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Joy Cole

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Retired glass artist. Along with my husband Peter we were Joia Glass. Northumberland. .

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Heaton community raises £7,000 for Northumberland Wildlife Trust Rothbury Estate Campaign Curvy Sounds launched a raffle featuring a bespoke Tokai Les Paul electric guitar worth around £1,000 earlier in 2026 northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Heaton community raises £7,000 for Northumberland Wildlife Trust Rothbury Estate Campaign
Curvy Sounds launched a raffle featuring a bespoke Tokai Les Paul electric guitar worth around £1,000 earlier in 2026
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The nurdles on our Tyneside coast are back with a vengeance today, both depressing in and of itself but also a clear indication of what will happen periodically over the coming months and years and tides and winds bring some of the many millions of plastic pellets still swirling around in our seas.
Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across Whitley Bay beach, amidst seaweed and sand. Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across North Shields Fish Quay beach, amidst seaweed and sand. Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across a beach, amidst seaweed and sand.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam
Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Went to hospital today. Some who followed me on the other place might remember I had a traumatic eye injury (retinal detachment) a few years ago. I had some worrying symptoms today but thankfully all ok. It was a busy day in A&E and I ended up waiting 5 hours, but this is far from a complaint…
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
6. As far as we can see, the rescuer was okay - though this is bordering on attempted murder. RNLI then headed towards the Solent, AIS off and chased by the far-right. Authorities in Portsmouth likely were warned that people would be offloaded and processed at Gosport, so Thomas rallied activists.
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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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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken. And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Such a great group of friends 🤣 giving each other the ugly pants prank Hilarious 😂 and Fun
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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is clever, and the characters just right. It can't have cost a lot to make (and I don't care how it was made). Fight fire with fire (and find yourselves a Mamdani to front it).
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Annie Kenney was born on this day 1879.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 07/09/2026
The Southport riots in 2024 felt like rage spilling into our streets. The Dover and Portsmouth protests feel far more planned, far more organised. And, frankly, they scare me a hell of a lot more.
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What Happened In Dover and Portsmouth Should Scare Us
Not because hundreds of men protested, but because they appeared disciplined, coordinated and ready to do it again.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Dover and Portsmouth showed us a new kind of far right – and the authorities were caught out | Joe Mulhall
This is a new and dangerous development: a network of vigilantes who have mobilised as politicians and police have failed to act, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children. There’s a problem with that story.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For more info on the nurdle spill and to find out what you can do, scroll through my nurdle posts: bsky.app/search?q=nur... And read: nurdle-hub.vercel.app And sign and share this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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Petition: UK to mandate "zero plastic pellet loss" in line with new EU law ASAP
The EU recently formalised its Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/2365), which mandates risk management plans and independent audits for large handlers. We want the UK to follow suit...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Important thread.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Asan Ginkgo Tree Road, South Korea
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 01/09/2026
As Andy Burnham makes his 1st Commons speech as PM today, I thought this worth a repost. Eleven months ago, I was invited to speak at the @politico.eu Labour Party conference fringe event and asked why the govt was so unpopular, & what I’d have advised them to do. Perhaps they were listening?
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is what 5 volunteers collected from the Fish Quay beach this evening during a thunderstorm, estimated at more than 30kg of nurdles. Again, not my footage.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Not my footage, but video from North Shields Fish Quay beach this evening of crows eating nurdles. Volunteers are saying the quantity of nurdles on the beach today is as it was in the earliest days. Birds eating nurdles face starvation. Just 11 nurdles can lead to a 50% chance of death, 23 to 90%.
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David Smith MP 🌹 @dsnorthnorth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm gutted to hear that nurdles have been seen at Low Hauxley beach. I'm now working with the Mayor and relevant authorities to coordinate a clean-up. If any environmental groups want to reach out my email is david.smith.mp@parliament.uk
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Photographer Rahul Singh just happened to see a crimson sunbird in a banana flower petal on a hot day. After sipping nectar, she played in the water held in the petal. His series of adorable pictures spread across the web, and won a photography award!
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There should be many more initiatives of this kind. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside
Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhere
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Good response from UK Youth to North Tyneside Council’s threatened closure of High Borrans outdoor education centre: www.ukyouth.org/2026/07/outd...
High Borrans is not a one-off. It sits inside a longer, quieter trend of local authority outdoor centres closing, being sold or transferred as councils face impossible budget choices between statutory services and everything else. Local government’s dilemma is real. But national government is asking schools to deliver more enrichment and more outdoor experience at exactly the moment local government capacity to provide it is shrinking. Somewhere between Whitehall’s ambition and the town hall’s balance sheet, young people are the ones losing out.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
PSA: I’ve had two calls (from 07342 120477 & 07342 271876) from people calling to be from the Sim Support Department informing me my sim is out of date & needs to be replaced, which involved being asked for a minor personal detail. It’s a scam - one of the callers lost it when I refused to play ball
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Worth the license fee, right there.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
An excellent article. Do read.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Starting today! www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Caroline Lucas: "We need to recognise that what happened on the streets of Belfast was being orchestrated by the far right, by Elon Musk, by a network of people who actually want this to happen, so it wasn't quite as spontaneous as it looked.. and that has to be stopped"
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 22/05/2026
Intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine are killing and injuring increasing numbers of civilians, forcing people to flee their homes and disrupting humanitarian operations in the country, as the fifth year of the full-scale war grinds on.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A very good article. Our press/media certainly protect Farage, edition.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
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By pocketing £5m, Farage shows he’s unfit for power
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Come on, guys, please let’s get the word out, and spread these articles around. Media complicity in Reform’s rise is truly shameful.
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Do read. app.inews.co.uk/full_page_im...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Pokémon! This species is native only to Madagascar and is famous for its incredible camouflage, perfectly mimicking dead leaves to hide from predators. IG: reptilesupershow Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@scottygb.bsky.social Can you please ask Naga to put Must Watch on instead of this waste of parliamentary time. Ta. Joy
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
@octopus.energy CEO telling it like it is. (Source: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...).
Greg Jackson, the chief executive of green energy company Octopus, argued that drilling for more gas in the North Sea “would have little effect on prices” because the UK is “highly integrated” with the European and global markets.

“The USA is often cited as a case where a lot of drilling has kept prices lower,” he said. “On gas, they’re not as integrated with global markets as we are but their oil is – and as a result you see their petrol prices rising a lot during this crisis despite so much domestic production.

“More UK oil and gas would give more security of supply if governments controlled exports, but I don’t think the drilling advocates are proposing that.

“And big picture – the oil and gas industry are never going to build ‘excess production’ so there’ll never be meaningful spare capacity in global fossil fuel supply, which is why whenever there’s a big supply shock it has such catastrophic effects on prices.”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are starkly underestimating the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a much graver situation than people realise iandunt.substack.com/p/the-mad-em...
Text reads: "The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil chokepoint. It is much more than that. In addition to oil it is a key transit point for liquified natural gas, aluminium, helium, petrochemicals and fertiliser. What we are seeing is akin to no-deal Brexit, in military form and on a global scale. It is a system-wide event with primary, secondary and tertiary causal waves which touch nearly all areas of the economy."
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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
An amazing advert! www.thedrum.com/news/ad-of-t...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the governments jury trial reforms Every Labour MP should listen to her incredibly powerful and brave statement in parliament today
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Joy Cole @joycole.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
How sensible www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Norway’s all-conquering Winter Olympians have a message for us all – and it’s not what you think | Cath Bishop
How did a small Nordic country dominate the Games? By making sport fun and not something for kids to suffer
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☀️ @vamospeat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
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