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Anna Ford

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/08/2026
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Does their heroism know no bounds? 🦫 www.euronews.com/2026/07/29/h...
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Why beavers could be a secret weapon against Europe’s wildfires
Beavers’ penchant for dam building has created natural fire breaks across Europe, which could help tackle deadly blazes.
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
sorry can’t work today busy re-homing a mouse
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🐾Who doesn't love wild cats? But their survival is clinging by a claw. On 21 April, it's the London premiere of 'Clinging By A Claw’, a new documentary about the endangered Scottish Wildcat, brought to you by Saving Wildcats. Book your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clinging-b...
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Reform UK said I was 'bullying' when I pointed out their colleague was jailed for beating up his former partner. Now, they're trying to sneak him back into their party. So I'll say it again: James McMurdock was jailed for beating up his former partner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Screenshot of a Times article covering McMurdock’s past.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."
"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
💜SOME GOOD NEWS! 💜 It's officially a record year for purple emperor butterflies. Knepp butterfly expert and safari guide Neil Hulme spoke to the Guardian about the incredible year they're having at Knepp, and elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project
Ecologists say 283 purple emperor recordings on one day at Knepp signal higher numbers nationwide
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cats did not vote for this.
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Simply Photos @simplyphotos1791.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I'm still busy, so this is a #photo taken about 3 weeks ago. #Ferns unfurling in the #evening #sunlight #EastCoastKin #Coleraine #NorthernIreland #Ireland
A clump of ferns lit by evening sunshine, with bushes and trees in the background.
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My fave bit of the shady garden spot we’ve created… Apple tree and native hedgerow (planted 2020), mini pond, ferns, decomposing logs 💚
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#NoMowMay going strong over here
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
'Ocean with David Attenborough' is an incredible film. Have you seen it yet? We’re trying to do our bit. Knepp Wilding Kitchen sources fish from one local fisher who uses a line or large-gauge nets. 👀 New blog by @annafordcomms.bsky.social - knepp.co.uk/2025/05/davi... 📷@sussexbay.bsky.social
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
How the white storks came back... and why it matters... Read the blog by our lead ecologist Matt Phelps, @mostlyscarce.bsky.social @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social knepp.co.uk/2025/05/whit...
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White storks’ revival: what happens when we stop asking ‘why’ and start asking ‘why not’ - Knepp
Matt Phelps | Lead Ecologist This spring, a piece of history is being written in Sussex as we witness another successful breeding season for white storks, thanks to the efforts of the White Stork Proj...
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The shocking, violent reality of what bottom trawling does to the seabed and its creatures is filmed and shown for the first time in Ocean with David Attenborough. And then, after all that, three quarters of the catch is thrown away. This is must-watch footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Nice @channel4news.bsky.social coverage of our "pet flea treatments turn up in bird's nests" research, starring my dog Poppy :) www.channel4.com/news/scienti...
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Scientists warn chemicals in pet flea treatments are killing wildlife
The government says it's time to look again at the sale of pet flea treatments after scientists warned the chemicals in them kill wildlife including songbirds.
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White Stork Project @whitestorkproject.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Hatching at @kneppwilding.bsky.social has started! 🐣 Scroll back to 11:33:30 on our YouTube live camera to see the first glimpse of the chick. @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This absolute beaut rocked up in our suburban newbuild development yesterday 🐍 #grasssnake #sussex #ssssssussex
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“Er, my question is really in two parts…” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Hi @ddesimone.bsky.social just sent you an email I think may be of interest - letting you know on here in case you missed the email. Thanks!
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Here's to all the wild mothers doing their best raising untamed cubs, kits, foals, fawns and fledglings. May your day be as restful as these Tamworth pigs appear to be. 🍃 #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #wilding #rewilding 📷 Charlie Burrell
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We have TWO new podcast episodes! In Ground Control to Ranger Tom, Penny speaks to Knepp woodsman @therusticranger.bsky.social about Knepp's ancient trees. In Dam Good News for Beavers, Penny chats with Knepp's new lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social 🔊https://knepp.co.uk/wildland-podcast/
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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Energy Transfer's case against Greenpeace is a brazen attempt to silence peaceful protest and undermine solidarity with communities that are directly threatened by the actions of oil and gas companies: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🧵
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Greenpeace hit with $660mn damages bill in US court over oil pipeline protests
Jury finds group responsible for damage to Dakota Access Pipeline in decision criticised as setback to free speech
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Roses are red Violets are blue
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Many of us who don’t work on space science directly were inspired to become scientists because of NASA. Also, about 30% of NASA's science budget is for Earth and climate science, and they run one of the global climate models that's used by the IPCC. What happens at NASA will affect all of us.
