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Hilary

@penny4it.bsky.social
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Botany, ecology, FISC 4, Biological Recording, gardening, mountains, dogs. Proud Mum. Northumberland, UK. 💚🇬🇧

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 16h
Forbes: Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Use Of White Male Actor As Welfare Recipient Sparks Hard-Right Firestorm I'm glad my Antifa dues went for something constructive.😅 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Trump wants to be a dictator. But that is not how the law works in our country, Marc Elias says. “The courts need to step forward and prevent a blatant disregard of Congress’ statutes.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules. Sign up for free: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Simon Dalling 🇪🇺🇬🇱 @simond1954.bsky.social · 21h
In the UK our judges and our public prosecutors are not elected so there is a separation of the state from the creation of laws to carrying them out. We do see due process here - most of the time, something that seems to be lacking, quite often from the other side of the Atlantic…
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Poet Sue @poetsue.bsky.social · 21h
For many different reasons this is dangerous: 1) There is no evidence the perpetrators were muslim 2) There is no evidence this was terrorism yet (appears no explosives were found otherwise the men wouldn't have been released on bail) 3) America is interfering in British police investigation
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Barry Jones @nogbad666.bsky.social · 21h
Since when does the US congress handle policing matters in the UK?
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Dr Negrin's Victory Pills @dr-negrin.bsky.social · 21h
Let's pick this apart, shall we? 'Muslim' - no evidence. 'Terrorists' - no evidence. 'Planning an attack' - no evidence Otherwise, spot on.
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Sky Bloo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @sky-bloo.bsky.social · 21h
..especially as there is ZERO evidence that the #FairfordFive are EITHER Muslim OR terrorists.
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Liz Skelt 🇬🇧 @lizskelt.bsky.social · 21h
Not an American Airbase. An RAF Base that the US uses. Not Muslims. Not Foreign Agents Not a Terrorist attack. Just some dumb guys doing something dumb near a Miliary Base. Which is a very dumb thing to do. Handled very well by local agencies and councils. I live near there so I know.
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Neil Gilbert @neiljg.bsky.social · 20h
It doesn’t appear that they are either terrorists or Muslim, apart from that…
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SPCK111 @spck111.bsky.social · 20h
Unless the US where they shoot you dead in the street if they think you might have done something, in the UK, the home of democracy, we rely on a thing called evidence.
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Brook Finham @brookfinham.bsky.social · 20h
Ignorant and dangerous and thus characteristic of this regime.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Dr. Bandy Lee offers on Trump’s interactions with Xi Jinping: He will continue to be played by these leaders. He is extremely manipulable. The flip side of individuals with mental impairments like his is he would be easily manipulated and exploited and abused by those who he sees as his superior.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 20h
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 20h
How about stop paying the royal family millions and millions every year that they don't need.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20h
From August Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis - Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage 2/2 www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20h
The war profits bonanza continues for Big Oil - TotalEnergies boosts buybacks and dividends as oil prices surge As does the misery for motorists and energy bill payers who are funding the bonanza 1/2 www.ft.com/content/1cd3...
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TotalEnergies boosts buybacks and dividends as oil prices surge
French energy company increases shareholder payouts as effect of Iran war increases cash flows
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sswilliams.bsky.social @sswilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you Randy! 💙 @southerngayteacher.bsky.social @pinkmouse.bsky.social @pattyger.bsky.social @danielgamboa820.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social @milliekitkat.bsky.social @hengel1615.bsky.social @jozefimrich.bsky.social @sswilliams.bsky.social
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 21h
Anyhoo, seriously, this is all very funny but it's also Anthropic violating its IPO in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing
It's an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.
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North East Jobs @northeastjobs.bsky.social · 20h
Class Teacher KS2: Timothy Hackworth Primary School are seeking to recruit a Class Teacher Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Part time | Salary: £37,101 - £51,048 | Advert End Date: 19/10/2026 09:00 |  #northeastjobs #nejobs #PublicSectorJobs
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Timothy Hackworth Primary School are seeking to recruit a Class Teacher Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Part time | Salary: £37,101 - £51,048 | Advert End Date: 19/10/2026 09:00 | 
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 20h
Registration has begun; teas, coffees, and other refreshments are being enjoyed. #BOUasm26 Session 1 will begin at 10:00 BST - stay tuned!
A presentation title slide, #BOUasm26 AVIAN FUTURES.Teas, coffees, and pastries.Two attendees in conversation.The conference venue; white tables & grey chairs with some attendees.
