Reposted by NettleRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“The Cotswold Woolgatherers’ stall boasts a certificate reading “From sheep to jumper: 8 hours 54 minutes – 2nd fastest team in the world”. I note that the wool from the recently hand-shorn sheep has vanished.” 2205
Reposted by NettleNick Williams @nick-aka-nev.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#ASongOrMovieForSoft Don't Look Back In Angora 061
Reposted by NettleJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Birmingham City Council at the High Court to seek an emergency injunction to stop more unlawful erection of Union and St George's Cross flags on lampposts and bridges by Ryan Bridge's Raise the Colours The council has acted after many complaints of harassment & anti-social behaviour for over a yearbirminghammail.co.ukLive updates as flaggers face court showdown with Birmingham City CouncilIt's a day of reckoning for the men who have put flags up all over Birmingham, as the city council seeks an injunction to stop them 4338
Reposted by NettleNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick. 161485386
Reposted by NettleHenri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026I saw Tommy Robinson (5’6”) called Ewok Powell and that made me chuckle 2678
Reposted by NettleLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life+endangering the safety of a ship on Wednesday. He remains in custody. The force previously said it was looking at the video which Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, had live-streamed on social media on Tuesday.bbc.co.ukDaniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashingPolice had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife. 1279
Reposted by NettleProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Climate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared response When communities compete for land and water, the risk of conflict can grow. theconversation.com/climate-chan...theconversation.comClimate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared responseAfrican countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement and conflict. 14020
Reposted by NettleIan Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So we are absolutely clear, as well as being unworkable and cruel the tory "stop people on benefits buying cigarettes and alcohol" plan has no economic benefit. It will either not reduce expenditure at all or more likely it will increase expenditure through the significant cost of its administration 3156
Reposted by NettleAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks. 12580156
Reposted by NettleGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Possession of an offensive weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal damage ... Let's hope the police take this seriously. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 1081207400
Reposted by NettlePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comKremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banksFT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7 2234131
Reposted by NettleTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very probably the best photo I've ever taken of a 16th Century dovecote with a cow standing in front of it, surrounded by buttercups, looking like she has just dropped a debut album she is thoroughly proud of. 11190145
Reposted by NettleNick Williams @nick-aka-nev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#ASongOrMovieForEmbarrassment Faux Pas Got A Brand New Bag 2132
Reposted by NettleRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I sure hope that as the climate continues to change, climate people won’t get nastier and nastier to each other online, and subject each other to ever stricter purity tests… …while the people who are actively accelerating the problems, and aren’t even on here, laugh all the way to the bank 26814
Reposted by NettleRose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Drawing created by Paul Davidson c.1967, in the art therapy studio at Netherne Hospital, where he was compelled to live. This is one of a small number of his surviving works & no biographical information is currently known to us 716137
Reposted by NettleFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe 8237119
Reposted by NettleJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published 541631391
Reposted by NettleOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Roses are red Their stems are quite narrow 627668
Reposted by NettlePaul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Total of 9 wild-born White-tailed Eagle have now fledged, from 5 established pairs after 56 released. Successful reintroduction needs long-term commitment: hats off to Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation & @ForestryEngland.bsky.social Notably diet mainly fish! #ornithology roydennis.org/three-wild-w...roydennis.orgThree wild white-tailed eagle chicks hatched in England – Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation 0165
Reposted by NettleAlan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ - Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 119487
Reposted by Nettlehookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Goodnight from the Wall End Working Men’s Club, where rumour is going round that there’s some Barrow Boar chops in tonight’s meat raffle. Goodnight from Marian Pearson, counting all the reasons to curse Janie Creed aside from the fact she’s stolen her boyfriend. Goodnight from Hookland. 2926231
Reposted by NettleÉidín Ní Shé @eidin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Solidarity with the snail today 🐌 19507108
