Chris Blake

Given up on climbing, scrambling, snowboarding, biking & photography to concentrate on 1st love: IT Consultancy. Or so I tell the bank manager.

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

The Yorkshire Haka. Needs sound on! https://t.co/aoCR5VS5P5

[Ally the Piper @piperdotally]

When someone shouts “PLAY FREE BIRD” but you’re at a Celtic festival #bagpipes #bagpiper #freebird

[Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris]

Klimt Eastwood.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A simple toy demonstration shows the effect of lifting posture on our back

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

Our apple tree seems to think it’s Spring and has started flowering for the second time this year.

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

It's a sunny bank holiday Sunday and @SouthernWater have decided to mark the occasion by releasing enormous amounts of sewage across the south east 💩

The following locations have had sewage releases within the last 24 hours:

Sheerness
Whitstable
Herne Bay
Margate*
Broadstairs*
Folkestone
Sandgate
Hythe
Camber*
St Leonards
Bexhill
Birling Gap
Seaford
Worthing*
Littlehampton
Middleton-on-Sea*
Felpham
Bognor Regis
Pagham
Langstone Harbour
Southsea
Stokes Bay
Bembridge*
Whitecliff Bay
Yaverland
Sandown
Shanklin
Ventnor
Cowes
Gurnard
Colwell Bay
Totland Bay

* indicates a location where there has been a sewage release that @SouthernWater deem to be 'non-impacting' and therefore hidden from their map.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

For 700 years of history, the tallest building on Earth was a church.

But do you ever wonder how medieval society built them — with no power tools or modern machines?

The answer may surprise you... (thread) 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵

1. All roads lead to Rome

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

@bbcnickrobinson Just tried to book a GP appointment and their systems are down due to a “national” issue

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Here are the most FASCINATING facts I could find about Mexico:

1. Mexico is so huge it’s hard to comprehend. You can fit 30 European countries in Mexico and still have room to spare

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Ahhh, Scottish summer. It’s July 4th and there’s fresh snow on the top of the mountain @glencoemountain.

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

I suspect Rishi may have a serious fight on his hands in Richmond with this manifesto

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Hello Earth! I am proud to unveil the 2024 Count Binface general election manifesto, which I feel sure will be the most sensible manifesto published today. #MakeYourVoteCount #BindependenceDay

[. @jdpoc]

“Midway during the D-Day celebrations in Normandy, I took a walk around the town and came across a lovely Victorian railway station, and I accidentally boarded a train to a local aerodrome, where I tripped and fell into a helicopter which took me to London.”

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

Move along please, nothing to see here…

[Sir Godfrey Lawson 🇬🇧 @godfrey_lawson]

The Tory party have received unfair criticism this last few weeks. In the interests of balance,I’ve posted some charts below which show performance in various key areas such as life expectancy, the NHS, trade, immigration and the economy

🧵

#GeneralElection2024

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

Couldn’t quite believe that I had to give in and reach for my winter jumper yesterday. 1st of June for goodness sake! Still, 21 degrees forecast today so hopefully it can go back into the wardrobe!

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

Not on my high street. The local tories ran a campaign to reverse the closure of the high street (which allowed outside eating and drinking) because they said it was bad for business.

[Tim Eckes @tim_eckes]

Ffs

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

This would destroy our cone farm industries so will never catch on here…

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Whoa! In Switzerland, a mobile overpass bridge is used to carry out road work without stopping traffic👏

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

I’ve seen this photo a few times recently showing two photos separated by 66 years. What is just as interesting to me is how many of the comments claim one of these didn’t happen. It’s blatant here, but twisting truth and denying history is a worrying trend.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The importance of punctuation
(Commas save lives)

[Chris Blake @_ChrisBlake]

Not so tough now are you little boy 🤣

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

Sound up, very enjoyable.