Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialGreenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 14/10/2026🧵 1/ Some things we learned recently: - data centres route bot farms - bot farms manipulate elections - autocrats want data centres Do the math. Coincidence? We think not… 👀 110454
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Totally support the RNLI but Porthmeor is the wrong place for this #StIves www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukStatue of lifeguard set to be installed on beachThe bronze sculpture due to be installed in St Ives was made by Zennor-based artist Holly Bendall. 010
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling. 1703146824302
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialEveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 15/09/2026Private equity is extracting millions from the NHS. Nearly £1bn went to insourcing firms in 3 years, much of it PE owned. We demand a ban on PE contracts, whistleblower protections, and an investigation into where money goes. Send our letter to your MP: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private... 13220
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialWestcountrybird @racheljs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A true Kernow hero. He led over 3000 people to safety, singing Cornish songs of his youth. Men of Cornwall stop your dreaming; Can't you see their spearpoints gleaming? See their warriors' pennants streaming To this battlefield. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCornish September 11 attacks hero Rick Rescorla commemoratedRick Rescorla saved 2,500 people who were inside the World Trade Center's South Tower. 093
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Another funeral today in St Ives for yet another young man who lost his life to suicide. Check in wherever you can with those you feel might be struggling, sometimes it can make all the difference 001
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🪦 A cemetery overlooking St Ives harbour has just changed hands, and with it comes a hunt for records many thought were lost forever. Burial deeds, historic graves, decades of names, nobody currently knows where they all are 👇 cornishstuff.com/.../a-new-fu...cornishstuff.comA new future for St Ives' historic Barnoon Cemetery - CornishStuffBarnoon Cemetery in St Ives has passed to St Ives Town Council, which is investing in the 170-year-old site and starting a project to recover burial records that appear to have been lost. 000
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781881
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 25/08/20262022: Dolly Parton donates $1 million to fund pediatric infectious disease research 2025: Donald Trump cuts $12 million in grants for pediatric medical research x.com/factpostnews...x.comFactPost (@factpostnews) on X2022: Dolly Parton donates $1 million to fund pediatric infectious disease research 2025: Donald Trump cuts $12 million in grants for pediatric medical research 1147
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/08/2026…and then the Tate St Ives came along with something just as bad. 2456
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialThe London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The London mayor said Netanyahu is not be welcome in London and would "feel the full weight of public opinion" if he did visit the capital. 1659
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Blimey... Save the Children, third biggest charity in the UK, accusing Starmer of complicity in the killing of 21,000 children in Gaza "To the next Prime Minister: what will your plaque say?" 610462
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialLifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It’s always the orange ones, I swear 😭🧡 #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX 2656880
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Joint Statement from Five of Cornwall's MPs 04110
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Reform UK plans to jail candidates for using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish on their election leaflets. Nigel Farage’s party propose amendment to the elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison bylinetimes.com/2026/07/13/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election LeafletsEXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison 170539306
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope 821848632
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I hear from a reliable source that a solar farm in Cornwall is currently offline because the UK's electricity grid infrastructure cannot take the extra - free - power at present. The UK is wasting an abundance of sunshine. Do better. (Same for Ireland and everywhere else.) 1714344
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence is being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy 13535290
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialHannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow 17371172183
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 11/06/2026DAILYMAIL.COM Holidaymaker 'grabbed seagull out of the air and punched it to death' #cornwall #stives 120
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialCornwallLive @cornwalllive.com · 11/06/2026It's being said it was his punishment after it had pinched his pastycornwalllive.comUtter outrage and police hunt after thug 'punched' seagull in CornwallIt's being said it was his punishment after it had pinched his pasty 001
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The modern day equivalent of Lord Haw Haw broadcasting from afar. What's different this time though is the British government broadcasts on the same frequency. 771348417
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialNewsThump @newsthump.com · 03/06/2026NEWS! Patriot eloquently articulates his sincerely held concerns about nation’s justice system through medium of flying wheelie binbuff.lyPatriot eloquently articulates his sincerely held concerns about nation’s justice system through medium of flying wheelie binA concerned patriot has demonstrated the depth of his commitment to justice and civil discourse by hurling a wheelie bin at police officers during last night’s unrest in Southampton. 27223
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Grok, Musk’s AI tool, continues to be used to create non-consensual nudes of women and girls, despite his repeated assurances that he has “fixed” the issue. 🧵2/3 112730
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If you are still on X, you are willingly using a platform that has produced and distributed CSAM, whose owner has incited civil war in the UK and regularly promotes extremism. That's on you. 1239178
