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Pufferino

@pufferino.bsky.social
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Creative, practical, climate realist. Optimistic, then very pessimistic, about human future. Deeply disappointed by greed, corruption, genocide and ecocide.

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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dog Baguette
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
America 1 Belgium 4 Yessssssssssssssssssss
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will hike NHS drugs prices by £9 BILLION a year by 2036. Tell Wes Streeting to give MPs a full debate and vote on this deal. act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
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Give MPs a vote on NHS pharma deal with Trump
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. This will cost the NHS £45 billion by 2036 – but so far the government has re...
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/29a3b6
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Make the government step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Nothing happens but he’s enjoying the 🍉 on a hot day
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Celebrating dog’s 15th birthday ♥️
Old black dog sitting behind green table. Dog sports a silver cone party hat. On the table is a cake comprising two pork pies and dog bacon. On top of the pie are two silver candles 1 and 5 to denote the dog’s 15th birthday.
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Please god, not Wes Streeting
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Be lots of smug gammons out today
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Who’s sick of celebrities having an easy shoe in to every damn TV programme? I want to see real people.
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Creepy Trump in my bathroom 😸
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Jesus would be appalled by ‘Christian’ Americans. Happy Easter to all kind people out there.
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Fran W @urzwoo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Absolutely nothing on the impartial BBC website. Why are they so against reporting on the UK public’s stance against the far right? Shameful.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Not luxuries - foundations "Water. Food. Energy. Transport. Housing. Care. Education. Universal. Accountable. Democratic...we must be able to say with confidence that those foundations are run in the public interest" @labourlewis.bsky.social on privatisation🎯 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis
Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Keep out of this madness 38d.gs/9fxf
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Keir Starmer: Don't back down over war with Iran
I just signed the campaign calling on Keir Starmer to never back down over the war with Iran
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Leucistic Blackbird methinks. First time I’ve seen one in London park.
Blackbird with partial white markings stood on grass
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Remembering the days when I used to enjoy listening to Letter from America by Alistair Cooke on BBC Radio4. That was a long time ago
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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Ppl just don't believe it .. @ITV uncovered the redacted climate report for the UK government @itvnews youtube.com/watch?v=59DZ...
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We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see
YouTube video by ITV News
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 25/01/2026
📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced... The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security. Read more, by Rupert Read.
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A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat
A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I’VE HAD IT Not as bad as it sounds - Dog keeps fooling us that he’s not had his dinner. Notes on the fridge to put on his bowl so there’s no confusion 🐶 However, in these political times …
3 different messages on yellow, pink and green paper saying ‘I’ve had it.’ Stuck to fridge with fridge magnets.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 07/01/2026
Attention World: Boycott the World Cup, USA, 2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
“Farage’s populist outfit pledged to root out waste in a drive inspired by Musk’s [DOGE]… But less than a year later…. Reform-led councils are turning to tax rises, asset sales and service cuts to help balance their books” Always lying. Always failing you. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Reform UK councils unveil plans for tax rises and service cuts
Party controls nine English councils and leads three minority administrations after last year’s local election wins
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
It would have implications obs. But the UK Government must have some principles, and call out the obscene take over of Venezuela.
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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
UK folk ( and we need the same globally): Please, if you haven’t already, watch, sign the letter demanding a public briefing, and share share share www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
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The National Emergency Briefing
The National Emergency Briefing was held on in Westminster Central Hall on the 27th November. Eight leading experts, chaired by Professor Mike Berners-Lee, gave a concise, high-level and unfiltered br...
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 09/11/2025
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | "Isabella"
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When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Tree planting on Waterloo Bridge 😸😸😹
A section of Waterloo bridge is pictured from the pavement. A holder for road signs has lost its sign and left a robust plastic tree like structure. This object is dark grey with two yellow stripes on its base.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I got 8/8 😸 in this quiz about palm oil and had no idea how much it was hiding in everyday products! The impact on people and planet is huge. Think you can spot the hidden palm oil? 🕵️ Try it now! forms.friendsoftheearth.uk/palm-oil-det...
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Are you a palm oil detective?
You might be shocked by how many everyday products contain palm oil. Take our quiz and find out.
