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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@thecrimeagents.bsky.social wrt digital ID. It’s not the document & isn’t like a passport. It’s a service that records the date, place, company / organisation requesting tge need for ID. Hence a complete timeline of everything you’ve done. That’s the problem.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com re OGWN. How does Rosebank oil being extracted by comm licensee and sold on open global market benefit UK energy resilience in any way? Nationalisation of oil company?

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

London new and old. In and around Liverpool St station. The colourful offices, skyscrapers and tucked away in amongst thus the birthplace off Susannah Annesley (1699) mother of John Wesley (Methodists). #london #architecture #history #art

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’ve heard quite a lot about the National Energency Briefing and it aligns with the govt resilience / threat assessment made by “non environmental” folks and is supported by the armed forces et al. Just have to find a viewing. www.nebriefing.org #resilience #climate #uk

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National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

National Emergency Briefing | The UK’s leading climate and nature experts brief MP's on the risks, impacts and solutions to the climate emergency

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This design of a bus shelter doesn’t work in hot weather. Everyone shelters behind it so the passing buses can’t see the potential queue. Is there not a design better able to keep passengers cooler? #france #bus #climateadaption #design #transport

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Help needed. What is the name of this plant? Successive white flowers. The bees love it. Spotted in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France 🇫🇷 #france #plant #identification #question

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@rowhoop.bsky.social Interested in the episode on climate change adaption. But A/C / really ? I’d have thought an air to air heat pump is a much better solution to cooling (snd heating if you want it )

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Who can possibly be more anti-establishment than Count Bin-face? Boats-McBoatface watch out! #politics #clacton #uk youtu.be/HTIESiyDNUQ?...

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Count Binface reacts to 'hilarious' chance of becoming an actual MP

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The problem opening windows to let heat out is that it lets the outside world in. Common Darter Dragonfly didn’t want to leave. #dragonfly #insect #cambridgeshire

Common Darter dragonfly sitting on my forefinger as I try to persuade it to fly outside

Common Darter dragonfly on inside of bedroom window

Common Darter dragonfly on inside of bedroom window - square-on looking from the rear towards the head.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@thecrimeagents.bsky.social wrt Palentir the bigger picture is avoiding capture / near monopoly position wrt one supplier responsible for many agencies. That makes us less resilient / susceptible to US political influence (cf restriction of AI to non-US) etc. We need diverse supply chains.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

👇 Climate change heatwaves like the one last month and next week will make any kind of spring-summer fieldwork difficult, except in early mornings/evenings. Ok for bird surveys before 8 am, but butterfly/pollinator protocols specify hottest time of day (10am to 5pm). Next week that will be 35C.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Incomplete but not a ruin (National Trust, Lyvedon New Bield) #Fensterfreitag #nationaltrust #northamptonshire

The Elizabethan structure was never completed. When the owner, Tresham, died owing money the workers simply downed tools and left.

The National Trust have recently replaced the wooden lintels to make the structure safe at a cost of c £153k.

From above the building the floor plan / outline resembles a holy cross. The Treshams were arch Catholics in an era when practising Catholicism was treated as treason.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Eels are classic. And also classical! In fact, they're the only fish mentioned by name in Homer's Iliad. In Book 21, Achilles kills a Trojan in the River Scamander. Like ya do. And immediately, the eels begin to nibble on the dead man's kidneys. Nibble. 'Cause eels are dainty. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Ancient Greek-style art of 2 warriors fighting in front of a wall, with the Trojan horse in the background. The scene is orange tinted, with the warriors in black. The warrior on the right wears a shield, helmet, & a swashbuckling cloak. He holds a spear and is lunging forward to stab his opponent. The warrior on the left has no armor. He has an arrow in his ankle, and so is probably Achilles. He has a sword raised, but it's not going to help. He's about to be stabbed, and he can't even reach his foe. The scene looks very much like a Mortal Combat level.

Behind the men are the walls of the city, with the head of a giant horse rearing above the wall. It seems to watching the fight like a Pokemon battle. It's muzzle points towards the warrior on the right as if to say, "That's my dawg." Achilles, on the left, feels cold fingers around his heart. He had hoped the Horse would save him, but his hopes have been betrayed. The Horse is a cruel mistress.

Meme text reads:
"Home's
The Eeliad"

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...

