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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 51m

.. and here in Britain people still drive what takes a 15 minutes to walk in their diesel SUVs to buy a coffee or walk their dog in the countryside a 15-minute-bus-ride-away 🙄 Cognitive dissonance or pure selfishness?

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please say no to pesticides and herbicides. Cocktails of these chemicals in fields, gardens, parks, verges and community spaces are poisoning bees, birds, hedgehogs, butterflies, beetles, frogs, damselflies and more, while running off into rivers too. Let's give nature a chance!

Butterfly perched on white flower on bramble

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 1h

Not just hypocrisy but abject feebleness & cowardice too. Both Reform and Conservative parties running scared of scrutiny by good journalism.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 1h

Hurrah! .. expose this "pure" racist in court!

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Wildlife Matters Org @wildlife-matters.bsky.social · 4h

Dive into the enchanting world of Moles in this week's episode of the Wildlife Matters podcast! They might not be the traditional heroes of a story, but we're here to change that perception. Join us as we unravel the classic folklore tale, "Why the Mole Loves Don't miss out tune in now #podcast

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 5h

Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”

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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really

Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 1h

The theme of the #BirdOfTheDay today is #BestBeaks so for me it's a the no-brainer Swiss-knife beak of the amazing Fulmar here a pair showing off their wonders on the cliff face east of Brighton Marina .. #ECK

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 3h

We're nuts on trees! 🌰 🌳 🧡 October is a brilliant time to look down as well as up when you’re out walking. Scotland’s trees are dropping some fascinating nuts (and seeds) right now. 🍂 Next time you're out walking, keep an eye on the woodland floor! Let us know what you spot 👇️ #AutumnInScotland

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 19h

The Shocking Pinks!!! At some point, there will be a natural conclusion to the Vestal images from Cley but this might well be the Vestal to out-Vestal all others. Today's field-fringe visitor was the most outrageous one we've seen anywhere. Wow! @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 17h

Nasturtiums without colour #allotmentlife in 🖤 & 🤍

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 18h

The strimmers were out at the #allotment today so with all bird song drowned out I decided to dabble in a bit of Black & White which was fun and suited my mood #allotmentlife in #blackandwhite food + water = life 1/3

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19h

🔥 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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Gary Evans B.Sc. ADHD @bluecloudacademy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We have both #wolves & #lynx here in Germany, but hunters still do the bulk of the work of keeping wild boar & deer in check. This will change as lynx spread out of the three regions they were reintroduced into. rewildingeurope.com/rew-project/...

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Reintroduction of lynx in Germany | Rewilding Europe

Originally, the Eurasian lynx colonized all of the larger forest and forest steppe areas in northern and central Eurasia. In the middle of the 20th century, the spread of lynx reached its lowest level...

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One deceased iconic ocean-traveller that can undertake some of the longest migrations in the marine world flanked by two "hard-working" wankers.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Sparrow decline in Berlin: structural, not mysterious" Sparrows need #chatrooms #breedingplaces #food #space

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A massive more-money-than-sense plonker just parked his brute of a Ford SUV, black of course, just below my flat, walked 40 yards to buy a take-away drink, returned, switched engine on while drinking his highly priced beverage & fiddled with his phone for 10 mins. Off to #allotment joy & sanity 😊

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I still remember Esther Rantzen on That’s Life holding up a small ad from a Local Authority in the early 70s advertising for an Equal Pay Officer but offering a lower wage for women. I’m part of generation of teenagers mildly radicalised by amusing trivia.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If we had the mind & the wisdom in this farmed land to plant one field for man & one for #Nature what a game-changer it'd be for birds, insects, mammals & all life. Today just north of Rottingdean where land is left uncultivated 4 nature .. it was ringing with #Skylarks jousting above me.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can anyone tell me why so many people stop thinking straight after they reach 65?

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'If emissions continue while we wait for complete evidence, the pollution does not wait with us. It may still be present decades later, when the science is much clearer.' Can we afford to let new forms of PFAS to build up, then find out later we shouldn't have? theconversation.com/high-levels-...

