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Falconet

@falconet.bsky.social
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Nature (birds especially), SF/Fantasy, Politics (leftie), Dogs, Healthcare, Copious amounts of tea. Woke millennial. Yorkshire, UK. She/Her.

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How safe is our NHS data? Can we trust Palantir? Why are we campaigning to get Palantir OUT of our NHS? Join Steve Taylor, Tony O'Sullivan and Lucy Nichols for a detailed discussion on Palantir and our NHS. youtu.be/Bvdp6hjEMO8?... @thedauk.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is absolute madness Labour - and I’d say what’s left of the centre right - is an existential battle against oligarchy But it hasn’t a clue that it is
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What kind of mindset sees such wonders - the return of our bluefin tuna - and thinks "let's catch them for 'sport'" or "let's kill them and sell their flesh". It's not only monstrous philistinism, but also idiot economics. Many would pay well to witness this wonder. Extractivism is our enemy.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔴 NEW Conservative Peer Hosts Far-Right Activists Alongside US-Funded Anti-Abortion Group By @mc00.bsky.social and Olly Haynes Read below. ↓
bylinetimes.com
Conservative Peer Hosts Far-Right Activists Alongside US-Funded Anti-Abortion Group
Prominent Neo-Nazis attended the event in Parliament, hosted by an anti-abortion group, in which they called for politicians to "stop importing an invasive foreign serf class"
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bishops and Archbishops have voted against: abolition of slavery, abolition of death penalty, decriminalising abortion, decriminalising gay sex, same-sex marriage. So this is just the latest in long tradition of opposition to choice and freedom. It's scandalous that they get to vote on laws at all!
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interesting Westminster Hall debate on Monday 12 October. On the petition demanding the UK applies to rejoin the EU. Debate is on the motion: “That this House has considered e-petition 749128 relating to the UK applying to rejoin the EU”. Will be on Parliament TV. Which MPs will turn up?
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 10/09/2026
I believe less in AI as a global threat a la terminator and more in people using AI as an excuse to make decisions that then create global threats (cutting workforces, cutting human decision making out of the use of war weapons, generally encouraging people to not think for themselves...)
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BREAKING WINDOWS IS NOT TERRORISM 5 people may be sentenced for terrorism tomorrow for taking action with Palestine Action in 2024, despite being charged and convicted for criminal damage. This is an abuse of democracy. Defend our rights and freedoms: wedonotcomply.org
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As for saying untrue things about his life story, which people are panting about, that too is common but uncommonly punished severely. IN recent years, JD Vance has uttered an astonishing string of malicious lies, but here's some of his early ones about his life and family.
newyorker.com
The Story That “Hillbilly Elegy” Doesn’t Tell
Like many memoirs, J. D. Vance’s book misses a few details, some of which complicate the story upon which he has based much of his politics.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I could add that some people are seen as representing their category and the whole category is judged by a single person's conduct. The category on which that has never levied is straight white Christian men.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A succinct verdict on the persecution of the poor young academic who just died by suicide. Plagiarism is common. Persecution of the kind he endured is uncommon, aka selectively applied. The reason why he was targeted seems as clear as it is ugly.
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Tristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And the full link is as brutal as the graphic.
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Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.
A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
goodlaw.social
Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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tash @tashldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Black Lives Matter
Jason Arday
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Grantass 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @grantybot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
in the UK anyone looking slightly progressive is vilified. Labour are a prime example- enacting Tory policies whilst booting out the likes of Corbyn. Nicola Sturgeon is to this day hounded, Zack Polanski is next. Labour fear these folks more than Reform, which says it all 🤷
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
currentaffairs.org
The Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human Civilization
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hannah Snell (1723–1792) was a British woman who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier. #CelebratingWomen
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Winter mildness also in AUSTRALIA with records broken and rebroken Even a cold mountain like the Mt. Baw Baw in Victoria,which is usually snow capped,rose to +11.3C,a new record forJuly
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 15/07/2026
Two years ago the ICJ issued its finding that Israel must "rapidly" end its presence in the occupied territories and that all states should not render aid to that occupation. The UK hasn't even bothered to respond to it, despite numerous calls. icj-cij.org/case/186
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Kevin Hell-iott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The fascist international is now bankrolled by American tax dollars
US state department offers $3mn grants to Maga-aligned groups in Europe
Agency seeks to repurpose foreign aid funds to help organisations that support Trump administration policies
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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Many birds die from lack of water during summer dry periods. Help them survive by putting out some water for them. #heatwave #heat #summer #ClimateEmergency #drought #environment #Nature
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Erika Waters @erikawatersphd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is like saying pulmonologists are biased because the majority recommend not smoking cigarettes. 🤦‍♀️ But seriously…when you take the campaign against science together with the campaign against the humanities, you get a war against critical thinking.
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I wrote about the psychological impact of having one's village erased by Israel. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
aljazeera.com
Psychological toll mounts as Lebanese villages erased by Israel’s war
Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 26/06/2026
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations | East Anglia Bylines
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/06/2026
Incredible work from @amywestervelt.bsky.social details just how compromised that famous original "wedges" study was by the involvement of BP -- not just funding, but direct rewriting & editing.
propublica.org
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is it exactly. A stick to beat Natural England, a longstanding target for the right, because it uses science/law to limit wealthy backers doing what they want to our wildlife and habitats. It doesn't matter if it's a lie, as long it has traction then it serves the purpose of attacking experts.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/06/2026
"The economy is significantly smaller than it would otherwise have been, trade has suffered, business investment and productivity growth have stalled, and families are on average thousands of pounds a year worse off."
theguardian.com
How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For the 563th day in a row, Georgians are out in the streets in 8+ cities, fighting against an illegitimate, pro-Russian regime.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Community is the antidote to fascism.
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire is our next "hole in the ozone layer" moment. We need coordinated global effort to ensure he's also the world's last trillionaire and that he doesn't stay one for long.
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
He epitomises the parasitic nature of turbocharged capitalism. Index funds literally work like a turbo charger in this case, forcing value generated by people who can’t afford it to be invested in his company that doesn’t generate any real value.
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We would never tollerate this from hunters on land. Why is the fishing industry allowed to get away with it? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bycatch has ‘shocking’ toll on British marine life, first-ever analysis reveals
Conservationists say cherished creatures such as whales, dolphins and seabirds are being killed in large numbers by fishing tackle
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NPR @npr.org · 07/06/2026
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
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The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
1/5 The way the right talk about George Floyd as if it were some sort of moment of victory for ethnic minorities is so twisted His murder was traumatic because almost every black family in the UK has experienced or been fearful of police harassment or police brutality from a young age
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds 26% fewer care home beds 23% fewer nursing beds Fewer hospital beds Then people wonder why A&E is blocked
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When you suddenly start seeing a celebrity EVERYWHERE, understand that it’s not organic. They PAID for that exposure.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 23/05/2026
Recommended listen: The Bloomberg Zero podcast interviewed Richard Tice, the deputy leader of the hard-right Reform UK party, who exposed his rejection of climate science and support for the oil and gas industry.
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How Reform Plans to Upend Decades of UK Climate Action
Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, wants to revive Britain’s oil and gas industry and cut back on renewables.
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