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Please Help a Hedgehog in the UK 38d.gs/333y
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Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Vaping harms our children. Govt bans disposable vapes. Vape companies make ‘reusable’ vapes same price as disposable. Disgusting #CashB4Children #Vapes should be prescription only for smokers wanting to quit. Full stop.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The British establishment have all ready covered this new Banksy up. Can we get it Reposted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes?? Protect the right to protest! Repost!
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Yorkshire moors burning releasing massive amounts of carbon. Yet BBC doesn't interview anyone from @greenparty.org.uk. Meanwhile Farage goes unchallenged on his denial of climate change. Routinely gets headline coverage. Greens & Reform both have 4 MPs. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Explosives detonated as fire rages on
So often uttered is the saying that it flirts with being a cliche, yet there has rarely been a better example of grave adversity bringing out the very best in people than is on display in the north of...
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Good to see some sites not offering twitterx as a share option nowadays and one for Bluesky
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
We used to call the Hawthorn Bread and Cheese. Red berries shining in the August sun.
Branches of hawthorn laden with red haws
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
38d.gs/ykm3
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An open letter to Keir Starmer on Gaza
Donald Trump is the only person who can lean on Israel to stop starving people to death in Gaza. Keir Starmer could convince Trump to do that. Trump and Starmer are meeting on Monday, so we don't have...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Does the continued arming of mass murderers of sick & starving, very old & very young civilians make the UK a terrorist state ... meme via Dave Hunt
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
So sick of the BBC constantly reporting on ‘small boats’ @ofcom.bsky.social We have other issues, over 4 million children living in poverty. 3.2 million with long covid. Climate change causing vast numbers to be displaced! @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 12/07/2025
The £25k myth: how the media turns struggle into scandal via @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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The £25k myth: how the media turns struggle into scandal
A cherry-picked calculation, a broken labour market, and a government using tabloid outrage as cover for cuts. Welcome to austerity with a fresh coat of paint
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Will we have a report by Laura Kuenssberg this weekend on this👇🏼Nah🙄 I mean the LibDems kicking out Reform is big news right.. but it’s only really big news when 5 MP Party Reform wins something.. but not when 72 MP LibDems win a seat Why❓ Well they’re not Farage and Reform that MSM want in Govt 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Durham by-election: Lib Dems win seat off Reform UK - BBC News
The seat is re-contested after the former councillor failed to declare he works for Durham Council.
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Italy court sends 11 executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water, a total of more than 141 years. Puts UK to shame. UK buries corporate crimes - water, Post Office, Grenfell, infected blood, bank frauds. Govts/Regulators serve corporations, not people.
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Italy chemical plant execs jailed for pollution
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS, or "forever chemicals".
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It's madness to allow fossil fuel advertising. Thanks to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & others, Westminster will debate a ban this Monday 7th. Please help make the effort worthwhile by sending this excellent concise briefing to your MP—asking them to demand a ban. www.mpwatch.org/fossil-fuel-...
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MP Watch
Fossil fuel companies are fuelling climate breakdown, buying public trust through advertising and sponsorship. Just as we banned tobacco advertising to protect public health, it's time to apply the sa...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Hello, I am interested in a massive tank that is terrible for the environment, that doesn't fit in a parking space, that is deadly to pedestrians, and that makes me look a complete tw*t Do you have anything in that line? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
High-fronted vehicles are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Caught lobbying for cash or bullying in Parliament? You can still return to the House of Lords - for life. No real consequences. No accountability. Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban rule-breaking peers from the House of Lords.
Lords found guilty of serious misconduct – like bullying or lobbying for cash – still get to make our laws. I just signed a petition to kick rule-breaking peers out of the Lords for good. Want to add...
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Disappointed by Labours Broken Promises: New planning rules mean nature will suffer. Email your MP and let them know that you are not happy! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
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Fix the Planning Bill NOW!
Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"IMPORTANT - PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY. PLEASE DO NOT click on bit.ly/DoNotVoteGary and PLEASE DO NOT vote for him in the upcoming National Television Awards by 30th May 2025 in the ‘TV Presenter’ category. Also, PLEASE DO NOT tell others to do the same." via Ian Almond
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Pufferino @pufferino.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I've signed this open letter calling on the Prime Minister to give more time for the #CANBill debate—and deliver the #REALChange we need. We need action for a greener, healthier, happier future—where people and nature can thrive. Will you add your name too? action.zerohour.uk @zero-hour.bsky.social
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Climate and Nature Bill Campaign
Take action to support the Climate and Nature Bill
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