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Shona Black

@shonapb.bsky.social
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Events and Project Manager; cat parent; interests - climate change, tech, politics, entrepreneurship , history, art and food.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...
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Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics
Nigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ironically, having £72 million will mean I can spend more money promoting the idea that I'm a man of the people and not just a rich, entitled tosser.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This piece I wrote on CO₂ removal (CDR) is probably the most widely read work on the topic, but it's definitely the most impactful thing I will ever write. Please read it to see how I think about CDR (and how I think you should think about it too). rdcu.be/dbFbB
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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R1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Breaking: Shooting yourself in foot results in self inflicted wounds. #Brexit #Labour #FaragesEconomicDamage
yet another Brexit report shows it to be a disaster for exports in both EU and non EU zones
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Dear Diary, Suella is on resignation watch, Jenrick is eyeing up my job, Zia is being a deluded maniac (no change there), Lee Anderson spends all day molesting bacon sandwiches and Ticey thinks we should be celebrating wildfires. What is it about Reform that attracts morons?"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tessa Dunlop on #C4News "In the last month the British press has profoundly let itself down with the hounding of Jason Arday" "And I very much hope that for this initial part of their - Harry and Megan's - new start in Britain, the right wing press particularly, behave themselves"
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My latest on Substack (free). How one incredibly stupid Excel error broke Britain. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread...
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The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain
The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/07/2026
Wildfires in Europe. Floods in Asia. Drought in England. "These aren't anomalies, they're the defining story of the fossil fuel age. Shell takes the profits, and the rest of us pick up the catastrophic bill." www.theguardian.com/business/2026/j…
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Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmentalists renew calls for windfall tax to support households after Q2 earnings rise to almost $10bn
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A map showing the Scottish filming locations in Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey has been released, allowing fans to visit the stunning scenery shown in the movie. See it below 👇
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We’ll be releasing the full data tomorrow but get a preview here
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Shona Black @shonapb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
City of London and Tower Bridge are stunning on a summer evening 🥰
City of London lit up at nightCity of London and the Thames lit up at nightTower Bridge from Southbank, lit up at night
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Live scenes of Count Binface being sworn into Parliament After winning the Clacton by-election 😁
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker.
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Shona Black @shonapb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Stunning Schiaparelli exhibition at the V&A London 🥰
Avant garde dress by SchiaparelliMedusa style sculpture dress by Schiaparelli Arianna’s stunning red Schiaparelli dress for the Wicked film premiere Sculptural Schiaparelli dress in champagne
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
People of Clacton, you know who to vote for 😆
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Labour, Tories and LibDems have all said they won't stand a candidate in Farage's "You Can't Fire Me, I Quit" by-election stunt. So it'll be him vs @countbinface.bsky.social I've changed my mind. God is real.
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The treatment of this woman is absolutely outrageous and one of the most egregious corporate violations of free speech I've seen. I have just bought the book as a fuck you to Facebook. It's available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/care...
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Careless People: A story of where I used to work
The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to b...
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think we just passed oops.
A timeline of climate change concern.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's David Cameron in 2016 explaining that if we leave the EU we'll be economically worse off and so have less money for public services Here we are in 2026, worse off, and with less money for public services
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#LordHeseltine insisted that the right thing to do for the country would be to rejoin the EU, and tear down ‘the barriers’ which are hampering international trade. “#Brexit was a self-imposed disaster for this country," he wrote. #NigelFarage #ReformUK #BrexitReality #Tories
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Les Trois Chenes #FBPE #WASPI @lestroischenes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Mariana Mazzucato has gone viral after saying what Farage and Boris Johnson did over Brexit was “a crime”."
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
You know what would be hilarious? Elon Musk losing $999 billion in a global class action lawsuit by Grok victims, 5 minutes before he was due to become the world's first trillionaire.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Left: BBC News reporting on the fall in migration to the UK Right: FT reporting universities cutting job due to a fall in overseas students
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Absolutely: I do think the Brexit debate should be reframed around the hub that the world and our place in it has changed A LOT in the 10 years since the referendum. It has the advantage 1/ Of being true 2/ Of giving those who think they may have made an error a face saving way out .
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🤘Patricia Lee, Publisher @hairydogproductions.com · 11/05/2026
Hemp plastics have been an option for some time now too. Unless we FORCE manufacturing to change.. why wouid it? phys.org/news/2026-04...
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Hemp-based thermoplastic offers a greener alternative to plastic packaging
As the global pollution crisis caused by manufacturing and disposing of single-use plastics continues to grow, researchers have developed a non-toxic plastic alternative derived from the hemp plant—a ...
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Good piece. Especially the point that three quarters of degrees are already “vocational”
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🗽💜 @chips1955.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
And this dangerously demented simpleton is *still* mewling about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A reminder that E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G he does is a distraction from the sex crimes he, if there is justice, will be imprisoned for. On November 3rd, 2026: #AccountabilityIsComing
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"
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DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“Israel is repeating the Gaza playbook in its war on Lebanon: large-scale displacement of civilians, destroying infrastructure, targeting hospitals and healthcare workers, and killing journalists. And the world has become numb to Lebanese loss and suffering.” — @mbazzi.bsky.social, DAWN Fellow
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is absolutely spot on from Emily Thornberry 👏
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This interview is a uniquely valuable perspective. Please watch.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Genuine questions: could these people be in the pay of the regime? And would that, to use language some of them favour, make them both ‘economic migrants’ *and* ‘welfare scroungers’?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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