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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 10h

A wonderful thread! Making me want to go back to Ireland soon 🙂

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 13h

Some of the Fungi I've met in Dorset woods & heaths.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Reminder that Wes Streeting has a Bachelor’s degree in history. That’s it. Not a doctor. Not any health experience. Just a career politician, hollow as a gourd.

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m a little bit excited. 🧡📚 Lots of you lovely people who ordered my book are expecting it to arrive TOMORROW. MY BOOK. In your houses. With my face on it. 😳🐈 I can’t wait to hear what you think — and photos are practically compulsory. 😂📸 Thank you. Truly. 🧡🐾

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

By "they" I mean Trump's administration, obviously

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The question you should be asking is, what are they trying to distract you from this time?

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A photographer in Australia captured a poignant moment: a male koala embracing and squeezing his deceased companion. This heartbreaking scene demonstrates that animals experience and suffer emotions in a way similar to humans. 🐨💔 National Geographic

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🔔 BING-BONG! 🔔 May I have your attention, please… There may be a rather important announcement coming your way around the middle of October. That is all. Absolutely nothing else to report. Please go about your business and, most importantly, do not look too closely at the photograph. 👀

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy. For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense. That's our feminism too.

Woman walking down a street outside, wearing a scarf and shoulder bag. The quote from one of the women who signed our letter reads

“I have grown incredibly exasperated at the portrayal of ‘gender critical’ perspectives as representing all women when my feminism has ALWAYS been inclusive and intersectional.”

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's leach if he was referring to seeping, but leech is appropriate if it's sucking our lifeblood

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 25/09/2026

"So the real question is not, 'Will they get more intelligent than us?' but 'If they're more intelligent than us, will we have a way of making sure they don't want to take over?'" – Geoffrey Hinton Listen to a special episode of our podcast as we examine the topic of AI: bit.ly/4ct2cZw

Geoffrey Hinton, deep in thought, with his hand on his cheek, surrounded by an abstract illustration of neural networks and mathematical formulas. The background is softly blurred. Photo credit: Christopher Michel.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 23/09/2026

Some advice to aspiring scientists from medicine laureate Barry Marshall. Marshall is one of two researchers who discovered that peptic ulcers are caused by a bacterial infection of the stomach Read his full banquet speech: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/…

An image of Barry Marshall next to a quote about working hard and being nice to Swedish people. Barry Marshall is noted as the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient.

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Another day, another headline about AI gone rogue. It's why I've signed a new petition calling for the UK Gov to introduce an AI Rights Bill - with REAL rules, regulations and guardrails to protect us from AI gone rogue. Join me: 38d.gs/5roa

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Put an AI Rights Bill in place NOW, before it’s too late

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Their motto should be "we never knowingly print the truth"

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Serious question: where do you get your news from? There are already investigations ongoing into those 2 donors, and neither of them is squeaky clean

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 12/09/2026

Signed ✍️

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That was his father, not him.

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Sandy Flatman @sandyflatman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Donate every month. My family were merchant seamen so RNLI revered as lifesaver. Our WI visited the HQ in Poole, an amazing place. Please consider buying RNLI Christmas cards this year if you use charity cards.

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘Love Excels’.

[image description: a poem embedded in an Excel spreadsheet with the words contained within individual cells. Line 3 has words in a single merged cell. Line 4 has text wrapping applied. Line 8 has filters applied to each word]

Love Excels

Let’s spread ourselves on sheets of love
and turn our data into poetry.
Our cells shall merge themselves together
As you wrap your text around me.

Our sum is greater than our parts,
let’s crunch our figures without compunction.
Remove this filter from my heart –
you give me form and function.

We shall frolic among the formulae,
pivot our tables now and often.
I will total all your rows
and you can add my column.

Brian Bilston

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

...and creative flair, and knowledge of ecology, makes your work extra-special. It makes me so angry that people are doing this to you xx

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm totally with you on this one. I'm a semi -pro photographer myself but I've stopped posting my work on social media, for that very reason. It's so horrible to see it stolen 😞 I love your own work: I bought some of your cards from Love From The Artist a while back. All the work ... (1/2)

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yes. Makes you wonder if some of the mask wearers are off-duty...

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was thinking about Judith Hann so I checked and she’s ok and 83 and gardening up a storm in double denim. Does anyone need this? I made this. #TomorrowsWorld

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘Bags’.

Bags

you have bags
of bags

collecting bags
must be your bag

because you have bags
with nothing in them
except bags,
inside of which are other bags,
full of bags

you have enough bags for life
for a hundred lifetimes –
if there was a prize for the total number of tote bags
you would totes have it
in the bag

don’t know why you need so many bags
when all you ever put in them
are other bags

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

He can be summed up in one word: Quisling. It's not a description I've ever given to anyone else, but in Farage's case, the cap definitely fits. I think there's no doubt that Nathan Gill wasn't the only Reform politician taking bribes from Russia. In fact I'd be very surprised if any didn't.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ten years ago, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ was published. It was my first collection of poetry and incredibly, it’s still going strong. To celebrate the anniversary, I thought I’d share a poem from it every day this month, starting with the title poem.

