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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19h

INSANE MIDDLE EAST HEAT 46C DAY 33C NIGHT The most extreme event in world history gets worse 46.3 Sharjah Uni. EMIRATES HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER 44.7 Abu Dhabi 44.2 Dubai 44.0 Al Ain 43.9 Sharjah 42.6 Bateen IRAN 46.3 Omidieh OMAN 45.1 Sunaynah 43.5 Buraimi RECORD HOT NIGHTS👎

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex.

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mrsdumbledore.bsky.social @mrsdumbledore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...

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Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget

Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It seems that Prof Peter Fonagy's report on mental health among young people will not be what Wes Streeting was hoping for. The crisis is very real & Fonagy has not sought to downplay it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I didn't hear it fortunately, but can confidently say if there's a wrong position to take, its always the one she goes with

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Beautiful Red Admiral fluttering about in the garden, and helpfully pausing periodically to soak up the sun #UKWildlife

A beautiful Red Admiral butterf6 resting on a wall with wings outstretched to get as much sun as possible. The orange stripes and white patches on its wings standing out clearly against the dark browny black of the wings

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reminders today in several places that ordinary people who dont have much can be really decent and good Billionaires; do better. Do so much better

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Now why would a very rich man give away money? Farage is a creature bought and paid for by the wealthy not a man of the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire

Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

From the piece itself: "Hardened anti-immigration campaigners were using their newly developed tactics for the first time." How exactly are they hardened? On account of their many criminal records? Have they all been on a lot of 'protests' previously? How would we know given they all wear masks?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today, we remember that dark day years ago, when evil men in the name of a global anti-human ideology carried out despicable terrorist acts that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende in Chile.

This historical photograph captures the bombing of the Palacio de La Moneda, the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on September 11, 1973.

Young democracy defenders rounded up by fascists

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Im hearing this more and more from people. Especially those who are on the receiving end of other peoples' AI generated slop which may reduce work for the 'creator' but much more for the receiver. And that's not even considering all the other problems it has inherent in it

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'll be walking/running/cycling 195km in October to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians - my plan is to match the donations I receive (and to share progress updates and maybe even photos!) If you'd like to donate, the page is here; medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/poppy-lee...

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Follow my journey as I complete 195km (virtually) in one month across Palestine, from Jenin to Gaza, for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). The month of October marks the beginning of the olive harve

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm so sick of the worst of us riding roughshod over everyone.

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026

Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We humans are so weak when the dog-eyes are deployed!

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Great to see this bin yard transforming. I was there litter picking a few weeks ago - a lot of what was dumped was landlord waste. Hopefully the planters and a growing local interest and awareness about the yard will deter future waste dumping there

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This boy gets very anxious, but reccomends running in long grass to reconnect with feelings of joy

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anxiety is awful, and much underestimated in the negative effects it can have. Do you have any strategies that help you manage it?

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Ben-Gvir is a blood thirsty psychopath, war criminal and one of Israel’s beloved genocidal leaders. America and the world should be sanctioning, divesting and boycotting Israel in every way until this apartheid regime falls.

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians

Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's 2026. We are one of the richest nations in the world. We apparently have a Labour government. Why the f*** are foodbanks still having to open to help communities and people that are struggling? How are we still getting things so wrong in how we run our society?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

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How Jason Arday’s appointment became a reckoning for Cambridge

Resignation of Black professor forces university to examine its approach to diversity, equality and inclusion

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 14/08/2026

I heard Lee Anderson on Today saying that no one wanted to live next to an HMO housing people seeking asylum. As far as I can tell, my back garden abuts the back garden of a house that does indeed house asylum seekers, so I thought I'd give a brief account of why I am in fact fine about it.

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And the 'plot' to embarrass him was entirely cooked up by himself (and his advisors presumably) to get him out of a tricky spot because of his sense of entitlement. It just didn't play out as he'd planned!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage: " I am damned if I am going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory... and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies," Reform UK made a differemt claim that Essex police advised him not to attend due to a "ctedible threat". [Nb, this claim not yet confitmed by Essex police]

am damned if I am going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory... and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies," Nigel Farage says

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“As the prime minister tours every region of the UK, it will be hard to miss the impacts of this extraordinary summer: wildfires, drought, parched farmland & people struggling to work in extreme heat" - Emma Howard Boyd Now Burnham must act on the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record

Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several days

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/08/2026

Britain is burning through its fifth heatwave of the summer. And the government is considering drilling for MORE oil and gas. Rosebank and Jackdaw must be stopped.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

😍 👍 "Rather than evict her new colleagues, Rothney adapted. 'The wasps were fine with me being there. The longer I was there, the more I felt relaxed being alongside them... Insects learn that certain individuals won’t harm them. Just keep calm, they will sense that and won’t feel threatened'".

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It would be nice if he now loses to the bin AND the investigations continue

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Where are all the 'patriots' when our cultural/natural heritage is being sold off? They seem to be absent when they could be doing something positive for the UK, preferring to sow dissent, fear and hatred instead

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

How to go straight from dinner to cake. [📹 josephsmachines] Original post

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm currently dealing with this problem with my parents. It's hard to explain that no I don't want that random china thing that my great grandmother had as I'd never use it, and I don't need a particular piece of furniture because I already have one in my own home But I did accept these bottles

Three art deco bottles - probably perfume holders? - that are 10 - 15 cm high and range from tall and thin to beautifully bulbous and rounded. The tallest is blue, the other two are clear glass with art deco metal moulding on their outsides. All three are sitting on a beech wood bookcase in front of some books

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It doesn't even have to be a steam train I was on a standard train on the Settle-Carlisle recently, and as we crossed Ribblehead viaduct we waved at the hikers and they waved back at us. The steam train does make it extra special though!

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A Swiss relative would only buy his pants from M&S. I'm not sure if his holidays were planned to coincide with a need for new new underwear, but every holiday here involved a trip to buy new pants

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Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The butterflies were being super helpful for this morning's count; a Speckled Wood and a White both flew into the house as a reminder to me to go out and count the back garden. Then I saw these three who provided a reminder of the value of dandelions in a garden

4 dandelion flowers. On the one closest to the camera there is Meadow Brown feeding, on two further back there are two white butterflies

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's the final weekend to get out for the #BigButterflyCount and help take nature's pulse 🦋 You don't need to be an expert to make a big difference for butterflies and moths. All you need is 15 mins, a spot of sunshine and patience! 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj Where will you be doing yours?

Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for England with photos of each species

Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Welsh with photos of each species

Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for Scotland with photos of each species

Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Irish with photos of each species

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In June, new anti-protest powers came into effect through the Crime and Policing Act 2026. We’ve published guidance to help you understand what this means. Know your rights👇 www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_infor...

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Crime and Policing Act 2026: Explaining the new protest restrictions - Liberty

What are the new protest offences under the Crime and Policing Act 2026? Am I no longer allowed to wear a face covering at a protest?

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