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Elizabeth Hanson

@lizhanson.bsky.social
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Retired FE lecturer, interested in nature and science.

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When articles talk about the increase in disabled people but don’t mention Covid, I just have to wonder what level of denial is this? This is a subtweet of an expert I still respect but… & to be clear this person believes the newly IDed disabled ppl are truly disabled, that’s the point of the piece.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 4h
And this right here is why I switched to LibreOffice last year. Just basic stuff to get your work done without 10,000 features I don't need. Including garbage AI.
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The truthful reason for chicken wings. #GoVegan #animals #AnimalRights
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Jacqueline Meldrum - Easy Vegan Recipes @tinnedtoms.bsky.social · 3h
Want something easy, but delicious and a bit fun for weeknight dinners? Try my Vegan hot dog traybake. All the fillings & toppings (even the buns) are cooked on one tray! www.tinnedtomatoes.com/2022/02/one-... #plantbased #dairyfree #vegan #vegetarian
Hot dogs topped with onions and mushrooms as well as mustard and ketchup
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 10h
"There should be no street, no neighbourhood and no place in this country where you can't live your life in peace." @mothinali.bsky.social calls for an equal right to exist and belong in his Green Party Conference speech.
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 23h
The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 9h
There is a rot in our public services That rot is called privatisation It is time to end it and run our public services for us, not private shareholders Andy Burnham must deliver on the transformative change he is promising
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22h
“I’m proud to announce our Youth Jobs Guarantee. Meaningful work for young people who need it. A proper job, a proper wage, proper rights at work.” Mothin Ali on our Youth Jobs Guarantee announcement at Green Party Conference.
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Kujawiak @kujawiak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#FlyDay #MacroMonday #ECK
A macro photo of a shield bug perched on the edge of a bright green leaf. Its intricately textured body is covered in fine brown, cream and pinkish markings, with distinctive black-and-white banding along the abdomen. The long, segmented antennae and delicate legs add to the detail, while the sharply focused insect contrasts against the soft, neutral background.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“We don’t want the tech billionaires' post-human reality. We want this world. The soil between our toes.” Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From a few weeks ago, an Ivy #Bee was feeding on the Marjoram (before the Ivy flowered). As he went from 🌸 to 🌸 he was oblivious to the Flower Crab #spider that lurked in wait. When it came to it, he was too quick and the spider went hungry. #wildlifefrommywindow #arachtober #invertebrates
A square photo of a woody brown stem of Marjoram with flower heads hanging off the side of it. They're light green with tiny white flowers at the end. The bee is hanging head down from the top most flower head, as it travels downwards to other flowerheads. The bee has thick pale yellow and black stripes on it's abdomen, and light grey fluffy hairs under its thorax. On the second lowest flower head, in the shade, is a small white crab spider. It is watching the bee approach with its front legs spread ready to pounce.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
"Privatisation means cutting services and pumping public money into private pockets" - @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Profit-greedy hedge funds have no place in our water, children's social care and public services in general Greens are calling on Andy Burnham to deliver on his words
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Around 1 million species now face extinction, many within the next few decades. We are facing multiple crises at the same time. No time to waste. Protect nature and ourselves. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #nature #rewilding #animals #cop16 #cop16cali
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Greens have set the political agenda this year, and we'll continue to push Labour to cut people's bills and protect our planet. Here's me speaking to the News Agents about the Green Party's influence on Labour over the past year.
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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #Rothbury Estate appeal page on @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social’s website has been updated this morning and shows that donations + pledges now total £28,005,635! Keep those donations coming and help secure this 3,800 hectare estate in #Northumberland. #wildlife #nature #conservation #rewilding
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
✅️ Tax the super-rich. ✅️ Public services in public hands. ✅️ End Rip-off Britain. ✅️ Vote Green. #GPConference
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A patch of nettles can support over 40 insect species. They’re a vital source of food for the caterpillars of peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies - so please let a few nettles grow! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
Patch of nettles
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On this day 3rd Oct 1952 the Government announced that tea rationing was soon to end Artist: Harry Wingfield (Shopping with Mother)
Mother, in her smart brown suit, walks into a traditional grocery shop. Two neatly dressed children follow behind. 
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
"We see our power, and we are using it" @greenpartyhan.bsky.social
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dear councils, Are you helping restore 30% of nature by 2030? By cutting verges annually like traditional meadows, and not spraying, 1000s miles could become beautiful wildflower havens, while ensuring driver visibility prioritised. Pic courtesy @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Wildflowers growing in a sloping grassy verge alongside a road
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Through our sustained pressure – and our historic wins – we have held the worst instincts of the Labour government in check. And we have started to move them in the right direction. But we can't wait for them to get there on their own." 👏
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/10/2026
"We did win elections in greater numbers than ever before. But more than that, we changed this country. You did this. We made this happen.” In his speech at Conference, Zack Polanski reflects on a historic year for the Green Party.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green Party is ready for government with a different vision for society. The Green philosophy has always been that there's enough resources on this planet for everyone to have a decent life, for us to look after climate and nature, if we share them out fairly.
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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Batman hoverfly on Ivy flowers in Cambridge this week. #InsectThursday #Hoverflies #Diptera
Yellow and black Batman hoverfly, Myathropa florea, on yellow green Ivy flowers.
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Ghost of 1 Billion Crabs @biggiecrabs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
White Ibis for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #BestBeaks 🪶📷 #FlyDay #photography #birdphotography #ECK #canonr5mkii
A vertical photograph of an American White Ibis perched on a moss-draped branch, framed within a clean white border. Facing left in profile, the wading bird features white plumage with subtle mottled patches, a curved pinkish-orange bill, bright blue eyes, and long pink legs, set against a dark, shadowed background of Spanish moss and branches.

