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Tiffie

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Runs a horse rescue, ex-submariner, cold war warrior, ergonomist/human factors consultant, rugby watcher, politics watcher, Atlee admirer, octogenarian, very married. No DMs See whitebirdapps.com

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 2h
New article with Council on Geostrategy: Towards a JEF naval ecosystem: A blueprint for British leadership in the High North Byline currently only has my name but coauthors are Dr Marc Devore and @r-p-one.bsky.social - should be fixed soon www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-memora...
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Towards a JEF naval ecosystem: A blueprint for British leadership in the High North
The Memorandum | No. 48.2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2h
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2h
“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.
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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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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Its unlikely Simon Clarke has bad memories of the 1970s as he was born in 1984. This helps to explain why he forgets a recession made worse by Thatcher driving interest rates up with her uneccessary monetarist policy. The only thing that saved the tories was the Falklands war & North Sea oil.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is this yet another example of the decline of quality control procedures, with the FDA stretched and unable to maintain oversight? It is certainly a very rare occurrence with a tragic outcome.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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FDA Issues Warning Letters Following Fungal Contamination in a Veterinary Product Linked to Serious Infections in Nearly 100 Horses
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Communism at work!
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We early voted so two yeses! Important that Virginians get out and vote democratic in large numbers. The larger the majority the harder to shout "fraud".
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prince Edward county in Virginia also shut its schools. So afraid of everything that isn't them!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
via Christopher Warner
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🚨PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST🚨 Posted 1 week ago ㅤ "Elon Musk is the largest donor to Trump's Super PAC, America PAC. ㅤ He's funding a personal information scraper disguised as a resource to help people register to vote. It's called "votesafe.org." ㅤ We are issuing a warning to people..."
DO NOT GO TO ELON MUSK'S "VOTESAFE.ORG"

Use VOTE.GOV instead
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden, a crucial food source for ospreys. One company alone harvested nearly 300 million pounds of the fish in 2024 but somehow claims they’re not at fault. 🧐
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Ospreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.
At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The target audience chooses to not understand. The "dumbing" down of discussion is part of the problem.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My wife & I have lived through the best that a democracy can give you. It wasn't a perfect time, as for many life was hard. But we worked hard & were able to take advantage of what was offered. We have decided that theses are now the "best" days we have left. Kate enjoy the good days. Slava Ukraini.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At a check up at a hospital dept they explained that if my BP is in the very high range (it was 179/110 that day) they had to refer me to A&E. I could refuse to go, & discharge myself, but that was the requirement. I always take my last month's readings (good & bad) as my first BP is always high.
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Wooderson @wooderson69.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ditto
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
States aren't just laboratories of democracy. Some like Montana and Hawaii have become the frontlines for saving our democracy from Citizens United and restoring power to the people. Read this piece from James Baratta in The American Prospect.
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Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American Prospect
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least,
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am both eccentric and eclectic, and quite content to be so described.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of our blind guys at the rescue lost his companion some years ago. We buried Chip in one corner of their paddock, and Jake, who has a new companion (also blind), still goes over to that corner and stands there for a short time. We know he still remembers his friend.
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This needs to be a Blue-vember 2026 IF you can vote but refuse or decide to skip THIS election... then you shouldn't complain We cannot afford to repeat 2024 w/ MILLIONS not voting Get out & VOTE! Find your polling place (by state): www.vote.org/polling-plac... #VoteBlue #BlueWave2026 #Midterms
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Polling Place Locator - Vote.org
Wondering where you vote on Election Day? Use our polling place locator to find out.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports - Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's in the last sentence! It's code for "How can we help?"
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You would have to be blind not to see that this is aimed at the RNLI.
Screencap of tweet posted on the official Reform UK account, featuring a video of Nigel Farage presenting his show on the unofficial Reform UK news channel, formally known as GB News:

"Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under Reform UK."
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 18/09/2026
Three amendments enshrined in Virginia’s Constitution will be powerful: MORE RIGHTS THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION THAN THE DAY BEFORE. ✅ To vote after release from custody. ✅ To make our own health decisions. ✅ To marry whom we love. VOTE YES ON ALL 3. Preserve these rights! @lwvva.bsky.social
Vote YES on all three Virginia Constitutional Amendments.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Orcas have been heard mimicking human speech. A study found that when prompted, the marine mammal could replicate the sounds. Original post
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump regime is redefining the Endangered Species Act to consider only the intentional killing of endangered animals to be illegal, removing accountability for incidental harm caused by economic activities. Psychopaths.
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Reform won Durham promising to show Britain how it would govern. Now another three councillors have walked away, with one making an extraordinary allegation about what happened after she raised a serious safeguarding concern. " thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-durha... via The Daily Britain
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The very real danger is NATO's reliance on US military hardware and software. Putin has 47 by the b***s and that spells real danger. If Ukraine can hold up Russia it should be even simpler for Europe. But.....
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day — and we're less than 50 days from the midterms. The best time to check that your voter registration is up to date is right now. And remind your friends and family to do the same. This is absolutely vital. ⬇️ nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"you, or your Aunt from Wigan". I don't care about something you did. "Better than a slap in the belly with a wet fish". When someone gets a very small prize or reward. "Going to water my horse". Go for a pee.
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The more shit you store in the cloud, the more data centers they will build. Get an external hard drive and secure your own data. Stop paying them to destroy the country. How many cat videos do you need?
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We cannot wait for AI companies to self-regulate. They are raising every alarm. Congress must act this week to meet the rapidly developing threat landscape posed by AI. Let’s take bipartisan action NOW to meet this moment.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The answer to our political funding crisis is simple and obvious. It would send our politics in the opposite direction to its current, disastrous trajectory. So why won't Labour MPs pick it up? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Comedy is in the head of the beholder! No, I'm not sure what I mean, but it seemed appropriate!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump and Republicans will kick off their midterm convention today, and you can bet they’re going to spend a lot of time outright lying about Trump’s record. Here’s the truth.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When one threat is actually being realized after decades of being called idiocy, we should not be ignoring as idiocy, another potential threat to humanity. We can surely work on more than one threat at a time!
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We had the deployed military style Black and Tan and Oswald Mosley yobs marching at Dover, while at the Reform conference we had full on violent hysteria towards a female protester calling out Nigel Farage’s far right illegal donations" via Robert Bryson
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They ignored 625,000 public comments opposing the destruction of 45 million acres of our National Forests. They are betting you'll feel defeated and just walk away. Let's show them what happens when they ignore the public. Prove them wrong right now: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Tiffie @boyapp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just 1 - I've never done 8
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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's not there IS violence, it is the THREAT of force. This is not how we achieve change in England. Many of us find this a threat. To Democracy. Yes, we get you are upset, but you are looking down, when you should be looking up - at the people paying for this, and their motives.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
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