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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law

Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

@rostaylor.bsky.social forgive me. I can’t remember if you looked at decline of the Lunch Hour. This is happening in schools with consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Cannot possibly make healthy choice if you’ve only 15 minutes owing to lunchtime clubs. #schooldinner #uk #healthyfoodoptions

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BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, School Dinners - Past, Present and Future

Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

@rory-stewart.bsky.social listen to BBC Food prog on school dinners. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... How are kids expected to make healthy choice if they’ve only got 15 mins amongst clubs etc. They’re not. Madness! #schooldinner #uk #notimetomakehealthychoices

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BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, School Dinners - Past, Present and Future

Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

@europeanspod.bsky.social well worth listening to BBC podcast on school dinners. It seems that clubs running at lunch reduce time for food down to 15 mins. Students always then going to choose a less healthy option. How squeezed are lunchtimes across the EU? How does school day time affect this?

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Does my bum look big in this? A court mantua dress from 1760s (Berrington Hall, National Trust). Imagine getting into a horse drawn carriage…. #nationaltrust #history

A court mantua dress from the 1760s. Very very wide (several feet). Sits on a hooped frame and took several hours to be fastened into. From Berrington Hall

The walled garden at Berrington Hall (National Trust). Wicker recreation of a court mantua dress in amongst the orchard and grass

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It might be wet but those carrots and peanuts are still to be had. #badger #cambridgeshire #wildlife

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Young badger returned - this time with an "appropriate adult". #wildlife #badger #cambridgeshire

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

📌 ICYMI — Nigel Farage Took £50,000 from Crypto Firms Then Said He Was ‘Not Aware’ of the Industry Funding His Party The self-proclaimed 'straight-talking' Reform UK leader has been far from straight about who is funding his attempted rise to power, reports Iain Overton

bylinetimes.com

Nigel Farage Took £50,000 from Crypto Firms Then Said He Was ‘Not Aware’ of the Industry Funding…

The self-proclaimed 'straight-talking' Reform UK leader has been far from straight about who is funding his attempted rise to power, reports Iain Overton

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Watched an episode of BBC ‘The Secret Garden’ wildlife prog. Badgers like peanuts it claimed. Put some peanuts and a carrot out. Just after midnight could hear some munching sounds below (hot night, windows open). They like peanuts! Also forgot to set cam date/time. #cambridgeshire #badger #peanuts

Night time image captured on a wildlife camera. Shows patio next to patio doors. Two large pots with dwarf fruit trees. In between the 2 pots a badger is squeezing through to get at the peanuts scattered on the patio.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Even the woodpigeons can’t cope with the heat / sun. Clearly welcomes the shade of the smokebush shrub. #heatwave #cambridgeshire #wildlife

Wood pigeon taking shelter from the baking sun in the shade of a large shrub.

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Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Shopping for a #LOTR fan for Father’s Day? Next stop:

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The Pint of Science event at The Isaac Newton went better than expected. Talks on circular economy / ewaste and PFAS chemicals/ forever chemicals Hadn’t known about the quiz. Even more surprised to win. Not really a “quizzed”. #pintofscience #science #pub #cambridge

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It’s that time of year. The dragonflies emerging from the pond onto the irises. Then the emergent adults drying their wings etc. Today - four-spotted chasers. #cambridgeshire #dragonfly #pondlife

Four-spotted chaser dragonfly drying out in sunshine on an iris stem in the pond.

Four-spotted chaser dragonfly on iris. Newly emerged from pond and drying out. Old body case next to it.

Recently emerged four-spotted chaser drying out on some long grass at the edge of the pond.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The other night went into garden to watch shooting stars. Heard something drinking from pond. Then realised it was a badger heading towards me. Stopped 1m away. Last night one appeared at patio window looking in. So put carrot and apple out. #badger #wildlife #cambridgeshire

Badger sniffing around patio windows. First seen yesterday so put out a carrot and apple.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@europeanspod.bsky.social there seems to be a random double bass in the background during the piece on citizen’s panels. Quite distracting.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

@neo4j.com Without Neo4J and its UI we’d never have been able to describe our architecture framework, generate the HTML and RDF /XML / Turtle / RDFa ontology descriptions and SHACL to validate view content. Thanks! trakmetamodel.sourceforge.io/metamodel/no...

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TRAK Metamodel - 'Event' Node Element (2025-12-17)

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

@europeanspod.bsky.social Katie - can you please not say “UK (or Britain) and Europe” - we are still in Europe if not the EU. It’s bad enough that the EU is pushing out infographics which exclude the UK but state some statistic in terms of ‘Europe’ when it should be the EU.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Can recommend watching h the Ginger Mason. Really interesting to learn about medieval masonary techniques from closing the use of hot lead to fix in place. youtu.be/51wjRZUFudo?... #history #cathedral #masonary #england

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Installing finials on Lincoln Cathedrals chapter house. #mason #heritage #construction

YouTube video by The Ginger Mason

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A reminder that eels are *the* most smuggled animal on earth, and that the global black market for eels is worth an estimated $4-5 billion. Interpol has called it “Europe’s ivory trade.”