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialNeil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 01/06/2026At the heart of the Mandelson scandal is the relationship between Mandelson, Blair and his foundation, current UK Ministers, and Thiel and Palantir. This is a scandal about the politics of influence and its abuse. This information should be made public. 7284148
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/05/2026On hottest May day recorded, reanimated corpse funded by fossil fuel interests recommends abandoning efforts to tackle climate crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpIn highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election 1424173
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026“Protect the earth. Live simply. Act with compassion. Our future depends on it.” ~ Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935) #Sculpture 1185
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialswirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡 439167233327
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Reform UK has just lost another councillor in Cornwall, the seventh since the 2025 local elections. cornishstuff.com/cornish-poli... 000
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This will be a lovely day in St Ives 000
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 19/05/2026When we tested water from English bathing sites, we found antibiotic resistance genes present at many swimming spots around the country. Particularly high levels were found in Rivers Dart, Nidd, Ribble + Wye. share.google/7rBKPnpoEApD... 36740
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This is a guy who wants civil war in Britain and is attempting to buy off our politicians too. 18511
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026There is nothing wrong with data being shared across NHS A single patient record is a good thing What is not good is Palantir being anywhere near it GPs are currently data controllers (protectors) & want to protect patients Govt wants to ‘force’ this No to Palantir in #NHS 15205110
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026It's been 16 months since I left X, and I feel so much better for it. I hadn't realised just how big an impact the daily tsunami of hate, trolling, sealioning and strategic incomprehension was having on my state of mind. I cannot understand why anyone who values their mental health is still there. 1883595411
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialKeep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said: "The so-called independent sector...uses [the NHS] as a safety net. There are long established concerns about risks to patients in private hospitals and the fact that the NHS picks up the tab when things go wrong." www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...mirror.co.ukPrivate hospitals 'rush patients back to the NHS when something goes wrong'A record number of private patients are being blue-lighted back to NHS hospitals for emergency care, amid calls for Health Secretary Wes Streeting to ‘end the privatisation’ 31915
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 10/05/2026cornishstuff.com/st-ives/poli...cornishstuff.comPolice appeal for help finding missing St Ives man David Chard, 33 - CornishStuffVanished in the early hours, last seen in a distinctive t-shirt. Officers are now appealing for help locating a man who disappeared from the St Ives area overnight. 000
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Palantir - software tracks you This article started with a question: how did we get here? A company was born from CIA money in 2003, built by a man who believes democracy is the problem & run by a man who was trained to understand freedom & chose to dismantle it open.substack.com/pub/thedemoc...open.substack.com 02115
porthiadays.bsky.social @porthiadays.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has signed the contract to use Palantir's software but hasn't started yet. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is not using Palantir's software yet but is under pressure to do so 011
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026GP are currently ‘data controllers’ for patient data which means legally they protect the information about their patients 32818
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Why protecting patient data is the first thing that GPs are doing as part of collective action? Seems a little odd? Until you realised that the Government is planning to take away the data controller role from GP practices The same Government signing contracts with Palantir 7208117
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/05/2026NEW: French prosecutors are seeking criminal charges against Elon Musk for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation, and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform's artificial intelligence system, Grok. apnews.com/article/fran... 1822362781
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialPenlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · 06/05/2026📰 Newspaper SOS! We’re trying to find a physical copy of last Thursday’s The Guardian, but no local libraries have one 😅 If you’ve got a copy, we’d be so grateful! Drop it at reception or call 01736 363625 and ask for Maisy-Sky. Thank you! 1414
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 06/05/2026A seaside town is devastated when a small fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, disappears at sea. Thirty years later, the boat reappears in the harbour and sets off a moving story, says Bethan Ackerleynewscientist.comThis mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missedA seaside town is devastated when a small fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, disappears at sea. Thirty years later, the boat reappears in the harbour and sets off a moving story, says Bethan Ackerley 031
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialGerman Foreign Office @germany.diplo.de · 05/05/2026The situation of over 2 million people in #Gaza must not be overlooked. They urgently need better humanitarian assistance. Aid workers must be able to operate, and import restrictions, e.g. on essential goods, must be lifted. – @aussenminister.diplo.de 4/5 6186
Reposted by @porthiadays.bsky.socialThe Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026It’s #PennyBlackDay on 6th May! Do join us in celebrating this incredible invention! More information via the link… 🥳🎩📮🎉 thehandwrittenletterappreciationsociety.org/help-celebra... 0135