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Ruth Harding

@farmerruth.bsky.social
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Organic farmer, English Midlands, cricket, gardening, Arthur Ransome, likes unpolluted air.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy Friday 🍃🍂 #scape #forestfriday
a white-tailed deer standing in a wooded area among trees
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
'Expansive Skies at Low Tide' (2026) -- Wharton's Point / Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
View onto a seemingly infinite bay of deep mud at low tide, the water is no where to be seen, the reeds in the foreground growing 
to the edges of empty tide pools and land's end itself
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
you thought you were growing a garden, but it turns out the garden is growing you
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔥 Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don’t. A great Write-To-Your-MP tool for the upcoming parliamentary debate on UK applying to join the EU. Send an email - and share the link!
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Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Thank EU for The Music @thankeuforthemusic.com · 26/09/2026
The @telegraph.co.uk decided not to publish our response to Tim Stanley’s 13 September piece, in which he called those organising the EU flags at the Proms “sad sack Remainers”. We believe in open dialogue and free speech, so we’ve published our response here... #LastNightOfTheProms
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro (about the nonce bonnets planning to have their own anti migrant patrol boats!)
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Jon Sansom @jonsansom.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
#Undulating sand #BlueskyArtShow #photography #ECK
Undulating patterns on a sandy beach left by a repeating tide. The sun is low, providing shadows and highlights
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RNLI staff have faced "unacceptable" online & physical abuse since anti-migrant protests. "Deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding" by thugs hiding behind "balaclava or a keyboard". Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They do a great job in saving lives, must be respected.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“likely the warmest during the entire Holocene”
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
No two flowers are the same, yet each adds to the beauty of the garden
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
Photo of Nya Bevan with a quote saying: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@arthurransome
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Been getting so much joy from my garden lately 😁🌱
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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Call for Applications: Writer in Residence - Blooming Bloomsbury and the Modernist Archives Publishing Project -Creativity and Community Co-Curation (2026)  | Museums and Collections
The selected writer will spend the summer months (June—September 2026) drawing inspiration from MAPP to develop new creative work. From September to December, they will build on this...
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/04/2026
Wishing you a peaceful and blessed Good Friday
FROM THE GREEN PARTY

