Badger Mash
@badgermash.bsky.social
Made of the land I lived on. Plants, Wildlife, BBC Radio 4, Tolkien, Tea, TaiChi, Policy rather than Politics, #Population #SaveOurBBC Worcestershire
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So many of those in power: political, media, and, particularly, business and finance, have personal interests (often they are landlords or speculators) in the cost of housing continuing to rise that they will never do anything, unless forced.
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Privatisation is doing real damage to the NHS and the care patients receive.
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Concerns over 'destabilising' impact of private cataract clinics
A health committee in Oxfordshire writes to the government about the use of private providers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Privatisation is doing real damage to the NHS and the care patients receive.
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
Privatised Royal Mail owners deliberatly running down, if not actually witholding, services they promised, as a condition of being permitted to take over. If they continue to fail, UK postal services must be returned to public ownership. #AnotherFailedPrivatisation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Concerns over poor postal service in Worcester and Malvern
One woman recieved her birthday cards a week later, in a bundle held together by an elastic band.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Privatised Royal Mail owners deliberatly running down, if not actually witholding, services they promised, as a condition of being permitted to take over. If they continue to fail, UK postal services must be returned to public ownership. #AnotherFailedPrivatisation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🌴 Plant #803 🍁
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
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🔥 6 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
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#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
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🔥 6 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
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December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
🌴 Plant #803 🍁
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 6 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 6 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🪽 Animal #864 🐦
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1
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#metazooa
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1
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#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
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December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
🪽 Animal #864 🐦
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1
metazooa.com
#metazooa
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1
metazooa.com
#metazooa
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#B31VoicesASKS - Should the UK follow #Australia & ban #socialmedia for under-16s? 📱📵
"Under-16s in Australia are now banned from using [...] social media services including #Tiktok, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram, #YouTube, #Snapchat and #Threads." Read👉 bvoices.uk/4oJ3Njt
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#Birmingham
"Under-16s in Australia are now banned from using [...] social media services including #Tiktok, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram, #YouTube, #Snapchat and #Threads." Read👉 bvoices.uk/4oJ3Njt
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#Birmingham
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#B31VoicesASKS - Should the UK follow #Australia & ban #socialmedia for under-16s? 📱📵
"Under-16s in Australia are now banned from using [...] social media services including #Tiktok, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram, #YouTube, #Snapchat and #Threads." Read👉 bvoices.uk/4oJ3Njt
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#Birmingham
"Under-16s in Australia are now banned from using [...] social media services including #Tiktok, #X, #Facebook, #Instagram, #YouTube, #Snapchat and #Threads." Read👉 bvoices.uk/4oJ3Njt
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#Birmingham
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What a fascinating cultural object
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What a fascinating cultural object
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Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
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Are you suffering from a problem with your housing?
Well, now you can solve the problem with the patented Private Eye method of dealing with the housing crisis…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Well, now you can solve the problem with the patented Private Eye method of dealing with the housing crisis…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Are you suffering from a problem with your housing?
Well, now you can solve the problem with the patented Private Eye method of dealing with the housing crisis…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Well, now you can solve the problem with the patented Private Eye method of dealing with the housing crisis…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
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He’s a hard-drinking Priest from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s the purported skull of St Thomas Aquinas. They have 48 Hours to stop the Anti-Christ.
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
He’s a hard-drinking Priest from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s the purported skull of St Thomas Aquinas. They have 48 Hours to stop the Anti-Christ.
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Fair to say that Mossbourne is unrepentant concerning this scathing report. Somewhat ironically I am reading a book by a teacher advising parents not to shout at their children. schoolsweek.co.uk/mossbourne-s...
Top academy's success 'at too high a cost' to some pupils
Review details 'isolating, shaming' practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fair to say that Mossbourne is unrepentant concerning this scathing report. Somewhat ironically I am reading a book by a teacher advising parents not to shout at their children. schoolsweek.co.uk/mossbourne-s...
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Can we all boycott eating octopus?
It's all a bit soylent green.
It's all a bit soylent green.
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Can we all boycott eating octopus?
It's all a bit soylent green.
It's all a bit soylent green.
@ewacat.bsky.social The thread that made it to Hollywood - Starring Ewa as Indie and 'The Temp' as himself.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@ewacat.bsky.social The thread that made it to Hollywood - Starring Ewa as Indie and 'The Temp' as himself.
🙄 #Herefordshire needs Oaks, Limes, Hazels, Wild Service, Cherries, Crab Apples, Hollies, Spindles, Willows, Alders, Black Poplar, and maybe even long-established non-natives like Perry Pears or Service Trees, but a "celebrity" Sycamore?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Herefordshire's Sycamore Gap sapling - BBC Sounds
Biblins near Ross-on-Wye is one of 49 recipients of the 'Trees of Hope'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🙄 #Herefordshire needs Oaks, Limes, Hazels, Wild Service, Cherries, Crab Apples, Hollies, Spindles, Willows, Alders, Black Poplar, and maybe even long-established non-natives like Perry Pears or Service Trees, but a "celebrity" Sycamore?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
That exceptional thing, an edible I could grow, but am never likely to bother with.
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
flora.metazooa.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That exceptional thing, an edible I could grow, but am never likely to bother with.
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
That exceptional thing, an edible I could grow, but am never likely to bother with.
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
flora.metazooa.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That exceptional thing, an edible I could grow, but am never likely to bother with.
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🍂 Plant #802 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 9.8
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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I'm not sure what sense to make of this even if "WIFE" is corrected.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'm not sure what sense to make of this even if "WIFE" is corrected.
The Radio 4 weather forecast just suggested an "Improving afternoon". That should provoke further attacks on the BBC from our masters and mistresses as, after a midday break, we all down tools to educate ourselves.
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Radio 4 weather forecast just suggested an "Improving afternoon". That should provoke further attacks on the BBC from our masters and mistresses as, after a midday break, we all down tools to educate ourselves.
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Oooh Petplan are doing a thing where you can nominate a pet charity to win £1k!
It closes at midnight tonight. If anyone would like to nominate Holly's Merry Moggies, our official postcode is NG3 2DG. Thank you!!
It closes at midnight tonight. If anyone would like to nominate Holly's Merry Moggies, our official postcode is NG3 2DG. Thank you!!
www.petplan.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oooh Petplan are doing a thing where you can nominate a pet charity to win £1k!
It closes at midnight tonight. If anyone would like to nominate Holly's Merry Moggies, our official postcode is NG3 2DG. Thank you!!
It closes at midnight tonight. If anyone would like to nominate Holly's Merry Moggies, our official postcode is NG3 2DG. Thank you!!
Words I like: crepuscular, crump, humus, marsh, oblast, linden, cavitation, tabby, marron, ponderous, mould-board, basket, ember.
Words I like: crumble asterisk, asteroid, rhomboid, stickleback, katydid, ruffle, memory, thunderous, turret, mangrove, parrot, spurious, dichotomy, glimmering, lemonade, irrepressible, dusk.
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Words I like: crepuscular, crump, humus, marsh, oblast, linden, cavitation, tabby, marron, ponderous, mould-board, basket, ember.
