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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Before and after photos. The first was taken a week ago of pavement plants with Clouded Yellow butterfly (not in anyone’s way) - the second taken today after the West Sussex Council glyphosate spraying machine had been around. The dead plants will not be removed. #banglyphosate #pavementplants

A clouded yellow butterfly on yellow flower against wall

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m sure that @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social will be able to spend lots of airtime justifying the “legitimate concerns” that has led to this. OR it could start educating people that thugs are just thugs and racists are just racists.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As well as the damage to artists, the tidal wave of AI is totally drowning out educational and good travel accounts. We are being buried alive by it. For me to do one post for @tuatha.ie I have to visit the site, edit the images, research info and write a post balanced to a general audience...

An AI post of Poulnabrone Dolmen, though this one is reasonably realistic and not as obvious, you can tell it's AI as Poulnabrone does not have a sea view, also the gentians dont flower there like in the image. But this shows how difficult it is becoming to tell the real from fake

Another AI image, this time I think it is supposed to be Knowth in the Boyne Valley, this is more obviously fake but only if you know the real site

Another AI image supposedly representing the Grianán, this is pretty rubbish

A truly terrible AI representation of Newgrange

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...

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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The “it’s just like 1976” crowd seem to have gone awfully quiet.

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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“It’s perverse that people who want to walk and cycle are penalised because the motor traffic is too polluting". National Highways closes cycling and walking routes beside heavily polluted roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/national-h...

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National Highways closes walking and cycling routes beside heavily polluted roads

Roads body accused of 'perversely penalising' walkers and cyclists for motor traffic pollution

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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

'...a flexible-use scheme that draws people back into the town centre for the food entrepreneurs, artists, small businesses and community events...'> great to see Buttermarket in Redruth up for a RIBA award. Exactly the type of project that can revive our town centres. www.riba.org/news/uks-lea...

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Conservation Award shortlist 2026 announced

UK's leading heritage projects shortlisted for RIBA's inaugural Conservation Award 2026

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Apparently the Commonwealth Games started in Glasgow last night, who knew! The irony of the King arriving in a BBC flagship but none of us get to see it as it’s behind a massive paywall on TNT! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

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Commonwealth Games: King Charles III emerges from the Tardis as Glasgow 2026 Games begin

King Charles III emerges from a Tardis and a Loch Ness Monster takes the stage at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The hospitality industry wants their VAT cut to 10%. It will cost £12bn Who benefits? ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Nope. 45% get nothing. ❌ Consumers? Nope - prices won't fall. ✅ Nearly half the cash goes straight to large chains. McDonald's gets £400m. 🧵:

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

BREAKING: Indigenous white people commit riot and arson. Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon. Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders. Immigrants somehow remain the problem.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

When is the British government going to get it? We don't have an ally in the White House. We have a regime that is opposed to every decent value people in Britain stand for. These people can't be appeased. They have to be beaten. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Downing Street hits out at 'people seeking to stir division' after Vance's Nowak post

The US vice-president wrote the "only response is righteous anger" when referring to Henry Nowak's death on X.

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Interesting analysis for those of us interested in hope and aware of the big graph that shows Reform peaked in October last year and is sliding inexorably down.

Peter Kellner, the elections expert and former YouGov president, has posted a good analysis of the results so far on his Substack blog. It is well worth reading in full, but here’s an extract.

Behind the impressive tally of Reform’s gains – likely to end up well over 1,000 – Nigel Farage should be privately worried. In last year’s local elections Reform won 41 per cent of all seats contested across England. On the basis of the overnight figures, this year’s tally is around 33 per cent. If there were no polls, and there had been no elections last year, this year’s figure would be astonishing. But we do have the record of recent polls and elections, and it seems clear that Reform has peaked …

In contrast to Reform, Labour has cause for relief, despite losing half the seats it was defending yesterday. It’s bad – and in normal times it would be catastrophic – but it’s not as bad as its record in local council by-elections over the past 12 months, where it hast lost three-quarters of the seats it was defending …

However, even on the most optimistic interpretation of Labour’s performance, the overnight figures contain a stark warning. John Curtice told BBC viewers in the early hours that while Labour has lost many SEATS to Reform, it has lost VOTES more to the Greens.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Post-truth nonsense from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/03/2026

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Historic England's response to the Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and Other Changes to the Planning System - February 2026 historicengland.org.uk/content/docs...

