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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”

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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch

YouTube video by Open Planet

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026

The correct answer to hate ♥️

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm equally worried about the more-than-human suffering. None of the other life forms on earth have done anything to trigger the crises but are also impacted...💔

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Interesting watch that asks the question of whether Voldemort (or other villains we see in our real world) was the the actual problem, or the symptom of a broken system. #HarryPotter youtu.be/jIv1f2AwFCI?...

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Harry Potter Trained You To Blame The Wrong People

YouTube video by Barry's Economics

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys

A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house. A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it. It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Stanage Edge, Peak District, Derbyshire. Not a bad way to end the day.

Wide view of Stanage Edge, in the Derbyshire Peak District, at dusk. Dark moorland and gritstone outcrops are silhouetted on the right, overlooking hazy layers of hills and valleys. The sky is filled with soft blue, pink and peach colours from the fading sunset.

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Red deer hiding level: expert. 👀 Two stags in this view southwest of Sheffield. Can you spot both of them?

Wide view of rolling countryside southwest of Sheffield in warm evening light. Dry grassland, bracken and scattered shrubs fill the foreground, with fields and distant hills beyond. Two red deer stags are partially hidden in the grass. One stag's head and antlers are visible near the centre-left of the image, while only the antlers of a second stag can be seen further right.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The FT view: make the vulnerable pay for failing neoliberalism www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... Rarely is the message spelt out so clearly as the FT has today, that the rich think the world should be run in their interests, and everyone else should pay the price.

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The FT view: make the vulnerable pay for failing neoliberalism

The Telegraph says in an email this morning that: Andy Burnham’s Commons debut as Prime Minister yesterday was overshadowed by a market rout that sent borrowing costs to their highest in decades. This...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Why should pensioners and those on social security pay the price when bond investors demand higher returns? That is the question raised by the latest turmoil in government bond markets. I say the government should fight back and suggest seven ways it could. youtu.be/kI-wvSkHKkQ?...

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The FT says the poor should pay for the bond crisis. I say we fight the bond dealers.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 31/08/2026

Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable. But does the £100bn-plus price tag for taking water into public ownership tell the whole story? Economist Richard Murphy argues politicians fundamentally misunderstand what nationalisation actually costs. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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The nationalisation taboo

Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable, but does that argument fundamentally misunderstand what bringing essential services into public ownership costs?

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sewage in the rivers. Companies drowning in debt. Billions siphoned in profits. Private water is working exactly as designed. Just not for us. Tell your MP to back public ownership: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

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Ask your MP to support public ownership of water!

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Colin Boyle @colinboyle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Thiel is not a donor to the museum and no money has been received via him or his businesses.” So the @britishmuseum.bsky.social doesn’t have even that excuse for their pandering to this enemy of democracy. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you want to make your community better, mySociety has brilliant tools to help: FixMyStreet for reporting problems, TheyWorkForYou to track your MP, WhatDoTheyKnow for FOI requests. Simple apps that give citizens real power to improve where they live. www.mysociety.org?utm_source=f...

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mySociety

mySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Want to highlight a problem with your local council? There's an app for that... www.fixmystreet.com

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FixMyStreet

Report, view, and discuss local street-related problems.

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Scotland’s world‑class access rights are under threat. North Chesthill Estate is trying to impose a 2‑month blanket ban on walkers in Glen Lyon, blocking 4 Munros and 2,600 hectares.If you believe access to nature is a right, not a luxury, please sign. action.ramblers.org.uk/end-blockade...

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End the blockade of Glen Lyon’s hills

For decades, people in Scotland have cherished our ‘Right to Roam’ the nation’s countryside. However, one Perthshire landowner is once again attempting to stop walkers visiting his estate - including ...

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!

  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Trying to cut your climate impact through your food choices? Just found an app that could be really useful — thought I’d share in case it’s of interest. www.forkranger.com/download-app/

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App

Cook easy recipes, discover how to eat for the climate and stop feeling guilty about your food. Download the free app, or buy the book or seasonal calendar.

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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you were rattled by Michael Sheen’s documentary on how Douglas Gowan was silenced to cover Monsanto dumping carcinogens in the Welsh landscape have a read of this account of the part of the Environment Agency, from 2007 theecologist.org/2007/nov/30/...

