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Sylvia Davidson

@sylviad.bsky.social
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Wanderer through the Sussex countryside by foot, bus and train. Bit of an obsession with lichens

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.eurosky.social · 11h
Why? Harming the vulnerable because they don't want to challenge the obscenely rich.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 19h
Last chance to object to this plan which will make seafront walking, wheeling and cycling even more dangerous than it is now. @livingstreets.bsky.social @bricycles.org.uk
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 23h
SDC M40 in Gerrards Cross is one of the most harmful sites yet proposed. It puts a gas power station next to ancient and wet woodland, home to great crested newts, bats, grass snakes, skylarks and more. But it bypassed the local council and went through by the government as a Section 35 direction.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
George is quite right on this. I discovered via FOI requests that just 5% of all woodland creation grants go to support natural regeneration of trees, and 95% to tree planting. I’ll continue to push DEFRA to fix this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... bsky.app/profile/geor...
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Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Splendid news that Eyam Moor has been gifted to the nation by its owners. 600 acres will now be managed by @derbyswildlife.bsky.social.
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust secures its largest landmark site with a massive 600-acre boost for nature in the Wild Peak | Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
The Trust has secured its largest single land acquisition for nature and people to date with 600 acres at Eyam Moor. The site represents one of the most significant landscape-scale nature recovery opp...
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Govt report highlights Britain’s overseas invertebrates are in great peril. The UK’s Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are home to over 1,000 endemic invertebrate species (Buglife)... www.buglife.org.uk/blog/governm...
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only today to go - please help if you can...
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People support clean energy but think others don't. People support clean air but think others don't. People support low traffic neighbourhoods but think others don't. And they think others don't because vested interests and right-wing media work hard to create that impression.
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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was so happy #fungifriends to spot some glorious Dotted Stem Boletes for #mushroommonday. Aren’t they stunning! The colour change upon bruising was so rapid and check out that finely punctate stipe! #fungi #fungifriday 🍄 📸
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The big lie peddled by developers about ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’ is that that they can destroy natural places & somehow make it good by habitat creation elsewhere Ecological restoration is about reversing historical damage to nature It is not about justifying further destruction
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The super-rich have apocalypse fantasies of their own, built not on faith or ideology but on a calm and rational evaluation of how best to maintain their position; they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awful. Capital overrides communities once again. Frome's bid for a community-led housing & regeneration project at Saxonvale lies in tatters: the council's agreed a deal with a London-based real estate company instead. Similar story in Totnes with Atmos project www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the last 120 years, we have lost over 50 species of native moths, and suspect many others are now at risk of extinction 🔴 This autumn, we're taking on a ‘moth-umental’ task to create the first-ever Red List for Britain’s macro-moths, and we need your help 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matter
A large orange-brown moth with leaf-shaped wings and a long snout, resting on a dead plant stem
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment - an environment crowdfunding project in the UK by Butterfly Conservation... Will you help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths and give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve? 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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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks so much for your support. This really is a wonderful site - a chalk spring, a neutral spring and an acidic spring from the Greensand meet in the central marsh - I can't think of a site of this size with such diversity, and the plants and invertebrates to prove ti.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do you know something about wildlife or conservation action within 1km of a railway track? Network Rail want to hear your views.  survey123.arcgis.com/share/24c3937c…
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jesus. Starmer wanted to encourage AI data centres to build gas plants to accelerate their roll-out. If Burnham were to take up this bananas idea, you can kiss goodbye to meeting the climate targets he’s just reaffirmed his support for… news.sky.com/story/politi...
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Politics latest: Leak inquiry launched after Sky News reveals No 10 plan for Starmer to stay in power
How much has Andy Burnham borrowed from Sir Keir Starmer? Sam Coates reveals a leak from the heart of Downing Street which helps answer that question. Follow the latest.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"
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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please help save the precious habitat of Pulloxhill Marsh. We have.😊 www.wildlifebcn.org/pulloxhill
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Pulloxhill Marsh | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
Can you help save a piece of ancient countryside?
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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seeking reports of healthy ash growing alongside those with dieback. That way we'll know they have been exposed to the disease and are resistant. Individuals like that can be used to breed resilient future planting stock. Full details 👉 buff.ly/06XgqNm @thebotanics.bsky.social @theicf.bsky.social
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Help Find Disease-resistant Ash Trees - Woodland Trust
Help us find ash trees in Scotland which show signs of resistance to ash dieback disease by recording your sightings.
