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Chris Townsend

@christownsend.bsky.social
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Outdoor writer & photographer, passionate about wild places, long distance walking, & rewilding. www.christownsendoutdoors.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Angela Rayner, "Farage isn't standing up to vested interests, he's falling at their feet" "Does anyone really think that Farage's crypto billionaire sugar daddies are handing him millions because he's standing up for the working people of Britain?" "Give me a break"
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Steve Smith @steve72outdoors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A warning to anyone heading up #KinderScout via Ollerbrook. The stile at SK1314887130 is badly in need of repair . Someone had laid it flat & when I stood on it , it tipped up hitting me in the arm and shoulder. Not secure & rotten @peakdistrict.bsky.social
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There’s nothing like the sweet smell of failure in the morning.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump. Corrupt as hell.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No coincidence Farage announces a national general election campaign tour for a non existent election as HOP is due to reconvene so he can swan around UK doing FA, Clacton got what they voted for Fun Fact - Farage is in bottom 8% of MPs for voting participation & bottom 16% for debate contributions
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 26/09/2026
In this week's diary: Pecksniff wonders how long Labour can dodge Brexit * Ed Davey links tax cuts to the single market * Reform’s councillor troubles keep mounting * Farage struggles to control the forces he unleashed * And more... @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: Hey, Labour: we need to talk about Brexit
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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a Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For the science geeks out there. :) www.the-scientist.com/antarctica-s...
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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbes | The Scientist
Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
The deadline to renew Palantir's £330m contract is coming up fast. Join us to make ministers stop hiding Palantir's secrets – before it’s too late👇 goodlaw.social/o9zr
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yet again Farage goes absent from Parliament absent from his Clacton constitueny this time to campaign for an imminent general election which isn't going to happen ... "Anything to avoid doing his taxpayer funded job… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
He’s got numbers nobody’s seen, facts nobody can verify, and confidence nobody can explain.
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BlueWest @bluewest18.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As you probably know, the highest and lowest points in the United States (outside Alaska of course) - Mount Whitney and Death Valley - are less than 100 miles apart.
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Link to a blog post with more pictures from the first four days of my Yosemite to Death Valley walk . #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2026/09/ten-...
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Ten Years Ago: Yosemite Valley to Death Valley
On September 26, 2016, I was on the fourth day of a walk from Yosemite Valley to Death Valley. This spectacular trip is one of my favourites...
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ten years ago today I was in the High Sierra in California on the fourth day of one of my favourite walks, Yosemite Valley to Death Valley. It was very hot and very beautiful. #hiking
A landscape with trees and rocky mountains under a blue sky.
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Of course you can be English if you’re not white. So why can’t the right leave the question alone? | Jason Okundaye | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Of course you can be English if you’re not white. So why can’t the right leave the question alone? | Jason Okundaye
Even Jacob Rees-Mogg pushes back on defining Englishness in exclusively ethnic terms. But the endurance of this discourse is still deeply troubling, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
These parents aren't happy with Reform...
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Reform councillors heckled by furious parents for shutting local nurseries
Reform were supposed to come into local government and deliver for working people and yet if anything, they've made their lives harder with council tax hikes, broken promises and closures of essential...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Conservative Helen Whately, "Our welfare bill is out of control.. We can't afford it.. We have a problem of long term unemployed.. Living a life on welfare" #BBCQT My view: Whately wrongly bundles pensions, disability support and unemployment together as “welfare”.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is banned from the US, so he will speak by satellite at the UN. War Criminal Netanyahu will speak live at the UN in New York. Western values in plain sight. What a disgrace.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ash Sarkar, "Every time we've had these squeezes on welfare recipients, what we've actually seen, rather than dealing with issues like long-term unemployment, is an increase in child poverty, and in-work poverty as well"
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up.
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Chris Thompson @christhompsonex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting article. I’ve seen signs of bad “wild camping”, litter on trails and general human detritus as long as I’ve been venturing outdoors. The abandonment of all the equipment seems fairly new though. - but when you can buy a tent for around £20 it doesn’t really surprise me.
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good piece by James Forrest. #hiking www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/news/fly-cam...
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What is the UK "fly camping" epidemic? Here's what the stats (not social media) reveal - they will surprise you
Is unlawful, irresponsible fly camping increasing in our national parks, or is the “algorithmic loop” painting an overly negative picture?
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How AI Pushback Is Bringing Humanity Back To Photography - Adorama www.adorama.com/alc/ai-pushb...
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How AI Pushback Is Bringing Humanity Back To Photography - Adorama
As AI images flood social media, audiences are searching for authenticity over perfection. AI pushback is saving humanity in photography.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Conspiracy Believers Often Hold Two Beliefs That Can’t Both Be True studyfinds.com/conspiracy-b... From study: "...the strongest conspiracy believers showing a 91% probability of being incoherent" (by @lewan.uk et al.)
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Conspiracy Believers Are 91% Likely To Hold Incoherent Beliefs, Study Finds
A new study finds people at the extreme end of conspiracy thinking have a 91% predicted chance of holding incompatible beliefs.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The number of decent people in Hollywood is minuscule, but Mark is def a decent guy. Appreciate his advocacy on so many issues. @markruffalo.bsky.social
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Newcastle Council leader calls for end to social media abuse Coun Ferguson said that, if he as a white British man was receiving such abuse, he would “dread to think” of the level of online hate aimed at people from minority ethnic groups or other religions northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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Newcastle Council leader calls for end to social media abuse
Coun Ferguson said that, if he as a white British man was receiving such abuse, he would “dread to think” of the level of online hate aimed at people from minority ethnic groups or other religions
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 23/09/2026
NEW: Despite the accusations against Andrew Tate of rape, human trafficking and assault, Stephen Lennon has not only continued to back him, but has attacked his accusers.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reform keeps falling in the polls
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Support for Reform UK collapses to lowest level in two years
Support for Reform UK has collapsed to its lowest level in two years according to a latest poll of voting intention, as the party fails to recover from political scandals engulfing its leadership and ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is Farage so triggered by the UK taking defence measures against Russian misinformation? 🤔🤔🤔
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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust finds its voice & calls for Government action on raptor persecution raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/23/y...
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust finds its voice & calls for Government action on raptor persecution
Following North Yorkshire Police’s appeal for information about the recent discovery of a Marsh Harrier with gunshot injuries found in the Westerdale area of the North York Moors National Par…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
Anti-
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