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AllisonH

@alieb1961.bsky.social
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Atheist. Science fan. NHM Volunteer. All opinions my own.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 21h
🌱 #flowersonFriday I hope you enjoy this short video of Wisley’s Equinox borders at their peak now, full of what used to be called Asters.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 22h
Our popular archive tours will be running once again as part of Buckinghamshire History Festival! This will be the last chance to see behind the scenes of our current archive before we move, and places are already going fast. Head to histfestbucks.co.uk to secure your free ticket!
The Buckinghamshire History Festival logo with the following text below: ‘Stories from the Archives / Buckinghamshire Archives / 2/11/26, 14:00 – 15:30 / 7/11/26, 10:00 – 11:30 / 12/11/26, 11:00 – 12:30 / 17/11/26, 14:00 – 15:30 / 25/11/26, 11:00 – 12:30 / 30/11/26, 15:00 – 16:30 / histfestbucks.co.uk’. To the right of the image is a photograph of archive boxes on shelving.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm having a 24 hr flash sale on my upcoming zoom w’shops: *20% OFF*bird illustration & mental health w’shop this Sat AND botanical illustration w’shop 7Nov: Learn to draw plants/birds &how creative activity is like taking 3 different meds for mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/collections?...
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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.gofundme.com/f/buy-a-new-... £412,872 raised of £500K - please help if you can.
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Donate to Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage, organized by Simon Harris
I am trying to raise enough money to buy a new lifesaving hovercraft for th… Simon Harris needs your support for Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can you please do me a favour🙏 Just click this link & have a quick look at my bird shop: www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 No need to buy anything, but you might see some ideas for Christmas 😉 Sorry for mentioning the 'C' word already, but as a small business, I need to plan ahead.🐦🙏❤️
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Turn every present under the tree into a statement of support! 🎄🎁 Wrap up your holiday gifts in EveryDoctor style. High quality, festive, and supporting a cause that matters. Order your wrapping paper today: shop.everydoctor.org.uk/products/mer...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 06/10/2026
🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We have endured.. a war of extermination.. nothing remains" "We have no shelter.. bombing & strikes are constant. There is no food, no safety, nothing at all" "My sister, my cousins & children were all killed.. they struck us repeatedly" 3 Palestinians in Gaza speak.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There are just 6 spaces left on my bird illustration & mental health zoom w'shop this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶to draw birds using my simple formula 🧠creative activity incl. drawing alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Open to anyone anywhere: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
My illustrations of 5 British birds: long tailed tit, coal tit, wren, redwing and blackcapMy illustration of a coal titMy illustration of a redwing on a hawthorn branch from my book Making Winter
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Over the last 3 years, NHS trusts paid nearly £1bn to insourcing firms, 17 of the top 50 owned by private equity. Money for frontline care and staff is lining shareholder pockets off the back of growing waiting lists. Tell your MP to end PE in our NHS: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy #WorldAnimalDay! This year's theme is "See the World Through Their Eyes" and our #HeroRATs and HeroDOGs do exactly that, experiencing the world through their nose. Celebrate the animals that make our work possible: apopo.org/support-us #APOPO #ScentDetection
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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For one day only you can stock up on my homemade Tudor jams. The perfect stocking filler for that Tudor history enthusiast or the special person who values 💯 homemade quality food. Looking forward to seeing you there 🍂🤗🍁👻🎃
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Next event is St Michael's Hospice on 5 October. All proceeds straight to their charity. So if you don't come along or share, I guess you don't want people to have a comfortable death, dearie me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-ahead-...
Event flyer for Get Ahead of Being Dead with Evie King.
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AllisonH @alieb1961.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The F1 is a bit of a shambles!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So WHY CAN’t WE? I’d like some new teeth please. And new cartilage behind my patellae, while we’re at it. Whoever the creator* was, they were a bit sloppy. *Spoiler: there wasn’t one. Our bodies were assembled piecemeal over millions of years by a process (Natural Selection).
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent images to have a coffee whilst admiring
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/10/2026
More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...
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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows
FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 03/10/2026
People over profit, always. 💙 Don't let private equity strip down our healthcare system. Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP right now: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A cuppa, a comfy spot, and the wholesome watch we all need right now… Sam and Ade Go Birding starts tonight at 8pm on Channel 5. Who’ll be tuning in? 🐦
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dunno why we are allowing the US to still fly missions out of Fairford anyway.
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Icelass @icelass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Give them a feel girls & boys! October is Breast Cancer awareness month ❤️ Images shamelessly stolen from the #CoppaFeel Facebook page #FeelItOnTheFirst
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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I never pass up the opportunity to spread this image a little wider...
