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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 11h

Actually the moves are widely popular with two-thirds supporting

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Isa @outsiderartstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Mini collages! Always a fun way to warm up, get back into your creative flow, or just play. No pressure, no focus on outcome; just tear up some paper, grab a few paints, and have at it! 🤩 #blueskyart #collage #mixedmedia #expressiveart #abstractart #abstractcollage #artoftheday #sketchbook

A set of mini , abstract collages done in shades of red, blues, black and white

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 1d

Heartwood #BogOak #Fenland #FlagFenBasin

Cross section through preserved oak branch - black heartwood, tree-rings

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d

Make the Government respond to our call for a National Climate Resilience Plan by signing this petition and then sharing it. We need 10,000 signatures.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

petition.parliament.uk

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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lovely tender film about the artist Pat Porter and the showing of her art, finally. Give yourself 35 minutes to settle down a watch it.
www.goldmarkart.com/blogs/goldma...

Pat Porter: A Hidden Light | Documentary

Our documentary celebrates the life and work of Pat Porter (1944-2022), a prolific painter whose intimate still lifes, landscapes, and portraits were created over decades but never publicly shown duri...

www.goldmarkart.com

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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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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 2d

Strike action is BACK ON this week and we have plenty of events to show solidarity and learn from each other:

RALLIES will be held on Tues and Thurs at 12:40, starting in the Trent Courtyard.

We also have 3 TEACH OUTS during the week: uonucu.org/teachouts/

See you there!

TEACHOUTS

Lecturers are on strike.
Come learn.

Upcoming teachouts:

What is Chaos:
Martin Richter,
10am 14/10/25,
Mrs B’s catering cafe

Exposing Empire: War, Capital & Palestine:
Victor Kattan & Andreas Bieler,
6pm 14/10/25,
Coates Road Auditorium

The social construction of mental illness:
Ella Guerin,
12pm 20/10/25,
Online

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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Just adoring-again-these words from the 2025 @littlerebsprize.bsky.social Winner, @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
💜💜💜⬇️

Sarah Hagger-Holt @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social · 13d

But even more than that, being part of this award makes me feel part of a community of amazing, creative authors, dedicated teachers, booksellers and librarians and a wider community of people who are hoping, dreaming and acting for change. Thank you @littlerebsprize.bsky.social

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Jenny TP @jennytpgrows.bsky.social · 2d

#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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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 2d

The Booksellers Association has often used such figures when heading up campaigns for indie bookshops. They might know.

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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 2d

Look what has just arrived in the post. A gem from @anotherplacepress.bsky.social and Amanda Harman.

Photo a a book cover depicting one of Amanda Harman's photos, of skeletal umbellifer heads against a misty background. On top of the book is a thank you card from the publisher.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Matt Parker @theworldofmattp.bsky.social · 4d

My latest handmade photobook

#photography #digitalart #art #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #landscape #naturelovers #beautiful #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #illustration #ThePhotoHour #scape #icmphotography #creativephotography
#blackandwhitephotography #classicmono

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 3d

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 3d

Saw Chris While and Julie Matthews last night. Wonderful musicians. Catch a show if you can.

Photo of a leaflet showing the tour dates.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3d

"A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation"
#antifa #StGeorge #racism #flags
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

🔗 Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Art & Research - Academy @research-academy.bsky.social · Sep 3

OPEN CALL for research projects!

→ Apply for a one- or two-year research project
→ At the @royalacademyantwrp.bsky.social
→ Starting in September 2026

🖊 Apply before 3 November 2025

🔗 More info
www.ap-arts.be/en/submit-re...

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National Book Tokens @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social · 4d

🎉 #BookshopDay is here 🎉

To kickstart the day, we're celebrating all our 2025 National Book Tokens Bookshop of the Month winners!

These brilliant bookshops span from Lothian to London, each offering a glorious range of events for their communities 🤗

Show your local bookshop some love today 📖✨

A collage of bookshop images. Bookshops featured include Norfolk Children's Book Centre, Five Leaves Bookshop, Read. in Holmfirth, Book Space Cardiff, Night Owl Books, Quinns Bookshop, The Ivybridge Bookshop, books on the walls, Dulwich Books, The Book Corner.

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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 4d

Bonkers decision. Really stupid.

Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Jacqui Young and @bmj.com for discussing this important subject with myself and @dralig.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn

Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...

www.bmj.com

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 4d

okay who did this?

A display of wild swimming books. At the bottom of the display, under all the other books is a copy of JAWS by Peter Benchley.

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angerj.bsky.social @angerj.bsky.social · 4d

It's a brilliant book.

Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 4d

#NowReading Rebecca Solnit's essay collection "No Straight Road Takes You There"

Rebecca Solnit, No Straight Road Takes You There, Essays for Uneven Terrain

This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a declaration. Highways tend to be built across the easy routes and the flat places; or the landscape is cleared away for them - logged, graded, levelled, tunnelled through. But to stick to these roads is to miss what else is out there. In her writing and activism, Rebecca Solnit has sought the pathless places in order to celebrate indirect and unpredictable consequences, and to embrace slowness, imperfection and uncertainty which, she argues, are key to understanding the possibilities of
change. In this collection of her best recent essays, the award-winning writer explores responses to the climate crisis, as well as reflections on women's rights, the fight for democracy, the trends in masculinity, and the rise of the far right in the West. Incantatory and poetic, positive and engaging, these essays argue for the long-term view and the power of collective action, making a case for seeding change wherever possible, and offering us all a path out of the wilderness.

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moorsandedges.bsky.social @moorsandedges.bsky.social · Aug 10

“The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose”.
Reclaim the Moors walk from Redmires on the #IngloriousTwelfth

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The Tree Council @thetreecouncil.bsky.social · 4d

Jon talks us through the float test for tree nut seeds.

You can now watch the full Seed Gathering Season Masterclass over on our YouTube channel! 🍂

youtu.be/MxeBU0OVSWo

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