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Silenced witness

Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/08/2026

We cannot let this story fall to the way-side. We need urgent press regulation. Sign the open letter for a public inquiry into Jason's death. Repost and tag friends in the comments. ⬇️ Add your name ⬇️ goodlaw.social/n1ck

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It's intriguing watching the latest brood of ants flying their nests for pastures new. The conditions are obviously just right in Sheffield this evening to trigger their flight. Amazing nature sights right in the middle of your garden!!! 🐜🐜🐜🐜🤩

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.

Half of England officially in "exceptionally serious" drought

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

With the intense period of heat we're experiencing, it's vital we remember #DogsDieOnHotWalks. If in doubt about going out for a walk with your dog, don't go. Thanks to RSPCA for asking me to share

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I find it amazing how the UK public have been fooled into thinking the government cannot afford to provide us with good services. For too long a false narrative has been pushed by the government, media, and 'economists', enabling austerity and the transfer of wealth and assets. Enough is enough.

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now it's facing pointless funding cuts. Withdrawing funds won't save much money, but it will seriously hurt UK science. I’ve added my name to help stop this—please join me and sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Save Jodrell Bank

For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now its funding is being threatened. Add your name to help stop these short-sighted cuts and protect UK science:

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Islamist extremist violence boosts far‑right support, including groups like AfD. Both use similar opaque methods to communicate and move funds. With these shared techniques and hidden channels, isn’t it valid to ask whether some of this activity could ultimately stem from the same concealed backers?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

To cover up 1 high level report into nature collapse & national security looks odd. To cover up 2 looks like a pattern. Episode 2 of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social pod explores a hidden DEFRA report on UK vulnerability to food shocks & asks how confident we can be in our ability to feed ourselves

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Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 23 July · 16min

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

ohn Healey's first speech gets economics wrong youtu.be/cAfh3cKxf2E?... If you are seriously confused about your job spec and think it was written by George Osborne, how can you succeed?

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John Healey's first speech gets economics wrong

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A new government is setting its direction. I and many others have just signed the European Movement’s petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on the EU and set out a plan for Britain’s European future. Why not add your name? Click here: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The Economist has claimed Britain is trapped in a “debt doom loop.” But they’re wrong. The UK does not face a government debt crisis. What we really face is chronic underinvestment, inequality, and an elite media pushing austerity to protect the wealthy. youtu.be/myNUVF_Kl7o?...

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Britain isn't in a debt doom loop, whatever some people say.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Andy Burnham will fail unless he breaks the economic rules youtu.be/XtZ1gc6_fDQ?... But will he? Or will we get more of the same?

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Andy Burnham will fail unless he breaks the economic rules

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/07/2026

Nigel Farage once became the butt of jokes about "losing to a dolphin". Now Count Binface has become the unexpected face of the Clacton campaign. Here are 20 memes charting the story. 👇

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The 20 best Count Binface memes from the Clacton by-election

With Count Binface becoming Nigel Farage's main challenger, social media has responded with some gloriously inventive political satire

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Are you wondering why Farage is so keen to promote crypto currencies? Well, you just need to look at his mate Trump to see exactly why. It's all about their personal enrichment. Greed, pure and simple. youtu.be/0NBMdUXrpJk?...

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Trump makes over $1bn from crypto during first year in office

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The Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026

If you were to count out a million seconds, it would take you 11 and a half days. A billion seconds would take you 31.7 years. But a trillion seconds would take 31,700 years — to reach that point today, you would have needed to start counting around the time that neanderthals went extinct.

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A trillion dollars is a stupid amount of money

No one man should have all that power.

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Enough is enough. Elon Musk's latest attempt to whip up violence and disorder in the UK cannot go ignored. The UK Government should immediately remove all it's accounts from X and stop using Musk's platforms. Agree? Sign the petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

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The UK Government should withdraw from X (formally Twitter)

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Michael @mikeyh71.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Please sign and share... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

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End the sewage pollution scandal

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

BBC Question Time now doing exact same with AI they did with Farage? This ‘expert’ panel on AI is a disgrace: not one critical voice. Gilbert works for Tony Blair to promote AI. Jones is govt chief AI booster (& Blair flunky). Riparbelli is industry. Gawdat is ex industry. And a Tory MP

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 26/05/2026

Clear evidence that writing your notes by hand helps you learn more, and better remember concepts than typing does.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

NEW: The Crypto Connection. @thenerve.news brings you…Part 1 of The Harbourne Receipts. A forensic examination of the cryptobillionaire’s donations & Farage’s crypto announcements. And guess what? There’s a pattern. Starting with the now infamous £5m gift. www.thenerve.news/p/investigat... 1/

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Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?

The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the ...

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