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Ian Shaw

@quantockian.bsky.social

Musings from cyderspace.

created August 2, 2025

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Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#QueenWineSongs Rosé Little Thing Called Love

2/9/2025, 7:24:41 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC (@lbc.co.uk) reposted

'They're complete nonsense and they are bonkers.' @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social addresses the rumours surrounding Trump's 'disappearance' and says the President has 'a lot of questions to answer'.

2/9/2025, 6:15:45 PM | 25 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#EarsInASongOrMovie Eustachian Zebra

2/9/2025, 5:06:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Wrong on Evri level.

2/9/2025, 4:49:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a hack, you fool!

2/9/2025, 4:47:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#EarsInASongOrMovie The Ears Are Alight

2/9/2025, 4:45:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Won’t be long before we can Popper cork in his memory.

2/9/2025, 4:40:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

If all mainstream journalists (I'm talking LBC, Sky, BBC, Channel 4, newspapers etc) had the same minerals as @marina-purkiss.bsky.social, the UK might not be in such a mess. The British media needs to be compelled into line. Nothing should be off the table.

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2/9/2025, 4:06:12 PM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Which is the any key?

2/9/2025, 4:16:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Sherpa Vans Are Go!!

2/9/2025, 3:52:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Can he speak Arabic?

2/9/2025, 3:31:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Picked up my reservation from Librarieswest yesterday, after a long wait. Already worth it.

2/9/2025, 2:47:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Indeed

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2/9/2025, 2:39:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Covfefe

2/9/2025, 10:55:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

2 x 2 ! Amazing.

2/9/2025, 9:49:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Dave Hill looking worse for wear.

1/9/2025, 4:56:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#PopularGamesInASongOrMovie Buckaroo Soldier

1/9/2025, 3:17:32 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Get out the Humbrol gold enamel.

1/9/2025, 2:33:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

What in the name of actual fuckeroony is this?

1/9/2025, 2:30:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

You know I'd volunteer my services but I can't see why they cannot work this shit out for themselves. This isn't just bad messaging - it's cowardly and letting these racists get away with their agenda. And that's a whole lot worse.

1/9/2025, 2:07:34 PM | 309 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#ImLookingForReasonsTo be miserable.

1/9/2025, 1:03:56 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Just keep triggering him.

1/9/2025, 12:46:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Our Common Defense (@ourcommondefense.bsky.social) reposted

One pillar of Stalinism was to put ideological zealots with no practical experience in charge of important things. The goal was to maintain Stalin's cult of personality - he could never "look bad". People starved

1/9/2025, 9:58:16 AM | 51 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Berberis thunbergii vars. are a waste of time. Always spoilt by sawfly larvae.

1/9/2025, 10:02:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Is anything under threat of being taken away from local people?

1/9/2025, 9:48:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

Just heard scumbag Ferrari attempt to deny a caller's claim that Trump is an authoritarian. It's almost as if hasn't been paying attention to the litany of evidence which pretty much shows him to be a nascent fascist. The man should be taken off air. @lbc.co.uk

1/9/2025, 7:48:14 AM | 14 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s baguettry.

1/9/2025, 7:07:45 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Has she never heard of bloody Warby’s?

1/9/2025, 7:03:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Do not go gentle into that. GOOD NIGHT!

1/9/2025, 4:12:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#CopShowBingoCard Two Little Ducks Of Dock Green

31/8/2025, 4:42:29 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#EnergyFoodInASongOrMovie Monster M*A*S*H

31/8/2025, 4:06:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#GimmeABookOrElse I cannot reach the top shelf.

31/8/2025, 1:20:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Will there be lanyards?

31/8/2025, 12:48:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

A prime example of baguettry, I suspect.

31/8/2025, 12:25:24 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

If Trump were just a figurehead they would have picked a better one. Has backers couldn’t believe their luck when he emerged.

31/8/2025, 11:36:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#MealsWithBaconInASongMovie Save Your Quiches For Me

30/8/2025, 3:14:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

I prefer the original.

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30/8/2025, 1:57:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

But would the Putin connection be broken?

30/8/2025, 1:34:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior.bsky.social) reposted

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I hate being right: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Trump's alive :( excerpt from here: https://substack.com/@sarahkendzior/p-172277870
30/8/2025, 1:28:34 PM | 449 112 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#TalibanTice

30/8/2025, 11:23:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d move Angela Rayner to the Home Sec job.

