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Caz Walker

@northernhills.bsky.social
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Lichen botherer northern England and Scotland. Old lefty. It's all about the habitat...

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Caz Walker @northernhills.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here are some #lichen beauties in montane wind-clipped heath in the #Cairngorms from a visit a month ago. #lichengbi
Swards of Flavocetraria nivalis low to the ground amongst heather, bilberry, crowberry and cowberry.Alectoria sarmentosa ssp vexillifera with flattened stemsPseudephebe minusculum on a rock - tiny with a dendritic branching patternLepra dactilina with chunky white isidia
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your regular reminder that the chair of the BM is George Osborne, and he was elected unanimously by the Trustees, including Mary Beard. It's a club. You're not in it, oik.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Telegraph has published my letter responding to a column by James Rebanks. I argue that the pastoral idyll can obscure destructive and wasteful land use. They changed one thing though: I pointed out that the headline accused me of waging a "sheep culture war", not the article. archive.ph/pgEGB
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually. If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below: bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What the front page of an actual newspaper looks like (as opposed to a tax-dodging billionaire's political tool staffed by shills and bootlickers)
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"In the past 24hrs 10 Palestinians have been killed.. the number is expected to rise" Hind Khoudary reports on Israels latest attacks in Gaza, including on a tent housing displaced people in Al Mawasi, a woman asleep in her house in the middle of the night, & someone fishing for food
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A top union boss has blasted Andy Burnham for proposing changing the triple lock on pensions rather than taxing the super-rich in order to pay for his social care plans 🗣️ 'The richest 50 families are worth £500 billion – pensioners get £12,500 pounds a year'
thenational.scot
Top union boss blasts Andy Burnham over plans to change pension triple lock
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The activities.. we are undertaking in support of our friends in Saudi Arabia are purely defensive" The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen for years, with British trained pilots in British built planes dropping British bombs. Thats what Pollard means by 'defensive'
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israel is stealing Palestinians' past as well as their future.
middleeastmonitor.com
Israel places West Bank Islamic site under its authority, Palestine calls for ‘urgent’ intervention
An Israeli military force raided several areas in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarm governorate on Sunday, including the Banat Yaqub shrine, and posted notices stating that the site had been placed …
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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#FreePalestine: www.instagram.com/reel/Dde7AQy...
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Caz Walker @northernhills.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Showing that reversing thatcherism can be done, despite all the obstacles put in place by successive governments.
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Caz Walker @northernhills.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Corruption
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Amount a pensioner receives in the UK is the lowest in Europe, just 2/3rds of France and barely 50% of Italy who are considered a 'poorer' country. Why is our pension 'unaffordable' when it is so low, and where is all our money actually going?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
drawdown.org
Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#WildlifeCrime - one more contributor to the parlous state of #biodiversity in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Cruel hare coursers leave 22 dead animals at Kent farm
Farmers say more action and harsher punishments are needed to tackle the illegal sport.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
Online grifters, private companies, and far-right ideologues have transformed traditional American diplomacy, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes. She explores how they’re wielding their newfound power:
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lots of interest in Right to Roam today at Wigan Diggers Festival, where @righttoroam.bsky.social held a stall, ahead of Sunday’s Makerfield Mass Trespass…
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
On this day in 1874, Kiowa and Comanche people led by Kiowa chief Ǥûib̶à:gàui (Lone Wolf) engage American forces at the Battle of Sweetwater Creek, during the Red River War, assisting a large group of women and children in escaping on the other side of a ridge. anticolonialhistory.com/event/105/
Quanah Parker 1890 Daniel P. Sink of Vernon Texas, Public Domain
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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Dr Rhys Steven Jones @rhysteven.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A must read!!! @nafeez.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 'Jason Arday's ... coordinated targeting by an anti-black race science network did not come out of nowhere. Backed by the pro-Trump Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, this network has spent a decade penetrating Cambridge University.'
bylinetimes.com
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Really baffled by the Met Office pushing through the new interface in its current form. The old version gives me everything I need at a single glance. The new one requires extra clicks on 'detailed forecast', more clicks to ask for humidity %, and then all the info doesn't fit on screen. Poor 🙁
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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This. This is fucking capitalism. When the shareholders of the firm that knowingly supplied the flammable cladding that sent 72 souls (18 children) up in a terrifying tower of flame got paid more compensation for 'financial loss' than the victims families for loss of life. Disgusting bastards.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I have cancelled a planned victory speech in Clacton this morning after credible reports that someone bought a banana milkshake.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
UK economy grew by 0.4% in last quarter. Is it trickling down? 1975: workers share of gross value added, 71.9%; now 59.3% Average real wage stagnant since 2008. 25.3m live below minimum income standard. Healthy life expectancy falling. Richest 1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined.