You Took the Last Bus Home

you took the last bus home don’t know how  you got it through the door

you’re always doing amazing stuff

like the time
you caught that train

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A pic of the cover of ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ featuring a red bus with the backdrop of a beautiful moonlit night.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Good morning & welcome to Tuna Tuesday Today, don’t underestimate the difference a fresh start can make. Yesterday may have been difficult, messy or simply exhausting , but it doesn’t get to decide what today will be. Take the new day gently

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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September is your last chance to see many of the UK’s common bumblebees ⌛🐝 This month, many bumblebee nests will naturally come to an end and new queens will settle down to hibernate over the winter 👑💤 🔎 Brush up on your bumblebee identification skills: ow.ly/o6B950ZClyE

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For many years, it was assumed that the prehistoric cave paintings of people, mammoths and hunting scenes were created by men. Analysis of the handprints often used to "sign" these paintings now suggest that most of the artists were women. #CelebratingWomen

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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Devil's-bit scabious is a horrible name for such a pretty flower, which is in peak bloom across the country right now. The scabious part comes from its traditional use treating skin conditions, such as scabies. The roots look truncated, as if bitten off from below by Old Nick! 🧵 1/2

Purple globe-shaped wildflowers on tall thin stems rising above yellow blooms against a soft green bokeh, conveying a sunlit garden scene with bees visiting the blossoms.

A small orange-and-black butterfly perched on a purple globe-shaped wildflower, capturing a quiet summer moment against soft green bokeh.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 25/08/2026

The only laureate to have been awarded two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories. The first Nobel Prize laureate to receive two prizes. The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. Her name was Marie Skłodowska Curie and she made history.

Portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie. She sits in a chair, posing for a formal portrait. She is wearing a dark dress with a detailed, patterned collar. The backdrop is a softly blurred interior setting with draped curtains.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I was sent this fundraiser and wanted to give it a share . Sharon was diagnosed with motor neurone disease late last year , and her friends are raising money for @mndassoc.bsky.social in her name . . . if you can donate or help spread the word , please do . www.justgiving.com/page/sharons...

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Sharon’s MND Charity Showcase – Fighting MND Together

Help Jason james raise money to support Motor Neurone Disease Association

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Goddess Queen is nearly here! Click here to order - and for tickets to book-signing events in Bath, York and London NEXT WEEK! linktr.ee/thegoddessqu... And check out the full video on instagram…

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover.

A book cover. Wayfarers: The Incredible Story of Animal Migration, by Lev Parikian. It’s mostly blue, with swirling patterns representing movement, and stylised images of various migrating animals (butterflies, terns, a whale, bats, wildebeest, dragonflies, penguins, an arctic fox) dotted about the place.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m off to Edinburgh today ahead of my seven shows at this year’s Fringe. As ever, my train ‘journey’ has got off to a spectacular start.

The Poet Now Standing at Platform 3A

The poet now standing at platform 3A
is the delayed 16.40 speaker for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
calling at: Longwaite; Anguish; Bleakside;
Much Wallowing-in-the-Mire; Little Hope;
Hangdog Manor; High Dudgeon; Irk; Fuckham; Mope;
Doldrum Parkway; Wearyside Central; and Wits End.

We are sorry to announce this poet is delayed
by approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.
Please listen for further announcements.
We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

The poet now standing at platform 3A
is the delayed 16.40 speaker for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Please note, this poet will now NOT be stopping at:
Great Ease; Serenity Junction; or Arrival-on-Time.

This poet has been delayed by approximately one hour
and forty-eight minutes.
Customers are advised to stand well back from the poet,
who’s on edge.
Please listen for further announcements.
We apologise for the disruption to your journey today.

The poet currently standing at platform 3A
is the delayed 16.40 speaker for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This poet consists of nine elements:
oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, tedium, delirium,
odium, caffeine, shortbread, and despair.

A trolley service, featuring mild palpitations and a selection
of hot and cold sweats, is trundling through this poet.
This poet has been delayed by approximately two hours
and twenty-three minutes.

Please listen for further disruptions.
We apologise for the announcements to your journey today.

There has been a platform altercation.
The agony at platform 3A does not stop here.
The 16.40 speaker for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
has been disrupted.
Customers should not bore the poet at this time.

The platform now standing on poet 3A has been delayed
by approximately three hours and forty-two minutes.
We apologise for the apologies to your disruptions today.

If you hear an announcement that doesn’t sound right,
seek your stash. Or text a local dealer on 61016
to help you through this.
He’ll sort it. Seek it. Pay it. Snorted.

Please note that for your safety and comfort
this station operates a no trains policy.

The fringe now standing at festival 16.40 is the delayed
3A platform for the Edinburgh poet.
We are sorry to announce that this poet has been waylaid
by approximately four hours and twenty-two minutes.
Will passengers intending to travel on this service
make their way to the platform as the poet is now ready to jump.

Please note that longings must not be left unattended
at this station. Any hope left unattended
may be removed without warning, or destroyed.

This is a customer announcement.
The 16.40 speaker for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
has terminated here.
A bard replacement service will be in operation.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Brian Bilston

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday If today needs a purpose, make it this: Be living evidence that there are still good people in the world. For some people make a room louder when they enter it. Others make it kinder. Try & be one of the latter. ❤️

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No, but it will definitely force his detractors to re-examine their motives.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday You don’t have to change the whole world today. Just bring a little kindness to the bit of it you’re standing in. Small things matter more than we sometimes realise. 🧡

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Suzanne @birchdryad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And an inquiry into Race Science Network, the Peter Thiel-linked organisation that infiltrated Cambridge Uni and orchestrated a campaign against Jason Arday?

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