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High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Lancashire residents’ blood – what I’ve learned from studying exposed communities for over a decade

Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Three views of one of Iceland's ice caves, taken in November 2020. Not many tourists in the country then so I thought I'd take the opportunity to visit when it wasn't too crowded. Wish I'd had longer! #Iceland #Canon5Dmarkiii

View in an ice cave - literally a chamber under a glacier. Some people can be seen at the end giving it some scale. There's a hole at the end letting in light, and the ceiling is a crazy turquoise sculpture.

A triangular view out of an ice cave with pale brown almost desert-like mountains visible in the distance under blue skies. There's some reflection of the light on the scalloped ice inside.

Looking out of the ice cave where a man is just visible silhouetted against the lighter entrance. Lots of different shades of blue and green and turquoise on the ceiling and walls of the cave, with some snowy bits on the right where a hole in the ice lets the elements in.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The remnant of an old drover's way I call "Ivy Lane" for some reason was filled w life .. not many Ivy bees but still a life-affirming place 2 visit in Autumn. Above, among the usual suspects, a patrolling & somewhat harassed Buzzard + what looked like a Raven with a butterfly on its beak 🧐 1/3 #ivy

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hail to near inanimate life when you have no long lens, no camera tripod and sometimes a shaky hand 😊 #allotmentlife

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I do hope he sues, as it's always fun watching two super-rich b*stards falling out ...

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This plant-trees-mania is all part of our relentless need to DIY due to our lost connection to Nature and profound loss of humility in deference to her and her ability to do it so wisely herself.

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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Queenborough, yesterday. The Blackshorts were stopping the migrants from coming ashore to roost..

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you think them noisy goldfinches will nick our hats today? Nah .. I reckon we scare them like we do the crows. #allotmentlife

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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Storming speech from Andy Burnham. I expect Chris Mason will be along soon, to get Nigel Farage's opinion on it.

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A couple of impressive non-insects from my recent trip to Jersey: the tube-web spider, Segestria florentina and a House Centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata. Both quote common. First time I have seen either. Both stopped me in my tracks!

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Coming soon, big improvements to route mode. For the car: options to avoid tolls and highways; highlighting electric charging stations. For the bike: options to follow a river, the forest, to avoid noise (vroom), car traffic, cobblestones, stairs."

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We need to learn from the Indigenous peoples throughout the world and fast.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had real problems keeping up with this one speed-flitting through the fruit trees today .. but it's here 🥰 so grateful for inanimate life sometimes 😊 #chiffchaff #allotmentlife

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pyralis farinalis (Meal Moth) was NFY last night - and what a smart micro it is! #teammoth

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some images of a walk through the amazing Seiland National Park way north of the Arctic Circle in my homeland, Norway. Artists have carved some of the local inhabitants. The living ones can be observed along the route if you're very lucky and very quiet. A place in my dreams.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man with hat sitting having his lunch on an apple tree leaf #allotmentlife

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your non-critical-thinking base will be "missing something" Nige but that's the point is't it! The Fairford men had not been charged. Thomas had. One decision was made by police during active investigation. The other was made by a court after criminal proceedings had begun. Check out Bail Act 1976!

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Even ONE billionaire is sickness, an oozing sore that needs to be removed for a society to thirive.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Marilyn Owl' Homage to Andy Warhol and all owls #OwlishMonday 🤍

Four squares featuring the same portrait of a barn owl looking out at the viewer in different colour combinations. Top left: purple on yellow orange. Top right: red on light blue. Bottom left: pink on light blue-turquoise. Bottom right: dark green on light pink. Linocut, Maria Strutz

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Twitter gave The Bear an audience, friendships and millions of views. It also consumed hours of his life and exposed him to relentless abuse. A year after leaving, he looks back at what it cost – and what he gained.

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A year without Twitter: what I lost when I walked away

A year after quitting Twitter, The Bear reflects on readers, income and sanity involved in walking away

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