bbc.co.uk
UK economy grows between April and June but experts warn of challenges in coming months
The UK economy grew by 0.4% with some firms reporting hot weather and sports helped growth in June.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
There are '12,000 fewer firefighters in the UK today than in 2010'. Fourteen years of Conservative Government has left this country unprepared for almost any emergency
theguardian.com
‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Nazis gotta Nazi
theguardian.com
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
An incredibly sobering thread. These birds do not belong on our hills, nor on our roads. There are staggering human and environmental costs.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🧵 Settler-Terrorists Besieged Two Families With Children And Cut Off Their Electricity And Water. IDF Soldiers Prayed Instead Of Helping, And This Is ONGOING - Thread (1/20)
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בידיעת חיילי צה״ל: מתנחלים הטילו מצור על שתי משפחות עם ילדים וניתקו אותן מחשמל וממים • המקום הכי חם בגיהנום
שתי משפחות פלסטיניות נצורות בבתיהן מזה 24 שעות בעקבות מצור של מתנחלים. התוקפים השחיתו את צינורות המים והחשמל שמחוברים למבנה
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Nathan Chrismas @thevagrantlichenologist.com · 07/08/2026
Have been a bit quiet on here recently (social media/life overload perhaps?), but licheneering continues. Here's another example of the mega-rare-in-Scotland Catolechia wahlenbergii spotted on a glorious day scrambling Castle Ridge on Ben Nevis a cpuple of weeks back.
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Lucy Jones @challengelucy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Lenticular clouds above Cross Fell. I can’t wait to walk past Greg’s Hut on our Pennine Way adventure 🤪💚 #PennineWay #CrossFell
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trump's invasion of Greenland. US oil company preparing to sink wells despite not having permission from the local authorities. Greenland may have $1tn of crude. Trump seeking conflict and takeover. Will Europe capitulate to the madman?
theguardian.com
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 09/08/2026
The Israeli government is stripping entry permits from American Jews who've volunteered to protect Palestinians from settler violence. "If I’m the wrong kind of Jew for Israel,” one activist said, “Sure. Great.”
commondreams.org
Israel Revokes Entry Permits For Jewish Americans Who Protected Palestinians From Settler Violence
"Israeli-occupied territory is not a 'safe place' for all Jews," said one Jewish American activist.
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Don't call them Nazis, it hurts their feelings
euromedmonitor.org
Israel wipes genocide evidence in Gaza, carting off rubble and remains in 100 trucks daily
At least 10 million tonnes of rubble have been removed, crushed, or moved from their original sites within the areas under Israel’s unlawful military control
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 07/08/2026
This violence is not exceptional or limited to the actions of extreme individuals It's the direct result of years of mainstreaming led by mainstream media and politicians who have legitimised racism and other forms of exclusion Arrests will not stop this spiral www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans
Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In August, the Big Eight UK bumblebees are joined by our rare and less common species 💛 👑💼 For most species, queens and their worker daughters will be joined by new males. 🚹 Some males will seek out new queens from other nests to mate with. What bumblebees have you spotted recently?
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’d recommend everyone watch this - it’s rather cheering to watch our media discover that an incompetent crank runs our national equality regulator
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You know what? I don't care if this or similar acts are part of your 'tradition'. It's obscenely wrong and has to stop, period. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scottish islanders refused permission to stage annual guga hunt
Each year hundreds of gannet chicks are killed for their meat on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Are modern tech corporations the new East India Company? What is the dark history behind Silicon Valley? What do Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have in common with Cecil Rhodes? linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
THIS. IS. HUGE. Nature Scot's own scientific advisors say they cannot conclude the hunt would avoid harming the internationally protected gannet colony. And they have recommended the board REFUSE the licence.
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Waves of Israeli terrorist attacks target mosques, homes and businesses across #WestBank www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Last night Israel bombed a residential building in Gaza city & murdered at least 5 people, including 3 children.
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Iain Clark But In The Fog @iainjclarkart.com · 21/07/2026
Oh my god they've armed Wes Streeting.
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Caz Walker @northernhills.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Exactly this. Ecological restoration should be the main goal. Carbon fixation leads to unnecessary peatland restoration which destroys #lichen whereas reduced/no grazing allows peat to vegetate naturally; tree planting in inappropriate places destroys grassland habitats.
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