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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"For two years of lockdowns, my partner and I walked Sheffield's Rivelin Valley at dawn. Moss. Herons. Froglets. Treecreepers. Those walks became three poetry pamphlets and a way of paying attention again." Have You Always Been Here? Matthew Clegg Published today longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Three pamphlets by Matthew Clegg - Eyes Front, Crystals & Dust, The Living - arranged on a garden table.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

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Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

As you prepare for your holiday outings, please remember Monbiot’s Inviolable Law on Leaving the House: T = 2A² + 5C² Where T is time in minutes, A is adults and C is children.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

And of course, my friends, a reminder from the ruins of Lindisfarne priory, to always look up.

The rib vault of an archway spans two ruined pillars, with nothing around it but sky.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

That's quite the juxtaposition. We're being told to ignore the evidence of our own eyes.

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MGEmancipation @mgemancipation.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Over at threads is the cleverest account in social media

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Bryce @brycefb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

ALT text for the win.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm sworn off rage-posting / doom posting, but blimey, the current affairs/ climate crisis juxtaposition is testing my limits. In other news, from our windows, we've been watching a barn owl hunting over the meadow opposite. Mesmerising. And welcome distraction.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I've been thinking a lot about the death of friendship lately. "Somewhere between “Let’s catch up soon” and “Sorry, life has been hectic”, adult friendship became one of the most emotionally significant and least discussed losses of modern life." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/civil-...

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The quiet grief of adult friendship

A few weeks ago, a friend called me at 01:40 AM. Not texted. Called. For a brief second, my body prepared itself for bad news. Adulthood has conditioned most of us to believe that late-night...

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Link isn't working for me, Ketan. Can you repost please?

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Turned down for some Arts Council funding today, and we're at a loss as to where to turn now, so if there's any multi-millionaire who has got bored of trying to manipulate the political landscape and would quite like to see a musical about grief with a singing tiger in it pls get in touch

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Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I have just written the words, "a short excursion into Scottish medieval history cannot be avoided," which I do feel would be good as a general principle.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It was such a pleasure to have the chance to ask Deb about how the Poetry Pharmacy evolved.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Actually managed to enjoy this!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Wait until you try trimming them. First time reduced me to a quivering wreck. She wriggled so much I accidentally nicked her and drew blood. Cried for hours thinking I'd taken off a fingertip. She was fine. I wasn't. Bonne chance!

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Still time to sign up for the full season of 5 x #poetry writing workshops on nature, ecology & the environment starting Tuesday 12th May with @jsaphra.bsky.social Or choose individual sessions by our 5 poet tutors. Webinars also available. Full listing here www.eventbrite.com/cc/eco-poeti...

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

David Behringer told us, '“If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world … China had a 17-fold increase of TFA in surface waters in a decade, the US had a sixfold increase in 23 years.”' 2/2 share.google/QyZFAvztUE2F...

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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts

Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Recommended read for all those concerned about the rise of book banning in the UK.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

No repeat performances this year. Understood?

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

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Sophie BoooOoOoOOoOoOooo! @pogform.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Proto-monopoly? Game board with the walls and gates, with the major buildings of Bologna, each marked with a different throw of the dice. 1691 (British Museum)

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I think of Pangloss SO often these days.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org. www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23/01/2026

What happens when the one “friend” who listens is built to keep you hooked? AI companions don’t just chat – they shape behaviour. Our article asks who’s in control.

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Are friends electric? The chatbots reshaping childhood

Nearly three quarters of young people have an invisible friend. An “always on” companion, that validates their every opinion – what could go wrong?

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/01/2026

Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians

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Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS

In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, didn't mess about in a letter to Farage explaining Parliamentary procedure...

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

They do this in the eaves of our house just above my study window.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

"... How I love thee, and thy sumptuous tarmac."

A 'No Through Road' sign with the first 'O' missing

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I've recommended your book many times this year, and often talked to people about it. Both the book and experiences you've shared online since publication contain important teaching for those of us working to make publishing more equitable. I hope you find rest & joy over the holiday period.

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

My big plan is to engage people in conversations about books more online & offline. Reading is a huge part of my life, but I very rarely talk about the books I'm reading except to colleagues or close family. That's changing!

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

So glad I'm not the only person who forgets characters' names!

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Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I think the amount you are angsting about this tells you to err on the side of caution. And I'm spending part of Monday in your office. Would prefer you not to be ill 🤣

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