Jeremy Binley

Retired electronics consultant, hillwalker, christian, member of TVBF, long term resident of Towcester.

[Jeremy Binley @JeremyTowcester]

@GrahamMcKechnie Thanks for the talk at Towcester and District Local History Society tonight. Your presentation/commentary was as enthusiastic as for a Saints/Tigers derby and made sure no-one fell asleep! Hope your daughter wasn’t too miffed by your late arrival to collect her.

[James May @MrJamesMay]

It’s Battle of Britain Day, when the world pauses to remember the huge debt it owes to the Hawker Hurricane.

Repeat please.

[Archbishop of York @CottrellStephen]

Today, the Church gives thanks for the life and ministry of St Aidan.

Aidan came from Iona to Lindisfarne to teach the Christian faith. He was loved for his gentleness, integrity, generosity and humility. He travelled Northumbria on foot, speaking to all of the Good News.

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

Unexpected Hot Air Balloon Landing in Bedford
You wouldn’t expect to see this on your morning stroll…
On Saturday morning, a hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a quiet Bedford street.
Social media footage captured two men hanging beneath the balloon, tossing a rope to a group of people below.
The group successfully guided the basket over rooftops and power lines, landing it safely in the middle of the road.
Amazingly, no one was injured, and no damage was reported to nearby buildings or vehicles.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

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1) "When 79-year-old George retired, he didn’t buy a golf club or a hammock. He hung a handmade sign in his garage window: “Broken things? Bring ’em here. No charge. Just tea and talk.”

His neighbors in the faded mill town of Maple Grove thought he’d lost it. “Who fixes stuff for free?” grumbled the barber. But George had a reason. His wife, Ruth, had spent decades repairing torn coats and cracked picture frames for anyone who knocked. “Waste is a habit,” she’d say. “Kindness is the cure.” She’d died the year before, and George’s hands itched to mend what she’d left behind.

The first visitor was 8-year-old Mia, dragging a plastic toy truck with a missing wheel. “Dad says we can’t afford a new one,” she mumbled. George rummaged through his toolbox, humming. An hour later, the truck rolled again—this time with a bottle cap for a wheel and a stripe of silver duct tape. “Now it’s custom ,” he winked. Mia left smiling, but her mother lingered. “Can you… fix a résumé?” she asked. “I’ve been stuck on the couch since the factory closed.”

By noon, George’s garage buzzed. A widow brought a shattered clock (“My husband wound it every Sunday”). A teen carried a leaky backpack. George fixed them all, but he didn’t work alone. Retired teachers proofread résumés. A former seamstress stitched torn backpacks. Even Mia returned, handing him a jar of jam: “Mom says thanks for the job interview.”

Then came the complaint.

“Unlicensed business,” snapped the city inspector. “You’re violating zoning laws.”

Maple Grove’s mayor, a man with a spreadsheet heart, demanded George shut down. The next morning, 40 townsfolk stood on George’s lawn, holding broken toasters, torn quilts, and protest signs: “Fix the law, not just stuff!” A local reporter filmed a segment: “Is kindness illegal?”

The mayor caved. Sort of.

“If you want to ‘fix’ things, do it downtown,” he said. “Rent the old firehouse. But no guarantees.”

The firehouse became a hive. Volunteers gutted it, painted it sunshine yellow, and dubbed it “Ruth’s Hub.” Plumbers taught plumbing. Teenagers learned to darn socks. A baker swapped muffins for repaired microwaves. The town’s waste dropped by 30%.

But the real magic? Conversations. A lonely widow fixed a lamp while a single dad patched a bike tire. They talked about Ruth. About loss. About hope.

Last week, George found a note in his mailbox. It was from Mia, now 16, interning at a robotics lab. “You taught me to see value in broken things. I’m building a solar-powered prosthetic arm. PS: The truck still runs!”

Today, 12 towns across the state have “Fix-It Hubs.” None charge money. All serve tea.

Funny, isn’t it? How a man with a screwdriver can rebuild a world."

Let this story reach more hearts...

Credit: SYJ

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨 HUMILIATING:

This video of Trump saying he's surprised Biden put in Powell as Fed Chair while a video of Trump nominating Powell HIMSELF plays below is going viral.

Share this video of Trump's mental decline because the media won't. They're too busy giving wall-to-wall coverage for some autopen bullshit.

[Jeremy Binley @JeremyTowcester]

@TheFigen_ So it was 15 years old when he bought it in 1943.

[*Melanie Whitlock * @melwhitters]

3 weeks today!

1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor me now. https://t.co/zVztYhlpoF

[Puppies & Positivity @Puppieslover]

The face of a Zero regret 😂😂

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

This is Trump’s Easter message.

Someone tell him - Easter is about Jesus. It is the day Christ rose from the dead.

Trump-evangelicalism is a cult.
You cannot serve two masters.
Follow Jesus… not Trump.

Christ is King. Donald Trump is not.
Hallelujah!

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Lord Ken Clarke(Tory): "Rachel Reeves is a perfectly intelligent, serious woman... so you can't blame the first 6 months of the Labour government for the problems we now face..."

#bbcpm

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

It was very cold, and to keep themselves warm they sang Pooh’s song right through six times, Piglet doing the tiddlely-poms and Pooh doing the rest of it, and both of them thumping on the top of the gate with pieces of stick at the proper places. ~A.A.Milne

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

It rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet told himself that never in all his life, and he was goodness knows how old - three, was it, or four? - never had he seen so much rain. Days and days and days. “If only,” he thought, I had been in Pooh’s house.”~A.A.Milne #rain #flood

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

[Jeremy Binley @JeremyTowcester]

@RevRichardColes The book is significantly better than the film, except for the lack of that fabulous music by Ron Goodwin.

[Dr Krish Kandiah OBE @krishk]

"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference."

President Jimmy Carter
1924-2024

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

A Jewish father went to see his rabbi:

"Rabbi, I brought my son up in the faith, gave him a Bar Mitzvah, "Then he tells me last week, he's decided to be a Christian. Rabbi, where did I go wrong?"

The rabbi strokes his beard and says, "Funny you should come to me. I too, brought up my son as a boy of faith and then one day he comes to me and tells me he wants to be a Christian."

"What did you do?" asked the man of the rabbi.

"I turned to God for the answer," replied the rabbi.

"What did he say?" asked the man.

He said, "Funny you should come to me..."

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Gloria in excel sheets deo

[David Rowe @mrdavidrowe]

It's Monday, so here's a thread of Christian traditions, and the blessing each has been to me.
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METHODIST
I love to belt out a hymn, tears in my eyes; I love to see holiness worked out in community; and as an immigrant/pilgrim 'The world is my parish' has been a great comfort.