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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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Rainbow @rainbbow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cambo & Rosebank would create nearly as much CO2 as the whole of the UK produces in a year. They would send profits to one of Israel’s biggest oil companies which operates in illegal settlements and supplies fuel to the Israeli military. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
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No Oil profits for Occupation and Genocide
Cambo and Rosebank together would create nearly as much CO2 as the whole of the UK produces in a year. Cambo would send profits to one of Israel’s biggest oil companies, which operates in illegal sett...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?" Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
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Scottish Lichens @petravergunst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Punctelia jeckeri on a parkland #tree in #Abernethy, #Perth and Kinross, more or less the northern edge of its range. The next start date for the #course #Lichens on Trees is Monday 28 September. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992912458... #scottishlichens #lichenfriends #fungifriends #lichensontrees
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Media coverage suggesting Sussex Wildlife Trust endorses using Newhaven as a dredge disposal site for Brighton Marina are inaccurate. We encouraged Brighton Marina to find an alternative to Beachy Head West MCZ, but have not endorsed Newhaven. Our preferred option remains offshore. 📸 © Paul Naylor
Tompot Blenny peeking from a rocky crevice among orange sponges, facing forward with mouth slightly open and prominent eyes.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No amount of fudge can make airport expansion compatible with our climate commitments. It is disgraceful to see this government twist its own promises into knots simply to try to make bigger profits for the bosses of one private company in spite of the ever-growing costs of climate breakdown.
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is a Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), an invasive non-native species spreading through UK waterways. With its hairy claws, spindly legs and otherworldly appearance, it looks less like a river resident and more like it's stepped straight out of War of the Worlds. 🛸👽 📷 Phill Gwilliam
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Sussex @sussexuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lewes adopts charter recognising rights of trees #Sussex #BBCNews
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Lewes adopts a charter recognising the rights of trees
Lewes becomes the first town in England to grant rights to all trees through an adopted charter.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Private equity - a few profit and most of us pay, in so many ways #ClimateEmergency #FinancialSector www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 15/09/2026
News | Poole Old Lifeboat Museum temporarily closes due to anti-migrant protests RNLI-run venue says its volunteers were subjected to intimidation and verbal abuse
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum temporarily closes due to anti-migrant protests - Museums Association
RNLI-run venue says its volunteers were subjected to intimidation and verbal abuse
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#WildlifeCrime - one more contributor to the parlous state of #biodiversity in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cruel hare coursers leave 22 dead animals at Kent farm
Farmers say more action and harsher punishments are needed to tackle the illegal sport.
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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They have raised £27m out of the £30m needed - an amazing achievement. If you can, please help them get this brilliant initiative over the line. www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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Rothbury Estate Match Appeal | The Wildlife Trusts
The Rothbury Estate is more than a beautiful place. It's 3,800 hectares of rivers, woodlands, grasslands, peatlands and open moorland, where wildlife still has the chance to thrive at a scale rarely s...
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s not normal in a health & climate crisis to actively promote highly polluting products that make things worse. Congrats to Bristol - the latest city to end ads for things like fossil fuels, flights and SUVs. @badvertising.bsky.social @adfreecities.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bristol becomes first city to ban fast fashion adverts
New rules prohibits the promotion of flights, cars and travel agents on council-owned billboards.
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'What he or the Earthshot prize will never do, is tell people not to get on planes or not to get in their cars'. Or to sign a petition against the billionaire media: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
4,000 years of carbon build up in the soil burned up in a single summer. And this is just the early stages of climate chaos www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Summer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warn
Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Mushrooms, mycelium and the vanishing woodland commons Let’s think about the future of the forest before we strip it of its precious resources
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Mushrooms, mycelium and the vanishing woodland commons
Let’s think about the future of the forest before we strip it of its precious resources
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Shropshire Wildlife Trust @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The future of National Lottery funding for nature is at risk. Nature is heritage—support wildlife and communities! Give your voice 👇 ow.ly/Z19n50ZNazC
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Nature could miss out from Lottery funding – have your say
Respond to the call to action to share nature IS heritage and the National Lottery needs to continue to support nature.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Remember how keen the BBC were to report on the growth of the far right in Sweden. The actual result was they lost votes and the left made progress. So the result was tucked away on more obscure pages www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Swedish opposition have slim lead in 'too close to call' election
A preliminary count by Sweden's election authority projected that left-wing opposition bloc would win a three-seat majority.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The answer to our political funding crisis is simple and obvious. It would send our politics in the opposite direction to its current, disastrous trajectory. So why won't Labour MPs pick it up? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fascinating which land use choices are deemed a threat to food security and which aren’t. The rule seems to be every choice - animal feed, biofuel feedstocks, golf courses, etc - is fine, except for solar farms and rewilding, which will apparently lead to food shortages and inflation.
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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A flurry of Painted Lady in south-east Dorset, presumably heading south to cross the channel, which they do at altitude so are rarely seen, unlike Red Admirals and Clouded Yellows which you can see heading out to sea at this time of year @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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