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Retired, carer, birder, railway buff, ex geochemist, ex environment lecturer, ex IT lecturer, ex MIS Manager. www.facebook.com/alanlchambers MyLifeinTrains.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h
This underscores why it’s so hard to cover Trump. Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason. Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear. He’s a mess.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h
Does Trump think he would win by 25% today? No—that’s a lie. Does he think he’d *win* today? Yes—as he was raised in a cult that preached self-delusion. Does he want to run? Yes and no. “Yes” to evade jail, “no” because he semiconsciously knows he’s bad at this—and hated—and wants to be adored.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13h
Trump's Truth API sells early access to his posts. San Francisco is suing over the insider trading, and Natalie Harp, who posts for him, is a defendant. The presidency is not a VIP subscription for Wall Street. Nice try, grifters. Not on our watch.
#PayToPlayPresident
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 23h
20/ Russian warbloggers have described how Ukraine used drones intensively to cut off Russian logistics near Lyman. It appears from the soldiers' accounts that the collapse of the salient was due as much as anything else to a localised collapse of the Russian logistics. /end
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 23h
1/ Hundreds of Russian soldiers near Lyman surrendered because they were starving and drinking their own urine, according to first-hand accounts from frontline soldiers. The officers are said to have taken the radios and ran away, while ordering the men not to retreat. ⬇️
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12h
📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12h
More context Option fees paid by offshore wind developers to secure a seabed lease from The Crown Estate in the UK are significantly increasing offshore wind costs renewablesnow.com/news/study-w...
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Study warns of burdensome option fees for UK offshore wind projects
Option fees paid by offshore wind developers to secure a seabed lease from The Crown Estate in the UK are significantly increasing offshore wind costs, according to a policy brief by Oxford University...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12h
Greenpeace UK has threatened The Crown Estate with legal action over what it describes as its “extortionate” lease fees for offshore wind farms www.rechargenews.com/legal/greenp....
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Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over 'extortionate' offshore wind lease fees
The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12h
The @marshawards.bsky.social for Local Ornithology goes to The Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group! This group’s ornithological and conservational efforts in their area are commendable, including their work radio-tagging Jack Snipe, their bird ringing studies & book publication.
An image of four members of the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group feature in a circular frame. Wording over the image tile reads: Winner. Marsh Award for Local Ornithology. Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group. The BTO and Marsh Charitable Trust logos feature top right of the image.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
OMG you have GOT to be kidding me
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12h
Congratulations to @rufusdawson.bsky.social winner of @marshawards.bsky.social for Young Ornithologist! 🎉 Rufus has conducted tremendous work in leading a monitoring scheme for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker using Passive Acoustic Monitoring. We can’t wait to see more of his work in the future!
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Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 13h
this is what we must do. the more the merrier. Hendrik is really good at getting good people together. So please DM him.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12h
The Geran-5 jet-powered drone is Russia's latest attempt to destroy civilian life in Kyiv and force Ukraine to capitulate, as Russian offensives stall and Moscow's forces lose ground on the battlefield.
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Ukraine's interceptor tech outpaced by Russia’s jet-powered Geran-5 drones
The jet-black Russian munition slammed into the Presidium building of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, an iconic Tsarist-era structure right in the center of Kyiv, setting the building on fire....
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12h
🧵One hundred and ten years ago today Private Ernest Taylor (1896 - 1916), from Horbury and of the York and Lancaster Regiment died in the Battle of the Somme He was one of those whose stories I included in the book Silent Witnesses. I included two letters which tell of the horror of war. On his
Contay British Cemetery, France CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 12h
The best way to think about the UK joining the EU and any future adoption of the Euro is that this is a valuable *option* rather than an obligation.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12h
If "communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history" and he wants to root it out of America, then why is he hanging pictures of communist authoritarians in gilded frames in the White House?
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 13h
Russian forces confiscated food delivered by Ukrainian military drones and questioned residents found with non-Russian products.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 17h
crazy as it sounds, we know that certain pesticides and human hormone drugs can act as “endocrine disrupters” and lead to skewed sex ratios in frogs news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/f...
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Pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females - Berkeley News
The herbicide atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, screws up the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according t...
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Hank Ering 🇨🇦💙🌊 @hank-ering.bsky.social · 17h
Frogs at the tadpole stage can do this naturally in pristine conditions but pollutants can also trigger this reaction. The common herbicide Artrazine can cause this. So can overly warm water. Maybe Republicans should regulate the chemicals and do something about global warming.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17h
🟣 SUBSTACK ‘Liberation’ – The Core Russian Lie, As Seen From Oleshky By Paul Niland Read below. ↓
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‘Liberation’ – The Core Russian Lie, As Seen From Oleshky
Paul Niland reports on another Russian war crime happening before our eyes in Ukraine
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 17h
More broadly, Burnham’s speech marks first serious effort to confront 🇬🇧 problems in years - not blaming it on foreigners, migrants, the EU etc, but decades of poor choices by our own cowardly politicians. His honesty was refreshing, and merits respect - but it’s a HUGE challenge to deliver.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17h
Barbosa de Cunha immediately goes to the front of the line as the most important case #SCOTUS will decide this term. Trump's entire immigration arrest and detention policy regime *depends* upon its novel reading of the statutes, one that's been rejected by an overwhelming majority of lower courts.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 17h
“We are fighting a mad, irrational, dictatorial theocracy that is impervious to appeals to reason, rational self-interest, or international norms, guided by their leaders’ lust for control and based on a misunderstanding of a single religious book” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Government.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 17h
Sure enough, I already heard Andrew Neill on Times radio immed warping the debate: harping on endlessly about the (genuine) difficulties of rebuilding with the EU, but completely overlooking the costs of continuing as we are. No one says it’ll be easy; but we shd at least be more honest about sit’n.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17h
I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...