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, SC
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system. I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system.

I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Across the world, the ravages of the climate crisis have been taking lives and destroying livelihoods for years. "But this summer, the destruction reached our shores like never before."
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💥Seriously🚀Scientific💥 @seriouslysci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Super busy week with work and site updates, but always worth it! The live archive now has 102 feeds from almost every slight curve of the globe..🌍 The one Below is the world's longest running experiment. Wouldn't it be a bummer if it dripped before you clicked..😂 Have an awesome weekend everyone!
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Live Science Streams: Volcanoes, Space, Safari and Wildlife
Live science webcams streaming 24 hours a day. Watch active volcanoes including Kilauea and Fuego, the International Space Station orbiting Earth, African wildlife waterholes, coral reefs, deep forest...
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 02/10/2026
With heavy rain expected across parts of the country into this evening, take care when travelling, even moderate rain can reduce your ability to see and be seen. Here is some top tips and advice from @TheRAC_UK and @NationalHways bit.ly/3WlxFF3
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s #Friday folks! Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be kind. Be gentle. Be true. Be like #bees. And stay away from AI. You don’t need it. It needs you…for the moment. We don’t need to be smarter we need to be kinder. We need to talk. We need to listen. 1/n
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Privatisation of water has been an absolutely unmitigated disaster. The Green Party would put water back into public hands and reverse years of radical underinvestment.
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Flora and Fauna Garden Services @floraandfaunags.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let your ivy flower. #Gardening #nature #wildlife #bees
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🗣 "We say no - no more fossil fuel extraction and a clean energy revolution now!" ✅️ Insulate homes ✅️ Cut emissions from polluting vehicles ✅️ Massive expansion of community energy @zackpolanski.bsky.social spells out the need for a clean, green energy revolution at #GPConference.
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Elizabeth Hanson @lizhanson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🍂 Join BBOWT for half-price today: bbowt.org.uk/membership-o... We've extended our offer until Sunday, so that you can join the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust from as little as £2.25 per month for a whole year!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Millions of UK workers withdrawing from pension schemes to make ends meet Consequence of low wages and high cost of living forcing people into hardship choices - living now v income in retirement. They will have lower private pension in later life and state pension isn't enough even now.
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Why Gen Z are opting out of workplace pensions
A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 01/10/2026
A new study reveals that A&E overcrowding and corridor care are linked to hundreds of avoidable deaths every week in the UK. Finding that every 10% increase in emergency room occupancy raises a patient’s 28-day mortality risk by 1%. Read here: news.sky.com/story/overcr...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
📺 Watch our Party Political Broadcast tonight. Tune in on ITV1 and BBC One, or via our social media channels.
Green Party advert for party political broadcast, with picture of Zack Polanski. 

Text reads: Party Political Broadcast. Thursday, October 1. ITV 1: 6.25pm. BBC 1: 6.55pm.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new Wildlife Trusts report exposes the devastating impact of unchecked mega-dairies on UK wildlife. There are more than 40 mega-dairies in the UK, but lack of government oversight leaves their growth and pollution unmonitored. “Zero-grazing" mega-dairies keep cows inside all year round.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I hope you slept like a grunt-stuffed vaquita - I'm starting with L. birge Harrison's ‘Old Oaks Defiance, Woodstock, Vermont’. Available as a pack of four cards, with a donation from each sale going to the housing charity Shelter. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/chri... #snowart #winterart
A snowy hillside, a farmhouse on the left, and old oak, hanging onto its last few leaves to the right. Oil on canvas.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Warning - deeply disturbing. What a state the US is www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 30/09/2026
Another shot from yesterdays walk with the 60mm macro. I take a lot of spider photos but rarely post them because I'm a slave to the themes of the day 😀 There's a sprinkling of #WebWednesday tags here and there, so I think I'll hop aboard that one. #Photography #Spiders #Webs
A mabel orchard orbweaver spider sits in the center of its web, still spinning as you can see a web coming out of its body.  Behind is pure green and the web strands stand out clearly.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 30/09/2026
Just updated eatf.art with a dozen new places to order Effin’ Birds calendars, books & cards online in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and France. Let me know if I've missed a great shop near you that's keeping my stuff in stock! Calendars are out now, and Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards ships Oct 20th.
The cover of the Effin’ Birds 2027 box calendarThe cover of the 2027 Effin’ Birds wall calendarThe cover of the 2027 Effin’ Birds plannerthe cover of Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
COVID may worsen existing health problems long-term, study suggests Nearly a third of respondents reported a worsening respiratory condition, including asthma, COPD, cough, and shortness of breath. Read more: bit.ly/3TRmQPn
Exhausted woman sitting on the edge of a bed
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion. “In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club” From ‘The Story of Football’ Artist: Jack Matthew (Man City)
By the light of yellow gas lamps, a group of men with impressive sideburns sit down at a mahogany table, ready to write notes with quill pens 
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