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Kevin McLean

@kevinmclean.bsky.social
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Dad, researcher, photographer, mandolin and harmonica player, ex-Twitterer; Scot based in Hackney, London

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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stunning
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Landscape & Wildlife Photo Magazines @photomagazines.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WIN $300 PRIZE • Leading Lines Assignment Take Part: landscapephotographymagazine.com/as… Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland, England by Gary Bivens
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Totally agree
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💙👏👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah, I'm gonna keep my eyes on the November #election at this point.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Adrian has been doing a great job keeping up the pressure on the government to release this national security report in full 👏 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Selling merch at The Ollam gig, Hackney Church, London
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great song!
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Read our explainer & follow our series breaking down and busting some of the most common NetZero myths. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Busting the myths: five lies you’ve been told about net zero
Is net zero pushing up our bills? Ruining British industry? A worthless target? We weighed these claims up against the facts
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great shot!
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#pool #parenting #photography #streetphotography #stokenewington #hackney #london
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
200 constituents joined me at St Monica’s Trust to watch the People’s Emergency Briefing on climate change, followed by an important conversation and Q&A with Dr. Alix Dietzel from the University of Bristol.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ditto - met her briefly at Byeline Festival, very quick, funny, wise and compassionate
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Exactly this - mask slipping moment
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 05/09/2026
How could an associate professor in divinity at Cambridge be expected to know that lying is bad? thecritic.co.uk/mone...
Ah yes, James Orr. A lot of us had been hazy about what it is exactly that associate professors in a divinity department do all day. It doesn’t seem to involve a lot of work: Orr is often to be seen at Reform events in London, which take up the whole morning even for those of us with offices down the road. Now we know he was also sipping cocktails while discussing ways in which wealthy foreigners might be able to get round the laws that ban them donating to the party.

The associate professor of divinity was filmed explaining to an undercover reporter that so long as everyone kept their mouths shut, there was no way that the authorities would ever find out. Orr spent four years as a postdoctoral fellow in theology, ethics and public life at Oxford, and it would be fascinating to know at what point he developed this theory of What the Electoral Commission Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Them. Perhaps he was off sick the day they opened the gospel of Luke: “What you have said in the dark will be h
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Crested Pigeon displaying native to Australa 📷: Milo Burcham Photography #birds
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Amazing shot!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Excellent - perfect comic timing
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mesmerising
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables
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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#ReplaceLawns with wildflower meadows to support pollinators & birds, to reduce pollution in waterways, & to save water. Then register your property for the National Homegrown National Park. We can do this! Our book provides this & other Earth-friendly ideas: www.climatewiselandscaping.com
2 photos the top photo labeled "Before" is of a large lawn with some brown patches in front of a gray house with white trim. Some large trees are behind the house. The bottom photo labeled "After" is of the same house but there is a meadow filled with grasses & wildflowers instead of the lawn.
Text says, "A native meadow landscape which replaced a water-dependent lawn with pollinator friendly plants." followed by 2 little drawings of a bee and a butterfly,
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Please read - if you are in the UK, please do what you can to attend, organise or advocate for a screening of the film.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great capture!
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Important, please read this and get to a screening of the film open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...
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'Not the New Normal’: Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step Towards Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda
Professor Mike Berners-Lee, chair of the National Emergency Briefing, sets out the ‘civic moment’ he is working to create as extreme weather events show no sign of slowing
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Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 05/08/2026
In South Africa's Cape Peninsula, a wave crashes against a cliff, in one of the world's highest impact zones. Freak waves occur rarely, but patience was rewarded and it came straight at my camera, exploding at least 5 m above sea level! #bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #nature #landscape
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“A fortnight ago, Reform-led Suffolk County Council voted to rescind motions on climate emergency…and removed references to the climate emergency from council policies, strategies and communications “where appropriate”.”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station
Major incident declared, with Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hit
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Roy Pinney, American (1911-2010), Sidewalk Shadows, 1940s, photograph
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Kevin McLean @kevinmclean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Stand aside Ms Wilson, i now agree more with Carl @historyboomer@bsky.social substack.com/@historyboom...
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Emily Wilson's Bad "Odyssey" Review
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opened in America on July 17, and it’s been going gangbusters.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
1/ Viktor Orban ruled Hungary 16 years. Then 2,500 volunteer groups popped up in 18 months and voted him out. No famous donor did that, regular people did. New research mapped exactly how, and Americans need to see this now. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 22/07/2026
It's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Or much of a drop in public support. Fascinating example of elite consensus switching despite popular opinion.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
To celebrate the 2026 National Year of Reading, Tills Bookshop in Edinburgh is hosting a photography competition, celebrating the private, unseen places where reading happens, details on the Readers of Edinburgh website: readersofedinburgh.co.uk
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Readers of Edinburgh — A Photography Competition
A free photography competition celebrating the private, domestic life of books in Edinburgh. Hosted by Tills Bookshop and Cultural Commons CIC.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I went to Porto Montenegro to find out why so many Reform money men have businesses registered to a grubby looking office building a stone's throw from the luxury yachts on the glittering marina. Feat. me visiting my first casino. www.opendemocracy.net/inside-refor...
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Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro
Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 10/07/2026
Another interesting statistic. Between 1980 and 1999, 35°C was reached just 5 times. It was rare & exceptional. Between 2000-2020 we reached 35°C 18 times. Between 2020-2025 we reached it 23 times. The same number in 5 years than we achieved in 40 years. Talk about a step change.
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Global Temperature Change Over Time
ALT: Global Temperature Change Over Time
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Dr Rebecca Hall WakeProductions @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This photo is wild www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Hundreds of masked white nationalists march in Washington on Fourth of July
Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades banners, including Confederate flag, chanting ‘Reclaim America’ in US capital
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026
AI's pitch to bosses is that they can fire most of their workers in order to terrorize the remainder into tolerating a working life wherein they are made to mark the AI's homework, at superhuman speed, and to assume the blame when it goes wrong. 12/
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