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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 2d

This is the same mentality that allowed Labour to become complicit in the genocide to begin with. These MPs simply don't grasp the enormity of what their government has done, or the horror and revulsion felt by a significant chunk of their voter base. I predict this will be worse than Iraq for them.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d

Labour MPs reckon that if the ceasefire holds it will be harder for opponents to mobilize against them over the Israel-Palestine issue in the next election. There are concerns though about whether the fragile agreement will hold. More in London Playbook PM.

London Playbook PM: Has he Don Keir a favor?

Presented by Rolls-Royce By EMILIO CASALICCHIO with NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser SCOOP — LOBBY TO LOBBIED: Sky News Poli…

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful 4-mile run up Cissbury Ring on the South Downs.

Soundtrack: Skylarks and great tits. A very spring-like feel!

A sunny pathway on top of Cissbury Ring hill fort with views down to the English Channel.

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 2d

Calling South West #birders

The BTO SW Conference is coming up, and promises to be a really interesting day. Cost £20 inc lunch

Talks by local & other @btobirds.bsky.social speakers

I'll be there speaking about #WildlifeGardening

Do join us if you can!

More here www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 4d

Have you entered the South Downs photo competition yet?

You have until 31 October to get your entries in.

Enter 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/pho...

📷 Michael Steven Harris
📍 Chanctonbury Ring

The sun setting between the branches of a tree overlooking a landscape of rolling hills

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Jenny TP @jennytpgrows.bsky.social · 3d

#FoodStudies #EconSky #AcademicSky
Can anyone one help me track down a paper that quantifies the benefit of spending £1 in a local business over a big or multinational in the UK?
I read something that showed (ish) local spend =£5 to local economy & supermarket=40p but I can't find the source

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 3d

The worst use of quotation marks in the history of human civilisation is in.

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 4d

I did a double-take too as I'd never seen it either. Lovely quotation too.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 10d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 4d

October…“When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing.”

Hogweed, hollyhock, campion, creeping thistle, autumn hawk-bit, yarrow, green alkanet, feverfew found today. #WildflowerHour

A collage of eight wildflowers: delicate white umbels of hogweed; bright pink hollyhock blooms; white campion with star-like petals; purple spiky creeping thistle; small yellow autumn hawk-bit; clustered white yarrow heads; vivid blue green alkanet flowers; and daisy-like feverfew with yellow centres.

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 4d

Relatable.

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 4d

Heron surveys the world and is unimpressed

The head and body of a heron looking cross. Its body is grey, with white lower breast and throat. The beak is yellow underneath and black and grey above. Its eye has a yellow ring round a black centre.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 5d

#Gaza’s war: 2 years too long.

🔴 Famine confirmed in Gaza governorate
🔴 455 malnutrition-related deaths
🔴 Almost all cropland damaged, inaccessible, or both

The State of Israel has banned UNRWA from bringing in aid for over 7 months.
Lift the siege.

#UNRWAworks:

www.unrwa.org

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 6d

The hokey-cokey prime minister!

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 6d

I hope someone has got a lettuce handy...

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 6d

Norfolk sunrise at RSPB Snettisham yesterday. The high tides this weekend are creating the "spectacular", as huge flocks of waders are forced off the mudflats. What an experience!

The sun rises in an orange sky over a water-filled gravel pit.

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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 6d

Wow.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7d

After pointing out that she's an immigrant Joanna Lumley asks why we don't fix the problems that create asylum seekers and address climate change

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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 7d

“If you've ever felt calmer after a walk in the park or a stroll through the woods, it's not your imagination - it's biology.”

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