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 06/03/2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The finale of #TheNightManger seems to be the BBC telling us all clear as day that the world is fucked, the oligarchs have won and decency is a dead ideal.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

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NikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Please consider signing this petition calling on the BBC to balance their coverage of opposition parties. Currently, 60% of BBC coverage of opposition parties goes to Reform, which has 4 of the 250 opposition MPs. : www.libdems.org.uk/bbc?emci=e0b...

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Balance the BBC

The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

WelshGov releases July 25 report on the first 18 months of the "award winning" default 20mph limit for urban and village roads. Speeds down, 26% fewer casualties and little change in journey times. Lives saved, liveability increased bit.ly/40rfUZl

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Dan Deakins @dandeakins.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

ITV Cycling closers 🎶🧵

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I support Palestine Action. I hate all forms of violence. I wish no harm on anyone. I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world. Apparently this makes me a terrorist. But I am the opposite of a terrorist.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone. You're going to need a bigger prison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...

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Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Whatever you may think of Palestinian Action unless we all stand and say we support them and shown how nonsensical and hysterical the Home Secretary’s decision is it won’t be long before the meaning of terrorism has been redefined to mean anything the govt of the day finds inconvenient.

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Tom Nockolds @nockolds.me · 23/06/2025

I support Palestinian Action and urge others to do the same. They are non-violent, direct action campaigners, not terrorists. At time of writing this is still a legal statement.

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s a hot day to be having to play jungle gym on site visits!

17th century barn held up by extensive internal scaffold frame.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

'Morning Light,' (1916) is considered by many to be Elioth Gruner's masterpiece of his wartime pastorals. Enveloping light, technical brilliance, and pictorial perfection are the hallmarks of the best of his work.

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I just don't think Government or the public realise the consequences of purging decades of experience, expertise, and knowledge from Universities will do, both on a research and economic level, but also on the quality of education we can provide future generations. We're shrinking into oblivion.

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thrilled with our new arrival this morning.

Flowering Easter Lily Cactus on a window sill.

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

You can feel what you like politically about the loss of hundreds of Conservative & Labour Councillors today but what is certain is a wealth of understanding of how local government works is being lost today to be replaced by people with no interest in civic society.

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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This statement from the NSF is insane. Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false. Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

www.change.org/p/defend-the... I can’t remember the number of times I have found the Internet Archive a hugely useful resource when undertaking research as part of my studies and subsequent work. The corporations are determined to copyright the commonwealth of our past for profit.

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Defend the Internet Archive

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Today we remember that the entire moral foundation of the modern West rests on the story of a man tortured to death by an occupying imperial power at the behest of a thoughtless clamouring crowd.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

On this day, April 10 1848, the last great Chartist rally took place - on Kennington Common in London. Here, almost unbelievably, is a photograph of the event.

1848 photograph of Kenington Common crowd

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY! Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs. He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Covid in the landscape. This double path never existed until Covid and we were asked to walk a metre apart. People switch between paths now. How long will it take for those two paths to fade back into the landscape.

Two worn paths parallel each other through a grass field nibbled short by sheep.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Leonardo da Vinci A Copse of Trees 1508 Sublime

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The Quakers are a really important & authentic voice for humanitarian values, have been for over 300 years. Unless the police had credible evidence that the Meeting House had been infiltrated by terrorists, this should be treated as an attack against religious freedom & peaceful protest.

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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

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Sophie @anxi0usvirgo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨 Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard. Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks. They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...

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Andy Sage @andyphilip.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Will always be disappointed that Gary Imlach’s Peloton of Joy never made it to BlueSky. Because Gary’s taupe jacket and azure t-shirt were absolutely on point this evening. #itv4 #itvcycling #parisnice

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