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Tweeting in a personal capacity. Retweets aren’t endorsements. Encouraging communities to appreciate the assets they have close to home.

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 18h
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Day 5 foghorn Flatholm @greenflagwales.keepwalestidy.cymru
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Noswaith dda @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Day 4 sheerlegs Batchworth 1976
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Day 3 farm dog working
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Day 2 Kelham Island Museum
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Day 1 Grafton Steam Dredger 1934 Now @NWMuseum but in bits. Sadly. Be nice to see it working for its centenary
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 7 creepy. Moooo
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 6 bonus because I keep forgetting to edit the day number
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 3
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#FingerPostFriday #grosmontpathsgroup at work with support from #MonCountryside and @ramblersgb.bsky.social making finding your way a little simpler @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social #Skenfrith for #ChepstowWalkingFestival
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 5 The Angel Inn, Grosmont @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 4 Richard’s shop
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 4
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 2 VIP visit @greenflagwales.keepwalestidy.cymru
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@TheEconomist 🤔 Kate Bingham said “if you employ the best people then more than half will be women” Quite so
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Day 1 pheasant
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 7 knuckles
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 6 knees (knobbly)
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/09/2026
The real risk of private credit’s involvement in the annuity business ft.trib.al/QhC9JFU | opinion
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The real risk of private credit’s involvement in the annuity business
The critical issue is liquidity and ensuring that long-term promises to pay retirement benefits are met
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 5 knocker
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Cadwch Gymru'n Daclus | Keep Wales Tidy @keepwalestidy.cymru · 17/09/2026
What’s stopping you? 😎 Litter Picking Hubs across Wales have everything you need to make a difference! ✅ Kit provided ✅ 10–15 minutes is plenty ✅ Kids can join in ✅ No commitment ✅ Bags collected for you
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Thinking of/with antiwar activist A. J. Muste:
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Once a reporter asked him, "Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?" A.J. Muste replied softly: "Oh I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me.
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 4 knapsack
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 3 knoll
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Morning walk and an autumnal #AbergavennyAlp #SugarLoaf @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social
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Cadwch Gymru'n Daclus | Keep Wales Tidy @keepwalestidy.cymru · 14/09/2026
The first @ecoschoolswales.keepwalestidy.cymru newsletter of the school year is here! Catch up on all the latest news and opportunities🌱 bit.ly/46o2Vu1
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 2 knitted
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn . . . Day 1 knob
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🤔
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
LAST DAY TO APPLY 🚨 We're hiring a Director of External Affairs to help deliver our ambitious three-year strategy. - Full time, 35 hours per week - £80,548 - Hybrid, 2 days per week in our Westminster office - Apply by: 9am, Monday 14 September bit.ly/4wIYQwt
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Work with us - Liberty
Come and join our team
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 7 mug shot
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 6 is that a chicken?
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#grosmontpathsgroup cleared stiles around Llangua this morning. Thanks, as ever, to #MonLife and @ramblersgb.bsky.social for their support
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 5 it is a bit red because it is saw
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 5 it lived up to it’s name. Shears #RoughneckTools ☹️
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 5 a yard
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/09/2026
The hospitality industry fears a tourist tax will deter visitors – the evidence says otherwise
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The hospitality industry fears a tourist tax will deter visitors – the evidence says otherwise
Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbers
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 4 a bear wall
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/09/2026
EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...
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Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
this is a strong column in which he argues the Channel 4 sting may blow over in short term because it’s quite complicated conversely that’s the reason the £5m gift is so damaging you don’t need to be genius to wonder whether a politician should take such a huge personal gift from a crypto tycoon
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 3 Bristol surely?
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice"
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Annual economic benefits: •2.8 % of global GDP in 2035 •11.4 % of global GDP in 2100 In comparison, 2.18 % of global GDP was spent on explicit fossil fuel subsidies in 2022 and 9.3 % of global GDP was spent on healthcare in 2023. www.ccacoalition.org/news/un-ever...
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UN: Every US$1 invested in climate and clean-air action can return US$15
The economic value of action
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 2 rubbish ice cream
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🦇 New vacancy: we are looking for a part-time Project Manager (maternity cover) for our Connecting People and Landscapes project: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... Can be carried out substantially from home, with attendance at BCT’s office in, London as needed. Deadline: 09:30am, 5 October.
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Connecting People and Landscapes Project Manager - Maternity Cover - Jobs / Contracts - Bat Conservation Trust
Part-time, fixed-term contract providing maternity cover until February 2028. This role can be carried out substantially from home, with attendance at B...
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Day 1 rose bowl
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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oops Global cost of disasters cost $450bn pa.Up to 62% uninsured Makes net zero sound cheap.
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