Reposted by gerald, local guythingNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree. 291810450
Reposted by gerald, local guythingMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I haven't posted anything for a while, so here's some new #paleoart for #FossilFriday: Cetiosaurus in a Middle Jurassic landscape. I've had to compose and execute this in just two days, so hopefully it looks OK! (All data for the plant recons comes from @palaeojules.bsky.social.) #dinosaur #sciart 724280
Reposted by gerald, local guythingDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's October, and here in southern England it's around 17 deg C today, which is something like 6 deg C over the mean. Decades of failing to take action mostly mean that it's too late to disrupt climate breakdown. Vote for people who speak about the issues and are prepared to do something. 2456
Reposted by gerald, local guythingaberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Doodle from Thursday's flocking #paleostream featuring Hadrosaurus. But as for why it was featured... 16017
Reposted by gerald, local guythingAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our paywall is down until October 5th! Plenty of time to read your fill of @prospectmagazine.co.uk So why not start with my deep dive on Israel's election, a central question being: how much will change, in Gaza, in the West Bank, if Netanyahu does lose? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...prospectmagazine.co.ukInside the battle to oust Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope 02221
Reposted by gerald, local guythingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925341728
Reposted by gerald, local guythingTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters. 12595238
Reposted by gerald, local guythingSarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A longish post which goes beyond the description of the heroic pause. This message is my takeaway 210736
Reposted by gerald, local guythingBaldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's my birthday today!!! 🥳🙌 So what better day than to share more of these sleek dragons I have been doing for funsies. Here is one inspired by Elasmosaurids! 271687470
Reposted by gerald, local guythingSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fantastic news Latest records show that #RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history. Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 11326140
Reposted by gerald, local guythingPenny Ewles-Bergeron @abroadbrush.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For many disabled workers, PIP isn't extra, it's what pays for the equipment or transport that gets them to work. The government's review could take that away to hit a savings target, not because people need less support. Help Penny stop it. the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...the.organise.networkStop PIP reform being decided by budget, not needAdd your name: 053
Reposted by gerald, local guythingNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61261351
Reposted by gerald, local guythingNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341522492
Reposted by gerald, local guythingEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right. 40900502
Reposted by gerald, local guythingDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am so tired of nasty, insular, smug gits playing PR stunts to prevent people finding safety. I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby. 65666135
Reposted by gerald, local guythingTerry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If they have such difficulty with 4-letter abbreviations, can we pitch Reform&Restore against the PSNI? Y'know, just to see what happens? 021
Reposted by gerald, local guythingBen McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected. 25967296
Reposted by gerald, local guythingAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...fundraise.rnli.orgJames WatersI'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000! 11503273
Reposted by gerald, local guythingPlough Quarterly @plough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Firing Themselves into the Merciless Fury by @horatioclare.bsky.social with photography by Danny Burrows Off the coast of Britain, volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution save lives.plough.comFiring Themselves into the Merciless Fury | PloughOff the coast of Britain, volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution save lives. 175
Reposted by gerald, local guythingAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921254
Reposted by gerald, local guythingNewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/09/2026Whenever we see someone post that they're stopping their donation to the RNLI, like some right-wing virtue-signalling flex, we can't help but think of this. You can donate to the RNLI here: buff.ly/bsku22S 19400185
Reposted by gerald, local guythingelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As a brown migrant living in the UK legally, this is precisely why there can be *no* compromise on the fundamental right of seeking asylum. Pretty quickly it’s anyone who ‘looks’ like an asylum seeker - ie brown or black - who is targeted. No one is safe from this. 3761240
Reposted by gerald, local guythingMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For me there is no mystery to these people. I grew up in a street with plenty of them, where the British National Party felt confident enough to visit our doorsteps. There is no dignity to their hatred and it has been indulged far too long. It has already cost us enough time, enough lives. Enough. 435495
Reposted by gerald, local guythingWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 09/09/2026#OtD 9 Sep 1934 over 100k Londoners flooded Hyde Park to protest a rally by fascist leader Oswald Mosley. Mostly was drowned out by the anti-fascist locals, who then chased the police-protected Nazis out of the park. More about the fight in the 40s: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e... 213570
