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Simon Gibbons

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Recovering lab scientist, poisoned by curiosity

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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are these people really considering playing in the Afghan Premier League #t20 #cricket Surely a wind-up. If not then shame! #MoeenAli #JamesVince #JaiMoondra #BrandonMcMullen #OlliePope #LukeWood #ReeceTopley #TomKohlerCadmore #LaurieEvans #ECB www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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England players told to think of 'daughters, sisters or mothers' before committing to Afghanistan Premier League T20 tournament
English cricketers aiming to play in a men's T20 franchise tournament organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board have been urged to think about their "daughters, sisters or mothers".
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another dead pitch surrounded by short boundaries in India again? #BCCI Yawn! Who'd be a bowler? #Windies
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JohnS Hopkins University - with an "S" - Nick #r4today
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Right-winger and military man Max Hastings says #Burnham doesn't have will to fight the war that #Thatcher fought in the #Falklands. #wato But if Thatcher didn't need to distract from ongoing economic devastation at home and listened to US warnings, and acted sooner on Argentine threats - no war.
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Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry @covid19inquiry.scot · 02/09/2026
People across Scotland who faced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic have had their experiences documented by the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's Let's Be Heard project. Read the full publication on our website: www.covid19inquiry.scot/report/voice...
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Calder @calderwook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cost of doing nothing: BioQuater £ 1bn with an estimated gross value added of £1.12bn per annum from the jobs. Granton £1.3bn with no mention of value added by the jobs.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you don't get the A-level grades you wanted, just remember that Richard Tice got an E in his Politics and maths A-Levels and still went on to be an entitled prick who thinks he should be Chancellor.
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Happy213 @happy213.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The agent in question testified that "The sandwich kind of exploded everywhere. I could feel it through my ballistic vest and then smelled the onions and the mustard." 🤥😆 #SandwichGate #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight #Resist www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUPu...
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is... To quote: This is a "heinous overreach and abuse" of the police and legal systems.
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.edinburghminute.com/investigatio... Too much regulation is crippling business opportunities according to many on the libertarian right (and chancers like Nigel Garbage). I beg to differ. Who is behind this tax dodging rot eating away at the economy? @edinburghminute.com
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Investigation: Finding the Princes Street fire shop owner
An update on who was running the tax-evading gift shops during the the Princes Street fire
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Dave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
while the kerb in the cycle lane is a big edge, at least there’s no kerb to bump up on the left, if you have a bus or bin-lorry related emergency.
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Dave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Rejoice! Edinburgh’s got a new contender for the world’s worst cycle lane! Imagine a dark stormy night 😱 - needs a “cyclist dismount”, “road narrows on left”, “cycle lane closed” or whatever sign. Or maybe make the “keep right”permanent?
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Add climate report to weather reports. State global difference from 30-yr average for sea, land and air temperatures and for atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases on a regular basis. The data are freely available and updated from e.g. Met Office #climatecrisis #bbcnews #trustthescience
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans.
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How can #R4today have an entire story about short and long term impacts of the #climatecrisis on agriculture without mentioning lowering atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gas levels? #netzero #nomoredrilling
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 28/07/2026
“Palestine protests are treated differently in Britain to all other forms of activism. Direct action is regarded as terrorism and words on a placard are rendered illegal. The only time our equipment has been seized and destroyed was when it related to Palestine.” bit.ly/3S0QUqP
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Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner
Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed
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Nottinghamshire CCC @trentbridge.co.uk · 27/07/2026
Remembering a legend. The Trent Bridge heritage team will honour the life of Sir Garfield Sobers at tomorrow's game against Leicestershire 👉 f.mtr.cool/zdiqnirtnp
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Seldom listen to lunchtime #radio4 The inanities about #pickybits on #youandyours reminds me why. Over pay for someone's left overs - not me! It's just supermarkets rebranding #UHP and swamping shelves with added value income generators. And... you can make your own sausage rolls, hummus at home.
