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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 5h

#NonFlintFriday. Lovely new paper on Neanderthal wooden tools from Abric Romaní in Catalonia: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... . I was lucky to visit the site a few years ago, loved it (some picture from my visit).

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Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 05/10/2026

🥳We are very excited to see work starting on one of our biggest ever wetland restoration sites. Now, after lots of planning and preparation, the diggers have arrived to turn an area almost the size of Hyde Park into a thriving wetland. Read more here www.wildlifebcn.org/news/work-st...

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cars are speeding down the B1102 through Swaffham Prior and it's too dangerous for everyone, especially kids walking to school. Other local villages got their speed limits dropped, so why not us? Let's get it lowered to 30mph before someone gets hurt. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

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Make Swaffham Prior safer: Drop the B1102 speed limit to 30mph!

Cars are flying down the B1102, making it really dangerous for kids and pedestrians. Other villages have lowered their limits - let's make it happen here too. Please sign the petition to help out.

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Facebook ban urgently needed for gullible old people

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So touched by this series. I have identified at so many levels. Initially it was about class, but ultimately highlighted the precious bonds of family & friendship. As Nick said, it’s like timelapse photography of a flower, watching it blossom and then fade away. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/09/2026

I'd misclassified Rupert Lowe as a Twitter thing. But he's now *really* gaming Facebook's new algorithm with a mixture of 'remigration' and 'who remembers' memes. Crazy levels of engagement and he's all over the feed of every boomer I know regardless of their politics. www.facebook.com/rupertlowemep

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This amazing lifelike horse with flared nostrils and bulging eyes — was carved in reindeer antler around 15,000 years ago in southwest #France. Crafted with flint blades, it was found in Le Mas d’Azil cave. #IceAge #Art

This astonishingly lifelike neighing horse — with flared nostrils and bulging eyes — was carved in reindeer antler around 15,000 years ago in southwest #France. Crafted with simple flint blades, it was found in Le Mas d’Azil cave.

The cave of Mas-d'Azil or Grotte du Mas d'Azil is a large, 500 metre long tunnel dug by the Arize River through a wall of the Massif Plantaurelin, part of the Ariege Pyrenees. Secondary caves leading off the main tunnel were occupied at various prehistoric and historic times during a period of 20 000 years, and the objects found there gave the name of the cave to a prehistoric culture, the Azilian.

It was excavated by Edouard Piette in the 19th century, who interpreted the halter-like marks on animal heads as being evidence of the domestication of reindeer and horses. The entry of the Arize which marks the beginning of the cave to the south consists of a 51 m high and 48 m wide hole in the massive limestone wall. A main road, the D119 passes through the central section of the cave.

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 04/09/2026

It's Friday so here's something fun. An Irish radio documentary from 2010, which I only recently heard about. In 1985, two boys from Dublin decided to go on a journey. An extraordinary journey. They didn't tell their parents. Listen: www.rte.ie/radio/docono...

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Don't Go Far...

Your dinner's nearly ready! A multi award-winning documentary telling of the adventure of two Dublin children in August 1985 who chanced a free ride on the DART and ended up in New York. (2011)

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you for sharing this. Hugely entertaining and great fun, although I had a passing thought that in this day and age they’d end up in an ICE detention centre.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/09/2026

James Orr who features in the report by Channel 4 News on Reform's political donations has been the subject of another investigation 👇 by @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is much better than the Channel 4 coverage btw as its from the person who did the investigation (full kudos to C4 broadcasting and checking it, wouldn’t have the attention it needed without) m.youtube.com/watch?v=RugP...

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My Year Undercover in Reform UK

YouTube video by Verbatim Investigations

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is a first rate investigation of Reform’s dodgy dealings by C4 News. Would be good if other broadcasters did similar.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The minor changes offered by Meta following the US court case will not apply in the UK Why are our politicians so fearful of challenging the tech oligarchs who enable racism, fascism, and glorification of violence? They should grow a pair and protect us leftfootforward.org/2026/08/why-...

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Why isn’t the government using its power to stop social media causing so much damage?

As dangerous driving videos spread online, former MEP Molly Scott Cato asks why the government is pretending it is powerless to hold big tech to account

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Professional wordsmiths at the BBC are mixing up their modal auxiliary verbs, accidentally positioning Reform as a government in waiting. The use of 'will' signals the future tense carrying implied certainty, rather than the hypothetical scenario suggested by 'would.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing

Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Have you considered investing in a jam funnel?

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Look Peter! I can see Julia Fartly Brewer, Sarah Whine, Isabel Cokeshot & all the right wing press doing a collective knife sharpening in preparation for Meghan’s return.”

