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Bob Beaman

@bobbeaman.bsky.social
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Retired Grandad, Wildlife Gardener, Beekeeper, Walker, volunteer, lover of nature, biodiversity, renewable energy & future tech. Remoaner. Poor novice at acrylic painting. Energetic centrist. Born when atmospheric carbon was 325ppm. #WelshMarches

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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An Ode to Esther There once was a lady named Esther, Who made That’s Life! such a pleasure. She championed the weak, And had plenty to speak, And Heaven is lucky to have her.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Richard Tice & the sociopathic flat earthers in @reformparty_uk would have you believe this is “just weather” & that we should “just learn to adapt”. This is not normal. Climate breakdown is not normal. Tice’s cuntery has no place in a normal world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone else get this earlier? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump and @whitehouse-47.bsky.social anounce new press secretary……
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone else get this earlier? National Emergency Briefing. Now. Sign at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
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Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Sign the Petition
Petition to stop the early release from jail of PC Andrew Harper's killers
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tell the Government: protect nature for the future. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#CountBinface is really pulling out all the stops with this belter of an election video. Superb trolling. Hope he wins. youtu.be/ujHphnnDaGg?is
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Clacton Express: Binface 2026
YouTube video by Count Binface
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wildfires in the UK - last 48 hours Such events are now a common feature of summer and it is only a matter of time before lives are lost Meanwhile @andyburnham.bsky.social reportedly plans to allow more oil and gas to be sucked out of the North Sea Pure insanity
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
'How far their party has fallen': @KemiBadenoch slammed over vow to purge would be @Conservatives MPs who back #netzero targets www.businessgreen.com/news/4532645...
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'How far their party has fallen': Kemi Badenoch slammed over vow to purge would be Tory MPs who back net zero targets
Tory leader attacks colleagues who support the UK's climate goals, as she vows to recruit 'serious businesspeople, engineers, electricians, builders, teachers' to stand at the next election
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We are all Belgian tomorrow.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As the revelations pile up, the excuses get thinner and thinner. But this is always the story with the extreme right. It's a racket, a deception perpetrated against the public. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from crypto entrepreneur convicted of fraud
Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick says Farage accepted staff, security and accommodation from George Cottrell before becoming an MP
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A nature reset for Government: Four urgent asks - Sign the Petition! c.org/9hmsVJp8Yb via @ukchange.bsky.social
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A nature reset for Government: Four urgent asks
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Climate denial.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#MeltingTice TiceRichard showed his true colours & exposed @reformparty_uk retarded & completely backward energy policy during this podcast. #FossilFuelGrifters A difficult listen but well worth it if you have at least half a brain cell. omny.fm/shows/zero/r...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump’s $14 Million Reflecting Pool Disaster open.substack.com/pub/mjfree/p...
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Trump’s $14 Million Reflecting Pool Disaster
He turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “American flag blue.” It quickly turned green, started peeling, and now a 67-year-old Olympian is being blamed for touching the mess.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Last week I wrote a piece where I said that batteries were a gas power assassin. @robshum.bsky.social pointed out that the correct word to describe batteries is "gassassin." Either way, there is a killing going on down under.
chart showing batteries taking over the role of peaking gas in Australia.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather yet public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Very rare to see an ancient Wych Elm in the UK because of Dutch Elm disease. I’m lucky enough to have a whole line of them in the lane hedge near home, including one old warrior that survived the spread of the disease. I hope it continues to thrive and spread its saplings like marching Ents…..
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Me….the first grifter of Clacton….taking bribes from crypto billionaires…..with my reputation? What were they thinking…..
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The template for #Reform council meetings…. www.instagram.com/reel/DT-fsSK...
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Now do Pheasants.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you want #Nature ….DONT vote #Reform They are not a friend of UK wildlife. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
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'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#FuckFarming Great Substack on the trials of sustainable farming in a broken food market. open.substack.com/pub/ericsuquet…
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Beautiful pair of Greenfinches on the kitchen window feeder this morning. Making the most of them while I can. Feed seasonally. Feed safely. And most importantly plant as much bird habitat and food friendly plants in your gardens as you possibly can. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This week Stewart Lee explores the double standards operating in Britain over anti-semitism. While Kanye West is banned causing the Wireless festival to collapse, Nigel "gas the jews" Farage and holocaust denier-adjacent Matt GPT, receive endless news coverage. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...?
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Stewart Lee: Kanye West’s banned. Meanwhile certain people get away with antisemitism scot-free
Obviously, rap stars advertising swastika T-shirts during the Super Bowl is unacceptable. There seem to be different rules for another kind of racism in Britain
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I am not interested in building cities on Mars. I am not interested in AI being forced into every app. I am not interested in data centres orbiting the Earth. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want insects to survive.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
No petrol, no problem: The electric car drivers beating the crisis www.thetimes.com/article/e1dd...
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No petrol, no problem: The electric car drivers beating the crisis
While the Middle East conflict has made every mile more costly for petrol cars, it has also led to record sales of EVs. Is it time for you to go electric?
