvements, and better document compatibility. linuxiac.com/libreoffice-... #OpenSource #OfficeSuite

linuxiac.comLibreOffice 26.8 Released with New Paragraph Composer, Variable Font SupportLibreOffice 26.8 is now available with a new Paragraph Composer in Writer, native OpenType variable font support, Calc improvements, and better document compatibility.

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Kid Charlemagne
@smudgeboy99.bsky.social

Ignore the fact that Labour was founded on the principle of a fair day's work for a fair day's pay, they could at least set up work placements that aid small businesses while teaching youths real skills, rather than stacking shelves for corporations who are simultaneously laying people off. #Scam

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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social

Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...

cnbc.comFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batteryA small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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General Boles
@generalboles.bsky.social

This is terrible 😒 One of the great tv sporting moments was Eilish McColgan winning the Commonwealth 10k in 2022 and now if something similar happens it's going to be seen by about 14 people

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social

In case you’re wondering how much of a downgrade Commonwealth Games are on free-to-air television. Channel 5 will air highlights of the opening day at 10.30pm on the Friday. The rest is on TNT Sports (paywall)

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Count Binface
@countbinface.bsky.social

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽
@noscoredraws.com

Hooray, our World Cup 2026 Wall Chart is FINISHED 🥳 It's our biggest wall chart ever, an A1-sized shambles sullied by SIXTY wonky doodles. Dunno if competitions fly on Bluesky, but if you share this we'll send a couple of freebies out to some (un)lucky RTers x 🛒 noscoredraws.com/products/wor...

noscoredraws.comWorld Cup 2026 Wall Chart - No Score Draws A1 WC2026 Poster Print - ExOur biggest ever wonky World Cup Wall Chart for the biggest ever World Cup! Yes it's the 2026 World Cup, so to keep track of all the ins and outs, the kick-of times, scores and tables, here's a HUGE A...

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Daniel Emerson
@doktorfuttocks.bsky.social

A sock going missing after doing the laundry annoys Rupert Lowe. His policy to fix this is a mass deportation program.

Nick Beales@nickbeales.bsky.social

People listening to music on trains annoys Rupert Lowe. His policy to fix this is a mass deportation program.

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Private Eye Magazine
@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government… An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.

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bobby
@bobbylewis.blacksky.app

it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry

Mark Lemley@marklemley.bsky.social

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

electrek.coAustralia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricityAustralia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
Ike Aramba
@speedwell.bsky.social

Diaries 24/6..

Edwin Hayward@edwinhayward.com

5 weeks to go before we hit the magic date in Daniel Hannan's fever dream post-Brexit Britain paradise. If you haven't read his article before, you must! In the 9 years since the referendum, it has never been bettered. Wrongness so dense, it's formed a black hole. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...

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Byline Times
@bylinetimes.bsky.social

Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up Help crowdfund our full and fair reporting You know other news organisations won’t do it ▶️ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/the-people-v...

subscribe.bylinetimes.comThe People vs Murdoch – Byline Times ShopThe People vs Murdoch Full and Fair Reporting of the Murdoch Trial How often do we ever get to see Rupert Murdoch’s media empire independently being held to account?   In January, one of these rare mo...