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Very sad to read this. Quietly had a broad influence on so many things. #TW3 #ISIRTA, #TheGoodies, nature broadcasting. I shall embrace my funky alter ego in his memory. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85
Coming to fame in The Goodies, Oddie was later known for his wildlife expertise and presented BBC Springwatch
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Fragile glimmer of positive nature news #pufflings
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‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades
Puffling excites volunteers trying to save the last known regular nesting site on mainland of southern England
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Send on the 5 defenders. #Fifawc
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
RIP Sir Garfield #Sobers. Probably the first player that I understood to be a cricketing great. A combination of being an overseas pro at @trentbridge.co.uk and the guy that hit 6 sixes. Exactly what a kid would consider star quality. The rest of his brilliance was understood later.
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Jenn 🎶 🌿 🪻 🧶 🧵 ☮️ @swanljenn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yes, their goal is to maximise profits. The current obesity crisis is about bad food and poverty. That's what needs addressing, and greedy drug manufacturers should only play a small role. #r4today
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#NovoNordisk claim their goal is to defeat obesity. #wegovy doesn't defeat obesity, The sustainable, affordable choice is to prevent obesity. Not costly, lifelong drug addiction. #r4today #amolrajan
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Love this. Takes me back to school too. 6th form common room. At #KEVIGS #Retford
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Probably the most significant investigative headline of recent times. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Amazing work by Reform in picking Robert Jenrick as the man to tour the broadcast studios to portray Nigel Farage and his party as a model of probity
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The #SundayTimes "is a Labour supporting newspaper" - per #Reform spokesperson. wtaf. How can #BBCNews broadcast that statement without a correction? Next we'll be hearing that one of Rupe's many other right-wing rags, the scum, is beloved in Liverpool. Hint: it isn't.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th of July. A huge day in history! The British began the occupation of Paris in 1815 after their victory at Waterloo. Nice of the Americans to celebrate it ever since.
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Stand Up to Racism Scotland @sutrscotland.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
SUTR Scotland statement: 5,000 stand united after Leith and Edinburgh racist stabbings
Thousands march with SUTR banner “stop Islamophobia stop the hate”
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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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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Some powerful positive cool things from the world of science today #sandcat #ercolano It's almost as though there is an abundance of smart ethical people learning and sharing things about our world. #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption
Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What an extraordinary and beautiful creature #sandcat www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🪹🌿🧡 nature is amazing 💚 🌿💛💛💛🤎🧡💛💛💛🍀🪹
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.
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Simon Gibbons @shwubby.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If only there were people in power who understood what a grimly depressing comparison this is. #versailles #100yrsofgeopoliticalchaos www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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La Gazzetta dello Sport @mm-gazzetta-sport.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Se continua col calcio rischia la vita". Tre mesi dopo è al Mondiale: la rivincita di Craig Gordon Il portiere della Scozia, ... www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Mondiali/12-…
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Daily Mail posts lies about the Greens that are spread far and wide. I wish half the number of people saw their apologies. Solidarity with Kamel.
Daily mail clarification and correction on green party councilor Kamel Hawwash
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/05/2026
From his tireless work to keep Minnesotans safe during the pandemic to leading the world on transforming how we deliver healthcare, I’m grateful for Dr. Farrugia’s role in keeping Minnesota at the forefront of medical innovation. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Mayo Clinic CEO and president to step down at end of year
Mayo Clinic CEO Gianrico Farrugia announced he will step down at the end of the year after leading the world-renowned health system since 2019.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Arctic sea-ice levels are at an all-time low again for this date. The black line is 1979. The grey bands are median ranges. The blue line is 2026... Source: nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 11/05/2026
We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/05/2026
The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave. n.pr/4d5tfNP
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Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their father
The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Stephen Mawhinnney @sjmawhinney.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If you missed it here's episode 1 of the new series of #TheSkewer which includes stuff by us. And because you should always write about what you know, and we're middle aged men, some of that stuff was about constipation @swerytd.bsky.social & @stucooper1.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 16 - The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry) - BBC Sounds
The Incredible Starmer (you wouldn't like him when he's angry).
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LabLit.com @lablit.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #climatecrisis
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