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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay #Warblers A Zitting Cisticola (セッカ, Cisticola juncidis) (formerly known as a Streaked Fantail Warbler) and a Japanese Bush Warbler (ウグイス, Horornis diphone cantans).

A Zitting Cisticola (formerly known as a Streaked Fantail Warbler) resting on a grass stem.

A Japanese bush warbler, beak wide open and warbling.

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JAM RADIO NEWS @jamradiouk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Professor Kehinde Andrews speaks to BBC Newsnight following the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. For days, Andrews had warned that Arday was being subjected to what he described as a “dedicated, coordinated smear campaign”. Tonight, his words carry a devastating weight.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

@nojusticemtg.bsky.social asks Shaymaa, who has been offered a place to study at Edinburgh, how the wars affected her Shaymaa explains that her home was bombed, she was buried under rubble, her mum, sisters & brother were killed, her school was destroyed, & through it all she continued her studies

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/07/2026

Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed after armed settlers raided the Palestinian village of Tal near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/07/2026

Israel’s military has attacked several areas across Gaza, with Palestinians filming flames and smoke rising over Gaza City. A nine-year-old girl was also killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Even if you think you know how biased the UK media is, this article on the Israel lobby and its undoubted influence is worth a read. www.declassifieduk.org/why-dont-uk-...

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Why don’t UK media mention the Israel lobby?

Because they’re part of it.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Israel occupied southern Lebanon between from 1982 to 2000 and during that time they operated the Khiam torture complex. During the current occupation they've demolished what remains of the detention centre.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Not many are inspired by Rachel Reeves (the UK's chancellor), but seeing her pose for a selfie and then unexpectedly being asked by the photographer to justify her declaration of being an "unapologetic Zionist" did it for me. This song + video is the result of that inspiration. youtu.be/GnlQXv52Qic

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Captured

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A Soupuss isn't just for Christmas. Another video for a track on RIVAL MOD BAND's "Mow the Lawn" mini album. youtu.be/zOivDyD92V4

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Sourpuss – Rival Mod Band

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Your chance to listen to the wonderful new music that absolutely no one (well, apart from Alan May on the Glory Boy radio show) is talking about: rivalmodband.bandcamp.com/album/mow-th...

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Mow the Lawn, by Rival Mod Band

4 track album

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

via The TRUST FALL: Julian Assange - Documentary Watch the film for FREE 👉🏼 www.thetrustfall.org/watch

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Start your day with a bang! The Morbific Seeds' greatest hit. youtu.be/HchwfLwf58U

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Michael Is Hanging – The Morbific Seeds

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Ed isn't necessarily wrong here, but it's notable that Baron George Osborne of Gatley is missing from this circle. That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.

Rachel Reeves is the continuity Conservative chancellor

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 27/11/2025

🚨British military personnel trained in Israel amid the Gaza genocide, Declassified can reveal. This comes after we exposed the Israeli soldiers training in Britain over the past two years👇 www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...

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British military trained in Israel amid Gaza genocide

Exclusive: Armed forces personnel have ‘studied on educational staff courses’ since October 2023, Ministry of Defence discloses

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

A few from this morning's quick walk along the Nogawa, Tokyo. Eurasian tree sparrow, Common moorhen, Grey wagtail, Rufous turtle dove. #Birds #BirdPhotography

Eurasian tree sparrow on an electric cable.

A common moorhen swimming though overhanging grass.

A grey wagtail in a shallow area of the river in front of various round yellow and brown fruit.

A rufous/Oriental turtle dove washing with a brisk shake in the shallow river.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Something to be going on with if you want a bit of art in your life. youtu.be/48gzdywn4vI?...

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Pete Branscombe – All Art

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Want to have a look through the lots in this auction of some of John Peel's record collection? bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/sear...

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Auction Search

Auction Search at Omega Auctions

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

youtu.be/YCa1OA8qnAA Just got round to publishing this, having recorded it in January last year. A song of hope for Palestinians and tribute to Refaat Alareer.

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Mow the Lawn – Rival Mod Band

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The New York Times Finally Stops Avoiding The G-Word The Israel apologists have lost the argument. They might not know it yet, but they have. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-new-yo...

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The New York Times Finally Stops Avoiding The G-Word

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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Duncan McLeod @duncanmcleod.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Wow. It's almost like successive governments are more interested in making the rich richer and the poor poorer. More stunning work from Zack.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

open.substack.com/pub/ptbr/p/n... I decided to write about one of my days out in the forests and mountains on the western edges of Tokyo. I don't know why, but here it is. It features a few photos and recordings for the enthusiasts among you. #birds

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Never been to Midwich

But I know a cuckoo when I hear one

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 24/05/2025

This Israeli Telegram post explains how the IDF uses starvation and looting as a weapon better than I ever could (Source: t.me/arabworld301...)

Telegram post from Khadashot 301 in Hebrew

Translated from Hebrew:
The Gazans report that in Deir el-Blah, on the main road (Salah a Din), a gathering of armed men on motorcycles from crime families is beginning to loot the aid trucks.
Hamas will try to handle the incident and hopefully they will come out of their hiding places to say hello to our planes.
ZENG ZENG
301 The Arab World on Telegram

Comments in Hebrew (no idea why it says 3 comments when there are 4)

Translation (no idea why it says 3 comments when there are 4):
- Interesting
- We've already brought in the aid, it's gone to the Gaza Strip, so why not bomb Hamas, the gangs and the aid together?
- When was the last time I told you I loved your thrash?
- As part of the aid, they should also be given beepers. There are a few pallets left, surplus for export to Lebanon. We will sell them to the Gazans for Qatari money at a 50% discount as a humanitarian gesture.
That way they will also reach deep into
Hamas's trenches.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Japanese green pheasant (キジ) seen locally in Tokyo today. (Unlike the pheasants I used to see in England, this native is the national bird and wasn't introduced to be shot at by toffs.) #birds

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A common kestrel on the lookout under a Tokyo bridge yesterday. #birds

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Interesting exchange with National Rejoin March @marchforrejoin.bsky.social who just blocked me for taking them to task on UK free zones which in their current form prevent the UK from rejoining the EU. They have not done their homework.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Update on #Cornwall Council's planned felling of 3 lovely mature trees in #Falmouth. They're still pressing ahead with this, despite residents' protests & the Town Council's opposition. They now plan to destroy these trees tomorrow morning. We still hope to save them. www.change.org/p/stop-the-f...

