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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 5h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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Dr Lauren Smith @saltwaterlifeuk.bsky.social · 5h

🧵 ⚠️ Yesterday in my role with Shark & Skate Scotland I attended the Flapper Skate that stranded on Montrose Beach.
We were able to attend quite quickly and perform the necropsy (see photos in thread).

#flapperskate #research #necropsy #elasmobranch #science #education #marinelife

🌊 🦈 🧪

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Wolfstein @wolfstein-efc.bsky.social · 16h

I've been away, and keeping my head clear, so I am wondering has the main news outlets picked the bones out of this?

Well, @bbcnews.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 5h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h

Yay! Finally the most oppressed and suffering of people in the world are getting some relief.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4h

Breaking news: The Bank of England will cut the time senior bankers have to wait before receiving their full bonuses from eight years to four years on.ft.com/48xnmHm

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4h

Knowles-Brown is a former Chair of the Scottish Hawk Board & Vice Chair of the UK Hawk Board which provides welfare guidelines for those keeping raptors in captivity.

#RaptorResearch

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Prominent falconer Andrew Knowles-Brown fined almost £14,000 for ‘shocking’ animal cruelty

Prominent falconer and eagle breeder, Andrew Knowles-Brown, 70, has been sentenced after investigators from the Scottish SSPCA found approximately 90 eagles and other birds were living in ‘un…

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 4h

🚨Protected areas are not development zones. 🚨

In 2024, Albania shockingly changed its Protected Areas Law to allow the construction of airports, resorts, and other developments inside protected areas.

This opened the door to projects that threaten some of the country’s most valuable natural sites.

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 22h

The EU’s forests are vital for our #Climate and #Biodiversity goals 🌲

Efforts by Finland & Sweden to weaken the #LULUCF Regulation threaten this progress.🚫

Joined by international NGOs, we stand up for strong, science-based climate policy.

Read our letter 👉
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15h

Here it is! 💥💥💥
The start of the Tory-Reform election pact. Arch-Brexiter Rees-Mogg is telling Tories in the Caerphilly by-election to vote RefUK. With Plaid Cymru leading in the progressive camp, the other anti-fascist parties have to get behind Plaid!

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3h

When crypto crashes again (and it will), public money will clean up private greed – again.

Prof Richard Murphy has seen this movie before.

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 3h

📣URGENT more than 14,000 people have signed our petition calling on Ofwat to REJECT Thames Water's latest ridiculous proposal.

🤑Their creditors want to pollute our rivers & seas illegally for the next 15 years.

✍️Ofwat makes its decision next week. Add your name, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 today!

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h

Nigel Farage claimed that Warwickshire County Council had blocked Reform’s inquiries into their financial accounts.

The truth? Reform never made any inquiries.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/nigel-farage-wasnt-telling-the-truth-on-laura-kuenssberg

Nigel Farage wasn't telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform wants to be obstructed by council workers, but it has to try first

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16h

Indeed.

The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.

No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22h

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 17h

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 16h

EU citizens helped build this country, staff its hospitals and teach its children.

Our letter to the editor argues they deserve equal rights, not exclusion.

Letter from Camilla Cucinotta

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship

Letter to the editor

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 15h

#Privatisation - a few profit and the rest of us pay.

Built on a cynical ideology and pure extractivism

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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 21h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 18h

@rspbscience.bsky.social 🐦

Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 1d

Some breathtaking scenery in this short film on Leach's Petrel surveys on North Rona and Flannan from RSPB
#Seabirds
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Take a wild journey to remote Scottish islands with an RSPB team searching for a remarkable seabird

YouTube video by RSPB

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Holding govts to ransom.

Goldman Sachs warns Rachel Reeves against tax rises on banks.

Banks happy to be bailed out, take QE, mis-sell products, not to be prosecuted for frauds, hike charges, pay lousy rates on savings.

Need windfall taxes. Raise top rate of income tax.

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

David Solomon urged the chancellor during a private meeting last week not to hit the industry with savage tax rises in her crucial budget statement next month, Sky News learns.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 20h

Help @bylinetimes.bsky.social step things up a level. We’re raising £20k to build a new special investigations team led by Nafeez Ahmed
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#NoStoneUnturned – Byline Times Shop

#NoStoneUnturned Help Byline Times go where others dare to tread. We’re raising £20k to build a new special investigations team led by Nafeez Ahmed. Byline Times is asking for your support to advance ...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 17h

Great photo! Near Cambridge 🐞

National Trust - Midlands & East @midsandeastnt.bsky.social · 1d

The collective term for ladybirds is a loveliness.

Have you noticed that ladybirds have been taking advantage of the dry, sunny conditions to find a sheltered spot to hide for winter? The summer's warm conditions are responsible for this autumn's ladybird explosion.

📸 Mike Selby, Anglesey Abbey

Statue in the grounds at Anglesey Abbey covered in ladybirds.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18h

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Jamie Dunning @j-dunning.net · 21h

Our paper, describing kittiwake nesting on offshore infrastructure, is published OA today.

There are obvious implications for population monitoring, but comparison with onshore colonies would also be an interesting extension. 🌊🌊🌊

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Kittiwakes nesting on offshore oil and gas infrastructure: An emerging and under‐recorded phenomenon

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 19h

#seabirds #ornithology 🐧

marikimient.bsky.social @marikimient.bsky.social · 20h

🌍🐧 PhD: Study how Adélie penguins reveal Antarctic ecosystem resilience. (based in FR+UK)

Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation.

👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114

#PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange
@sosbangor.bsky.social

COFUND PhD position - Marine Ecology / Conservation

La Rochelle Université is recruiting a PhD candidate on a 3-year fixed-term contract. Title of the thesis project: Disentangling the influence of natural and man-made threats on prey-predator interact...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h

❓ Protecting women and girls?

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/reform-councillor-suspended-amid-misconduct-allegations-from-331118/

Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

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