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24|🏳️‍⚧️She/Her🏳️‍🌈|🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦|AuDHD| 🌦️Degreed meteorologist, Foundation OpMet at the Met Office 🌪️TORRO deputy leader of site investigations 🚄 Public transport advocate 📸 Nature photographer 💭 Thoughts and opinions are my own

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Wouter van Bernebeek @woutervanbernebeek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
☀️ Een beetje sfeer fotograferen tijdens het 'gouden uurtje'! Dit is een periode van 30 tot 60 minuten na zonsopkomst met zacht geel/goud zonlicht. Windstille ochtenden met wat mist zijn er ideaal voor, zoals deze dagen...
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Alex Boreham @cyclonicwx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another day, another great satellite presentation in the Pacific. Today it's #Nolo, which has gotten into an increasingly favorable environment and has cleared out a nice large eye. Look at the low clouds spinning around! Expected to reach Category 5, and thankfully no land threat
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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a shot that I have always wanted to get; a sailboat silhouetted by the sunset. And the passing gull was a nice bonus. Half Moon Bay, 8/29/2026
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/08/2026
Temperatures provisionally reached 38.1°C at Kew Gardens, making it the hottest day of the year so far. This is the second time this year we have reached 38°C. The only other time this has happened twice in one year was in 2022. It also makes it the 5th hottest day on record.
A map showing 38.1°C recorded at Kew Gardens. This makes it the hottest day of the year so far.
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Kay @tiredpossum.northsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am so happy and proud to have graduated today from the University of Reading, receiving a BSc with Honours in Meteorology and Climate!!!👩‍🎓🎉 Thank you so much to all the wonderful faculty who have helped me with my degree journey! Onwards to the next chapter of my life: Operational Meteorologist!
A mounted photograph of me standing beside the vice chancellor of the University of Reading after he had conferred my degree upon me. I am wearing my graduation robes and mortarboard hat.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
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Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
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Kay @tiredpossum.northsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Pride! 🌈🏳️‍🌈❤️
The Canadian side of Niagara Falls lit up in rainbow colours for Pride Month. The American side of Niagara Falls lit up in rainbow colours for Pride Month.
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Reading Uni Weather @ruweather.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Climate stripes for Reading on this #ShowYourStripes day.
Warming temperature stripes for Reading, stretching from light to dark blue on the left to light to dark red on the right symbolising a dramatic warming trend over the last century or so.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hard to believe I’m even writing this. Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C than its annual average.
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026
Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 26/05/2026
Explosive development of the Swindon cell from Earley.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 26/05/2026
Today is now the hottest day in May on record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35°C Until yesterday the highest temperature in May was 32.8 °C, but we've now exceeded that record on consecutive days by a full two degrees Celsius 🌡️
A map of the UK showing the new May record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.0°C.
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Kay @tiredpossum.northsky.social · 26/05/2026
Enjoying the cool and pleasant morning air, just after sunrise, before a second day of unprecedented May heat. Yesterday Reading broke its record Maximum temperature for May, and I swear it was hotter inside my room than outside! Eying the chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon to cool things off 🤞
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 25/05/2026
34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.
Spaghetti plot showing Kew and Kew Gardens temperatures since 1881 with May and June records highlighted at 30.3ºC in 1922 and 34.6ºC in 1976 respectively. 2026 is plotted as a thick red line that nearly exceeds 35ºC with a value of 34.8ºC.
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 25/05/2026
Reading has broken its all-time May record from 1922 with a temperature reading of 32.2ºC at 13:27 BST, beating the old record of 31.9ºC by 0.3ºC, and the temperature is still rising. Temperature records here go back to 1908.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/05/2026
Temperatures at Heathrow have recently reached 33.5°C, provisionally beating the all-time May record
A map of the UK showing 33.5C at Heathrow.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 24/05/2026
Yes, it’s hot. More than 10°C above normal for widespread regions of southern England. istheukhotrightnow.com
More than 10C above normal map
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Two years ago tonight, I witnessed my first aurora borealis... from the OK/TX border of all places! ✨ The display was associated with a G5-class geomagnetic storm triggered by X-class solar flares from active region 13664 on the Sun. #Photography
A photo of a colorful aurora borealis display over a calm body of water, featuring vibrant green, pink, and purple light beams stretching across a starry sky. Silhouetted tree-lined horizon contrasts with smooth water reflecting the aurora's hues.A photo of a night sky, looking straight up, showcasing vibrant aurora against a backdrop of numerous stars, with purple rays extending diagonally and a large red glow occupying the upper right area.A photo of the night sky featuring a red SAR arc above a dark treeline and a bridge over a body of water, taken looking SOUTH from the Oklahoma/Texas border. The red aurora displays distinct, radiating streaks of light against a backdrop of stars.A photo of a colorful aurora borealis display over a calm lake at night, with hues of pink, green, and purple lighting up the sky. Silhouetted treeline borders the water, and a bright moon is visible through scattered clouds on the left side. In the far bottom left are lights from some people fishing.
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Kay @tiredpossum.northsky.social · 02/05/2026
It’s a lovely, fresh evening on campus after the heavy rain earlier, so I went for a wander along the path by Whiteknights lake.
Whiteknights lake on the University of Reading canpus, with some waterfowl swimming on it surrounded by green trees. There is a partial reflection in the water.
