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James Godfrey

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Used to fly spacecraft, now only fly a bicycle

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#OnThisDay 🔟 years ago, 30 September 2016, ESA's Rosetta mission ended with a landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 12 years after its journey started 🧪🔭 @esa.int @science.esa.int @cnes.fr @dlr-de.bsky.social @operations.esa.int #Space #History #SpaceHistory
The picture shows an artist's impression of the Rosetta lander on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mic drop moment at our event on the sidelines of #labconf26 in Liverpool, when @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter from Tom Watson showing Palantir has tracked his mentioning them nearly 130 times. Is there anything Palantir doesn’t want to know about us?
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the security forces were aware of the suspected bomb plot, why have the suspects been released on bail? Is it just me or does something not add up? Or has Wes been telling porkies? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, hints defence secretary
Wes Streeting indicates farmer who alerted police and said security forces had ‘dropped the ball’ only ‘had a partial picture’
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating how the Star Tracker on NASA's Juno spacecraft was repurposed as a low light camera www.newscientist.com/article/2579...
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Jupiter’s deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them | New Scientist
NASA researcher Heidi Becker has photographed sublime sights around Jupiter that have never been seen before, from its ghostly rings to the dark sides of its moons. And she does it all with an instrum...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Refugees help out at Tyneside beach clean-up “I felt like giving back to the community by volunteering at nurdle cleaning at the Beach, my participation in the effort symbolises me as a Newcastle resident, not necessarily an asylum seeker” northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Refugees help out at Tyneside beach clean-up
“I felt like giving back to the community by volunteering at nurdle cleaning at the Beach, my participation in the effort symbolises me as a Newcastle resident, not necessarily an asylum seeker”
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.newscientist.com/article/2532...
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Can everyone live a ‘good life’ without destroying the planet? | New Scientist
Cutting back on our use of energy and materials so that we live within Earth’s means can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But after a decade grappling with these problems, a historic Portuguese ...
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.newscientist.com/article/2532...
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Can everyone live a ‘good life’ without destroying the planet? | New Scientist
Cutting back on our use of energy and materials so that we live within Earth’s means can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But after a decade grappling with these problems, a historic Portuguese ...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fabulous
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 23/09/2026
We reveal how, in 2018, Lennon’s desire to make money led to a cocaine-fuelled trip to Tate’s mansion chasing $1 million, before morphing into smearing Tate’s victims. hopenothate.org.uk/lennon-wreck...
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Lennon Wrecks A Big Potential Payday
Despite the accusations against Andrew Tate of rape, human trafficking and assault, Stephen Lennon has not only continued to back him, but has attacked his accusers. We reveal how, in 2018, Lennon’s d...
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Hobbit Day! May the hair on your toes never fall out
The Hobbit cover artwork by Tolkien
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love it that the European Space Agency thinks its employees need instructions on how to use a pedestrian crossing
A sign at the European Space Agency giving instructions on how to use a pedestrian crossing
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excellent
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny how Farage & the far right keep lying about the ratio of non-white & Muslim rapist & paedophiles and never mentioning horrific abuse by all white gangs ... memes via Chris Payne
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Probably one of the greatest speeches on kindness and intelligence ever given! 👏👏👏 [SOUND ON 🔊]
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
💥 On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page below to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, 61% of the UK public for joining, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign and share everywhere please. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Richard Moorhead @richardmoorhead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RNLI donation page. Save lives, support a great institution, send a message rnli.org/support-us/g...
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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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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 16/09/2026
Summer in Europe may be coming to an end, but the Red Planet is still us giving raspberry ripple ice cream vibes in this latest image from #MarsExpress 🍦 Explore the image and find about more about this cliff of ice near Mars's south pole 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪 #planetsci
A purple-pink-coloured patch of Mars, which is lighter on the left and darker on the right. A dark line runs from the top centre towards the bottom right, dividing the light and dark areas. At the centre of the image is a sharp light-coloured crater. Less sharp craters are scattered over the rest of the image. At the bottom left is a bright white-blue triangular patch, it looks icy. A small scale bar at the bottom right indicates that north is to the right, and that a line approximately one tenth of the image width is 50 km long.
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 04/10/2025
This. Is. Brilliant.
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Live long and prosper 🖖 www.startrek.com/en-un/news/s...
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Star Trek Boldly Celebrates 60 Years: Everything You Need To Know for September 8
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 07/09/2026
Opinion | Reform UK conference attendees attacking protesters could be a defining moment for the party 🖋️ John Oxley Read more: trib.al/9FVYwId
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Friedrich Merz enabled the AFD surge by trying to outflank them with his own racism and anti-woke populism. But all the idiot ultimately did was destroy his own party's ability to argue for practical, future-oriented policies that stand against the AFD's scapegoatism.