Reposted by NettleSteve 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026She's literally doing that. goodlawproject.org/blog-money-i...goodlawproject.orgPolitical funding: Stella Creasy bids to close donations loophole | Good Law ProjectThe Walthamstow MP is campaigning for an amendment that could stop billionaires influencing politics – we’ve got six days to make it happen 231
Reposted by NettlePolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on #AI #HumanExtinction @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 3258
Reposted by NettleAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/09/2026also as usual people would do well to read @emilymbender.bsky.social, this newsletter links several academic papers and addresses related questionsbuttondown.comInformation literacy and chatbots as searchBy Emily This post started off as a thread I wrote and posted across social media on Sunday evening. I'm reproducing the thread (lightly edited) first and... 05812
Reposted by NettleAnnest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An older poem of mine from my first book Surfacing, published by Lapwing Publications. First published in The Dawntreader. Just looking at how my poetry has changed over the years. #poetsofbluesky #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets 1265
Reposted by NettleHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 09/09/2026The public can now see the questions hanging over his finances. It's time the authorities asked them too. We’re calling on the Government to refer Stephen Lennon to HMRC for a full investigation. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...secure.hopenothate.org.ukCALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNONA year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation. 311440
Reposted by NettleLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At a time of ecological crisis,extreme weather events+a rapidly heating climate,Robert Macfarlane’s BBC Reith Lectures will examine what is in his view one of the most consequential stories humans tell themselves: that our species stands above+apart from the rest of nature. Only BBC does this. 1/bbc.co.ukRobert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith LecturesThe acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in order to shape a more hopeful future on Earth 2136
Reposted by NettleBurgess @burgess.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026It's one of the UK's largest sewage outlets. 1883
Reposted by NettleMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026On the plus side, it's keeping them away from the ports and other major infrastructure. Unless you consider the Daily Mail to be major infrastructure. 1504
Nettle @nettlejelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026meanwhile, the fog is out there eating the pollution theweek.com/environment/...theweek.comFog has bacteria that eat air pollutionThe low-lying clouds hold a diverse microbiome 000
Reposted by NettleMark Hennessy-Barrett @markhb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026www.upi.com/Top_News/US/... Today's Fatal Food is.... <spins wheel> Pork! with.... <spins wheel> Lysteria!upi.comUSDA recalls 1,500 pounds of pork products distributed to eight states - UPI.comU.S. health officials have issued an urgent recall for more than 1,500 pounds of pre-packaged pork products distributed across eight states. 22638250
Reposted by Nettlewomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Edmonia 'Wildfire' Lewis (1844-1907) first African/Native-American woman to achieve international fame as a sculptor #womensart 2638133
Reposted by NettleKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/09/2026Very good report and article wrecked, as always, by a sloppy headline that falsely reframes the core story. It should be: New report warns vulnerable, oil dependent countries could be hurt if energy transition chaotic Or something 35412
Reposted by NettleTube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy Star Trek Day I always think about Star Trek when I visit Southgate London Underground station. The station building and the outside benches remind me of the Starship Enterprise. Happy 60th anniversary to Star Trek :-) 211927
Reposted by NettleSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success. 451038253
Reposted by NettleRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🖼️ Fidelia Bridges, 1907. 129260
Reposted by Nettlealexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate 371147024389
Reposted by NettleStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."nicklowles.substack.comDid Kent Police ignore a 999 call?Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information. 26710282
Reposted by Nettle~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A short thread of cats I saw within about 40 yards walking in Corfu. 1375
Reposted by Nettlehookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Goodnight from the Hookland Museum of Curiosities, its pickled Hand of Glory twitching unseen on a bed of black velvet. Goodnight from Jan Raffner, singing the song of The Old Mothers to the corn dolly she is making for the Croxley harvest mass and supper. Goodnight from Hookland. 2633338
Reposted by Nettle~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The other thing in Corfu, which is considerably harder to photograph, is absolutely fuckloads of swifts. Never seen so many swarming around. Gorgeous. 161
Reposted by NettleJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Daniel Thomas' Patriot Platform are an organised paramilitary group with likely US funding who have been planning to block Dover and take control of British cities since June. Here is the evidence 🧵 - police should've been aware. 1013261
Reposted by NettleRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable courage. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...shop.rnli.orgDonation to RNLIIt costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work. 03316