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve reviewed new ITV maverick pathologist drama “Winter”.
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Winter review – Richard Armitage’s new cop drama is as ferociously watchable as it is daft
Sometimes you want prestige drama that roils with nuance and complexity. And sometimes you want Armitage shouting in a cagoule
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
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Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with nature
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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After a string of desk rejections and unsuccessful interviews, I am still looking for work in West Yorkshire/remotely. I have experience in HE teaching and administration, editing and copyediting, research and writing, and customer service! If you know of any roles going please send them my way 🙏
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking forward to working with Greg on this.
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Celebrate #InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay with our animated video featuring Sjupp, the cute yet feisty companion of Carl Linnaeus. Inspiring Linnaeus' thinking on animal classification, the wily raccoon was initially grouped alongside bears! Watch Stories with Sjupp here: buff.ly/zf5uluT
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Funny Plant Names | Stories with Sjupp
Have you ever met a storytelling raccoon? Well, it is our pleasure to introduce you to Sjupp who is here to tell stories about the life of Carl Linnaeus. In this story, Sjupp tells us about how Carl…
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Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did you know I run a podcast? It’s called Standard Issue and it’s our 12th birthday today! Why not give it a listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Standard Issue Podcast
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated twice weekly · By women. For women. About everything. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women's voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and hu...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of Edinburgh
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
GET YOUR BESPOKE CROSSWORDS HERE. Do you know someone who'd love a themed crossword puzzle as a birthday or anniversary present? You almost certainly do (in this country you're never more than 10 feet away from a #crossword geek). People seem to like 'em. richarddsmyth.com/custom-cross...
A gorgeous array of marvellous themed crossword puzzles at an irresistible price.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology
A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 26/09/2026
If you want to help us not go bankrupt this winter as we restock ~10,000 historic drought failures in Wales, I would absolutely love it because we genuinely could fold without getting ~£15,000 rapidly and this is not how we go out. protect.earth/act-now/gene...
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Donate | Protect Earth
Creating and restoring ecosystems in the UK
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Really enjoying this series where the excellent @eleanormorton.bsky.social and @misterabk.bsky.social revisit or simply visit classic children’s books (and sometimes get stuck in the door on the way out cos of hunny). It’s surprisingly addictive. You know. Like hunny. pod.link/1786648408
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Eleanor & Alasdair Read That
Listen to Eleanor & Alasdair Read That wherever you get your podcasts!
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APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Got a donor advised fund? Your #DAF can help our rats and their teams keep clearing landmines, detecting TB and developing new scent detection solutions. Recommend a grant to #APOPO through your DAF provider, any amount, any time. Search by legal name or EIN: apopo.org/contact-us/apopo-us
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Russia has been banned from International Football for 4.5 years. Israel who are committing Genocide hasn't been banned for 1 second. Ban Israel.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you'd like to learn to draw plants AND the neuroscience of how making things alters brain biochemistry in extremely therapeutic ways, I have have 2 full recordings (2 seasons of plants) of my botanical illustration & mental health workshops here for £25: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/reco...
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Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thunder and lightning are one of nature's cinematic spectacles, but people once saw them as something terrifying. They tried to ward off lightning and predict events using storms. Hear more thunder and lightning folklore in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! youtu.be/9CGBAC8SGqc
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
WOW! 😮 🔥 I’m starting a YouTube channel to tell people what politicians are really doing to the NHS🚨. Not everyone has time to read long newsletters so I’m going to make videos to explain what’s going on. I’m hoping to find my first 1000 subscribers and we’re 2/3 of…
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s still some space on my 2 upcoming zoom w’shops:bird illustr’n & mental health,10 Oct & botanical illustr’n & mental health,7 Nov.I teach you how to draw birds/plants & how creative activity alters 🧠 biochemistry to lift mood.Incl 10% off materials & full recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk
My drawing of a wren Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian safe & my drawings of them on the opposite page of a sketchbook A spring collection of nature finds and my drawings of them alongside, on white watercolour paper with my watercolour palette & paintbrush in the corner
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Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🛟 The RNLI is an invaluable charity whose brave volunteers and staff selflessly served the UK for over 200 years by saving lives at sea. Share your thanks by signing my open letter to our city’s RNLI volunteers👇🏻 www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/thanking-portsmouths-brave-rnli-volunteers
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Thanking Portsmouth's brave RNLI volunteers - Stephen Morgan MP
The RNLI’s people represent the very best of society and our city.  They dedicate themselves to rescuing people they’ve never met before, without judgment, fear or favour, and for that,...
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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