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Heather B

@heatcb.bsky.social
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Founder at zaliwa.co.uk Big fan of animals, sceptical of humans. From 🇬🇧 Lived in 🇲🇽 🇰🇪 Now in 🇦🇪

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Cheshire Dog Lady (thoroughly irritated since 2010). @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good thread on the utility of LLMs but these questions particularly resonated
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Asylum seeking people don’t have the freedom to work, they don’t even have the freedom to shop using cash or choose where to shop, in temp accommodation they don’t have the freedom to cook or choose their own food - honestly this headline is batshit
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe can get in the bin. Maybe the UK might be in a better state if wealthy people put their money back into the system instead of going to Monaco? Or perhaps they could donate some of their huge wealth to needy causes?
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Futurism @futurism.com · 18/09/2026
That's one way to put it.
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Microsoft Director Privately Admitted AI Was the "Largest Theft of Labor in Human History," Unsealed Court Documents Show
Newly unredacted court documents reveal damning statements by two AI executives in a landmark case about intellectual property.
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Demand school uniforms free from chemicals and microplastics! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/1a...
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Demand school uniforms free from chemicals and microplastics!
Chemicals and microplastics in school uniforms are a risk to children's health UK school uniforms are overwhelmingly made from polyester – a plastic-based fibre that sheds microplastics – and made wi...
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pale Blue Dot (1994) On it, everyone you ever heard of... The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant,
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026
There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In the latest episode of humans are shit. Today I was at an ice cream parlour & a lady came in with a live Toucan in a closed transparent bag. The poor bird was clearly distressed & trying to escape. She was treating this living being like it was an accessory. It completely broke my heart.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Congrats to all those MP's who have voted to subject terminally ill people to months more pain and suffering when they could have a choice to end their pain in a manner of their choosing. Well done. Top work. I'm sure you'll all be devoting yourselves to improving pallative care now. Oh.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolutely gutted about the Assisted Dying Bill
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh. My. God. Who needs this. I don’t need AI recaps of my day. I lived it. If anything happened worth remembering I’ll use that thing inside my head to keep a memory of it. I’m so done with this dystopia
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/09/2026
So, we’re in a race between AI and climate change to see what destroys the world faster?
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Community: Darkest Timeline
ALT: Community: Darkest Timeline
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They're now just targeting random groups of dark-skinned people. What's going to have to happen before the government starts taking this seriously? www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politic...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Deeply depressing there are so many young people who get their kicks from killing & maiming innocent animals. Given they then upload the footage to TikTok the Govt should be calling on the platform to take greater responsibility to trace culprits & remove footage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than 40 parakeets killed in south-east London park
The Greenwich Wildlife Network says the birds have been killed by young people using catapults.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is so dystopian. I feel increasingly sorry for young people with every passing day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The firms turning recruitment into X Factor-style competitions
Applicants have to pitch their ideas on stage in front of a panel of judges and an audience. But is this exciting or unfair?
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bravo Ed Milliband
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘You, Boy! Get me a walking stick. I’m off to hit loads of women on the head who disagree with me!’
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is FASCINATING. Love it. Am going to lose hours of my life drawing random lives.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ‘British values’ brigade in action.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know this isn’t really a blow your own trumpet kind of place but my little business opened its doors today and I’m feeling quite proud of it. zaliwa.co.uk
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Zaliwa - Circularity, Creativity, Conservation
Zaliwa brings you handcrafted homeware and accessories made by Kenyan artisans who upcycle waste materials using traditional skills. Sustainably crafted, beautifully designed - ethical products with a...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know this isn’t really a blow your own trumpet kind of place but my little business opened its doors today and I’m feeling quite proud of it. zaliwa.co.uk
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Zaliwa - Circularity, Creativity, Conservation
Zaliwa brings you handcrafted homeware and accessories made by Kenyan artisans who upcycle waste materials using traditional skills. Sustainably crafted, beautifully designed - ethical products with a...
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Hope For Ukraine @hfu.org · 01/09/2026
Every time volunteers feed abandoned pets they not only give the food but also their unconditional love and attention 🐱🐶🇺🇦 Support Hope Pets Project donate.hfu.org/campaign/781... One book. Hundreds of stories. Ordinary lives, extraordinary courage: www.amazon.com/s?k=defiant+...
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The scale of this problem is growing and growing. Please stop buying fast fashion and polyester clothing. If you want to buy from people who are playing a part in solving this issue check out zaliwa.co.uk (launching this week!)
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Zaliwa
Zaliwa brings you handcrafted homeware and accessories made by Kenyan artisans who upcycle waste materials using traditional skills. Sustainably crafted, beautifully designed - ethical products with a...
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This 👇
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hey, the government is letting a few greedy fishing companies overfish our UK waters, destroying marine life and local fishers’ livelihoods. Join me and sign the urgent petition to fight back: action.greenpeace.org.uk/stop-overfis...
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Stop Greedy Fishing Corporations
The UK government is putting big business over the health of our precious UK waters and coastal communities - this betrayal ends now.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How can anyone look at the devastating scenes in Nepal and continue to deny the impacts of climate change?
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is it me or has EU regulation become increasingly bureaucratic since the U.K. left the EU and the voice that tempered these things left the table. I’m setting up a small business and I’ve been blown away by the requirements to sell into the EU and the implications of regs that are coming
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh no not Dolly!
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A group of six boys kicked a defenceless, critically endangered, pregnant hedgehog to death. What kind of sick mentality drives them to do that? I can only hope they are caught and karma reaches them. Vile. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Castleford Hedgehog Rescue appeal after hedgehog 'kicked to death'
The hedgehog was injured after being "kicked around like a football" and later died, an animal charity says.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One day, people in power will be asked what they did during the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians… And they’ll be able to say …we kept sending Israel arms, trading with them and issued a joint statement.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Not a success story for the tuna involved. Also killing the first one you find is hardly evidence of successful marine conservation. Indeed it is completely the opposite.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is the natural evolution of Zuckerberg’s first project, harassing college girls by putting their faces next to each other and having the campus rate who was hotter.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/08/2026
Woah.
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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 17/08/2026
I always thought the Beatles biopics were a bad idea. This image only seems to confirm that.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Would it now?
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/08/2026
Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️ Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
A table of top temperatures so far. The highest currently at 37.6°C at Charlwood.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WORLD MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN HISTORY Middle East is living something extraordinary with weeks >50C and nights 35/40C in dozens of stations. Records are broken everywhere, every day. Today it was QATAR HOTTEST AUGUST DAY IN HISTORY 49.0 Abu Samra. It will get worse and worse.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
First time I’ve ever been pro Wetherspoons but there you go!
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
That is because you didn’t put litter in a bin. You littered. If the bin is full take your litter home.
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