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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wild strawberry spotted on today's walk - West Yorkshire 11 October 2026 #wildflowerhour
White and yellow flower and red strawberry
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some fungi spotted on walks over the last week #fungi #fungifriends Shaggy scalycap Honey mushrooms? Bitter bracket or White cheese polypore?
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This morning's walk
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent images to have a coffee whilst admiring
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love this little dude so much, I almost can't stand how adorable he is (ceramic cat lantern, Qing Dynasty, 18th century) www.bonhams.com/auction/3258...
A blue-and-white decorated ceramic form - actually a lantern - in the shape of a cat. Too cute!
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jhawk17.bsky.social @jhawk17.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Solitary sandpiper #birds #photography #BirdOfTheDay #LightAndShadow
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20/09/2026
Cyril Edward Power, The Escalator, c. 1930
person stood at the base of subway stairs going up.
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fungi from today's walk #fungi #fungifriends
FungiFungiFungi
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2) This supposed 'great wealth flight' narrative that persists and goes unchallenged by much of the media is discredited PR spin by a wealth management and citizenship by investment company who themselves have been forced to backtrack on it. @taxjustice.net data experts did the media's job for them
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Study behind millionaire exodus claims drops author and numbers after fake data accusations - Tax Justice Network
The widely covered study confirms migration was “modest” and drops estimates that “data does not yet support”.
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The 99% Organisation @99organisation.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On Tuesday, we were back in Parliament arguing that it is now urgent to ensure that the economy is run for the benefit of the UK population, not driven by the preferences of financial institutions. @dminghella.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social @vincegomez.com 99-percent.org/ending-treas...
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Ending Treasury-Induced Decline - 99%
We can’t afford another Budget that fails to move the needle on the cost-of-living crisis. So what should we do? Summary of the event On Tuesday 15 September, Clive Lewis, […]
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Child drowning deaths have doubled in the last five years. Jeremiah, as well as all those taking part in this scheme, is helping to bring that number down, teaching kids who would not otherwise be able to afford swimming lessons. What a guy. #NiceThings
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Inspirational boy who helped teach 780 children to swim for free
Jeremiah Carnegie wanted to give back to the pool that he achieved so much in
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My favourite of 2026 from April, delicate cuckoo flowers a sign that spring was absolutely underway (in the North of England) #wildflowerhour
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Pics from this weekend's walks #fungi #fungifriends
Fungi growing on a fallen tree trunkFungi on the ground surrounded by blades of grass covered in raindropsLots of fungi on fallen branch with bright green moss-covered stones behindTwo types of fungi growing on a mossy tree stump
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RP with your home river
Hebden Water, Calderdale, West Yorkshire
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#wildflowerhour #fruits Some much more photogenic rosehips from this evening's (sunny) walk
Rosehips
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 08/09/2026
🧵 About 30% of American adults say they are unaffiliated with a religious tradition, but as people are rejecting ancient epistemic systems, many of us are struggling to find meaning from life, to take care of ourselves, and to even have a concept of what selfhood is. That's a problem.
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Non-religious people still need to think about meaning and selfhood
J. Eric Oliver on knowing yourself without gods
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#wildflowerhour #fruits St John's wort, hawthorn and blackberries
St John's WortHawthorn and blackberries
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#wildflowerhour #fruits From today's walk: elderberries, rosehips, honeysuckle berries
ElderberriesRosehipHoneysuckle berries
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Remember who you are." - Mufasa - Palestinian children watch Lion King in Gaza 🇵🇸 📸 Omar Ashtawy
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Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries
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Comparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestries
Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
lmao
The trolley car problem with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The trolley car defies the laws of physics and slams into Wile E. Coyote.
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Heather on today's walk #wildflowerhour
Pink Heather Flowers
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Some fun literary news for Christie-heads like me! Torquay (where Agatha Christie was born) is going to be twinned with the Belgian town of Spa (where Hercule Poirot was born)! - Michael www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/dame-ag...
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Dame Agatha and her famous detective Poirot reunited for special 'twinning'
Torbay and Spa, two communities brought together by Dame Agatha and Poirot
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) RIP
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Very timely article. There's still time to act and it seems that some in Government are listening, which is encouraging. @99organisation.bsky.social 99-percent.org/defensive-co...
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Defensive Constitutional Reform - 99%
Why public servants are both a key target of and a vital defence against the far-right The American example For most of my life, America has seen itself as a […]
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Cecil Beaton exhibition at Harewood House (in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery) is very well worth a visit, as is Harewood House itself. Bonus: you'll probably see/hear kites (the feathered kind) which for me was a lovely callback to my holiday in Oxfordshire last month
Promo image for the ehibition which ends on 4 Oct. Features an image of Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
💯 much more of this sort of thing please
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 15/08/2026
POV: You’re a beaver just casually jump-scaring a duck 💅
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Ben Malcolm @amakhosi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As someone who suffers from pretty severe ‘black dog’ days, I cannot recommend Samaritans enough. I have worked for them and used the service often. It really does save lives.
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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy Moomin's Day! 🔆 🎨 Tove Jansson #moominsday #moomin
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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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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
gets incredible air here
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.
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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Stunning display of motornormativity here from the BBC. No, they are not "closing down streets" - if they were doing that they would be shut off from everyone. Rather, they are changing who is using the space. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Finally! Steve can get back from the pub safely.
Steve the otter scurries along a narrow ledge inside a rustic stone bridge over a rocky stream in a naturalistic photograph.
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Renomed @renomed.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
How They Dug the Victoria Line (1969) — The inside story of the construction of the London Underground's Victoria Line. (1969)
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How They Dug the Victoria Line
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Private Eye tells me that How Green Was My Valley is one of Andy Burnham’s favourite books. Oh dear. I write a PhD on 1930s Welsh mining novels, including a whole chapter on Llewellyn’s work. I even read the terrible sequels. It really, really isn’t a story of working-class solidarity etc.
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 24/07/2026
Ooh this is very cool www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rare heron seen at Somerset estate where river has been allowed to run free
Black-crowned night heron one of many species thriving at Holnicote Estate where river ‘reset’ has transformed area into lush oasis
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar
Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Gustav Klimt became inreasingly interested in landscapes after seeing a van Gogh exhibition ~ here’s his exuberantly colourful close-up of a cottage flower garden “Bauerngarten” (1907)
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JoJo @visionsofjojo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Morning x
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Late Summer towards the North, painting by Katie Allen, artist based in Swansea, south Wales.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/07/2026
booo. if george likes history so much, he should read about the actual luddites not the slanderous narrative he’s fallen for.
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The 99% Organisation @99organisation.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As Burnham’s premiership gets closer, we have been looking at why – and how – he will need to be bold to succeed. sh1.sendinblue.com/3ganq4i2bglp...
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Oda is an incredibly impressive player; Hewitt not at his best, but still... #Wimbledon
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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Former Electricity Showrooms, Cannon Street 1936 Maxwell Fry and Walter Gropius buff.ly/cv0MdPA
A colour photograph of the former Electricity showrooms in Cannon Street with its curved frontage
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Isabelle @verdecape4.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The dogs were amazing in June
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Your Brutalist Sandcastle Summer Challenge? This one built by Calvin Seibert #sculpture #art #architecture #brutalist #beach
"As a boy I spent many hours on the construction sites of my hometown, the nascent ski resort of Vail. Television had not arrived in our narrow mountain valley, so my brothers and I spent most of our time outdoors and, in my case, that meant building tree houses, Tonka Truck villages, water diversion projects and, of course, there were the construction sand piles, where I first got started working with sand. "
https://www.upstatediary.com/calvin-seibert
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