Damaged Goods.

@jw1958.bsky.social

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Politics, bikes, history, running, economics, music, art, swimming, photography, environment. Culture, an appreciation of beauty, very bad language and barely suppressed rage are my superpowers.

Zuckerberg yacht in front of Mount Baker
Two Panaracer Gravelking SS tyres mounted tubeless on Giant wheel set.
Moraine lake reflecting the mountains above the waters.
Cover of Wild Fire by Jesse Winter
Stellar’s Jay at Roger’s Pass.
Dawn lighting the mountains over Moraine Lake, June 2026
A single red canoe ploughs its way across the vivid blue water of Lake Louise. June 2026.
Jagged mountains overlooking Moraine lake, coloured pink by the rising sun. June 2026.
Moraine Lake reflects the sunrise, June 15.
Sunshine and clouds over the blue water of Lake Minniwanka.
Sunlight on the mountains above moraine lake, Alberta, Canada.
UK National Grid showing live output from renewables of 68.7% of electricity production and less than 7% from fossil fuels.
Girl in a Bed (Caroline Blackwood) painted by Lucien Freud.
National grid in 21/3/26 showing solar meeting 37% of UK energy demand.
Groynes, waves, big sky. West Wittering Beach, UK
Lovely unknown cat I met today, walking towards my camera.
Donald Trump has told Iranians to keep protesting and said help was on the way, in the clearest sign yet that the US president may be preparing for military action against Tehran. "Iranian Patriots, keep protesting - take over your institutions!!! ... help is on its way," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, a day after the White House press secretary said airstrikes were among "many, many options" the US president was considering.
Battered book cover of Empire of Cotton, by Sven Beckert.
Fender Stratocaster 1976.
Wall art of a bottle of Henderson’s Relish in Sheffield.
Sherman tank at Slapton Sands.
One ticket sold for premiere of Melania documentary at flagship London cinema…
A stoat in pursuit of a rabbit running towards the camera
Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance as GOP candidate for 2028 presidential election.
Rock and Roll. Kathy Valentine and Gail Greenwood on Gang Of Four final tour, London 2025.
Amelienbad swimming pool, Vienna.
UK National Grid generation by source. Over 84% of supply is being met by renewable energy sources - 70% by wind alone.
1984 and 1985, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis conducted a series of experiments with an electronic circuit built of superconductors, components that can conduct a current with no electrical resistance. In the circuit, the superconducting components were separated by a thin layer of non-conductive material, a setup known as a Josephson junction. By refining and measuring all the various properties of their circuit, they were able to control and explore the phenomena that arose when they passed a current through it. Together, the charged particles moving through the superconductor comprised a system that behaved as if they were a single particle that filled the entire circuit.
George Santos threatens to leave NYC. The city cheers….
Fox News fails to disclose that 'independent journalist' who mocked No Kings protests is daughter of Fox host A Fox News guest who derided the No Kings protests and praised Donald Trump during an interview on Monday was identified to viewers only as "independent journalist Evita Duffy- Alfonso". What the network failed to disclose to viewers is that this "independent" guest, who writes for the far-right outlet The Federalist, is the daughter of a current Fox host, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and a former one, Sean Duffy, who is now Trump's transportation secretary. During the interview, on the Fox morning show her mother hosts on weekends, Duffy-Alfonso, 26, insisted that the president, who was a guest at her wedding, "is right: these protests were Soros-funded". She cited no evidence for this false claim.
Trump watch with Trump drawing of teenage girl's naked body and Trump signature as pubic hair on watch face.
Trump burbling about stairs to the US military…..
Scorecard for Ryder Cup.