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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 1h

As an accompaniment to this fascinating thread, this link to an audio interview with Manchester born Rée is equally so...

Interview with Harry Alfred Rée | Imperial War Museums share.google/Aur2340P7lsw...

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2h

This latest plan would instead see the Black Boy "preserved" and "restored", maintaining its "strong presence" on the street corner, planning documents state. #Leicester #Pubs

New hope for Leicester's former Black Boy pub

Because I don't spend so much time wandering the back streets of Leicester these days, I was surprised to learn that the former Black Boy pu...

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Author Thomas Lockhaven @thomaslockhaven.bsky.social · 10h

What the #Dickens This is brilliant. You can see his desk at the #NYPL

#writer #author #christmas #booksky #booktok #writing #bookstagram #teacher

A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations— I read this book, it wasn't all I'd hope it would be ;)
A Tale of Two Cities

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 4h

Liberal England Gold...

Judy Tzuke: For You

Judy Tzuke: For You

This was Judy Tzuke's first single, issued in the summer of 1978. Interviewed on The Strange Brew podcast, she says it topped a chart for t...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 7h

Too much bracken is a sign of severe ecological imbalance, caused by prolonged overgrazing. It can be a serious barrier to the return of trees and a richer, natural ecosystem like rainforest.

But it is a native fern, and turns a very beautiful blend of russets, oranges, and yellows in the autumn.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 1h

Map Showing Where Each Chess Piece Is Usually Captured

More about how it was made: brilliantmaps.com/chess-pie...

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 15h

Though they don't find her grave, they tell the tale of Mary Anne Talbot, an Englishwoman who wore male dress and became a soldier and sailor during the French Revolutionary Wars.

The Shropshire ley line quest reaches All Saints', Worthen, and the story of Mary Anne Talbot

More ley line adventures in Shropshire with Third Rate Content. This time they're at All Saints', Worthen and, though they don't find her gr...

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 3h

📌 An international drone coalition, led by the United Kingdom in collaboration with Latvia, will supply Ukraine with around 35,000 interceptor drones to counter Russian Shahed drones.

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Drone Coalition to Deliver 35,000 Interceptor Drones to Counter Russian Shahed UAVs - Militarnyi

An international drone coalition, led by the United Kingdom in collaboration with Latvia, will supply Ukraine with around 35,000 interceptor drones to counter Russian Shahed drones

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 15h

There are three names on the list...

That Lib Dem shortlist for North Cotswolds selection in full

The Tomorrow's MP account on Twitter, which is run by the journalist Michael Crick, has the shortlist from which the next Liberal Democrat ...

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Shropshire Wildlife Trust @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social · 7d

The #Outdoors For All report, produced by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #OutdoorRecreation & Access to #Nature, presents a critical call to action for improving equitable access to the outdoors.

Read the full report here: outdoors.inparliament.uk/outdoors-all...

#Shropshire #Wildlife

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 19h

Carole Cadwalladr on Nathan Gill; why authoritarians hate satire; scientists' diminishing confidence in AI; The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith; The Battle of Algiers (1966); the sad fate of a Plymouth church

The Joy of Six 1421

Nathan Gill, the former leader of Nigel Farage's party in Wales, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection – the Ukrain...

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 48m

Elon Musk is stoking far-right extremism on our streets.

The Prime Minister should order a security assessment of the threat Musk poses to our democracy.

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social

#PMQs

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 17h

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021.
#antifa #library #books #reading #censorship #writers
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Banned Books List 2025

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1h

With the collapsed China spy case set to dominate #PMQs, @politicshome.bsky.social is sharing our March 2023 podcast featuring Chris Cash

It was recorded 10 days before his arrest on espionage charges, which have now been dropped

Cash continues to deny the allegations

Listen here: pod.fo/e/169a8e

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 2h

It’s a gloomy old week in Blighty.

Therefore we thought we’d provide our own sunshine courtesy of the Hall’s sunny plasterwork.

Some medieval vitamin D!

We are looking at a section of the Hall showing buttery yellow plasterwork and the timber frame. There is a small four light mullion window in the centre.

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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · 5h

Great White Egret at sunset - sharing the story behind this and many other wildlife adventures as a fundraiser for Middle Marches Community Land Trust, this Saturday 7.30 Priest Weston Village Hall. @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social

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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 2h

Today the Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social
has published this report by Howard Reed and me.

In it we make the case for reforming the UK’s approach to taxing wealth: shifting *away* from taxing income from work, and towards wealth taxes.

fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile in Norway

Norway pulls plug on world’s first ship tunnel amid spiralling costs share.google/EO39HF9x5ayh...

Norway pulls plug on world’s first ship tunnel amid spiralling costs

Pioneering project is just too expensive, prime minister says

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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 4h

2nd Cabinet reshuffle since May.

"Almost six months since this administration took office, there has been no meaningful progress in delivering the promises of their manifesto".

Have any other Reform led councils done any better on delivering their promises?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Leicestershire Reform UK is a mess.

Dan Harrison must resign, it’s been calamity after calamity.

Leicestershire Reform finance lead steps down as opposition slam group's ‘inexperience’

Leicestershire Reform finance lead steps down as opposition slam group's ‘inexperience’

Reform UK’s Leicestershire County Council cabinet has suffered another change in its top team, with opposition groups saying residents are paying the price for their “inexperience”

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3h

All those years of attacking ‘the Brexit deal’ rather than Brexit itself have helped only Farage. It was always Brexit.

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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 3h

Great meeting of our new @libdems.org.uk Economy & Business team yesterday. Alongside myself as Treasury Spokesperson, we are:

🔸 @joshuareynoldssl6.bsky.social Trade
🔸Sarah Olney MP Business
🔸 @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social DWP
🔸Charlie Maynard MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

…and Jennie 🦮

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2h

This latest plan would instead see the Black Boy "preserved" and "restored", maintaining its "strong presence" on the street corner, planning documents state. #Leicester #Pubs

New hope for Leicester's former Black Boy pub

Because I don't spend so much time wandering the back streets of Leicester these days, I was surprised to learn that the former Black Boy pu...

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 3h

Don’t even think about decking! How to create a nature-friendly low-maintenance garden

Garden getting you down? Tempted to just pave or concrete over the whole thing and put your feet up? There are more enjoyable and eco-friendly alternatives, from miniature meadows to giant borders

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 3h

The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University Press (OUP), found that just 2% of students aged between 13 and 18 said they did not use AI for their schoolwork, while 80% said they regularly used it.

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 3h

Listening to the podcast, I don't think she does either.

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