Hastings, festivals, live music, stage lighting, truth, justice, and Any Which Way You Choose…https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lclorv4yl223Meanwhile at Chalk in Brighton…05 Dec 2024 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclorv4yl223https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lciwh5x3722gSo… zero engagement here… meanwhile on good old FB… loads of views, likes, and comments… hmmm [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2024 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lciwh5x3722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lchwfexqus2iAny thoughts on what these are for? Silverhill junction of London and Bohemia Roads in Hastings…04 Dec 2024 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchwfexqus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lcgogd5tus2jHere’s a thing - my last week of posting on FB and here. 3,500 engagements on FB vs about 6 on BS. I call BS…03 Dec 2024 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgogd5tus2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lcgnfpmxmc2jTonight on Masterchef they are all at it… have you ‘done a Gregg’?03 Dec 2024 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgnfpmxmc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lcfcmimncc2jThat time Carol had to get someone with a calculator to check a contestant’s answer and multiply 318 by 75 … and then after subtracting 50 dividing 23,850 by 25 to get to 952… that was proper numberwang!!03 Dec 2024 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfcmimncc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lcf3ojauo224The irony here is that we are looking at grudgingly giving temporary asylum to refugees from an island which the UK forcibly (and illegally) evicted the entire population in the 1970s to clear it for military use. Migrants brought to UK from remote military island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy45d954yzo03 Dec 2024 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcf3ojauo224https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lc72s22khk2uMy Facebook feed is local and relevant to me. My BlueSky feed is globally worthy, but lacking in ‘me’30 Nov 2024 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc72s22khk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lc6vwaykec2uSo I put some lights on our town tree…30 Nov 2024 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6vwaykec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lc6vuxmiak2uCareer [alt.def] back of the car30 Nov 2024 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6vuxmiak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lc4cf54q6s2qMascarpone [alt.def] disguise our small horse29 Nov 2024 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4cf54q6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbzf2c5g622qCatastrophe [alt.def] The winner receives a cat…28 Nov 2024 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzf2c5g622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbxqe3ee7s2gForget seasoning on #masterchef - let’s go for overproof rum…27 Nov 2024 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxqe3ee7s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbxq6ajhys2gSometimes you need a bigger ladder… this is ‘Crocodile Dundee’ size…27 Nov 2024 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxq6ajhys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbxmoad6a222How we used to live…27 Nov 2024 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxmoad6a222https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbtskigegc2mQuiz: you burn a gallon of unleaded petrol weighing about 3.3kg - will the weight of the resulting CO2 be the same, heavier or lighter?26 Nov 2024 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtskigegc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbsljkrtzc2jJust a few cool Hastings gigs incoming…25 Nov 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbsljkrtzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbs3hxjxn22mJohn Travolta in one of his finest movie scenes…25 Nov 2024 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs3hxjxn22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbppxam2y224The slightly tongue-in-cheek Jack O’Neil scenes in Stargate always make me laugh… #stargate24 Nov 2024 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbppxam2y224https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lboosjeixc2oAverage fuel costs per year in the UK are around £1,500. If the average hydrogen car usage is 1kg per day at £15 per kg then that equates to more like £5,500 per year…24 Nov 2024 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lboosjeixc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbonsm37722oStats on the web are increasingly hard to verify. This KI piece broadly agrees with UK Defence estimates on troop and ship losses, but the numbers for tanks, planes, and armoured vehicles etc are very different… https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russia-hits-700000-casualties-in-ukraine-says-britain/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbonsm37722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbm6o6tdkc2h@georgegreenwood.bsky.social have you stumbled across the MoJ’s attempt at giving people a chance to submit FoI requests… try following the link on their FoI explanation page https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/publication-scheme23 Nov 2024 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbm6o6tdkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbkt6eemqc2iBert Alert…22 Nov 2024 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkt6eemqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbi3w2eetc2jNow the job of attorney general is open again I’m sure Trump will be considering a few of these names as people with a deep understanding of the US legal system…21 Nov 2024 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi3w2eetc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbhxggif2c2kThat didn’t last long…21 Nov 2024 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhxggif2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbhq4ihhos2gBackstop [alt.def] nape of the neck21 Nov 2024 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhq4ihhos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbh6v2y3z226If I recall the late 80s, the ‘sound of next year’ was defined by hundreds of independent-minded music journalists and DJs writing about and playing new bands… not BBC ‘starter packs’21 Nov 2024 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbh6v2y3z226https://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbflpi6p322sCurrently wandering through Wolverhampton… oh, the life!!20 Nov 2024 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbflpi6p322shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnbownas.bsky.social/post/3lbfaf5dvs22tSycophant [def.] when an anteater decides he’s tired of life…20 Nov 2024 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:d5gsajdpxebf3ycgoubzdxeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfaf5dvs22t