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Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Otter footprints in the sand #Shetland
Image shows an otters footprints on a beach with sea behind
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Nabbed from @josephfasano.bsky.social’s insta If Mary Oliver was writing now… 💚
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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
As an experiment, I asked chatGPT to summarise a really great paper I'd just read. It completely missed the main points of the paper. It took some keywords and turned them into reasonable sentences, but they did not relate to the paper, and they didn't really mean anything.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So a fossil fuel company that bought a CO₂ removal (CDR) startup for $1.1 billion plans to use the CO₂ captured from the atmosphere to get more oil out of the ground. It's…not great at all.
theverge.com
Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says
Occidental wants to use climate tech to boost oil and gas production.
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Knepp’s story of nature restoration is underpinned by science, and we have some incredible scientists in our team. We asked some of them who had inspired them and why. Read more: knepp.co.uk/2025/02/the-... #February11 #IDWGS #WomeninScience
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage… ….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/02/2025
I don’t only care about climate change because I’m a scientist. I care about climate change because I’m a mom. Climate change is already impacting the people, places, and things that we love most. And who doesn’t want to protect what we love? Read more:
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“Protect What We Love”: At the Katrina Super Bowl, the First Ever Climate Ad Plea for Immediate Action - Moms Clean Air Force
The first ever Super Bowl ad making a plea for immediate climate action will be seen by millions on February 9. It airs as America's newly elected President Trump has been stuffing his cabinet with sc...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
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Sussex Bay @sussexbay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
📢 Amazing job alert! 🌿🐬 🐟 We are looking for a participation lead - to lead engagement for this inspiring community-born, nature-first project of hope, driving ecological restoration along the coastline. Sussex Bay is about nature and people Great role, closes 20 Feb 25:https://lnkd.in/ewxKfjDc
Underwater Sussex Bay
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Anna Ford @annafordcomms.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Ania and Bartek looking a bit soggy right now after some English drizzle 💚🪶 whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/
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Live Cam Feed
Here is a live camera feed on one of our stork's nests at Knepp Estate!
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“...focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts” …so said the Chancellor. In a new blog, our lead ecologist, @mostlyscarce.bsky.social, responds. 🦇🍃 knepp.co.uk/2025/02/dont...
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Don’t bash the bats! The natural world is the branch that supports us all. - Knepp
Matt Phelps | Lead Ecologist “Focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts” …so said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, in her speech in Oxford last week, ...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Deny science and find out.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
So long, January. For February's desktop calendar we have a delightfully peachy Long-tailed Tit, by Moi Hicks. Download in a range of sizes from our calendar page: buff.ly/4gpi1SB
Photograph of a Long-tailed Tit on a branch by Moi Hicks
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Screenshot of a BBC Politics tweet shows Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at a podium during a live broadcast of her speech. The quote at the top reads, “We are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into a nature restoration fund… they can focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts,” as she addresses the audience. In the background, there are large screens displaying the live stream of the speech, with a banner at the bottom reading “Kickstarting Economic Growth.”
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For lunar new year, we’re pausing to appreciate moths. These marvellous critters are often misunderstood. In fact, they’re a critical part of their ecosystems, providing food for bats and birds, and pollinating plants. (1/2) #lunarnewyear #moths #knepp #rewilding
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
If you're in London, consider seeing this. sohoplace.org/shows/kyoto
A promotional image for the production "KYOTO," featuring a graphic of the Earth encircled by splashes of black. The title "KYOTO" is prominently displayed in red letters, with credits for the writers and directors, and various logos.
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Who's doing the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch? We set up a recording device in our rewilded Walled Garden (amid Storm Eowyn...). Let us know what birds you can identify. We'll share our list on Monday! Hat tip to Hazel Reeves for creating this. #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch #WalledGarden #Rewilding
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/01/2025
The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla . Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Heil Tesla
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/01/2025
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Did you hear the moos? Our lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social and our charitable foundation @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social have both joined Bluesky. Give them a follow!
A very close up of the face of a longhorn cow at Knepp
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