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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda
YouTube video by The Long Game Podcast
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17h
“The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces,” write Elise Lauriot Prevost, Nadiia Vaskivska, and Anastasiia Vorobiova from Global Rights Compliance, in this op-ed.
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Russia's methodical use of starvation in Oleshky
The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces. Since May 26, 2026, no humanitarian aid has rea...
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 17h
The UK‘s political class, commentariat* and public gradually, over years and step-by-tiny-step, guiding itself to the previously taboo realisation that it should be in the EU is like a small child slowly learning that it is better and nicer for them if they don’t shit themselves all the time.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 16h
Bloody hell, sculptors expect you to do all the work these days! #Frieze #RegentsPark #London #art #artfair #sculpture
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16h
Sadiq Khan echoing Andy Burnham’s call that 'hope comes from honesty' proves Brexit was an act of national self-harm. Rejoining the EU is vital for restoring growth and security in an unstable world. Why let political fear prolong economic stagnation? 🤔 #FBPE
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Burnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU | Sadiq Khan
Brexit was a disastrous act of national self-harm. Britain needs EU membership to bring growth and security in an increasingly volatile world, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16h
The rules of our DM groups are simple: 1. We all follow each other 2. Don't block other members 3. Only the admin(s) adds new accounts. 4. Support each other & have fun!
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16h
I’d like to invite you all to join a DM group where we’ll campaign together against the far right in all the major elections in Europe and the US (the mid-terms). Please comment below or send me a DM if you’d like to join. You need to allow group chat invites from people you follow. 1/2
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h
JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 16h
File this under shocking but not surprising
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 16h
In honour of Jane #Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist, who died On This Day in 2025.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16h
With public opinion steadily shifting toward European re-engagement and single market integration, retreating from Brexit debate out of fear of hard-right rhetoric is self-sabotage. Rebuilding prosperity requires leadership, not ideological surrender. How fast can talks begin? (2/2) #FBPE
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16h
Nigel Farage claiming that reopening the Brexit debate 'opens the door to Reform' is pure bluster designed to mask panic. Fear of populist backlash cannot justify maintaining trade barriers that strangle economic growth. Why let intimidation dictate national strategy? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
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Burnham ‘opening door to Reform’ by reigniting Brexit debate, Farage says
The Prime Minister has promised to canvass opinion on options for Britain’s future relationship with Brussels.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16h
BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment
The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16h
Fascinated by the Jack Smith/Eric Schmitt thing because I can’t grasp how desperate you would need to be to ‘own’ an opponent to end up in such a humiliating mess. I ‘think’ it’s because Trump loyalists have been so grossly dishonest that they have to convince themselves that the other lot are too.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 15h
Sterling hitting a one-month high on upgraded UK growth figures and momentum for a closer European relationship exposes the fundamental flaw of isolationism. Markets instantly reward real prospects of reducing trade barriers. Why delay economic repair any longer? 🤔 #FBPE
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British Pound to Euro Forecast: UK Growth, EU Brexit Reset Hopes Lift GBP | Currency News UK
The Pound to Euro exchange rate (GBP/EUR) climbed to a one-month high around 1.1700 after Sterling received a double boost from stronger UK growth and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a fundamen...
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Nature @nature.com · 18h
Gaze into the cosmos and through the eyes of a bee — September’s best science images go.nature.com/4rIV18u
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Gaze into the cosmos and through the eyes of a bee — September’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 18h
People are at risk of focusing on the trees vs the wood and the *wood* is now that there’s a live conversation about the UK rejoining the EU. The box has been opened…
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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 20h
Compare the Times Higher's relentless pursuit of Jason Arday with the silence over Reform's disgraced former head of policy-the enthusiastic cheerleader of ex-Hungarian PM Viktor Orban & Cambridge University professor of Divinity James Orr. Could a THE commercial partnership with Hungary explain it?
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán's Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundatio...
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 20h
The NEET rate basically hasn't changed for the whole of this century (except post-GFC and post Covid). It's been the same with tougher welfare sanctions and weaker. More apprenticeships and fewer. Higher employer national insurance and lower. I draw two conclusions from this....
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 19h
As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...
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254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”
“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 19h
Young Golden Eagles can become highly capable fliers months before they finally leave their parents' territory, according to a new study that challenges assumptions about when young birds become independent:
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Young Golden Eagles stay with parents long after learning to fly
GPS tracking of 92 young Golden Eagles in the Alps shows that flight ability does not determine when juveniles leave their parents' territory.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h
⚡️Russian troop losses rose 46% since January, hit 2026 high in September, Ukraine says Russian forces suffered an estimated 46,230 personnel losses in September, the highest monthly figure recorded by Ukraine so far in 2026, Ukraine's General Staff said on Oct. 1.
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Russian troop losses rose 46% since January, hit 2026 high in September, Ukraine says
The September figure surpassed previous summer highs of 42,860 in July and 42,020 in August.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 19h
MAGA is threatening everybody with a good time in their demand to be immigrants somewhere, not that there are many nations that would take them ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
New in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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