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Chilternbirder

@chilternbirder.bsky.social
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Hanging on to my old social media name although the birding these days is largely very low carbon through my living room window. Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things. Vestitus bene vincit omnia 🧑‍💻 www.folkphotos.uk

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Simon Ricketts @simonicity.bsky.social · 4h
Nope me neither. There’s currently a plague of nonsense ads like this in the City.
Tube ad at Moorgate “Risk is a constant, Optimism is the control. Choose optimism.”
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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 7h
As I was saying earlier.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 15h
via The UK Against Hate
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust @buckshealthcare.bsky.social · 9h
📩 Thames Valley Cancer Alliance are hosting mobile bowel cancer appointment screenings in Aylesbury: ▪️8-10 Oct 📍Tesco Extra, Broadfields Retail Park ▪️10-12 Dec 📍Health on the High Street, Unit 33 in Friars Square Shopping Centre Do you know the signs? 👉 ow.ly/TXfE50ZT1iW
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minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h
Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"
Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 15h
Four exciting opportunities to co-supervise a PhD studentship with the Library We’re seeking proposals from academics who can bring their own expertise to four fascinating research projects exploring our collection and programme. Sound like you? Find out more and apply here link.bl.uk/9vj
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16h
@royalhistsoc.org looks forward to taking part at this very helpful annual event for new researchers. It's an excellent orientation to the many ways @ihr.bsky.social and other organisations can support new graduates as you begin your research #Skystorians
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ClimateHope @climatehope.bsky.social · 15h
Toxic Tories pledge to destroy nature. Vile, disgusting lot of fossil fuel shills. 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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Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 15h
Cllr Hannah Williams' husband joined the Mumbles lifeboat at 17 and saved 92 lives. On Thursday she told Swansea Council how families dread the pager at 2am, and why she finds the abuse of RNLI crews "truly…
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MUMBLES: Councillor’s husband saved 92 lives on the lifeboat. She calls the abuse of RNLI crews ‘truly appalling’
Swansea councillors from all sides of the chamber lined up behind the lifeboat volunteers on Thursday night. One of them knows exactly what the pager means at 2am.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 16h
There isn’t a net zero 2030 target. There’s a net zero 2050 target and a clean power by 2030 target. These are different things and if you’re going to attack climate policies in the ‘paper of record’ it’s kind of important to get the details right. www.thetimes.com/article/3c9a...
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Time for climate realism: net zero 2030 is only making us poorer
Wind and solar alone can’t power the future — there are better options that could actually help curb climate change
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 18h
The nasty party is back to its old tricks. Opposing nature recovery is not supporting rural communities. 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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@cambridgeppf.org @cambridgeppf.bsky.social · 18h
Why are there cows at Wandlebury? 🐄 Join our wardens to meet the Belted Galloways on Saturday - learn how they help wildlife. Sat 10 Oct, 10.30am–noon. Free. cambridgeppf.org/etn/meet-the-cows-9 Parking charges apply; CPPF members park free. Join us: cambridgeppf.org/guardians
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 18h
Happy first birthday to this #autumn #gardening #cartoon from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 17h
Tastiest apple ever! From a box of free apples in Sheffield... but what a surprise when Rob bit into it to see such red coloured flesh Could be Bloody Ploughman, or perhaps Kissabel? We've saved the seeds so maybe one day we'll have a harvest of our own 🍎
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 18h
No end in sight to the cost of Trump's crazy forever war. He is going to end up as the most unpopular and reviled President in US history and UK voters need to be extremely careful not to fall for the same lies by backing Farage's friends of billionaires. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says
The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why you can’t trust Grok - or any other LLM which basically tells you what you want to hear and amplifies online echo chambers
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gosh, the discourse on here is depressing this evening. Here's Ozzy taking a nap in a basin, for anyone who needs it.
Grey furry cat sleeping in a basin, paws sticking up.
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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 20h
History through the ages. This small Roman mosaic roundel was originally placed on the floor of an early Christian church near Jericho. To preserve it from damage during the First World War it was removed and eventually found itself affixed to the north wall of St James’ church in Sydney. 📷 mine
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online. www.medievalists.net/2026/09/600-...
