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Fiona Dolman

@fionadolman.bsky.social
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Actor. Currently Sarah Barnaby in Midsomer Murders. Proud ambassador for Hospice UK - @hospiceuk.bsky.social and Patron for www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Easy to be dismissive of government's long term climate plans when global emissions keep rising, but it's important to recognise how remarkable the latest fossil fuel phase out plans from France, the Netherlands, and now Germany are. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536237...
businessgreen.com
'Only the starting line': Germany commits to fossil fuel phase-out by 2045
Europe's largest economy targets complete departure from oil, gas, and coal in new fossil fuel transition roadmap
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Europe's largest economy has just said it will to all intents and purposes stop using oil, coal, and gas in less than 20 years. A child born today will leave full time education into a European economy that should be almost fully decarbonised.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That the authorities have yet to do anything about this terrible man and his followers is very telling. bsky.app/profile/yeom...
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not much joy around at the moment but the light last night was extraordinary so thought I’d share. No filters. Just beauty. Have a good week people and be excellent to each other whenever and wherever you can x
Sunset, roses and a sign that says joy
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Given rising interest in the rapidly strengthening El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, I've created a one-page fact sheet succinctly describing what El Niño is, this year's (remarkable) forecast, and potential impacts from California to global scales. [Thread]
JPEG version of a 1-page Factsheet: El Niño 2026-2027: A Potentially Historic Global Climate Event
By Daniel Swain, PhD | August 2026

There is a banner image depicting projected warming of the Pacific Ocean by early winter.

The content begins:
"What is El Niño?
El Niño is the warm phase of a natural cycle, known as El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that occurs roughly every 2-7 years in the tropical Pacific Ocean. During El Niño events, the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warms to well above typical levels. El Niño directly affects local climate in the countries closest to the unusually warm ocean waters, but can also indirectly influence the climate of distant regions thousands of miles away. During the strongest events, El Niño can profoundly affect climate even on global scales, causing temporary planetary warming and disrupting large-scale precipitation patterns..."
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Don’t be afraid to be masculine, laugh more, and phone your mum: letters to our sons, by Stephen Graham, Riz Ahmed, Danny Dyer and other wise men
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Don’t be afraid to be masculine, laugh more, and phone your mum: letters to our sons, by Stephen Graham, Riz Ahmed, Danny Dyer and other wise men
The Adolescence actor and the psychologist Orly Klein asked fathers to write to their sons. The results – from famous dads to the wisdom of strangers – were moving and motivating. Here’s a selection
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
two different paragraphs, two different sections but encourage you to click and read the unsealed (pink) of both of them together. And stop and think about the impact and harm to news media and civil society. /8
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Too much information Met Office
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ALT: Lance Flamme
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I mean obviously it’s not the worst thing about this but displaying “a taxidermied penguin” is a pretty big clue you’re a wanker imo..
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Katie Piper is an extraordinary, courageous, intelligent and extremely beautiful woman. I hope the keyboard warriors have heard her message and really see how ugly and damaged they are and what an ugly and damaged world it is that they are creating.
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thats the Christmas shopping sorted then shop.rnli.org/products/rnl...
shop.rnli.org
RNLI Christmas Knitted Scarf, Navy
Stay warm & festive with the RNLI Christmas knitted scarf. Navy design with lifeboats & icons. Matches the jumper & hat. 100% acrylic, 172x42cm. Handwash only.
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That new secret “safe place” that I came up with 3 months ago for important documents having stupidly decided the old secret “safe place” wasn’t a good one..? Anyone? Ffs
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today is the anniversary of the death of William the Conqueror. Or William the Egalitarian, as he was known at the time.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
With Bayeux Tapestry mania mounting, I thought it worth pointing out that my book about the Norman Conquest begins with a description of the famous embroidery and explains why it's uniquely important. You can read it for free here: shorturl.at/vjjay
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
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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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
In August we revealed the violent pasts of Tommo’s “handpicked” men, who despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality over quantity”, have multiple convictions including violence against women. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/08/13/p...
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Patriot Platform: Danny Tommo’s “handpicked” men convicted of violence against women  – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate exposes the violent men “handpicked” by Danny Tommo for his new ‘Patriot Platform’. Despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality...
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On 13th October 2022 a juvenile bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to Tasmania without stopping – the longest nonstop flight by any animal. It took 11 days at an average speed of 51 kph. Supplementary fun fact: New Zealanders celebrate the return of bar-tailed godwits by ringing cathedral bells.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do World Leaders and CEO’s really think this wont affect them and their families? Is that why they are doing so little? How they stop killing the planet should be the ONLY focus www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Holy smokes an unreal rendition of "I Will Always Love You" by Cynthia Erivo in Vancouver last night to honor Dolly Parton….incredible
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
90% of England’s water industry owned by foreign investors, often holed up in tax havens. Customers treated as cash cows £88.4bn paid in dividends since privatisation 1 trillion litres of water a year, 20% of household supply, lost to leaks. 41trn lost since privatisation. Investment neglected.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover.
A book cover. Wayfarers: The Incredible Story of Animal Migration, by Lev Parikian. It’s mostly blue, with swirling patterns representing movement, and stylised images of various migrating animals (butterflies, terns, a whale, bats, wildebeest, dragonflies, penguins, an arctic fox) dotted about the place.
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Crafting in the sun. Brilliant gift and great fun for kids and adults
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is what knowing your physics well means Original post
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Ffs. Leave them the fuck alone. Leave people the fuck alone. The world is burning and you endlessly “report” this shit? FUCK OFF
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Going to a screening of this next week. Feedback so far has been that the overall message is a positive and galvansing one which would be really welcome. www.nebriefing.org/the-film
nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing
A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My first episode of #MidsomerMurders was made extraordinary by the masterclass in acting given by the incomparable Phyllida Law (and Edward Fox) She was so kind and super funny. My thoughts are with her family who she talked about with such love and pride x
Edward Fox and Phyllida Law in Midsomer Murders
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Monday Morning Kittens
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy
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