30/8/2025, 9:58:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Or two sheds?

30/8/2025, 9:39:04 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Or was squatting.

30/8/2025, 9:37:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

Great conversation @matthew-wright.bsky.social re executive pay to worker pay ratios. An even bigger scandal is the fact that Universal Credit (the taxpayer) is (in effect) subsidising businesses, by topping up low pay. Alas, I've heard no noises from the govt in that direction. @lbc.co.uk

30/8/2025, 8:58:52 AM | 14 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Yvette Cooper is a rabbit caught in the headlights at the best of times.

30/8/2025, 8:41:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Whatever you want Whatever you want Whatever you want

30/8/2025, 8:36:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Lovely

30/8/2025, 7:53:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jeremy Bartlett (@jeremybartlett.bsky.social) reposted

"So let’s call this for what it is. Britain isn’t being destroyed by migrants or minorities. It’s being destroyed by people too stubborn to see they are marching to somebody else’s drum. A drum we heard in 1933."

29/8/2025, 5:42:18 PM | 15 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Simon Marks (@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social) reposted

A reminder that we also now produce a visualised version of "American Week" so you can watch as well as listen. This week's is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnE...

29/8/2025, 5:48:46 PM | 35 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Scrumpy Old Men

29/8/2025, 5:02:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Irma La Juice it is.

29/8/2025, 5:00:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#JuiceVarietyInASongOrMovie Lovely Rita Minute Maid

29/8/2025, 3:32:14 PM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#JuiceVarietyInASongOrMovie Go Mango

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29/8/2025, 3:14:26 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paul Lewis (@realpaullewis.bsky.social) reposted

Dear Media, It is not a “four-star hotel” when the rooms have had king-size beds removed to make space for six prison-style bunk beds, and where there is no room service. It may once have been a hotel, but it is now a detention centre. Call it that. Stop inciting riots on behalf of Nigel Farage.

29/8/2025, 1:54:12 PM | 120 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe the shooter had stopped taking them, against advice.

29/8/2025, 3:02:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC (@lbc.co.uk) reposted

‘Some schools don’t even acknowledge they have young carers. You hear stories about them coming in late and being put in detention.’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk discusses how young carers can be supported with caller Holly, who looked after her sister at school.

29/8/2025, 2:31:09 PM | 51 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture planetmatt (@planetmatt.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

This country has lost its mind. Asylum seekers don't get Playstations. Does Thomas know that Facebook memes aren't reliable sources of journalism?

29/8/2025, 2:09:24 PM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably has no idea what a PlayStation is. Er . . . what is it?

29/8/2025, 2:07:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

@lbc.co.uk

29/8/2025, 2:04:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#ItsHardToFindAnAlternativeFor or

29/8/2025, 1:09:37 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

Is it possible to have our past #BBC #TVLicence payments returned to us since they have signally failed to live up to their mission statement.

29/8/2025, 1:08:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Make sure you add @lbc.co.uk to your re-post.

29/8/2025, 1:00:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

@lbc.co.uk

29/8/2025, 12:58:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Collins (@icoll.bsky.social) reposted

This is the quality, or complete lack of it, of a Reform Ltd Board member. Grimes is a silly slut with a bad mouth. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...

29/8/2025, 11:47:27 AM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Desperately Seeking Soupçon

29/8/2025, 11:19:31 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Corpsy (@corpsepilot.bsky.social) reposted

Have a laugh! The commentary is priceless! 👇🏻🤣 (1:41) youtu.be/Lv9l-QD5Cl0?...

29/8/2025, 10:40:12 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alistair Green (@mralistairgreen.bsky.social) reposted

Silly I know but one likes to imagine her majesty up in heaven smiling approvingly as patriots paint a mini roundabout at 1am. Perhaps Paddington is there too passing her a marmalade sandwich, his paw lingering on her soft feminine hand for a moment too long.. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

29/8/2025, 9:26:32 AM | 220 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

They’re all stuck between Fairlop and Ongar.

29/8/2025, 7:53:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

Ohhhh Marina Purkiss just absolutely nailed that loser Nick Ferrari about his hypocrisy re Tories and Farage. The first (former @lbc.co.uk) journalist I've heard to call the moron out DIRECTLY to his face. Well done @marina-purkiss.bsky.social!

