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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 2h

Ethnic cleansing in action.
Israel is not a functioning democracy.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4h

#WTACH | Under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, settlers released their livestock in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

(Quds News Network)

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 1d

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

Important piece by @resi-analyst.bsky.social this. Successive governments seem not to have understood that your regulatory framework over the longterm shapes who your market participants *are*. If want short-term (i.e. over the next 5-10 years) benefits of planning reform, need to be more active.

New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them

We’re often told housing demand exceeds supply — so why are new homes struggling to be built and bought?

www.ft.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

Government either needs to go 'well, we've made these changes and over time, the market will do its thing and new businesses will emerge' or it needs to actively do things to accelerate that process/act as a £450k a pop builder itself for a bit.

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 1d

The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

Donate to Secure the Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts

Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...

www.wildlifetrusts.org

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks, Fiona! That's cheered me up!

Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 3h

Blyth's Reed Warbler and Sabines Gull, both along the Tweed and Borders' 3rd Cattle Egret 2 weeks ago (wasn't the 'finder').
A Pied Flycatcher in the garden, White-fronted Goose near the house, Marsh and Pectoral Sandpipers at Musselburgh - all-in-all a good year!

Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 3h

That's great to hear!
Viv died in September, he was living on his farm in Portugal - he did well to live into his eighties.
When I hung out with him we were both at a low point - he was living in a friend's basement.

Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 12h

If he gets the Peace Prize, even the dead will rise up to hand back theirs!

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 12h

@birdtrack.bsky.social
My BirdTrack year to date:
Records 6455, species 176, places 255.

Although I live only 8 miles from England as the grouse flies, records in my home county of (Scottish) Borders total:
Records 5829, species 156, places 194.

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 13h

Only an imbecile believes the planet is infinite. You appear to constantly treat friends as enemies.
Solar and wind are the solutions - messy at the moment, but if the biosphere survives, and as the technology improves, the harms can be healed.
Just what are your solutions? Are you genuine?

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 13h

I blame Prue !

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

Danny Kruger on his political opponents: "What I worry about is they’re going to get together after the next election and have some sort of appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party against the United Kingdom, trying to get us back into the EU"

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

Danny Kruger on his political opponents: "What I worry about is they’re going to get together after the next election and have some sort of appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party against the United Kingdom, trying to get us back into the EU"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 1d

The Hon Mr Justice Fordham has released his written judgement about why he dismissed Natural England's attempt to increase our costs cap for our legal challenge against Badger cull licences 🦡⚖️

A v important judgement for all environmental groups!

Details 🔽

wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...

High Court judgment reaffirms costs cap protection for environmental claims - Wild Justice

The High Court has reaffirmed costs cap protections for NGOs after blocking an attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ […]

wildjustice.org.uk

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

You seem to never offer solutions - I'm a doomer, I've been following climate change for 50 years, but I'm just not sure what you are, what point you're trying to make, other than just give up now, were all fucked.

Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

Ginger was was a nutter, I'll give you that - but a drinking partner of mine was Viv Prince of The Pretty Things (he literally taught Keith Moon of The Who a thing or two!). Viv was the ultimate in crazy rock drummers - we did some mad stuff.

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

But still on a tiny percentage of that desert!

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 16h

Normality has returned. Bye bye Wilders. 😂

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 15h

This is driving me insane, now. There's no way Labour is winning an election without improving public services and cost of living. If you think further cuts in public services to honour a daft election pledge is going to save either 'trust in politics politics' or Labour you need to get out more.

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

#BirdingScotland
My wife had lunch with a friend in Lauder today, so I dropped her off and headed to Lauder Common - found an unexpected Black Grouse. Catastrophically declining in the Moorfoots, surprised to find one here. From the Common, Moorfoots, Lammermuirs, Eildons and Cheviots all visible.

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

But what a great album!
Used to eat in the same cafe as Ginger Baker.

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

Lots of firsts is a benefit of being new to mothing!

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Chris Green @chrisbirder.bsky.social · 14h

#teammoth
A forecast of rain led me to set up my trap in our open-fronted barn - rewarded with 14/6, including my 1st December Moth and Pine Carpet. 6 Feathered Thorns, 4 Nov. aggs., Angle-Shades and a Brick. Also 1st Rhomboid Tortrix when mowing the yard in front of the barn in the afternoon.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 15h

Been thinking about how to phrase this sensitively and can't do it so just gonna say it and apologise if it comes off bad: the tragic death of Lia Smith and so many others like her is the deliberate and designed end goal of the "gender critical" movement

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