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Curious to see where our #OCAArchTeam made some of its most incredible discoveries on the @sizewellc.bsky.social project? Explore our new interactive map where you can pinpoint the locations of finds, including a Neanderthal handaxe, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, & a Roman pottery kiln, to name a few!

An Iron age ladder mid-excavation sits in a deep pit with water at the bottom. It is formed of two uprights with two rungs.

Two archaeologists are stood in the middle of an excavated feature. One archaeologist is kneeling down trowelling while the other stood smiling with two thumbs-up.

An archaeologist is bent over excavting a feature. In the background sits the remains of Leiston Abbey.

A shallow pit that has been half-excavated. Two pairs of hands are carefully cleaning around the remains of a pot which sits at the base of the feature.

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Extremely photogenic wasp spider lurking in my polytunnel. Noticing gradual increase in these over the last couple of years.

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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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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is thoroughly delightful. The Clangers’ guide to eclipses, made in 2015 for a partial eclipse. (and I presume, overseen by the wonderful Daniel Postgate, a kind and brilliant soul, so sadly missed.) www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/wat...

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Clangers and the Solar Eclipse

Tiny and Small Clanger learn about solar eclipses. Major Clanger makes special eclipse glasses for everyone to wear so they can watch a solar eclipse safely.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Haywain 2026

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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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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Read our full statement on the future of the Mackintosh Building in Glasgow here: tinyurl.com/79ch8bvn 🧵 Main Entrance Glasgow School of Art, July 2009 no 2. Photo: Jörg Bittner Unna

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It’s 25 years since we lost Douglas Adams. I am happy to have been able to get a reference to him into this piece in the FT about why the humanities are essential www.ft.com/content/fbde...

It is 25 years since the death of Douglas Adams. He was prescient in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in
concluding that finding the answer to life, the universe and everything was not that difficult - it was 42. But the hard part was understanding the question. The humanities are here to help us make sense of the questions of our time.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As of 4pm today the candidates were confirmed, & the race for the Clacton by-election is officially on between @countbinface.bsky.social & Farage. Here's our parody of "Englishman in New York" by #Sting - titled "Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - to reflect on the challenger 🎶🚀#noAI youtu.be/9NH5JpqrIzY

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"Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - Marsh Family parody of "Englishman in New York" about Binface v Farage

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Veronica in the Fens ~ My Heart in Nature @veronicainthefens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Wow, that was truly amazing, the Strawberry Full Moon rising over Ely Cathedral this evening. Seen from Little Downham outside of Ely, Cambridgeshire 😍🌝 I didn’t think it was going to shine through the clouds, but it certainly did 🙏🏻🥰 #Fullmoon #strawberrymoon #ElyCathedral #amazing #Wonderful

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’ve asked myself the same question. He must have friends in high places.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy #4thJuly to our friends & supporters in the USA. To mark the 250th anniversary we've re-adapted the British popular 18th-century song "The Anacreontic Song" (later the US anthem #StarSpangledBanner) to reflect on how it's going. Downloadable: shorturl.at/XluJK ❤️🇺🇸🎶 youtu.be/eQ67oapo-To

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"Star-Spangled Banner" - Marsh Family adaptation of the US National Anthem for 250th 4th of July Day

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Beautifully sung! Love the way the clever minor key and harmonic tension pose questions about the current state of the USA. Altogether excellent

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026

This is remarkable.

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Fascinating little film about resurrecting ‘ghost ponds’.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has unveiled a billboard campaign across the UK to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum today. The billboards call out Reform leader Nigel Farage’s £5 million "reward for campaigning for Brexit, whilst people across the country feel the pinch."

Lib Dem billboard of Nigel Farage laughing, captioned "Ten years on… do you feel better off?" above a Telegraph headline "Farage: I was given £5m as a reward for Brexit". Orange Lib Dem placards in the foreground.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Industrial supertrawlers are tearing through the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, wiping out marine life at an alarming rate & impacting the livelihoods of small-scale fishing communities. Please sign the @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social petition calling for the government to ban supertrawlers from our MPAs.

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Sign the petition

Emma Reynolds: stop the industrial fishing frenzy

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21/06/2026

History has hatched in London. For the first time in over 360 years, pelican chicks have successfully been born in St. James’s Park. These four new arrivals mark a monumental milestone for wildlife in the heart of our capital.

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More Beaks To Feed! Pelican Chicks Born At St James's Park For The First Time

Four additions to the feathered family.

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Jill Bourne @jillrb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Felt quite mournful on hearing that the ‘Major Oak’ has died. Photos are from a visit to Sherwood Forest a few years ago. These ancient oaks brought to mind Tolkien’s ‘Ents’ and ‘Treebeard’, the oldest living creature. #MajorOak

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