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NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. 🚀🌕🌍
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 04/04/2026
Some of the imagery coming down from the Artemis II crew is breathtaking...
A crescent Earth against the black of space.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/04/2026
Earth, from Artemis II. Everything you've ever done, everyone you've ever known, all that you have traveled is contained in this picture.
A photograph of Earth seen from space against a black background with faint stars. The visible hemisphere prominently displays the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the large brown landmass of northwestern Africa, and swirling white cloud formations scattered across the globe. A thin, bright blue atmospheric glow traces the top left curve of the planet.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 29/03/2026
To every volunteer, donor, organizer and NDP member who helped power this history-making movement: thank you. We are building a new foundation for our party, and we are ready to come roaring back on the Canadian political stage. Let’s get to work!
Avi Lewis waving as supporters gather behind him beneath a slogan: "The NDP comeback starts now."
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Kay @tiredpossum.northsky.social · 24/02/2026
Spring may have arrived a few days early, but it’s definitely not unwelcome.☀️
Whiteknights Lake on a springlike, warm and sunny late February afternoon.
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Kirk Giglio Photo @kirkgigliophoto.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Lifetime shots tonight of the Northern Lights in New England Acadia National Park after sunset last night
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We will not be intimidated. We will stand together. Our values. Our jobs. Our Canada. 🇨🇦
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026
Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Doug Ford is a Jobs Disaster.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/01/2026
When they write the history of this moment, it'll be the corruption that allowed this kind of unimaginable wealth concentration in the hands of so few that will be viewed as the downfall of the American empire. Wealth inequality and corruption are the rot that destroys countries.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We can’t go on like this. In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary. The right calls this “wealth creation”. It’s wealth extraction. Time to tax the rich. @highpaycentre.bsky.social highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
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Fat Cat Day 2026 - High Pay Centre
Data shows the average FTSE 100 CEO will take just over two days to earn the median UK worker's full time annual salary. Median FTSE100 CEO pay amounted to £4.398 million (excluding pension), 113 time...
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Rob Ashton for NDP Leader @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
If you won’t pay workers a fair wage, don’t expect the government to help you exploit other people.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/12/2025
Mark Carney has put a target on BC’s coast—with a plan to dig up Burrard Inlet so tankers can carry even more crude through these waters. It’s time for a federal NDP leader who will say “no” to Big Oil—and fight to protect the places we love. Join us: lewisforleader.ca youtu.be/jrh2xJV0UEU?...
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Mark Carney wants even more crude flowing to British Columbia’s Coast
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Danielle Smith’s push to privatize health care in Alberta is a direct threat to public medicare across Canada. I’ve written to the PM to demand enforcement of the federal Canada Health Act.  Public health care is not optional. It’s a right, and it must be defended.
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Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle) @votetanille.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Rural ridings across Canada need our attention ⚠️ In 2025, many turned blue that should have been orange. Rural folks deserve better MPs than what they got 🔵 Rebuilding means supporting rural ridings and making it clear they are at the heart of the NDP 🧡 #ndp #cdnpoli #canpoli #ruralcanada #bc
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 13/12/2025
The devastating floods in BC aren’t normal weather events. They’re fuelled by climate change and governments’ skewed priorities. We can have thriving communities, clean air and water, and a liveable future without sacrificing jobs or economic security, but only if we move off fossil fuels.
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
55% of Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election. People have lost faith in government because of politicians like Doug Ford. That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The deal was supposed to be, ‘work hard, and you get ahead.” That deal has been broken. Instead of having their backs, governments are attacking workers and selling them out. That needs to change. And that change starts with us.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris. Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Happy #HumanRightsDay! Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
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Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle) @votetanille.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Liberals' international student cuts will hurt post-secondary programs + increase tuition fees. It means fewer tradespeople, nurses and teachers in our future. Free education is the way. Young people deserve to land in post-secondary, NOT poverty. #ndp #cdnpoli #canpoli #internationalstudents
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 07/12/2025
Free tuition and abolishing student debt aren’t new ideas. They’re long-standing demands of the student movement. Education is a public good, and a more educated society benefits everyone. Join the movement to make post-secondary education free: lewisforleader.ca
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Tanille Johnston (she/her/elle) @votetanille.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Canadians can be connected by fast + affordable public transit 🚍 Publicly built, owned and operated high-speed rail country wide 🚄 Let's jump start a green economy that works for us all 🧡 #ndp #cdnpoli #canpoli #publictransportation #publictransit #highspeedrail #canadapolitics #greeneconomy
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire. Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines. Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/12/2025
It’s time for the NDP to tell the truth: we must get off fossil fuels fast—with no worker left behind. Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy. Join us: lewisforleader.ca
GRAPHIC: A Green New Deal for Canada
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 03/12/2025
Reflections on this International Day of Persons with Disabilities. We can do a hell of a lot better, and we need to. #cdnpoli youtube.com/shorts/4He-1...
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Reflections on International Day of Persons with Disabilities | Avi Lewis #cdnpoli #ndp
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are sitting at a little bonfire, gazing restfully into the flickering flames.
Blue: Do you ever think of the ways your life could've gone differently?
Green: No.
Blue: Like if you could start over with everything that you know now?
Green: Nope. The odds of finding you again in the right place at the right time are way too low.
Blue: You'd rather have me than a new chance?
Green: Having you is the best possible life.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social Together we need to take on the far right. Togetheralliance.org.uk
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