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Confirmed sightings of Asian / Yellow Legged Hornets at Monks Wood Cambridgeshire. Honeybees are prey. These ARE NOT our native European Hornets. Look for yellow legs and darker body. www.nationalbeeunit.com/diseases-and... If found report via the Asian Hornets app. #asianwasp #honeybee

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Yellow-legged Hornet » APHA - National Bee Unit - BeeBase

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Colin and I worked together for 2.5 years on TfL / London Underground projects. And then he retired and is a brilliant watercolour artist. Clearly a man of many parts! Check this out. colinwoodgallery.com/collections/... #art #watercolour #nature

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GALLERY

Discover serene watercolor landscape prints by Surrey artist Colin Wood. Contemporary collectible art with calm atmosphere. Premium quality giclée prints.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Let's talk about eels & dams. 'Cause dams are a problem for eels now, but they haven't always been. Eels can live out of water for a while, & travel overland. Young eels climb up & around small waterfalls as they migrate. And so many medieval dams weren't a problem for them. 1/7 🗃️

Meme. Painting of two eels in the water. They are yellow, and so is the background, so it's unclear if these are yellow eels, or eels seen through a yellow filter. They don't much care, I would guess. The eels are dark on top, and are casting shadows below them, such that they seem like eel sandwiches stuffed into the bread of darkness. They deserve names, so we shall call one of the Olivort and the other Trovilo. You can decide which is which.

One is looking to the left, and one is looking back over its metaphorical shoulder to the right. Neither is looking at you, and I think that's a choice. You should maybe spend some time thinking about why, and then try to move forward and live your life as the sort of person that eels would want to look at.

Meme text reads:
"Weir gonna climb
Right over your dam"

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ICIJ @icij.org · 02/03/2026

Last year’s IRS staff cuts weakened the anti-money laundering watchdog’s office within the agency, which is tasked with overseeing protections against dirty money in crypto exchanges and other so-called money service businesses.

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As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges - ICIJ

The number of IRS staff assigned to oversee anti-money laundering practices at the firms dropped to its lowest level in nearly decade.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🔴Nigel Farage’s Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party’s election defeats on “cheating” by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found, reports @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

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Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections

The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧵Reform's Matt Goodwin has said he is “not part of the establishment”, and criticised the “elite class”. But we found that his definition of “the elite” excludes the bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him /1 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/r...

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Reform UK's Matt Goodwin Advised the Wealthiest 1% While Claiming to Stand Against ‘The Elite'

Goodwin's definition of “the elite” includes university professors and civil servants while seemingly excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

You can now recycle medical / pill blister packs at Boots chemists shops in the UK and they’ll give you 100 Advantage points Very good idea to cut down on household waste / pollution. www.boots-uk.com/newsroom/new... #recycling #chemist #waste #medical #household

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Boots Rolls out National Blister Pack Recycling Scheme

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Offered on Spotify. Must be an NRA-inspired remake. Not at all the same film I fear #humour #englishlanguage

A record cover titled ‘Cavatina (The Dear Hunter)

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!

A diagram showing different colored humans. The title reads — There have been 646 measles cases confirmed in the current South Carolina outbreak (as of Jan 20, 2026)

Red human — unvaccinated (563)
Black human — unknown vaccination status (58)
Blue human — partially vaccinated (12)
Green human — fully vaccinated (13)

Receiving both doses of the measles vaccine (MMR vaccine) is 97% effective at preventing measles.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Donald Trump has threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch, and luckily Private Eye managed to tap the phone conversation between the 94 year old media mogul and the President of the United States...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/01/2026

Amid multiple national crises, Trump spent Thursday morning posting—not for the first time—about how his predecessor Barack Obama should be arrested, and how Georgia election workers should be prosecuted.

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Trump is still posting about arresting Obama and prosecuting election workers

The president’s response to intense national backlash over ICE: post through it.

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Nic Plum @leaven-home.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“…travellers to the U.S. will be forced to …, submit their social media … last five years and email addresses … last ten years, including .. family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA.” www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi... So the US govt really wants to take the piss

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The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media

Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP).

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