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Sally Wintle

@sallywintle.bsky.social
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Dartmoor exile, somehow in Swindon. Charity/nature/heritage/politics/data/creative whimsy.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If there's one groups in society who NEED to stop using AI to make resources, slides, posters, it's teachers. You're literally showing your students that you used AI to do your own homework. You look like a moron. It's shameful. Do not do this.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/10/2026
Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s still some space on my 2 upcoming zoom w’shops:bird illustr’n & mental health,10 Oct & botanical illustr’n & mental health,7 Nov.I teach you how to draw birds/plants & how creative activity alters 🧠 biochemistry to lift mood.Incl 10% off materials & full recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk
My drawing of a wren Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian safe & my drawings of them on the opposite page of a sketchbook A spring collection of nature finds and my drawings of them alongside, on white watercolour paper with my watercolour palette & paintbrush in the corner
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a blatant threat to the RNLI, who are currently out of action in Portsmouth - ergo not saving lives, because staff are being terrorised. When will Mahmood take domestic terrorism of this nature seriously.
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you're a crypto billionaire, there are plenty of philanthropic and patriotic things you could do with the money. You could join the patriotic millionaires and ask to be taxed more, to fund good public services. You could donate to research, higher education, scholarships, climate mitigation...
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Given what has happened to the RNLI, this is when wider civil society should speak in solidarity about the far-right and political parties attacking charities delivering vital services for vulnerable people. The voluntary sector is part of our social fabric, it needs protecting.
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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 11/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? 38d.gs/jpcf #petition #RNLI
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Of all the Bayeux Tapestry parodies, this is surely the greatest.
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is a great shame. We’ve been twice to Bletchley Park and it’s been brilliant and fascinating. Do go visit and support them if you’re ever in the vicinity.
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fernworthy reservoir today, where the water level is so low from the drought that it’s exposed Bronze Age huts and walls on the foreshore. Amazing to wander around them and imagine living in this spot a few thousands years ago.
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Gloriously damp and drizzly ramble near Moreton today, down to the old stream-fed swimming pool which must have been an incredible place to bathe back in the day
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Back in the homeland for the annual carnival, and delighted to see this feature about it back in the day in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Clowns, punks and a queen: Dartmoor town’s carnival days in the 70s and 80s – in pictures
Nestled in the heart of Dartmoor, Moretonhampstead carnival celebrates its 101st edition in 2026. The Scragg brothers got among the crowds to document the town’s favourite day
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Haywain 2026
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Stop considering it. Just ban them. Do it now. Disposable barbecues are (a) useless as BBQs, take ages, food often still raw in middle, (b) environmentally horrible, (c) incredibly good at starting massive fires. There is no good argument for them. Bin them off www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK
PM to look at imposing restriction in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sign this petition folks. Disposable bbq's are dangerous & should be, defunct.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 31/07/2026
no, YOU'RE googling 'pervert glasses' every few days just to see if the term is sticking
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Shiro Sirius @shirosiri.us · 29/07/2026
I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them
"A physical book is a delivery mechanism for information," it continues.
"Once that information has been extracted and encoded into an Al model, the delivery mechanism has served its purpose. What remains is paper, ink, and binding material. The book is not destroyed. Its value has migrated.
The paper returns to the material cycle; the knowledge enters the intellectual one."
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I am no economist but one of the weirdest things about this stage of capitalism is how jobs don't pay enough to live on so we top them up with benefits, meaning tax payers subsidise profits for the already richest in society.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“Care tax? We’re paying it already: it’s just that nobody calls it that.”
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My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
Andy Burnham would need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a service for ageing well, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I know you know this on bluesky, but I posted it on insta so I thought I should post here too. And if it makes someone second guess using AI for these things then maybe it helps.
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I appear to be closest to the pope, and I’m not sure what to think about that
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
If I were in government I'd be scoping an announcement to have solar, batteries and air conditioning (heating and cooling) in every school and hospital by 2030
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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The endless crap about Ed #Miliband & the #NetZero bogie man from unions that should know better has outraged one of us to start a petition to moderate Unite's infatuation with the North Sea. Sign if you can. c.org/4mckSkJtFw
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Sign the Petition
Stop Unite Union lobbying for fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate.
SO FOR THE FUTURE (LITERALLY) WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING AI POSTERS OR FLYERS FOR THE PUB.

We're right next to Ireland's biggest Art College, lads. It's not a good look.

WE UNDERSTAND BANDS CAN BE SKINT BUT RELYING ON SOME EARTH KILLING APP FROM SOME PAEDO ISLAND BILLIONAIRE IS NOT THE WAY. WE GOT BY WITHOUT IT AND WE'LL GET BY AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE STUCK WE'LL HELP. (YES IT HAS BEEN USED HERE BEFORE BUT CONSIDER THIS THE START OF THE END OF IT.)

THANKS, HUMANS.
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 13/06/2026
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I don't know where we draw the line. But a riot a week suggests it should have been WAY before this. I'm sympathetic with blocking X in the UK until the owners uphold our laws. Libel. Incitement. Insurrection. Abuse. Hate speech. And sexual harassment. Every single day. It has to stop.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We can't look away from the images of families fleeing burning houses without calling this out as a pogrom, whipped up by influential actors who care nothing for the people of Belfast: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 30/05/2026
Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk
A grid of nine images featuring music prints, a mixtape T-shirt, a phone case, a cassette mug, a National Theatre T-shirt, a Forton print and Toast Rack print.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Few things buttress my faith in humanity like this loathing. The fact that the AI overlords have so miscalculated what we would think and whether it would matter is fun too. A bit like the Trump Administration's miscalculation of how Minneapolis would respond to invasion by a thug army.
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Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Don’t threaten me with a good time…
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
That this isn’t in the Top 10 is a scandal.
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G @gneill.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The omission of I Want My Hat Back completely invalidates this list. The writing community should be ashamed of themselves.
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 16/05/2026
Fascinating + beautifully visualised analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing everywhere. Spoiler: there are many factors, but the smoking gun is a smartphone. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited 🎁 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once
Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote
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Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Have to say.. as red flags go, proposing to set up concentration camps and taking a £5M personal bribe would be the top two when deciding who NOT to vote for. It is genuinely insane and extremely troubling that Farage could still be electable despite that… or even because of it. WTAF, UK?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.
Today we announce a new policy:


In order to deport all illegal migrants in
Britain, Reform will need to detain tens of
thousands at a time.


Migrants will not be able to leave these
detention centres, and each will be held
there a couple of weeks before being
deported.


So here's our promise:


A Reform government will not put any
migrant detention facilities in any
constituency with a Reform MP.


Nor will we put them where Reform
controls the council.


And of the remaining areas, we will
prioritise Green controlled parliamentary
constituencies and Green controlled
councils to locate the detention centres.


Put simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee yPut simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee you
won't have a detention centre near you


If you vote Green, there's a good chance
you will,


This is an important exercise in
democratic consent, not just for our
mass deportation policy, but for where
the detention centres are placed


Given @ZackPolanski openly advocates
for open borders, I look forward to their
warm embrace of this policy
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 27/04/2026
Thank you for all your support. It's been a rough few months for small businesses and every repost helps more than people realise. If you’ve just discovered me, you can see more here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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