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Ian Martin

@democritus3.bsky.social
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Retired museum professional. Northumberland/Borsetshire domiciled Scot. Owned by a lurcher and a greyhound (rescues). Art, classical music, nature and the environment, justice..and dogs! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 🐕🐈 🦔🦊🌱🦉🐍.🚫 DMs, porn, crypto, fascists.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When you clear a forest in the Congo Basin, you don't just cut wood. You wipe out gorillas, forest elephants, pangolins, and thousands of species we haven't even named yet. Extinction is not development.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Deforestation is not “development.” It is the destruction of a living system that cools the climate, feeds rivers, and holds species found nowhere else. Call the clearing what it is.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is not a dying planet. This is a planet being killed. There is a difference. And there are killers. #ClimateJustice
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Birds Alan H has chosen #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage for today's #BOTD theme. The smallest of our woodpeckers, the Downy Woodpecker. This male is hunting for larvae in a Common Mullein stalk.
A  black & white bird with a small red patch on the back of its head, clings to a dried flower stalk. The sun catches its head, shining on the bird's brown eye. The background is a blur of dark & olive greens.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Office of Religious Affairs
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Monty Phyton - mouse people
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtu.be/9DrTo6PsjCI?... No words needed
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Vespers, Op. 37: V. Nyne otpushchayeshi
YouTube video by The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge - Topic
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No. Spot on.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3.7–3.9 million tonnes of pesticide active ingredients are used worldwide every year — more than double the amount in 1990. Most of us never see the fields. But this invisible flood is saturating soil, water, pollen, and nectar. Our food system is being quietly poisoned at industrial scale.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well said. It's time the world stopped tiptoeing around the fact of his insanity, depravity and criminality, and publicly acknowledged these facts. Trump himself does not do diplomacy, why doesn't the rest of the Free World follow the example of Carney and Canada and call him out for what he is?
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Scientists warned for years: if we clear 20-25% of the Amazon, we cross the point of no return. We've already cleared 17%. We are right on the edge.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gives hope to us all in Farage Crescent (twinned with Volgograd).
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Degrowth" doesn't mean we want everyone to be poorer. It means we SHRINK what is killing us,fossil fuels, fast fashion, industrial waste And EXPAND what makes us human,care, education, art, local food.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A single bee visits 5,000 flowers a day. Without them, we have no food. Pesticides are killing them. No bees = No food = No future. Protect pollinators.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Greed says: “We can take without limit.” Arrogance says: “Nature will bend to our will.” Reality replies with three crises at once: 🔥 A heating planet 🌿 Collapsing ecosystems ☠️ Poisoned air, water, and soil The bill for our hubris is now due. #TriplePlanetaryCrisis
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
UN warns: Strong El Niño to intensify from August to October. Translation: More floods, droughts, wildfires around Indian Ocean basin. We are not ready. #ElNino #ClimateCrisis
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Human greed plays a role in EVERY climate catastrophe. Not "natural disasters" - human choices. 🌍 #ClimateJustice
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It hasn't taken long for the billionaires to kowtow to the whims of the mad orange felon. Google Earth today:
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is no economic growth on a dead planet.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Evidence for global warming is overwhelming and irrefutable, the politicians denial of science unforgivable. The pursuit of wealth by industry and governments, will create an unprecedented existential disaster. We are looking at the imminent destruction of our environment and the death of humanity.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I will NOT be silent while our forests disappear.
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🌱☀️ Could solar panels help save struggling farms? Farmers are experimenting with solar “hats” above crops, protecting plants from extreme heat while generating renewable electricity. Another example of how agrivoltaics help farmers adapt to a changing climate & creating another source of income.
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‘Win-win’: How income-boosting solar shades saved my hop harvest
No rain, no hops – no hops, no beer. Climate change, heat and dry farmland are hitting Bavaria’s key crop. Could solar panels save it?
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Step forward Robbie Gibb, ex GBNews, Chair of the BBC Board England Committee, with an unhealthy influence on BBC current affairs. The right have long been influential within the Beeb, giving Farage undue exposure, and launching his fringe groups into mainstream politics. Roll on Independence! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Would that we Brits had a Coward-in-Chief of the calibre of Napoleon Bonespurs! 😜
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Most of the major investors can afford the insider trading fees for information provided by the President
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Congratulations Nige and Andy, and the knuckle-dragging troglodytes of Clacton!! Who would have thought a bucket of raw sewage could beat a dustbin!! 😜
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Eurasian Bittern the "explosive Floof" it fluffs out its body, neck, and crest feathers ready to strike with lighting speed to scare off raptors or predators
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shabby little mafioso pimp, trying to sell out football to please the capo di tutti capi and his family (and to further line his own pockets). The worse thing to happen to the beautiful game.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
STOP calling it: • "Save the planet" START calling it: • "Save our homes" • "Save our food" • "Save our children" Because that's what it is. #ClimateCrisis
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
An excellent means of mobilising the majority of ordinary people of the planet, but the multinational corporations - fossil fuel companies etc. - need to be called to account for their destruction of our precious and beleaguered natural environment.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
He's doing similar throughout the international community, using punitive tariffs according to his whims and grievances to the the detriment of the US and world economies.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
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Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
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Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Similar to the excuse they used against Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya. The UK and US went supplied bombs to Saudi Arabia to bomb Yemen for about 6 years never discussed in the British media. Now Support bombing in Palestine & Lebanon.. Who really are the problem? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK 'ready to defend itself' after Iran says bases are 'legitimate targets'
An Iranian military group has issued a warning to the UK over allowing US forces to use British bases for strikes on Iran.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Allowing the USAF to use British air bases to engage in 'defensive' actions in this illegal war, and licensing further drilling in the North Sea are policies very much aligned with Trump's vision for the UK. What next? Another state visit? Burnham is Starmer 1.2, without the former's charisma.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Perhaps underestimating Trump, who is hell-bent on destroying the US and the world economies, together with the world itself. Putin has no more loyal disciple.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Extreme wildfire activity more than doubled worldwide. Canada: millions of hectares burned. Europe & US: record emissions & smoke crossing oceans. Africa bears huge exposure (85% of global wildfire-affected people). Emissions from fires up 60% in recent decades.
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Many more countries to attack, humiliate and be exposed to the thuggery of ICE. Many more opportunities for grifting.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What they left out of Economics class: You cannot eat GDP. You cannot drink GDP. You cannot breathe GDP. You CAN live without endless GDP growth. You cannot live without a planet.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The biggest lie in our textbooks? That the economy and the environment are separate chapters. One lives inside the other. When the planet fails, the economy fails. No exceptions.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
When she was taking her last breaths I promised her legacy would never be forgotten. Tina’s hospital for sick street dogs is flying up ❤️
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
To anyone who thinks animals can't feel loss. It's been 6 months since the dog passed and his friend cat still cuddles his collar every night before bed. Original post
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
youtu.be/xbZYuyMxQqM?... This is hilarious!!!
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World Cup Photo Bomb
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The good people of Clacton have the opportunity to vote for a dustbin or a bucket of raw sewage. We can only hope that they will make the correct choice this time. 🤞
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Congratulations Spain! A much deserved victory. But the cherry on the cake was the sight of Trump reluctantly handing over the trophy and medals to the players of a country which a week ago he described as 'a wasted cause'. I hope the trophy is locked away, safe from his sticky, leprous hands. 🇪🇸
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