Phill Dixon
philldixon.bsky.social
Phill Dixon
@philldixon.bsky.social
Adventurer, passionate about wildlife, photographer and wildlife cinematographer usually found looking through a viewfinder for long periods.
Somebody explain to the fplks cheering a Reform proposed personal allowance rise that they will pobably end up spending the same amount when the £80bn services cuts takes out the stuff they need and they have to pay commercial rates
September 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The whisky list in Wunderbar Taormina was extensive
September 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today Americans celebrate Independence Day when Americans inc George Washington refused to pay taxes to help with the 7 years war debt, a war started by a shot fired by George Washington...
July 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Why do I get the feeling the DIP drones announcement is the new attrib a capability to something and say cheaper so can cut elsewhere
June 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Over on other social media Reach Media and Daily Express as pushing bullshit that pensioners will be charged 20% income tax on their state pension and gullible pensioners are going apeshit.
This is why just banning kids from SM achieves nowt
June 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
SpaceX has now crashed to below its IPO price...
June 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by Phill Dixon
No , Natural England aren't looking to kill all the Dartmoor ponies , as disingenuous politicians across the political divide would have you believe .

A lot of hysteria about this news story over the past few days – well and truly debunked here . . . www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-...
Ponies, Dartmoor and fake news
There’s been a deluge of misinformation recently about ponies on Dartmoor. Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s Tony Whitehead looks at the origins and potential impacts of the current “pony campaigning". He st...
www.dartmoornature.org.uk
June 18, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Sustainable transport thought- we have masses of canals in this country with limited traffic on them.
Autonomous electric canal barges with a single crewman for locks ( until pay automate infra) every 5 or 6 barges.
Slow, steady and green for non-perishable loads.
Could run 24/7 too
June 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
FFS just ban Twitter if they can't act to remove Doxing of 2 police officers
June 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by Phill Dixon
We have supported children to get a correct age assessment after they were wrongly assessed as adults by the Home Office.

These are not decisions for AI systems. Age assessments must be human and expert-led. No child should be stripped of the protections they need.
Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers
Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
When someone makes a statement that companies 'just want your details' and when you explain thst breaches GDPR they tell you loads of companies do it and its legal... you explain no its not and they have a meltdown its like arguing with a sponge!
Honestly supposed intelligent ppl and ignorance
May 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Given the negative comments about young peopleafter the Alan Milburn report, mostly from older eople and pensioners itsprobably a good idea to remind them without young people paying tax the state pension ceases to exist.
They 'paid in all their lie' for the people retired before them
May 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Failure Gullis seeks to shaft his community.
Remember he said he was unemployable after being voted out
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council axes net zero plans
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council also plans to rescind a climate emergency declaration.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Another day wasted on politicians desperate to position themselves and not getting that the more of this circus the more people think politicians aren't interested in improving the lives of public just their own job prospects.
Slow hand clap
May 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Watching the political car crash that is the factions in Labour vying to do wat best suits their preferred leadrship contender over any national interest and filling papers, hiding all those Reform councillors that are having to resign / be suspended or in one case may not exist.
Toryshambles mk2
May 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
And the Labour self indulgence begins - what the country wants another leadership contest and rife infighting FFS.
Morphig more into crazy Tory days each passing moment
May 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Overheard in cafe yesterday - two pensioners saying tax is state theft then complaining about potholes and UK not paying decent state pension...
Because billionaire owned press has convinced people taxes are bad
May 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Today a contact passed my details to a woman who found 3 dead small fox cubs in her garden.
Expecting poisoning or something similar found 3 cubs covered in scratches dead - and her bengal cat playing with the bodies as she tells me he never bothers the wildlife...
No poisoning just dumb cat owners
April 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
@tanktales.bsky.social
You recently commented om the SDR discussion on here being positive.
Side note am also seeing what I believe is Treasury placed pushback against Lord Robertson and Fiona Hill.
Note how quickly folks with no understanding of SDR were directed to his jobs as if a revelation or
April 17, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Its amazing how many people when shown they are actually completely ignorant of the thing they are spouting off on have to generate a fake bogeyman and then block
April 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Imagine you are a shot down aircrew and during your descent to terra firma the thought the asshat in charge of Pentagon made a big 'no quarter will be given' speech a short while ago...
That's why shit for brains people cost lives
April 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Who knew that a guy with a crusader cross symbol and pontificates about God being on his side would blunder into the Middle East clueless and cause havoc...
March 28, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The amount of people on this platform that are no better than the Twitter types is getting ridiculous.
Same level of brain death but think they are geniuses
March 26, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Reposted by Phill Dixon
Where the clothes you give to charity shops or recycling bins really end up - my report from Ghana on the destructive impact of fast fashion and clothes dumping mol.im/a/15669611
Where old clothes you donate or put in 'recycling' REALLY end up
'You pull the net and it is heavy so you think you have a lot of fish - but when it comes up you see a lot of this rubbish, the clothes, mixed up with maybe small fish.'
mol.im
March 23, 2026 at 7:34 AM
There is a telling moment in original Arnie The Running Man film where a crappy TV host asks his oft insulted bodyguard to protect him and gets told he's 'off to pop some steroids' instead of savinghim from his comeuppance
Can't think why Trump thretening NATO allies then being told to FO reminds me
March 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM