Dave Beecroft

Regular guy

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@Kristinartz Bertha

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

Packing thousands of straws together basically creates a low-tech pixel screen.

Each straw acts as an independent light pathway, perfectly mimicking how data channels work.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials:

“I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match.

The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars.

This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.”

The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle.

And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters?

Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line.

The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@WorkElizab All 20

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

Nigel Farage has NOT been arrested for willingly and deliberately inciting riots in Southampton.

Please RT this until he is.

Thank you.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Should Nigel Farage be arrested for inciting riots?

Like - Yes
RT - Instantly

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@meadowbankthis Happy birthday legend

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@meadowbankthis @SPFLWatch Also happened to the other Bankies, Clydebank, when they were bought out and became Airdrie United.

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@gtj1247 @The_Thirty_ You lost me at Celtic B being promoted…

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@HawkEmDownChris Yes

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@meadowbankthis Was this the televised match where Thistle had to borrow strips?

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Donald Trump has attacked rock legend Bruce Springsteen in a new social media post, calling him "a total loser who spews hate."

RETWEET if you stand with @Springsteen against Trump!

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@VintageRockN_85 No way

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@SPFLWatch Cowdenbeath?

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

Dear friend (who thinks I’m unkind - or even homophobic),

Remember how much we loved Boy George and Marilyn when we were growing up? Our parents weren’t thrilled by men in make-up and dresses - but we thought they were cool. They were expressing individuality and challenging rigid gender stereotypes.

You and I both grew up supporting gay rights for a simple reason: people shouldn’t be punished, excluded or shamed for who they love.

That belief hasn’t changed.

But being gay, lesbian or bisexual is about who you’re attracted to. Gender identity is about how someone understands or describes themselves.

Those are not the same thing. And treating them as if they are puts women and girls at risk.

Here’s the crucial difference.

Many of the pop stars we grew up with played with gender expression - flamboyant clothes, make-up, theatrical performance. David Bowie made a whole art form out of it.

But we still understood they were men - and so did they.

They weren’t demanding entry to women’s spaces.

They weren’t claiming women’s awards or competing in women’s sporting categories.

And women weren’t being forced to agree that the man standing in front of them was a woman - or risk social or professional consequences.

We both have daughters now - young women just starting their adult lives. I’ve taught mine that no means no and I’m sure you’ve taught yours the same.

But that message becomes meaningless if our girls are also being told they must say “yes” to any man who says he’s a woman - even when their instincts say otherwise.

If a girl isn’t interested in make-up or stereotypically feminine things, she may be told she’s actually a man - rather than simply a strong, independent young woman who dresses and behaves as she pleases.

And if she’s same-sex attracted, she may face pressure from men who identify as “lesbians” and expect access to her spaces - and her body - something we'd never have accepted as progressive or 'kind' when we were younger.

Single-sex spaces - toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, refuges, prisons - exist because women need them. Not because all men are dangerous, but because male violence is a reality and sex-based boundaries reduce risk.

Women cannot know which men pose a threat and which don’t.

That’s why all must stay out of women's spaces. Good men understand this - without question.

I know you want to be kind. So do I.

But kindness isn’t asking women and girls to surrender their privacy, dignity or safety in order to prove they’re “tolerant”.

Or calling them 'homophobic' or bigoted for saying no.

With love,
Janet

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@trevorbmbagency Brilliant band

[Paul Vick @PaulVick138203]

Do you think the UK media is rotten to the core?🤔
Repost after voting please.

[Paul Vick @PaulVick138203]

Are you sick to the back teeth of hearing TV and radio presenters begin a broadcast with the words... "NIGEL FARAGE SAYS....."🤔
Repost after voting please.

[The 30 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @The_Thirty_]

After the original game was postponed, Arbroath made some brilliant gestures in their rearranged fixture vs Ayr:

Showed a live stream of the game for £2, with the money going to charity

Provided a free hot drink and chocolate bar for every travelling fan.

Great stuff! 👏❤️

[Dave Beecroft @ukuleleechos]

@VintageRockN_85 Eddie Cochran