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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 8h

The jungle is trying to fight back!

Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 9h

Look at this Rubber Tree lifting up the path on the Wanchai trail #HongKong #trees

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 9h

Very similar! Such clever trees!! Lovely x

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 9h

I’d love to know its age but it’s certainly older than me as I walked past it everyday from about the age of 7.

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 9h

I saw this beautiful Banyan tree again. I walked past it everyday as a child without paying it attention. It’s desperately clinging to the old wall #hongkong #trees

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10h

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 10h

Tight Squeeze

As I just happened to be passing through Hendon Central Underground station, I couldn't resist capturing a train departing into one of the tight tunnels that are viewable at the end of the platform.

It always amazes me that the trains fit 😅

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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social · 1d

My father saw his oncologist today. The chemo has halted his bone cancer and the prostate cancer is under control. Review 6 months and regular medication.
Lads dont ignore symptoms.

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 10h

We can all see rough sleepers on our streets, but a much higher number of people are experiencing homelessness out of view.

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

www.bigissue.com

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 10h

Are you running Windows 10?

Today's the day that Microsoft stops updating it, meaning that in future it will be vulnerable to new security threats.

(You can get an extra year of extended support, but you have to manually apply for it.)

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 10h

Every constituency in Great Britain is projected to have increased flood risk in future. In England, 69% of constituencies are likely to have an increase of more than 25% in the number of properties facing flood risk by mid-century.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 9h

I have no doubt

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h

The Earth has reached its first climate tipping point, signalling a bleak new reality for the planet that scientists had once believed was still far away. In a damning new report released on Monday, 160 international researchers warned that a point of no return has nee passed.

The world has reached its first climate tipping point

Milestone signals stark new reality for the planet – and raises the alarm about impending catastrophes

www.independent.co.uk

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 9h

Glad it’s not just me!

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11h

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 11h

Matched my mood at having to leave 😢

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 11h

I’m home in bed with discombobulated jet lag -all good though thanks! Off to babysit poorly sick grandbaby in a few hours so my daughter can get to work.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 19h

I really cannot bear how Farage is getting away with bare-faced lies, again and again, through the silence and complicity of the UK media. It's all there. His political career can and shoud be finished. Instead, media are making his rise inexorable. The corruption and ineptitude are beyond belief.

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 1d

"I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."
Nigel Farage on Gill's pro-Russian statements in European Parliament.

Here's Nigel Farage & Nathan Gill in European Parliament. ⬇️
They mostly turned up to make pro-Russian/anti-EU statements.

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 11h

Morning early bird!

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 1d

My entry for #BlueSkyMonday is an Irish #Rainbow ps. don’t any of you be thinking you can come over here to steal Irish gold. Our Leprechauns will kick your ankles 🍀 #Ireland #photography #EastCoastKin

A vivid rainbow arcs across a softly glowing peach-coloured sky, its bands of colour clear and bright. In the foreground, the dark, twisting branches of a leafless tree stretch upward, their intricate shapes contrasting beautifully with the smooth gradient of the sky. The scene feels calm and ethereal, capturing a fleeting moment of light after rain.

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Took this as I was leaving for the airport -rain coming in! #hongkong #travel #blueskytravel #photography

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Cookie Spencer @cookiespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Back in the U.K. -looking forward to seeing the family but I have to face the long train ride shortly. My heart is filled up by my trip to Hong Kong but I’m now going to struggle with the Cornish winter. I have a restless soul.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 7d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains

by Veronika Melkozerova

russia lost 281,550 soldiers in #Ukraine in the first eight months of this year, according to a document that Ukrainian intelligence says contained leaked russian data.

www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains

Both Ukraine and Russia are finding it difficult to recruit new soldiers.

www.politico.eu

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