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Sara R

@sjrafloat.bsky.social
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Horticulturist. #Biosecurity lead for RHS.Now living/gardening on land! 💙our NHS,Nature,the Arts. Value honesty,treasure kindness. #Devonian. Passionate about #Dartmoor #plants #gardens #spaniels #sustainability #genealogy #community #co-ops.Views my own.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 2h
It's an enormous loophole needing closed. There has to be at least one human with whom the buck stops.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
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UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6h
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22h
Please watch this. Sex ed doesn't stop rapists, but it helps *everyone else* understand that they need to intervene, and how. Sex ed is crucial for ending rape culture and keeping more people safe. I'm a proud member of the @educateusaction.bsky.social advisory board for a reason.
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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 20h
The Westminster Transport Select Committee, of which I am a member, is currently examining the safety of women and girls across the transport network, including walking and cycling routes. If you have views, please submit them to the enquiry: committees.parliament.uk/work/9900/sa...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h
From the new Private Eye
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you would like to help me help #SaveSquareChapelArts, then click on the link on the post below and scroll to the bottom. There you will find a list of all the useful things you can do. Let’s make some noise! Thank you.
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MissingPetsGB @missingpetsgb.bsky.social · 3h
Six years ago today LOLA vanished. Lola would now be around 12 years old, She is a black Labrador from Taplow, who went missing at around 7am on Wednesday October 7 2020 near Amerden Lakes and Jubilee River. #SL6 Her poor family miss her terribly💔 LOLA isstill #missing 😔 www.doglost.co.uk/dog/160985
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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 7h
A lovely wine story from North London—volunteers at the community vineyards of Forty Hall Farm are making London's first sparkling wine since the middle ages, in Enfield. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/10...
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Let’s Work Together —​​​ Community-Led Winemaking at Forty Hall Vineyard, Enfield, London — Pellicle
Standing among 10 acres of grapevines at the edge of Enfield in North London, it’s hard to believe the M25 is so close. A herd of Red Poll cows moo in the neighbouring field; feral parakeets raucously...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 17h
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Sara R @sjrafloat.bsky.social · 4h
You missed the section for "in the kitchen, washing up". 😉
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 18h
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 06/10/2026
🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Morning all. Tyneside morning 1950 Photographer Harry Morrison.
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 21h
Last 2hrs to support Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment Help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths, give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve & help open doors to funding opportunities & inclusion in nature recovery projects.. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matter
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Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment
Will you help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths and give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve?
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 21h
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights Calling wood “renewable” doesn’t make the CO2 released when it’s burned disappear. If forests take decades or more to recover that carbon, how should we count those emissions? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Sara R @sjrafloat.bsky.social · 10h
1,5,7,9,10.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22h
Across Amazon and Goodreads, I now have 100 reviews. And 100% of them are five-star. Thanks everybody! It means a lot. 25% off if you buy direct shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
The cover of The Wolf That Chews Rocks
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just leaving this here... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Sue Hagley @suehagley.bsky.social · 23h
#ipswich #Suffolk
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly TRIPLED since 2020. Meanwhile, Amazon's profits have soared by 550% in the same time frame. Watch this before you shop for Prime Day.
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PEC Exeter @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026
Funded 3.5 year PhD🎺 The effects of gamebird release and management on the lowland ecosystems of S England Lots of fieldwork. A robust and resilient student is required. Focus on reptiles and ecto-parasites Any Qs, please DM or email me Please RT www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Crazy staring pheasant glares at camera
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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Are you thinking about shopping on Amazon for Prime Day? Watch this first.
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George @operacreep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the greats in the museum world
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George @operacreep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
About bloody time www.artsy.net/article/arts...
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Lee Krasner Finally Steps Out of Jackson Pollock’s Shadow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Krasner’s most brilliant years came in the later decades of her life. A new show at the Met charts her transformation.
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very into the new Chinese Streamside Garden at RHS Bridgewater.
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BPS Environmental Psychology Section @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New funded PhD opportunity on the wellbeing impacts of wildlife gardening!!! www.derby.ac.uk/research/deg... It is with the University of Derby and the RHS! Deadline: October 28.
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MPhil/PhD Studentship in Exploring the impact of wildlife gardening for wellbeing
The University of Derby has an opportunity for a full-time postgraduate research studentship.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Agree with Stephen here, this act of self-indulgence by a radical fringe of activists will put a lower ceiling on Green support right at a time when a broader breakthrough became plausible. The sooner it is reversed the better for their electoral prospects.
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Roz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The United States is withdrawing all its bombers from RAF Fairford and returning them to bases in America. I've questioned whether using a base so close to civilian communities for controversial operations against Iran posed unacceptable risks for local people.
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US bombers pulled from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot
Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Jarrow Crusade, in which 200 unemployed men marched to London calling for government intervention to restore jobs, began on this day 1936. Unsuccessful at the time, but helped to shape postwar attitudes to employment and social justice.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jarrow Song, anyone? youtu.be/198t_7lOjpg?...
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Jarrow Song - Alan Price
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Maroon Bells are one of the most incredible places I've ever hiked. Absolutely hate the idea of the federal government giving up ownership of the gateway public lands. www.hcn.org/articles/the... via @highcountrynews.org
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The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“.. Asked specifically where he diverges from Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei, Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
$52 million pulled from NATO allies on Russia's doorstep. The timing tells you everything. Let me tell you how it happens. Not with a speech, not with a vote, not with a headline you’d stop scrolling for. It happens with a notification letter.
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Sky Apperley @skymook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Link to the article for those that want to read more than the headline. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Lionhart @lionhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As I was scrolling yesterday I saw 2 articles. Both BBC. One about the deeply unpopular data centre being forced through in Scotland. 60 jobs created. The second, a new reservoir. Deeply overdue, environmentally sensible. 1000 jobs created. And yet our leaders push AI & climate destruction.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Showers” is doing some heavy lifting in this report... www.euronews.com/2026/10/03/s...
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Showers and storms across Spain this weekend, floods kill 102-year-old woman
A 102-year-old woman has died and about 90 people were rescued in Madrigueras, Albacete, after floods dumped 142 l/m². Rain will persist, with a new storm possible in the west on Sunday. #EuropeNews
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Storm light' by UK contemporary printmaker Mikki Bowers #WomensArt
Print featuring a flock of birds in silhouette flying over a hedgerow in a purple sky
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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Does everyone realise that of those 4 viruses, 3 are essentially new in those areas in the last few years? 75% emerging viruses: a lesson for a changing world!
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GOOD FREAKING MORNING! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
True…. #BookSky
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Highest Ick factor, I’ll grant him.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026
More farmers are showing interest in sorghum, a drought-tolerant grain. The crop is poised to expand in the U.S. – especially if Americans start consuming it. (via @kcur.org) n.pr/4zcGXGJ
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This grain could be an answer to drought-prone fields – if more Americans eat it
More farmers are showing interest in sorghum, a drought-tolerant grain. The crop is poised to expand in the U.S. – especially if Americans start consuming it.
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coming soon! An exhibition about the Romans in Scotland is opening in Edinburgh this autumn, 'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire', running from 14 November 2026 to 18 April 2027 at the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street. www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
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Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire | National Museums Scotland
'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire' will reshape our understanding of Scotland’s relationship with the Roman world.    This exhibition will bring
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Austerity 2.0 is it chaps? I’m always amazed at how these guys derive genuine excitement at the idea of slashing public services
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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