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Stereolabgroop @stereolabgroop.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Announcing now - 61 shows / 7 reissued albums / 7 official shirts. All are on sale tomorrow. stereolab.ffm.to/2lpreissues

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In the Nogawa river, a crow watches a grey heron carrying away a bullfrog it has recently caught. Fifty minutes later, I might be imagining I can see a frog in the heron's throat. #birds

In a river, a crow watches a heron carrying a dead bullfrog in its beak.

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Devutopia @devutopia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

While the BBC and Sky do their "Hamas say Israel has violated the ceasefire, Israel says it hasn't" thing, Aljazeera does actual journalism... #BrokenMedia

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Every time I look at these two Oriental greenfinches I can't help seeing the foot of the bird above as a raised right hand of the bird below. #birds

Two Oriental greenfinches, one above the other, on the twigs of a tree.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A common reed bunting at Tokyoko Yacho Koen yesterday. #birds

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A few days ago I was lucky enough to see a northern goshawk as it flew above the Nogawa (Tokyo) being chased by a gang of crows. The pigeon was not so lucky. #birds

A northern goshawk standing on its freshly killed prey, a pigeon / rock dove.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Just like the Tories, Labour has put capital before governance. If it were the other way around, wage share and profit share would be evenly distributed, people would have better healthcare and better public services, and young people could afford to buy a house. 1/2

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

A common kingfisher along the Nogawa this morning. Kingfishers are often great for photographing because they stay perfectly still, but they leave in a flash, as this one is just beginning to do. #birds

A common kingfisher sitting on a twig-like branch in between autumn leaves of various colours.

A common kingfisher in the microsecond motion of raising its wings as it launches into its bullet-like flight.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Tories' biggest donor - actually the biggest donor in British politics AFAIK - seems to have changed his name following racist comments about Diane Abbott. And he's given himself a fake knighthood, apparently... Via Private Eye

PARTING SHOTS

WHAT news of Frank Hester, the £20m Tory party donor and healthcare IT moneybags who got into a lot of hot water earlier this year by saying that Diane Abbott MP made him "want to hate all black women"?

Hester's The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) group continues to make huge profits from its place in a duopoly of suppliers of patient record systems to NHS GP practices. (Its last results showed a £40m profit on £80m of income – see Eye 1619.) But it is to China that it is looking for even more, through its operation in Hangzhou.

Hester is said to be spending a lot of time there and seems to want to put the fuss back here behind him. On TPP's Asia website he has even changed his name and upgraded the OBE he received in 2015, to become Sir Frank Hirst.

All other British executives' names and titles have transferred to the Asian publicity material perfectly, and for some reason TPP didn't want to answer the Eye's questions on the switch. Why might Frank want to show a different persona to the Chinese?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Saw a brown-eared bulbul having persimmon for breakfast this morning. #birds

A brown-eared bulbul, in an almost leafless persimmon tree, looking around from its half-eaten persimmon.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Four Eurasian tree sparrows in a Tokyo cherry tree. #birds

Four Eurasian tree sparrows in the twiggy leafless branches of a cherry tree.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/11/2024

The Government Media Office in Gaza says the number of journalists killed in Gaza is now 191 after the death of Mamdouh Quneita in al-Ahli Arab Hospital. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

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At least 19 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza in past 24 hours

Three aid workers of World Central Kitchen have been killed in the city of Khan Younis, according to our team in Gaza.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I wondered why this grey heron was half-submerged in the Nogawa, with part of its neck peculiarly sticking out above the surface. It seems it had just eaten a large fish (probably a carp in this river) and was now going through various procedures in the process of swallowing it. #birds

A grey heron crouching, half-submerged in the river, with part of its neck sticking out above the surface and the end of its beak.

A grey heron sitting half-submerged in water with its neck compactly folded up under its beak.

A grey heron noiselessly stretching up with its beak wide open, seemingly swallowing.

A grey heron splashing the itself into the river water.

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Richard Dawson being as special as usual. Funny video too. Apart from the excellent window display scenes, look out for the man slipping on the escalator and another one blowing smoke, both in time with the brilliantly off-kilter clarinet. youtu.be/hwLXaYn9KKI?...

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Richard Dawson - Boxing Day sales (Official Video)

YouTube video by Richard Dawson

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It would be great if, just for once, we had a government focused more on protecting people than enforcement. These "crackdowns" have minimal overall impact on majority of businesses affected. They specifically hit workers, who often are already being exploited 1/6 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

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Firms illegally employing workers in UK face 'stronger' action, says Yvette Cooper

The Home Secretary admitted some of the pull-factors attracting people to risk their lives crossing the Channel in ‘small boats’ needed to be tackled

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Pete Branscombe @pete-b.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I suppose this little egret was injured, was it? I went back later to see if was still in this odd position, but it wasn't there, so I'm tentatively hopeful it was alright. #birds

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