29/8/2025, 7:15:40 AM | 30 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

Judeo-Christian values latest: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #Farage #Blackshirts

29/8/2025, 5:30:44 AM | 28 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s possible that the shooter had stopped taking them, against advice.

29/8/2025, 5:21:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

@lbc.co.uk Tell that bigoted churchgoer on Ian Payne’s show that the nationality of the victim in the parable of the Good Samaritan is unspecified. @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social

29/8/2025, 5:18:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

What’s with the blinking? SSRI’s?

28/8/2025, 12:58:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Secret Labour MP (“Parody”*) 🥀 (@secret-labour-mp.bsky.social) reposted

Always a relief to see how little engagement this 'PNG Courier' guy gets from all his high-profile social media followers. For our sake, here's hoping they continue in their failure to re-post this brilliantly acidulated and incisive "journalism".

28/8/2025, 10:01:19 AM | 25 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

@lbc.co.uk @lewisgoodall.com

28/8/2025, 12:42:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s an over-diagnosis of common sense on the right.

28/8/2025, 12:36:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#HowToDealWithTrolls Cut their hair off.

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27/8/2025, 7:32:36 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

That Farage AI rap video makes me want to punch him even more than I already do.

27/8/2025, 8:37:20 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve seen those rappers . . on Top of the Pops . . . rapping.

27/8/2025, 9:25:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The 70s Guy (@stevenw888.bsky.social) reposted

26 August 1970, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Family, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, The Moody Blues, Procol Harum & Free all appeared over 3 days at the 3rd Isle Of Wight Festival. Weekend tickets were £3. #JimiHendrix

3rd Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
26/8/2025, 9:54:22 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Richard Murphy (@richardjmurphy.bsky.social) reposted

If you're young Or old Or a woman If you've got a disability Or, you've a SEND If you're LGBTQ+ Or you're from an ethnic minority If you need care Or you're in the forces And if you're in Northern Ireland Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you

26/8/2025, 7:29:22 PM | 1037 455 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

State of this. And this guy has 1m+ subs.

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26/8/2025, 6:12:36 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Reform Party UK Exposed (@reformexposed.bsky.social) reposted

Robert Bloom, North Northamptonshire Reform UK councillor resigns over serious racism allegations. This is shocking. Reform UK has a racism problem. www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...

26/8/2025, 3:35:19 PM | 280 134 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Galloping Knob-rot

26/8/2025, 3:41:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s gonna see what happens.

26/8/2025, 12:02:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 (@sarahcalvert.bsky.social) reposted

Any woman voting for Farage should look at Trump's America and ask themselves if they want their and their daughters' access to basic healthcare denied, as well as their vote being taken away.

26/8/2025, 10:44:31 AM | 13 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

@realDotardTrump !!!!

26/8/2025, 10:41:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sir Michael Take CBE (@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social) reposted

Bunty & I were at Nick’s do. Bob Jenrick was on the door checking invitations & keeping out gatecrashers. Dan Wootton was the wedding photographer (he’ll blackmail us later) Lucy Connolly did the BBQ & burnt the meat. Later Darren Grimes entertained us with his famous sock trick.

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26/8/2025, 7:17:51 AM | 225 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

The natives on other continents would like a word.

26/8/2025, 7:19:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

Clearly bipolar

25/8/2025, 5:21:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought it was the depth gauge.

25/8/2025, 4:40:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LBC Watch (@lbcwatchuk.bsky.social) reposted

Like it or lump it, the small boats story is here to stay, and you're probably going to have a Reform/Tory government at the next election. All the talk about "safe routes", "you shouldn't have invaded foreign countries" etc etc etc IS DEAD. So what should the government do from now?

25/8/2025, 4:33:04 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Windermere

25/8/2025, 4:33:11 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve got that now from a simple blood test. No big deal.

25/8/2025, 3:59:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

What, for lunch?

25/8/2025, 3:34:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social)

#QuickMealsInASongOrMovie Perfect M*A*S*H

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25/8/2025, 3:27:38 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Does he mean a chastity belt?

25/8/2025, 3:01:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

The banality of evil.

25/8/2025, 2:04:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Jim Davidson?

25/8/2025, 1:51:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Shaw (@quantockian.bsky.social) reply parent

Callers to @lbc.co.uk soon shut up when it’s pointed out that we would be obliged to take back British criminals incarcerated abroad.

25/8/2025, 1:49:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view