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Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online - Medievalists.net
Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online.
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join us 8–9 October for "The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence" at The National Archives, UK, and online. Explore newly catalogued documents from captured ships that reveal wartime lives and a global conflict. Register: www.eventbrite.de/e/the-prize-... #Rev250 #earlymodern #history
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The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence (Online)
An International Workshop on the UK Prize Papers and the American War of Independence: Wartime Lives, Capture, and Transnational Exchange
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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 19h
I thought this was The Onion, but it’s real. Apparently he was nominated by Cambodia, Israel and Pakistan.
Why Donald Trump is not a frontrunner for the Nobel Peace Prize this year
Topic:Awards and Prizes
Posted about 2h agoabout 2 hours ago
Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, looks to his left.
Donald Trump has reportedly been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize but experts say it is unlikely he will receive it.  (AP: Jacquelyn Martin)
US President Donald Trump has been "ruled out" of contention for Nobel Peace prize, according to experts and analysts.
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 18h
Should researchers be handling wader chicks? Important paper about conservation and disturbance by Camilo Carneiro, summarised in WaderTales blog #140: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/h... 🎂2⃣ #ornithology
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How do wader chicks respond to being handled?
Every wader researcher knows that their actions can have negative consequences for the birds they are studying. Given that most shorebird species are in trouble or causing concern, conservation sci…
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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abersychanartist.bsky.social @abersychanartist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Tapestri o Liw a Gwead - A Tapestry of Colour and Texture" My favourite view this week taken at Blaen Dyar, near Pwll-du, Blaenavon. A wonderful tapestry of colour and texture to gladden the eye and nurture your soul. Wonderful landscape.
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4 October 1936. Battle of Cable Street took place in Cable Street, Whitechapel, London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley and various anti-fascist and Jewish demonstrators.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ornate Saxon copper disc brooch decorated with gold and garnets, AD 650-670. It must have been a treasured possession! From Floral Street, Covent Garden, once the heart of ‘Lundenwic’, the early Saxon town of London. Museum of London 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology
My photo shows a circular Saxon brooch made of copper, the front of which is ornately embellished with gold and garnets. There are five raised, circular, gold bosses which are outlined with inlaid garnet slabs, and each set with a central, round garnet. Four of the gold bosses are arranged around a fifth, larger, gold boss in the centre of the brooch. The central boss sits within a star-like, four-pointed geometric shape composed of a mosaic of inlaid garnet slabs. The outer edge of the brooch is decorated with two rows of tiny inlaid polished garnets. The eight gold sections at either side of the four smaller bosses are decorated with raised gold filigree which looks like looped, braided cord. Parts of the brooch are worn, with some chipped edges, and missing garnet stones. The brooch measures approximately 7 cm in diameter. It is displayed on a clear glass surface. It was excavated from a woman's grave by AOC Archaeology in 2000 ahead of development construction works. This type of brooch was a fashionable status piece amongst wealthy aristocratic Anglo-Saxon women in the AD 600s. The woman's grave also contained glass beads and silver rings.
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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love this dramatic shot, this mosaic must have stunned London when it was found in 1869! #MosaicMonday This is the 'Bucklersbury Pavement' from the early 200s CE, probably part of a wealthy villa or baths in the centre of old Londinium 📸 The London Museum 🏺 #archaeology #ancientbluesky
A black and white illustration of Victorians on a walkway crowding around a roman mosaic open on the floor, with large buildings rising in the background
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.news-medical.net/news/2025081...
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Synthetic sugar-coated nanoparticle blocks Covid-19 from infecting human cells
Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem - a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle - that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing i...
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Van der Burgh @stephenintheburgh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Nicholas Galley @nickgalley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unique early 12C Kilpeck church of St Mary and St David, stunning mix of Pagan, Christian, Norse and Anglo saxon symbolism. South entrance is amazing.
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Nicholas Galley @nickgalley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Victorians found some Pagan Corbels at kilpeck church too rude so removed them. The ancient Pagan fertility symbol Sheela-na-Gig seems to have escaped their scrutiny.
