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Lynne

@lynne2024.bsky.social
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Lancashire-raised, Lincolnshire-domiciled; retired OU-er; mother & grandmother; fond of semicolons. bld2013 on Twitter - for now. 'No pets, just a computer'

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A long read, but so worth it. Russ has a wonderful turn of phrase.
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how nice the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto in honour of his favourite kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about the fun of splashing in puddles.
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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Agrivolatiacs. www.autonocion.com/us/arizona-s...
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Arizona raised solar panels on stilts over its crops so one acre could grow food and make power at once — then researchers noticed a third job nobody put in the brochure: skin under the panels runs 21...
Solar panels have a bad habit of showing up where nobody wants them. They get strung over canals, floated on reservoirs, and planted across farmland that used
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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Agrivoltaics protecting Nectarine buds from frost. scienceblog.com/n-french-nec...
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A French trial found that tilting solar panels flat over nectarine trees on nights when frost is forecast warmed the flower buds by up to 1.7 degrees Celsius, and during the frost that caused damage, ...
As climate change brings unpredictable frosts, French farmers are discovering an unexpected ally: solar panels that double as frost shields, protecting delicate fruit blossoms while generating power.
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FiftySomething Gardener 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱 @50ishgardener.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolutely!! They’ve allowed the theoretical possibility of a small number of vulnerable people being coerced into dying early - notwithstanding the safeguards - to be prioritised over the absolute 100% certainty that another group of vulnerable people will be forced to die horribly. Words fail me
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Margaret Hollins @hollinsmargaret.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“… the very fact these private armies have developed while ministers and the police have been criminalising peaceful protesters under terrorism laws indicates warped political and operational priorities.” Exactly. Contradictions and confusion expertly explained by DAG with his customary clarity.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Frankly amazed that despite wall-to-wall Bayeux Tapestry coverage nobody has mentioned the Playmobil version I made back in 2016.
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Eileen Wilson - Screenwriter/Ghostwriter @chorlton1and.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
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David Weinberger @davidweinberger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"What makes an #education educational?" - Another truly thought provoking post by Rupert Wegerif. Beautifully thought and written, as always. rupertwegerif.substack.com/p/what-makes...
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What Makes Education Educational?
What the Challenge of AI Reveals About Education
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Emily Wilson Writing reviews of a film that she's sad to have seen Yells at the screen Picks up her laptop Nolan's pastiche of the epic she worked to translate How does it rate? All the shallow film tropes Where do they all come from? All of Homer's richness Where did it all go wrong?
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I note that the frog faced one has never been able* to do constituency surgeries in Clacton citing 'security concerns' but is able to go to Devon at the drop of a tin foil hat to milk the murder of Ann Widdecombe when there's an actual murderer on the loose. *hasn't wanted
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HAL @sperrympe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He may well. Not many people know this but the FIFA World Peace Prize actually comes with 3 free Uno reverse cards
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My latest for @hyperallergic.com is a new study which found DNA preserved in Paleolithic wall pigments in caves in Spain & Portugal 🎨 Art is an archive! Thanks so much to Dr. @monicamedhist.bsky.social for speaking to me about the present and future of paleogenetics. Thanks for reading!
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Human DNA in Cave Paintings Can Survive For Millennia, Study Finds
The discovery points to the future potential of archaeogenetics in recovering the identities of ancient artists from thousands of years ago.
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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How many more times will Labour keep pressing the button marked 'Win back Reform voters with performative cruelty' before they figure out the wires aren't connected to anything?
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
'View full thread' is an instruction worth following on this occasion, especially if you've ever experienced the delights of a similar local event.
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Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
"Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX shares ‘come down to earth with a bump’ – as it happened"
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Neat summary of some of Reform's problems by @iandunt.bsky.social (Source: iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...)
Farage has relied extensively on the belief of his inevitability. That belief is now crumbling before our eyes. A few weeks back, during the local elections, the decline in Reform support was too subtle to be noticed by many journalists, because the party was still coming out on top. Now, the series of fuck-ups is so severe than even the most superficial herd-like reporters have begun to pick up that something is going wrong: the race riots, the piss-poor candidates, the threat on his right flank, the persistent underperformance, the loss of the women’s vote, the look of fear in his eyes when he’s asked about that £5 million donation.
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Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is absolutely key. So much debate about shutting children's eyes, so little about pushing the companies to stop displaying the stuff in the first place. Age verify the post, not the children. Censor the algorithm, not the children.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
An aphorism for the ages.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Welp there’s no unseeing this
Colorful play gym for infants featuring foxes and bunnies, two criss-crossing archs stand over a square matUFC cage being built on the White House launch, criss-crossing arches strongly resembling the baby play gym
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/06/2026
👀 TheyWorkForYou tracks MPs' voting records and found that Nigel Farage has missed 77 votes in Parliament in a row. He last voted against draft regulations for the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the 18th of March. votes.theyworkforyou.com/person/263…
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Oh, I see, so *now* everyone in Sunderland is happy to be in Europe.
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 22/05/2026
For the unpatriotic, those are: Paddington, Winnie the Pooh, Rupert and Sooty. WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If journalists were doing their job properly, it would simply not be possible for the public to be labouring under this degree of ignorance when it comes to immigration. inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
💥 70,000 signatures! 💥 ...and the petition closes on June 8th. Imagine if we can get it over 100,000 before then - and open a Parliamentary debate in time for the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on June 23rd 2026. That'd be powerful. All hands to the pump! Sign and share, share, share! 👇
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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The neverending story of Nigel, his house and money: 💩Said he bought his Clacton house himself 💩Then said he didn't need to do constituency work because security services told him not to 💩Then claimed his partner bought the house
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 14/05/2026
Current Nowcast Model for Makerfield, following the news that Josh Simons MP is standing down in a bid to get Andy Burnham a seat in Parliament.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nigel Farage’s partner, a former waitress not known to have any private money, bought a £1 million house for cash shortly after he secretly received £5 million from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire - the same house that he claimed, months previously, that he was about to pay for himself.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Genii has granted a wish that there be a surreal Kings Speech debate, where a large proportion of the governing party do not actually support the Prime Minister. The other two wishes are football-related.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀
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Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Here's my reaction to last week's election results from a LibDem point of view. "The most unfortunate result possible." www.libdemvoice.org/the-most-unf...
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The most unfortunate result possible
In my view the results of this week’s local elections are the most unfortunate possible. They illustrate perfectly the limitations of our strength and of the nature of our offering to the public. We m...
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Missed this first time around. It's hilarious & sad at the same time. #AI #LLM
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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
An expert opinion that the scam reported by the BBC wouldn’t work, and so was a scam on applicants not the system, seems like important context
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We are currently in the 3-5 day pause on the 14 day extension of the initial 48 hour hard deadline for the ceasefire.
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 16/04/2026
From a Trump-defying prime minister to the sweet treat with a Dali connection, Spain has much to be proud of | Liz Parry
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Spain has every right to be proud
From a Trump-defying prime minister to the sweet treat with a Dali connection, Spain has much to be proud of
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Not usually into cat memes but this is brilliant!
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Comments on this are great!
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I guess I need to extend my already long list of comparisons between Trump and King John to include 'has a fight with the pope'.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Genius move by Trump to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, because he can then claim credit for removing that blockade.
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#TACO
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Truly grotesque.
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Lynne @lynne2024.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I look forward to this post every year. That paniting is so wonderfully tactile.
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