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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 05/09/2026
You don't really get the full picture of the walking stick incident until you watch both angles at the same time... (Left via @climate_resist , right via Franceinfo on TikTok) First full speed, then slo-mo and annotated.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Note to #r4today No need to studiously avoid mentioning Farage. As FT confirms: “Does this affect Farage directly? Yes. The sting shows Farage meeting the fake father and son after the polls were published” And thanking them both for the proposed donation. Guilty. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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What are the latest claims against Nigel Farage?
A sting operation has abruptly overturned the Reform UK leader’s attempt to put financing scandals behind him
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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 03/09/2026
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL CONFIRMED! 🎉🛰️ #BepiColombo telemetry shows the Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated from the spacecraft stack! ✅ First step of Mercury arrival phase - complete! 👏 Next stop: Mercury orbit insertion for MPO and Mio in November! @esa.int #JAXA #Mercury
First signal after seperation from BepiColombo
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Farewell Cluster after 26 years - Not bad for a mission designed for 2 & still generating data up to and during its destruction
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Tricia Alderson 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 @tricia-a.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No only has children's lung function improved, air-pollution-related deaths have fallen by around 40%, and clean-air measures have been linked to fewer emergency hospital admissions for heart problems. Imagine being against clean air 🤦🏼‍♀️
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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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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our climate is getting drier. And yet our water supplies are still controlled by private companies whose primary function is to make (huge) profits for shareholders - at whatever cost to our wellbeing... Bring our water back into public ownership! @greenparty.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Since privatisation, England's water companies have borrowed £83bn, paid £88.4bn in dividends. 35% of customer bills cover financial costs. Under-investment is the norm At the current rate of investment it will take 700 years to replace the water network. Govts obsessed with privatisation.
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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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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Drilling for more oil in the north sea would have far more negative consequences than any benefits. We need to leave it in the ground. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 24/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS: Everyone knows Farage Fest’s temporary event notice was refused. But what does that actually mean? JJ Jackson digs into the licensing questions others haven’t answered.
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Exclusive analysis: the licensing questions nobody has answered about Farage Fest
A temporary event notice for “Farage Fest” was refused. Reform says none was needed. We examine the licensing questions that remain unanswered
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
England water industry was privatized for £7.6bn in 1989. Since then They have extracted £88.4bn in dividends Dumped tons of sewage in rivers Lost 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks Built no new reservoirs They are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but claim to be worth £144bn. Rogues.
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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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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Badenoch says Reform defectors ‘some of the most dishonest people I have met’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202... She's not wrong, but she seemed happy enough to serve in government with them, not very long ago
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Badenoch says Reform defectors ‘some of the most dishonest people I have met’
Tory leader rules out coalition with Farage’s party and says ‘drama queens’ who left will not be welcomed back
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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#OTD: 22 August 2004, ESA's Mars Express spacecraft captures the highest resolution images to date of martian moon Phobos, at less than 200 km🧪🔭 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @esa.int @dlr-de.bsky.social @dlr-en.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @science.esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social
The image shows the Mars-facing side of the moon Phobos, in shades of grey and covered in various sizes of craters, against the blackness of space, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about 7 metres per pixel during orbit 756, on 22 August 2004.
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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 21/08/2026
“By reconnecting river systems with the surrounding area and creating natural sponges in the landscape, we’ve created a system that stores water during drought, keeping wetlands and the surrounding habitats healthy” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 21/08/2026
Want to experience for yourself what it’s like to help operate a spacecraft? 🛰️ Register for @esa.int's 11th Mission Operations Hands-on Experience by 31 August 2026, 12:00 CET. 📆26–30 October 2026 📍ESA’s ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany 🔗https://indico.esa.int/event/622/ Don’t miss it! 📷ESA/J.Mai
Panoramic view of ESA’s Main Control Room at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), with operators seated at a large circular arrangement of workstations surrounded by computer monitors displaying spacecraft and mission data. Large wall screens show maps, telemetry, launch imagery, and status dashboards, while electronic boards list spacecraft names and operational information. The room features a distinctive honeycomb-patterned ceiling with hundreds of small lights, glass-walled observation areas on both sides, and illuminated ESA logos above the main control area.
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Take a flight around Schiaparelli Crater with Mars Express
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Oh no - how will they ever afford it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates
New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thames Water breached pensions regulations, didn't value pension scheme as required. TW breaches laws/rules Dumps raw sewage in rivers Numerous criminal convictions Breaches terms of its licence Pays exec bonuses forbidden by law Still allowed to trade, fleece customers.
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Thames Water faces fresh threat to survival after pensions regulation breach
Thames Water, which could run out of cash as soon as December, failed to complete a valuation of its pension scheme by the statutory deadline
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boughtwinrar.bsky.social @boughtwinrar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Bill Nye The Science Guy explains Global Warming (May 12, 2019)
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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