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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 5h

The Hornéd God has summoned the crows

In a misty field a bare tree trunk has two upraised branches like arms upon each of which sits a crow

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9h

Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot

Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Mondays are ‘Nature Studies’ with my granddaughter, Arrietty… Today we learned that Wrens weigh no more than a £1 coin… that their eggs measure just 1.5cm in length… that they are the most common breeding bird in the UK… and that... 1/2

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a sapodilla-stuffed spider monkey - I'm starting with ‘Pennine Railway’, Simon Palmer, watercolour, ink and gouache, 2003. This pack contains four A6 cards printed on Invercote card stock. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/simo...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Protests that started in Spain and then spread to France and Brazil have now started in Belgium. People are sick of being told there is 'no money' by billionaires who are becoming trillionaires.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit, standing on top of a van with loudspeakers on it, flinches as projectiles are hurled at him

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Andrea @mouseinthehouse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is awful. How is this being allowed to happen? We can unwittingly be buying this fake stuff without having a clue. AI generated books 🙄😩 Presumably full of utter nonsense. This is actually disturbing

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Andrea @mouseinthehouse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is such an important subject. It needs more public awareness. I'm training to groom dogs, yet this subject of chemical contamination isn't even mentioned. It should be.

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a plankton-stuffed vendace - I'm starting with ‘The Tall Trees’ Valerius de Saedeleer, etching and aquatint, 1930s. A donation from each sale goes to the housing charity Shelter. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/vale... #valeriusdesaedeleer #christmascards

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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Buff-tailed bumblebee has been chosen to feature on the new banknotes – and received the most public votes! 🐝💵 🎉 From a shortlist of 18 UK wildlife species, the Buff-tailed bumblebee attracted an un-bee-lievable 360,399 votes. A big thank you to everyone who voted for this iconic insect.

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Antiques For Geeks @antiquesforgeeks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Looking at the list of programmes cut, I am very, very disappointed. Thinking Allowed introduced me to sociology in bite-size chunks. I worry that we are seeing the death of the BBC by a thousand cuts. Yes, the BBC isn’t perfect; but only when it is gone, will people realise what they’ve lost.

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A little Friday night timeline cleanser. 🙂

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

... and into The Month we go! 😄 "My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness." ~ Maya Angelou October Day (1876) 🎨 Fidelia Bridges

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Important October Dates. 1 Coffee Day 1 Vegetarian Day 3 Smile Day 4 Vodka Day 6 Badger Day 9 Post Day 10 Egg Day 13 Skeptics Day 13 Yorkshire Pudding Day 16 Dictionary Day 17 Pasta Day 20 Sloth Day 25 Clocks go back (UK)/Hibernation begins. 29 Hermit Day

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion. “In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club” From ‘The Story of Football’ Artist: Jack Matthew (Man City)

By the light of yellow gas lamps, a group of men with impressive sideburns sit down at a mahogany table, ready to write notes with quill pens

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've finally sourced enough acorns to bring the Jays to the camera regularly. However in the mind of the Jay, not all acorns are equal. The largest green ones are taken promptly but there's a careful inspection regime after that, with a high rejection rate of the suboptimal. #Corvids #OakTrees 🦉🌿

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Ladybird diet, 1977 Artist: Roger Hall

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍

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Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester

Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.

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Andy Roo @viewfromessex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Its funny ...when you're a kid putting shit in a postbox is a stupid and irresponsible thing.....when you're my age, the NHS demand it

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rooks in the Ash at sunset

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ladybird wisdom Camping (1977) "Heavy rain need not be a problem" Artist: Martin Aitchison

This illustration is in the form of a detailed cartoon showing a dark and stormy day with heavy rain. Inside a tent a camper looks very pleased with himself in a dry and cozy set up with simple furniture. The rain is kept off the tent by careful pitching and the construction of a most with drawbridge!

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Wuthering Heights first published in 1847 isn't quite the version we know today... Our new facsimile reproduces the first edition, before Charlotte Brontë's later revisions. Here's a closer look at the original and the story behind this new publication 👇

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 40. 80% of solitary bee species are mining bees. They nest in the ground. To do this they must have access to bare soil. Help them - scrape back some soil/build a mound - south facing. And never use pesticides. Ever…ever! 🐝 #bees #nature

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great to see the Wildlife Trusts call to “Make access to major rivers, especially those in urban areas, a statutory right.” Of course, to actually *get to* those rivers, we’d also need a right of responsible access to land, too… @righttoroam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’

Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledge

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Someone, thinking they were being rude, asked if I would ever grow up In response I used my Dad’s favourite saying ‘Since light travels faster than sound, people may appear bright until you hear them speak’ Never grow up, it’s a sign of surrender

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UKOI @ukoi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Colin Starts to organise the nest.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Old Ladybird Books updated. Granny gets a place at the table (1964 & 1976) Artist: Harry Wingfield

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On arrival home fromtheBig Smoke, was pleased to find that all was well with the world amongst the Greenfinch clans.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 11/09/2026

Happy #CloudAppreciationDay! ☁️✨ Today is the perfect excuse to look up and admire the skies above us. From fluffy fair-weather cumulus clouds to towering, dramatic cumulonimbus, they do more than shape our weather. They spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and connect us to the natural world.

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dorothea Bate has been honoured with a Historic England blue plaque at the Natural History Museum in Tring! 🌟 Dorothea had no formal qualifications when she walked into the Museum in 1898 looking for a job. She went on to become a renowned palaeontologist, known for her fossil mammal discoveries.

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels." ~ Gustave Flaubert Coup de vent (1881) 🎨 Claude Monet

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In Amsterdam, residents can apply for the city to remove the pavement stones and prepare a narrow planting bed helping Dutch streets become greener, cooler and better prepared for heavy rain. #ActOnClimate #Smartcities #ClimateActionNow

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball time! My local aggregation has hundreds of male bees out and now the females are emerging too. Watched several mating balls form and then roll down the steep bank, spilling bees as they went.

A small cluster of bees in a ball on an earth bank amongst bits of dry vegetation. The bees have a tawny-haired thorax and a black and buff striped abdomen. The 'ball' is several male bees around a single female that they are all trying to mate with.

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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"The Slow Ways National Parks Trail links all 15 of the UK’s national parks to create an epic walk through Britain’s most mesmerising landscapes. John Scott, the first to ever complete the route, has called it the UK’s answer to the Appalachian Trail." Time Out www.timeout.com/uk/news/2300...

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A 2,300-mile trek will link all 15 of the UK’s national parks

Get ready for a five-month hike.

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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

UK intelligence services say nature loss is a national security threat & loss of pollinators a major threat to UK food production. The Government knows it. MPs debated it in parliament yesterday. It’s time to treat the recovery of nature & climate as a whole-of-Government priority, not a side issue.

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StrictlyTally @strictlytally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anyone else got this mad weather? Very sunny, not cold, but gusty winds blowing up to 46mph! My washing will either dry very quickly or go sailing over the back fields, where some sheep might end up wearing my pyjamas or a hoodie.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What does astrology and the act of pondering have in common? Here are some of our favourite astrological etymologies 💫

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