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What a wonderful series….. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Secret Garden - Series 1: 1. Oxfordshire
David Attenborough reveals the lives of kingfishers, otters and other animals whose home is a river garden. Life here seems idyllic, but all are at the mercy of seasonal floods.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A garden is a way for a people to define who they truly are. Like reading or listening to music, gardening is a cognitively rich activity. www.ft.com/content/8591...
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Refuge or reality? Olivia Laing on gardening in the permacrisis
Planting, pruning, digging and tending can feel like an escape. But they are also a way of engaging with the world
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I see the knives are out, from Labour, attacking Polanski for criticising Labour's plans to extract fossil gas from the North Sea. Labour is finally waking up to the fact that they are haemorrhaging voters to the Greens. But the only way to stop this is to change direction, not attack Polanski.
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Brian McHugh @brianmchugh.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Of course we shouldn’t drill for more oil in the North Sea – we cancelled further exploitation for a reason Clear as usual from Bill McGuire www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Of course we shouldn’t drill for more oil in the North Sea – we cancelled further exploitation for a reason | Bill McGuire
We are at a critical point in the climate emergency and already struggling to meet emissions reduction targets. The UK government must hold its nerve, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysi...
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Almost finished! #CommunityArtClass #Paintable #acryliconcanvas
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Trump is threatening further and greater war crimes in Iran: "completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants... and possibly all desalinization plants!". This directly contravenes the laws of war. One day he and his enablers must face justice. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary...
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"Tin mining, drainage for agriculture, deforestation, burning and military testing of ordnance are among the activities that have damaged" the bogs. Don't forget overgrazing. ‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands
A project on Dartmoor to reprofile the landscape aims to return the springy bog – and carbon store – to its natural condition
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/03/2026
More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place this Saturday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where millions protested against the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration. See via The Atlantic photo:
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Photos From the Third Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest
More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place yesterday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where millions protested against the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Pesticides used in pet flea-treatments occur widely in Welsh rivers and were detected in over three quarters of river water samples, finds new research by Cardiff University and Natural Resources Wales. www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...
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Flea-treatments and sheep-dips at damaging levels in Welsh rivers
Chemicals used in veterinary flea-treatments and sheep-dips are potentially harming wildlife in Welsh rivers.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ed Miliband gets relentless bile from the right for his ‘ideological’ commitment to clean, cheap renewable energy - just as Nye Bevan once did for creating the NHS. Yet on March 25 97.7 % of our electricity was from renewables. A revolution is unfolding. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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An energy revolution is in the wind | The Observer
Labour’s plans for cheap renewable power will transform British lives as dramatically as the NHS once did
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas that the fossil fuel funded, non tax paying, right wing media, doesn’t want you to know. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...
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Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.
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Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I just signed the Greenpeace petition calling on the government to power the UK with homegrown renewables. Every conflict abroad sends our energy bills soaring at home. The only way out is cheaper, safer renewable energy. Join me in demanding an end to the fossil fuel cost chaos? act.gp/4sv5VOP
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Power the UK with homegrown renewables
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Polish PM Tusk: "“I want to make it clear to all the skeptics that renewable energy sources, above all else, are the most sovereign energy source for Poland...The war in Iran clearly demonstrates how dangerous dependence on external energy supplies can be.” (16/x) #cleanenergyisnationalsecurity
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Fossil fuels? No thanks. Why Trump’s Iran war is pushing EU toward renewables.
EU countries may argue about the short-term fixes for high energy prices, but agree that clean power is the best long-term bet.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is where the debate should be, rather than on the distraction of North Sea drilling. What can government do to move faster on clean tech and green buildings? Can it afford to be more ambitious and demand new homes are passivhaus and zero bill? How quickly can it bring down fossil fuel reliance?
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Interesting analysis of the Gorton and Denton by-election and what it means for the May elections, from @robfordmancs.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
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Gorton and Denton Postmortem
The biggest ever shake up to the party system may be on the way in May
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery @rammuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The brilliant Frances Tophill from BBC Gardeners' World and ITV's Love Your Garden joins us on 9 October to talk re-wilding landscapes and gardens 🌳🦔 Frances will explore the best methods to use to support wildlife in our spaces. 9 Oct | 6.30pm | £10.50 Book at rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/re-...
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Re-wilding landscapes and Gardens with Frances Tophill - RAMM
Join gardener, TV presenter and author Frances Tophill for this discursive and open-minded talk on the topic of re-wilding in both a landscape and garden setting. Frances will explore the best methods to use to support wildlife, whether it is allowing nature to regenerate on its own, or targeting species…
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Kate Bradbury @katebradbury.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Lots of chat about native vs non-native plants at last week’s inaugural Wilding Gardens conference but nothing in detail. Wrote some thoughts… open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...
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Should we grow native or non-native plants for wildlife?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We remain remarkably, dangerously ignorant of such histories, treating every event as if it came out of the blue. Again and again our governments wade in, with their bombs and missiles and special forces, and congratulate themselves on their strategic brilliance, only to create further crisis.
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