Reposted by gerald, local guythingMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 09/09/2026Can we all front up outside the Daily Mail now with 20 mates and demand they buy our mums a house? Is there a queue? Some kind of rota system? Can we put in a claim for the Tube fare? Are black shorts mandatory? 1287
Reposted by gerald, local guythingRaven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Pretty sure this has already been done, but...Lake Bee Movie @mapquest.com 0121
Reposted by gerald, local guythingOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again. 2602972766
Reposted by gerald, local guythingNick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Never seen the numbers on one of these go up so fast. Could be faster though. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 22621
Reposted by gerald, local guythingRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6461322290
Reposted by gerald, local guythingJordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I should clarify, it turns out this only applies to England and not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. 202
Reposted by gerald, local guythingJordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you're in the UK and don't like Palantir having its dystopian little tendrils in the whole of NHS data, I just learned you can at least opt-out of sharing your data here: www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-dat...nhs.ukMake your choice about sharing data from your health recordsChoose if you want to share data from your health records for planning and research. 5129108
Reposted by gerald, local guythingJordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Apparently enough people are withdrawing their data that it's making the government reconsider their contract with Palantir: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Let's keep it going! I only wish their was an option to specify Palantir as the reason for opting-out, but hopefully they get the message.static.klipy.comTheyll Soon Be Back Greater NumbersAlt: Obi-Wan saying "They'll Soon Be Back, and in Greater Numbers" 1166
Reposted by gerald, local guythingEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 5599473394
Reposted by gerald, local guythingSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 17657417
Reposted by gerald, local guythingshirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just when I think these basement brownshirts couldn't be any less British, they come for the lifesaving volunteers of the RNLI. How fucking dare they. 04421
Reposted by gerald, local guythingHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The Battle of Holbeck Moor took place in Leeds on 27 September 1936, when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists attempted a march through the city. Their original route through the Jewish quarter was blocked, but they regrouped and headed for Holbeck Moor, daubing swastikas in the Leylands 1/3 717676
Reposted by gerald, local guythingPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A thing to bear in mind with the explosion of fascism in the UK and the government non-reaction to it - this Labour government has done *everything* these people claim to want, and yet they’re angrier than ever. Labour have made the fascist demands *central* to their politics, and has it worked? 46916
Reposted by gerald, local guythingK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026wp.me/p15p2Q-hBrwp.meMore legitimate concerns?Via Henry Mance at the FT 0149
Reposted by gerald, local guythingStevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026still true. We need an ANL that's fit for 2026, and we all need to be a vocal, visible part of it. Because we for shit-sure have Nazis in this country in 2026. And it's time they were scared and ashamed again. 2205
Reposted by gerald, local guythingPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns. 201782453
Reposted by gerald, local guything👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026This story is doing the rounds today so here’s some credit to the Oxford Clarion, who have been reporting on this org, in depth, for a lot longer than the BBC has been. 630687
Reposted by gerald, local guythingJon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you're "in a stand-off with the RNLI" - the *RNLI* - there's a very good chance you're the baddies. 210824
Reposted by gerald, local guythingJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781879
Reposted by gerald, local guythingZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs. 571691498
Reposted by gerald, local guythingDoug is ONLINE @dasmunch.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026Roll up, roll up and make sure the masked fascist scum don't get their way rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 096
Reposted by gerald, local guythingOmar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 07/09/202613 million people who live in this country were born overseas. Their/our safety and belonging should not be in dispute, though most of them/us are aware that violence against their/our person is increasingly justified, and is too little condemned. 08615
Reposted by gerald, local guythingAlan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I've just donated to the RNLI, to show support. UK taxpayers: tick the Gift Aid box, so the pathetic Labour government have to chip in an extra 25%. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 05629
Reposted by gerald, local guythingNicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A bunch of fash are currently in a standoff protest with the #RNLI in Portsmouth, simply because they brought a boatload of people ashore today. The RNLI! I’ve just donated to the RNLI. You can too 👇 rnli.org/support-us/g... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk140 migrants in single dinghy rescued in English ChannelThey were transferred onto two lifeboats and taken to shore in the UK. 44932
Reposted by gerald, local guythingDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607