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oh-my-oh-my.bsky.social @oh-my-oh-my.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only people not fully covered by EMTALA (federal emergency treatment requirement) are pregnant women in Texas. A convicted serial killer has more legal rights to emergency medical treatment than a pregnant woman in Texas.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026
spread the word
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h
Burnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social care
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Burnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social care
PM to tell Labour conference he is prepared to make difficult arguments and have ‘honest conversation’ * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham will signal he is prepared to look at scrapping the pensions triple lock to fund a national care service, telling the Labour conference he will be willing to make difficult arguments to tackle the UK’s intractable issues such as social care. Government sources have suggested the prime minister would signal his willingness to review the policy but stop short of a pledge to scrap it altogether. The Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said the move would be “electoral suicide”, with an end to the policy likely to be attacked by the Conservaties and Reform. Continue reading...
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Kent Field Club @kentfieldclub.bsky.social · 21h
Lots of love for shieldbugs here in Kent ... www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/projects/shi... #shieldbuglove
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An Atlas of the Shieldbugs and Allies of Kent | Projects| KFC
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 21h
Let’s see much more of this UK-wide! Swifts need the help due to loss of nesting sites. And homes that help wildlife also mean more nature, which means improved health & well-being. Great work by @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #NatureRestoration #biodiversity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New homes for swifts installed across Chesterfield
Five neighbourhoods have welcomed 70 new homes for the under-threat migratory bird.
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Hilary @penny4it.bsky.social · 21h
Oh no they’re not.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 21h
There have been strong words of support for Palestine and protestors from Ed Miliband and the Labour govt. On arms, he has said the UK is not supplying bombs or bullets. A Channel 4 investigation found that the UK had supplied 110,000 bullets to Israel as well as £400k worth bomb and missile parts.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 23h
Crack team of scientists puts a nail in the coffin of fossil fuel proponents' "our fossil fuel production is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’" excuse See the extra warming & heat stress, excess deaths, GBR coral loss, glacier loss, crop production loss, labour loss, & poverty impacts of any new ff projs‼️
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Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 21h
Thinking of the people of Ukraine, who've suffered so much. It's important attention remains on the impacts of Russian aggression www.ft.com/content/e423...
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Russian drones hit Kyiv science academy and hospital
One person killed and six injured in attack on capital, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges countries to do more to protect Ukraine
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s absurd that the United States, a democracy, is not fully supporting Ukraine, a democracy!
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 23h
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Deb @debfly.bsky.social · 21h
It’s time that the American people are informed of what undisclosed condition the American president has that requires repeated cognitive exams, and obvious demonstrated hypersomnolence! This is not someone who should have access to the nuclear codes!
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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight. I really like the quality of light that I got with this photo. It almost feels like a studio shot. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #BirdOfTheDay #Airborne #Stunday
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight while it comes up to red flowers to feed.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 21h
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Yes. It. Would.
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Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live
Union leader says getting rid of triple lock not ‘the right thing’ as the PM prepares to lay out his ‘hope comes from honesty’ vision in Liverpool this afternoon
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Brad Mann @happymountaineer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A whole 60 days! Dang, I feel so much better.
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xomspx.bsky.social @xomspx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Paxton is MAGA - RWNJ, so lying doesn't bother him Team Paxton offered a deal for 1 day & the Judge wouldn't accept that & insisted on a longer time in lockup. Paxton is being shady by not taking ownership of the offer of just 1 day & implying he wanted longer www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 22h
🎥 How the WHO is taking #ClimateAction to ensure #health systems are resilient to #ClimateChange PL RP🩷💚💙 @bindyp.bsky.social @johnpearce650.bsky.social @squeakysquirrel.bsky.social @fbpech.bsky.social @drcj.bsky.social @guitarnut.bsky.social @vladimirkackt.bsky.social graph: @ipcc.bsky.social
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Editors of the Cornell Daily Sun condemned administrators for creating an academic environment where “enough ambiguity, enough he-said-she-said, enough familial connections, enough money will allow you to get off scot-free.”
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Prosecutors are revisiting allegations of gang rape at Cornell
Intense public outrage and reporting from the school’s daily newspaper appear to have prompted the decision.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Canadian response to the convicted felon in the White House who claims that Canada will come pleading for a deal and say, "Sir, we're sorry." That ain't ever gonna happen. @meidascanada.ca
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Yellow Dog Dem ♿👨‍🦯‍➡️ @yellowdog1960.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMO the whole bitcoin mining thing was a smokescreen from the beginning. It has always been about domestic/consumer surveillance. We may never know fully how the info they gather is being used against us.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers is a Chinese conspiracy. Huh? Meanwhile, 61% of Americans oppose building a new data center in their own area.
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annclark.bsky.social @annclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
About time. It is only with safe routes that we can reduce the boat crossings. I would like to go further but at least they’ve made a step. I think we should return to how it was in the 1970s when claiming asylum at embassy’s was possible and claims could be processed much closed to home countries
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Hilary @penny4it.bsky.social · 21h
About time this policy came into being:
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Enough is Enough!! @pugluver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
 Believe the women!
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 29/09/2026
Picked up my absentee ballot from the clerks office today here in Michigan!
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 21h
The spacecraft didn’t land. It crashed.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 22h
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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