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Margaret Kearton

@margaretkearton.bsky.social
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Lover of history, classical music, environment. Translate to maintain the above. Based in Modena and nearby mountains.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2nd October 2026 06.30
Colour emerges
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1st October 2026 07.01
Rain clouds and lumpy sea
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18th September 2026 06.46
Orange into purple
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justjamie3.bsky.social @justjamie3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harvest sky…
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
16th September 2026 06.02
Four bands of colour
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 15/09/2026
Heavy crude oil washes ashore along fragile island habitats as severe weather batters a stranded shadow fleet tanker. Oman now scrambles to salvage the sabotaged Caroline Bezengi, petitioning international regulators to shield the breeding grounds from future maritime disasters.
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Oman seeks protection after shadow fleet suezmax spill
Authorities say bad weather has affected salvage efforts after grounding and oil leak
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
14th September 2026 06.39
Light sandwiched between the cloud
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Research analysing more than 26,000 wildfires in Spain found that native broadleaf woodland had the lowest ignition risk and was less prone to intense fires” Rewilding - the smart approach to preventing fires & floods: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
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Rewilding: the smart approach to preventing fires and floods | Rewilding Europe
Working with nature is one of our greatest opportunities to build a more resilient and prosperous Europe. As climate change fuels more frequent and intense wildfires, floods and droughts…
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
3rd September 2026 05.45
Early promise
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ChrisP @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary COVENTRY: An oak beneath which witches gather.
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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Why do we permit manufacture of a product we don't need that kills the workers who make it? Nationally, 1000s of workers who fabricate kitchen countertops from engineered stone have silicosis. There is a safe substitute available. Like Australia, we should ban this product. @karenmg.bsky.social
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Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’
Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.
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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 13/08/2026
It was a bright cold marble worktop and the microwave clock was showing 13
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Caspian Sea is at a 200-year low and is falling at a rate of 20cm a year, an Iranian environmental official said. (Iran International)
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/08/2026
Ukraine’s normally copious grain exports are now stuck in the country. They're caught between Russian attacks in the Black Sea, drought on the Danube and distrust among Kyiv’s closest allies.
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How Russian attacks, European protectionism and drought are trapping Ukraine’s vital grain
Kyiv wants the help of EU countries as Black Sea missile strikes choke its grain exports, but capitals fear the ire of their own farmers.
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Great idea and practical Brazilian prisoners can earn 4 days off their sentence for every approved book they read and successfully review, up to 48 days a year.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where the rain showers have moved on and sun is back
Arched concrete bridge over a prairie river with city skyline beyond.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/08/2026
not just buried in Australia, but buried in every foreign jurisdiction that is taking the same ugly shortcuts to avoid real regulation of tech. Hello Norway :)
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Margaret Kearton @margaretkearton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looks as if my son's call on buying a ski season ticket for the Apennines was a bad one - and that we have to hope and pray for water to drink next summer, given the role of snowfall below 2000 metres in filling the aquifers ...
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Europe’s weak reaction to Spain’s migrant crisis. Good piece by Benn Hall @financialtimes.com (though the subs were 'weak' in their heading. Should have said 'disgraceful') www.ft.com/content/8faf...
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Europe’s weak reaction to Spain’s migrant crisis
Pedro Sánchez is being unfairly singled out for a liberal immigration policy
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MaryamB (She/Her) #FBPE #BanX #DemocracyDiedInDarkness 6Nov24🖤 @maryamb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hungary closed 1 of 4 reactors of nuclear power plant in Paks due to cooling water shortage. The plant in Paks produce 50% of Hungarian power.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
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Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmental groups renew calls for windfall tax to support households following Q2 earnings rise to $9.84bn Shell more than doubled its profit in its second quarter of the year, as Europe’s biggest oil and gas company reaped the benefits from the jump in oil and gas prices triggered by war in the Middle East. The FTSE 100 company’s net profit hit $9.84bn (£7.4bn) in the three months to June, more than double compared with the same period last year. Continue reading...
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Margaret Kearton @margaretkearton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Takes some of the shine off the Manchester model, IMHO.
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 27/07/2026
Strong reaction from UK scientists to the Jodrell Bank news:
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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.
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Stuart Davidson 🇬🇱 @stutheeditor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sunday
We're in the white circle
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some things Argentina don't possess
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amstermom.bsky.social @amstermom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Since Trump wants to hand teh trophy to the winner, handing it to Spain, which he recently criticized so heavily, would be lovely to see.
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Woah Oh Margaret Brown. Things Are Never Quite The Way They Seem @magstheobscure.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New P.G Wodehouse novel just dropped
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
IT ME!
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This made me laugh. Here is a London Tube map of the digestive system. Source: buff.ly/23pvsjh
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
3rd June 2026 05.05
Clear between the rains
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
28th May 2026 04.58
Brighter prospects, quite blustery
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This summary of different early medieval literature is still one of my favourite things on the internet. #medievalsky
Screenshot of Tumblr post by user sunshinemoonrx, reading:

‘Old Welsh lit: Dave punched Steve. This incurred a fine of twelve cattle and a nine-inch rod of silver and is known as one of the Three Mildly Annoying Blows of the Isle of Britain

Old Irish lit: Dave punched Steve so that the top of his skull came out of his chin, and gore flooded the house, and he drove his fists down the street performing his battle-feats so that the corpses were so numerous there was no room for them to fall down. It was like “the fox among the hens” and “the oncoming tide” and “that time Emily had eight drinks when we all know she should stop at six”

Old English lit: Dave, the hard man, the fierce man, the fist-man, gave Steve such a blow the like has not been seen since the feud between the Hylfings and the Wends. Thus it is rightly said that violence only begets more violence, unless of course it is particularly sicknasty. Amen.’
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Margaret Kearton @margaretkearton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Benetton Italy don't show you the planned delivery date when you order, then give the stuff to Amazon Shipping, who don't let you plan the delivery. Result? "Delivered" while I was away at the weekend, with no contact from courier, stuff disappeared. Great service, folks.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
6th May 2026 05.12
Cool, bright morning
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
5th May 2026 06.45 Pure white light
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Porcellino Spaziale @porcellinospaziale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#sostenibilità #ambiente #rifiuti #riciclo #tetrapak
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
5th May 2026 05.27
And up it rises
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Andreas @andreasthlm1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally. Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially. Via @us.theconversation.com
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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
21st April 2026 05.59
Easterly airflow, lively sea
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
13th April 2026 06.08
Clear sky and calm sea
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Dr Penny Goodman @pjgoodman.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Classics friends may enjoy this. Some of the Latin pronunciation is a bit weird, but the essence is spot on! 😆
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
1st April 2026 06.49
With a pink blush
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
27th March 2026 06.11
Wave breaking over the Carr
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
26th March 2026 06.06
Crepuscular rays fan out from behind low cloud
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
18th March 2026 05.41
Early colour, flat sea
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/03/2026
New: @loubnaelamine.bsky.social on Lebanon ‘The Israeli evacuation orders signal a desire to make this whole world disappear: to displace a fifth of the country’s population, to unravel a dense urban fabric and to erase a history of struggle and dislocation.’ www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Loubna El Amine | Evacuation Orders
On Wednesday, 4 March, the Israel Defence Forces issued an evacuation order for the southern part of Lebanon – the...
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