Phil Banting

@philbanting.bsky.social

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Christian, married to Miriam, #LibDems, #Remain. Active in Christ Church Selly Park, #Stirchley and beyond. Instagram @philbantingbrum. Twitter @philbanting (dormant). https://www.banting-family.org.uk

Step count showing a weekly average of 9994. Sir Don Bradman achieved a Test batting average of 99.94, giving these digits an illustrious significance
An obelisk painted red, white and blue - the colours of Paraguay - above a lookout point on a hillside covered with grass and woods. Out of shot, the hill descends to the Rio Paraná which separates Paraguay from Argentina.
Google search question: What prime number has 27 digits? AI Overview answer: There are infinitely many prime numbers with 27 digits. A notable example is the 10th Mersenne prime, \(2^{89} - 1\), which contains exactly 27 digits.
Google search question: How many I's in teamwork? AI Overview answer: There is exactly 1 letter "I" in the word "teamwork" (t-e-a-m-w-o-r-k).However, as the famous motivational saying goes, there is also an "I" in win!
Screenshot of Google search: "How many xs in Google" AI Overview: The word "Google" contains exactly one "x" if you are thinking of a different brand X (formerly Twitter), owned by Elon Musk.
Entrance to a polling station in a traditional school building with BOYS embossed in stone above the door. The sky is blue with some white cloud.
Chart of GB electricity generation at lunchtime today, showing solar at 41%, wind 20% and gas way down at 2.2%
Screenshot of "Choose stations" from West Midlands Railway mobile site: Pineapple Road does not appear in the search list - Spring Road is chosen instead
Signposts attached to a heritage-styled lamppost: one sign points to the Market Place and Bishop's Palace, another to the Harry Patch memorial, all against a blue sky
View along the tracks from a platform at Moseley Village station
View looking through trees over the backs of houses
At Kings Norton station, the top of a plastic bottle sticking out of the top of a hollow rusty metal post
The Grade 2 listed Birmingham New Street Signal Box
People boarding a train at New Street station. The platform display indicates that it is going to Kings Norton via the Camp Hill Line stations.
Looking down between trees for a fleeting glimpse of a section of canal
Street art on a wall showing a fist and a Palestinian flag: "You can't separate peace from freedom"
A man taking a photo with his phone - and, further away, a boy doing the same with an iPad - as a train leaves the station
Silver birch trees just behind the railway fence, and open grassland beyond
Graphic showing the new stations, including Pineapple Road, on a line parallel to the Cross City line
Railway sign on a wall behind the platform: Pineapple Road
Artemis mission patch alongside Apollo 14 and 15 patches mounted on a wall at Lightcube, Kings Cross, London
Screenshot of ATV clock in the style used from 1976 to 1981, showing the time when the screenshot was taken
Photo of Prince William and a teenage girl - presumably royal - in the foreground. Behind them is an image of Princess Diana with angel wings.
Millennium Mile signposts in foreground with a silver birch tree against a blue sky behind. At ground level, a commercial building in the background.
Screenshot from OpenStreetMap showing house numbers up to 2473 Coventry Road, Birmingham)
Knitted post box topper in the form of a bee with the legend "Bee happy"
Large digital time and date display
View from behind of a bench with flowers at one end, overlooking a large park with trees and buildings in the distance
A multistorey building under construction/renovation, covered with scaffolding
Fake Allister Heath headline: Britain is being held hostage by a radical cache-misère cult
Step count chart showing 20,217 steps so far today
Fake Allister Heath headline: Britain's bizarre infatuation with Desert Island Discs is a symptom of terminal national decline
Fake Allister Heath headline: Britain's descent into the Batley Townswomen's Guild madness is terrifying to behold
Reply 1: "jeez your thick as mince. What do you do for a living or are you on benefits because you got up the duff as a teenager. Stop blaming brown people because your life is shit. Your life is shit because you pissed around at school and got pregnant" Reply 2: "Grow up using bore off when your older than a 12 year old • Must be a down with the clown idiot Disgusting how you putting down a whole area like Bartley green . When you are supporting a shit hole like stirchley"
Black and white photo of a small boy wearing a white cardigan playing with a bucket and spade on a beach (Swanage, 1962)
3 wooden signposts in woodland, all indicating "Public Bridleway"
Advert with headline "Immigrate to Canada": Interested in immigrating to Canada? Check your eligibility
The Holte End entrance to Villa Park, viewed from outside on Trinity Road: behind a wall with railings and locked gates, staircases lead up to entrances half way up the back of a stand
In the distance, a wide, snow-capped mountain with pale blue sky above. Lower hills and buildings are in the middle distance. Much closer are the edge of a block of flats on the left and a street light on the right.
GB grid electricity generation showing wind producing 60% and Denmark in 6th place
Screenshot of Following Feed Preferences, with "Show reposts" unticked. An information label says "These settings only apply to the Following feed".
Radar map showing Storm Goretti moving in from the southwest and reaching the Midlands
Screenshot showing my 2026 word from Merriam-Webster: bed rotting
Opening hours at Morrisons Stirchley according to their website: Monday and Tuesday before Christmas 6:00am - 12:00am
Status report showing my most used words on Bluesky: road, indeed, those, friend, least, looks, hope, family, find, remember
Status report showing that 100% of images I've posted in the past year had alt text
View from a first floor flat across empty, grass-covered ground. Beyond a temporary metal fence is a fuel station with a small supermarket, with a modern pub and a commercial building also in the background. The sun is shining, and there is some low grey cloud livening up an otherwise blue sky
Screenshot from a text post on Instagram: You’re at a higher risk of prostate cancer if you are
Bluesky user count: 40,056,284
A historic ornate illuminated clock showing the time as 5.13. On the underside is the date 1683. A darkening sky is in the background
A statue of an angel with arm outstretched pointing at a section of scaffolding, both on the roof of a high tower, just the top of which is visible. In the background is a clear sky
Large text slogan in a Wimbledon estate agents' window: "WE GET IT WIMBLE DONE"
An illuminated fountain with a statue, a large London building and red buses in the background, all in fading daylight
GB electricity generation chart showing gas on 60.6% and wind in 7th place on 3.6%. The screenshot was captured in early evening when solar power was zero, but it was never high during the day
A small boy wearing a white pullover playing with a bucket and spade on a beach
Chart showing daily average 11,007 steps over the last year
The elegant frontage of Market Harborough railway station
Poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey, including the Sun rising ove the Earth and space-suited astronauts around a monolith on the Moon
Mugs, plates and dishes laid out to dry on a teatowel, leaning plates and dishes on mugs to allow them to drain
View along a street in Iffeldorf, Bavaria. One house has its roof almost entirely covered in solar panels. Another, which has a flue and skylights on the roof, has panels arranged around them to cover as much as possible.