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Hedgehog enthusiast, and occasionally an Allegro driver.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Strongly recommend Sarah Perry on the wonder of Jodrell 🔭 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell B...
The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a society
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away."
Gold statue of the Tangerine TosspotGold statue of some other deranged dictator.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026
We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The very fact that the Telegraph have this headline means there are serious doubts about the poisonous snake oil specialist .
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🗽💜 @chips1955.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.
Earth appearing as a bright crescent behind the Moon’s surface
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Stupendous. I simply cannot comprehend how people think nothing of killing and eating them...
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Some discussion on Artemis II broadcast about how dark the Moon is compared to Earth. Here's a really nice look at the two together from the same camera -- the Moon isn't white, it's dark brown www.planetary.org/space-images...
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Earth and Moon from DSCOVR
NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
He's threatening nuclear war with the kind of language they'd use to promote a special episode of Celebrity Apprentice
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One of the country's finest libraries of books on town planning and housing policy - the Harry Simpson Memorial Library, currently located in Wisbech - is at risk of being pulped. Please publicise and support the campaign to save it. davemnt.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a...
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A Homeless Library: The Library of the Housing Crisis?
David Mountain, 27 March 2026.[1] In the storerooms of a little-known fenland museum is a treasure trove of rare books on town planning and housing policy, comprising an entire specialist library. …
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
He makes a persuasive case.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
If you think lawyers, academics and students should use AI for first drafts etc, you’re reducing them to proofreaders. Proofreading is an important skill, but it’s not the same as lawyering or scholarship.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided' @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Every minister should read this from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: “The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash…the same factors that would have brought down the financial system….now threaten to bring down the food system”.
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We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot
The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note
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Ms T 🐘💙🎵📚 @elephantlass.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Wednesday
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
That‘s the spirit.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?" Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
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Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
With Palantir and Mandelson both back in the news, it’s worth revisiting this — the Epstein/Mandelson/Thiel connection, and how Mandelson’s lobbying company introduced Starmer to the Palantir team bylinetimes.com/2025/09/12/p...
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
just choked on my beverage
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@ Threads
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied.
Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reform UK: Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”. Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 22/01/2026
“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Coprolites aren't my favourite type of fossil, but they're a solid #2.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Farage entryists destroyed the Tory Party. And now Tory entryists are about to destroy Farage. It's like watching a game of Gobshite Tennis.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America? 2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America? 2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data. It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 14/01/2026
🚨🇪🇺 Brexit WOW moment 🇪🇺🚨 The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit: 📉 GDP down 8% 📉 Investment down 18% 📉 Productivity down 4% 📉 Employment down 4% ❌ No trade benefits ❌ No regulatory freedom ❌ No upside whatsoever Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/12/2025
Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’
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Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’
We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scents
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/12/2025
This goes way beyond politics. This is pure evil.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
That’s now 22 ex-Tory MPs in the Reform ranks. The same names and faces that broke your public services - now under Nigel Farage’s umbrella.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Orban is, of course, not telling the truth here - the Commission’s decision does not affect "what we can read and say". BTW Hungary (like every EU Member State) voted for the Digital Services Act.
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sionnach @erica-w.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Appalling.
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sionnach @erica-w.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thanks, chaps, much appreciated.
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Because like the Ukraine “peace plan” it was largely written in Moscow
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“It is now beyond doubt, however; that this assisted by the White House in its efforts to destroy Ukraine and that the United States has declared war on Europe under its appalling president”… and who does the US support in Europe? The AFD in Germany and Reform UK here. Such grim betrayal. (iPaper)
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"It is more than plausible that, within a few decades at the latest, certain Nato members will become majority non-European," states this risible document, alleging our
"economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilisational erasure".
It talks about wanting "Europe to remain European" and "cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations", implying support for hard-right populist forces such as the AfD in Germany and Reform UK in Britain. And while Russia is no longer designated a direct threat, the only entity in the world seen as threatening free speech is the European Union.
No surprise that this paper embracing hard-right nationalists and promoting "strategie stability" with Russia was welcomed by the Kremlin as "largely consistent" with its vision. It confirms that Trump, like Putin, is ideologically opposed to our continent, culture and values.

So will Europe's leaders - so slow in the past to react to Russian aggression - realise the transatlantic alliance is history?
Will British politicians stop the bullshit about a special relationship with Washington? Will power brokers at this challenging time understand that flattery, gifts and glittering state visits do not work?
Or will they carry on prostrating themselves before a US President who despises our way of life and seeks to undermine democracies?
European nations should try to help America "correct its current trajectory" - just as this dismal document declares its intention for us - amid that country's sinister slide into corruption, immorality and democratic subversion. But more fundamentally, our leaders must stop stroking Trump's absurdly inflated ego and seize the initiative to defend our continent.
Europe - in alliance with soulmates such as Australia and Canada - has to show that it is prepared to fight for its future, take tough decisions and overcome national and tribal divisions in order to navigate these traumatic times.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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