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Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Back on the foreshore, wash from a passing Thames Clipper nearly knocked me off my feet but also kindly deposited a lovely piece of worked bone waste. The small regular holes are evidence this was used for bead making, perhaps by the Paternosters, located nearby, who once made beads for rosaries.
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street (in which Jewish, left-wing and trades union activists battled police to block a fascist march), here's the mural unveiled in 1983 designed by Dave Binnington on the former St George's Town Hall to commemorate the event.
The work is inspired by the social realism of Diego Rivera, and the likely was influenced by the Depression-era murals of Philip Guston.  Using a fisheye perspective, it shows the violent confrontation between police and protesters, with protest banners, punches being thrown, a barricade of furniture and overturned vehicle, police horse, Hitler (who was not actually present) being pantsed, and a police autogyro overhead. It uses the same artistic devices as Goya's The Third of May 1808 to evince sympathy for the protesters, showing them full face but a back view of the police
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We’re proud to support the development of a new GCSE in Natural History 🦋🎓 Combining classroom learning with hands-on fieldwork, the GCSE will help young people discover more about the natural world while building important skills for the future. 📷: Chelsea Mae Photography #InternationalYouthDay
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s astounding this isn’t the only thing people are talking about. It shows how much power mainstream news, who are blacking out the climate element of this El Niño, still holds. #ClimateCrisis
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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Excellent short piece here with wise words from @markknight63.bsky.social Back in February 2016, I was lucky enough to visit the site of excavations there. The quality of the archaeology (and of the archaeological investigation) has stayed with me.
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Anne O'Brien @anneobrienauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lovely morning in Hereford yesterday with a little light retail therapy. The sun shone, and Sir Edward was as calmly contemplative as ever, with autum leaves at his feet and leaning on Mr Pheobus.
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another one from @cartoonmovement.com #gop #notfitforoffice #cartoon
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Colin Randall @salutsunderland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beautiful tributes by Dave Arthur and Kathryn Tickell to Bob Davenport, a treasure of folk music, who has died at 94 @nextwavef.bsky.social @elizacarthy.bsky.social @efdss.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2026/09/30/b...
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Bob Davenport RIP: ‘what a singer, what a force of nature’ - Salut! Folk
Colin Randall writes: news of the death of the great Geordie singer Bob Davenport reached me during a punishing 1,400km trek from the shores of the
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"No, I'm afraid not - he's just fallen asleep again" Cartoon: Steve Jones (UK) @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
Trump at his desk, slouched backwards. An aide checks his breathing, another looks on. The first one says: "No, I'm afraid not - he's just fallen asleep again"
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On this day 3rd Oct 1952 the Government announced that tea rationing was soon to end Artist: Harry Wingfield (Shopping with Mother)
Mother, in her smart brown suit, walks into a traditional grocery shop. Two neatly dressed children follow behind. 
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Northumbrian rebels led by thegns Gamelbearn, Dunstan and Glúniairn stormed the absent Earl Tostig’s York home #OTD in 1065, slew his retainers and raided his treasury. It was partly in revenge for the execution of thegns Gospatric, Gamel and Ulf. 📸York Archaeological Trust
Thatched wooden houses huddled together in an artist's impression of 10th-century York.
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Available at @cartoonmovement.com #Trump #notfitforoffice #cartoon
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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London Geodiversity Partnership @londongeodiversity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our annual geoconservation day at Riddlesdown Chalk Quarry is well underway! Conserving geological sites by cutting back plant growth is essential for preserving outcrops. Geology does not necessarily look after itself! #londongeology
Liam Gallagher is in charge of the bonfire for burning the the cleared plant debris. Behind him is a grove of birch trees and behind them is the white chalk cliff face.Volunteers with wheelbarrows cutting back new growth in the quarry.
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You might have heard me mention that 2027 is the European year of the Normans and @britishlibrary.bsky.social is now advertising its major exhibition for that. Think of it as the sequel to the excellent Anglo-Saxon ehibition several years ago. events.bl.uk/exhibitions/... #medievalsky 1/
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Conquest: The Making of Norman England | British Library
Beyond the battlefield lies a story of ambition, upheaval and reinvention. Spanning the generations before and after 1066, this exhibition traces the impac
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