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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This man was critically injured when he put himself between a knife wielding attacker and passengers on a London-bound train over 1 week ago. He is in critical care and there is a long journey ahead in his recovery. Please consider donating to help support him and his family gofund.me/4308b7926
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Donate to Hero - Sam Zitouni and his family, organized by Gemma Royce
Hello Everyone, My name is Gemma, together with a TEAM of Charity volunteers … Gemma Royce needs your support for Hero - Sam Zitouni and his family
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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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 name: 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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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/ky2i
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Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Please listen to this podcast about Brian Wilson, Good Vibrations, the theremin, the Cold War, contingency, creativity, the senses, and ~everything~, because I promise—I promise!—you will be glad you did. By @andrewhickey.500songs.com 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
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Episode 146: “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys
Episode one hundred and forty-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys, and the history of the theremin. Click the full post to read liner n…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Maximus, UK arm of a US contractor, that tests whether some people should receive disability benefits reported 23% hike in pre-tax profits, from £23.6m to £29.1m. It has £800m govt contracts. US CEO got $10.2m paypacket. Public services increasingly privatised. We pay more, get less in return.
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US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits reports 23% rise in profits
British arm of Maximus is biggest provider of functional assessment services for DWP
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out. That's what happens when companies self certify. Sewage dumping under stated. Will get worse, regulators required to promote growth i.e. keep quiet, fewer fines. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
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Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
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CNN @cnn.com · 20/01/2025
Fact checking claims President Donald Trump made in his second inaugural address:
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Fact check: The inauguration of Donald Trump | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump gave his second inaugural address on Monday. Here is a fact check of some of his claims in the speech.
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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I’ve just signed this petition for the UK Gov to change the laws on hunting. Please consider signing it too. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ti...
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Time for change: no more fox hunting
Fox hunting, deer hunting, and hare hunting still take place in the UK. These cruel activities have been banned in England and Wales for nearly 20 years, but the law is failing us all. Too many animal...
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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
New article. Lord (David) Owen was foreign secretary during Jimmy Carter's presidency. This is his essay on President Carter for my book THE PRESIDENTS in 2021. Read www.iaindale.com/articles/jim...
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Jimmy Carter: A Tribute by Lord Owen
This is the essay David Owen wrote for THE PRESIDENTS in 2021. I thought it should have a wider a...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer. But the journalism continues... If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'. Who is 'buying' us? And why? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn. OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges. Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends. Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Appalling. 🤬 Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills. That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
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The stench of privatisation in our water companies
Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividends paid while Thames Water are in debt, make reform of the water industry urgent Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividend...
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Good morning! This is how my commute in Utrecht (NL) starts in December: from the world’s largest bicycle parking garage into the darkness of the morning rush hour, where most people I see are riding a bicycle.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
“Major oil companies, including Shell & precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil & BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show.” They’ve known for 70 years. And they prevented action. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show
Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Eau. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 05/12/2024
Your unwrapped is here. Find out how Brexit has impacted the UK music industry today!
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Your 2024 Unwrapped is here.
Find out how Brexit has impacted the music industry. Discover the challenges and support the UK music scene today.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Brexit has hit UK music hard – red tape, spiralling costs, and lost opportunities to perform, are silencing our musicians. Watch & share the EM’s UK Music Industry Unwrapped today 👇 bit.ly/3OCqpTt
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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Cats hang out in the best places ❤️
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Selector Jonathon Photography @selectorjonathon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Lighthouse
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Lighthouse short film
Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Company: Exopolis Production Company: Red Cartel Role: Co-Director, Production Designer
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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Amble Lighthouse and Coquet Island by moonlight ❤️
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Silva @silvajig.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
My favourite photo from last week. ❤️ Northumberland.
Late afternoon moonlit beach in November, seen through grasses on dunes.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
It’s winter. The buzzing has stopped - mostly. So what’s happened to all the #bees? You’ve been asking…so a quick thread to broadly account for our little #friends at this time of year. Please #repost and #share. You know the drill. The more informed the better for bees. Thanks folks. 1/13
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