GOOD
FRIDAY

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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nffn.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The bullocks at Pipers & Co Farm being turned out of their winter shed onto fresh spring grass. It's one of the best days in the farming calendar! 🌸 #NatureFriendlyFarming #SpringIsHere
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nffn.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Clock House Farm in Kent is showing what #sustainable soft fruit production can look like. 🍓 They use river-powered heating, water storage, and allow space for nature, to reduce their impact. Read more 👉 www.nffn.org.uk/resources/lowering-…
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nffn.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Check out our guides for talking to parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2026 Scotland & Wales #elections! 🗳️ Get tips and example questions for effective conversations with your candidates about #NatureFriendlyFarming. See our guides 👉 www.nffn.org.uk/resources/policy-an…
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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
University of Oxford : maximising oil and gas extraction here would only save UK households up to £82 (€95) per year. A UK fully powered by renewable energy, would save households up to £441 (€510) a year on energy bills. www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/e...
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UK to give homes ‘free energy’ instead of turning off wind turbines
Europe’s outdated and under-invested energy grid means huge amounts of renewable energy are wasted every year.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Dishonest transphobic hypocrite Phillipson and the rest of the Starmer government have said puberty-blockers should be banned because “we don’t know” whether they are harmful or not, despite my research clearly demonstrating that banning them definitely IS harmful…. 1/2
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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
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googlyfund.bsky.social @googlyfund.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
With a month to go until Easter, get your bids in to the Googly Fund for small grants for friendly cricket. Could be for help with your: -Ground🚜 -Kit🏏 -Teas🫖 -Advertising🤳 We’ll fund anything that helps get more people playing friendly forms of the game in the UK & Ireland
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googlyfund.bsky.social @googlyfund.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Grateful for any shares thanks @lordstaverners.bsky.social @rafnicholson.bsky.social @charlesdagnall.bsky.social @acscricket.bsky.social @wisdencricket.bsky.social @thecricketer.com @finalwordcricket.bsky.social @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Bit of retail therapy this week! #Oxfamonline 3big green ones £15 +postage.
3 Arthur Ransome books from 1944 so big green ones, Coot Club, Winter Holiday and The Big Six. A little paraffin lantern is doing duty as a book end.
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@timharford.ft.com
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus … Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
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Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Summer Science Camp for Kids in Claregalway. aged 5 to 12 Monday 6th July to Friday 10th July Book now; www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com galway@junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com 089 982 8264 #GalwayKids #STEMforKids #Galway #kidscamp #ScienceCamp #Claregalway #JuniorEinsteins
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Soil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Growers, want to know how to manage pests & diseases without inputs? WEBINAR: IPM in Action with Andy Dibben & Dave Barfoot, Prof Rosemary Collier & OGA's Steven Jacobs Thur 12 Mar 1-2.30pm #IntegratedPestManagement: boost resilience with beneficial insects www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981420058...
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IPM in Action: From Research to Practice in Horticultural Crops
Join this free Soil Association and OGA webinar to hear the latest IPM research and how it can be put into practice on the ground.
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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Now let's make it easier for them to do more of it safely!
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Clean Air Fund @cleanairfund.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Air pollution has been formally recognised as a cancer risk in Europe. 🚨 Nina Renshaw, Head of Health at the Clean Air Fund, explains why this move gives policymakers an even clearer mandate for clean air action. @air-quality-news.bsky.social bit.ly/4bFpT3O
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Air pollution joins Europe’s list of cancer risks
Air pollution has been formally recognised as a cancer risk in Europe for the first time, after being added to the European Code Against Cancer. The update appears in the fifth ed...
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Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming @sustainweb.org · 06/02/2026
This 12 February, hear from leading environment charities about their new environment manifesto for London. The webinar is open to all, but particularly targeted at councillors, party election leads, and candidates involved in shaping borough policy ▶️ Book now www.sustainweb.org/events/feb26...
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10 Environmental Pledges for London's Borough Elections 2026 | Sustain
Sustain joins CPRE London ahead of London's local elections, for a briefing on the More Natural Capital Coalition plan for a greener, more climate resilient city.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Workers in the Moss Landing area are planting strawberry roots. These plants could begin bearing fruit in March. The workers have to crouch down almost all day long and share, the work is exhausting. #WeFeedYou
Farm workers bent over planting strawberry root stock
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
SCHOOLS! Here are fifteen books. I'm giving them away. If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know. I'll pick one of you this evening. You can share it too, if you like. Ta.
fifteen picture flat books, i'm giving away to a school.
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Arthur Ransome @aransome.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is fun for a Saturday morning…
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Arthur Ransome @aransome.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hoping that Storm Goretti hasn’t wreaked too much havoc for Bluesky friends … take care all, may your igloo be weatherproof and your hotpots firmly above the ice ❄️
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Arthur Ransome @aransome.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Very wise words from @jauzfaktnevim.cz …
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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Standing by the bus stop, children breathing fumes from idling cars - totally normalised. #VehicleExhaustIsToxic @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
To @aransome.bsky.social @tarsociety.bsky.social and the crew, Explorers, pirates, natives too, Here's lots of cheers from me to you. #swallowsandamazons #arthurransome
Follow the arrows and the little people will send you a Christmas message.Go to Winter Holiday to translate!
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid. Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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Cheryl T. @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy solstice, and let the light shine in! #pnw #wawx #WinterSolstice
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A snowy farm scene from the 1970s. A hedge, wooden pig-sties, a dutch barn with hay bales and a wooden tractor shed.
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Spring and Autumn with sheep.
A foggy day with frost on the grass and three sheep grazing.triplet lambs
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This time of year a few years ago.
A wintery view looking down from the top of a hill near Naseby, Northants. Cattle are grazing in the middle distance and ridges and furrows are seen in a further field.
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Ruth Harding @farmerruth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Holly bush with lots of nice,red berries.
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🌱 "The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway." —Michael Pollan
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