EagleOwl
@eagleowlsheila.bsky.social
All-purpose outdoor type. Gardens, allotments, mountains, Lakes. Leftie. Ex-hack, now copy editor and carer. Christian. Francophile. Cyclist. Remarkably slow runner. West Sussex.
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The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
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Reason No 313 to love parkrun- however bad you're feeling, you'll feel better after you've done it
Woke up with a heavy fog-head of Xmas/family related dread. One lovely, puffing Woking parkrun later, it has largely lifted.
Thank you parkrun.
Woke up with a heavy fog-head of Xmas/family related dread. One lovely, puffing Woking parkrun later, it has largely lifted.
Thank you parkrun.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reason No 313 to love parkrun- however bad you're feeling, you'll feel better after you've done it
Woke up with a heavy fog-head of Xmas/family related dread. One lovely, puffing Woking parkrun later, it has largely lifted.
Thank you parkrun.
Woke up with a heavy fog-head of Xmas/family related dread. One lovely, puffing Woking parkrun later, it has largely lifted.
Thank you parkrun.
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This headline is the end of civilization.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This headline is the end of civilization.
Lovely blustery #parkrun on the South Coast but forgot phone so no barcode durrr. Still wonderful! Thank you marshalls for providing such a lovely fixed point in the week.
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lovely blustery #parkrun on the South Coast but forgot phone so no barcode durrr. Still wonderful! Thank you marshalls for providing such a lovely fixed point in the week.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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Our front page looks a little different this morning, and that’s because we have decided to publish a timeline of the so-called 'ceasefire' in Gaza, as Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal apartheid regime continues to claim lives 👇
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
www.thenational.scot
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Our front page looks a little different this morning, and that’s because we have decided to publish a timeline of the so-called 'ceasefire' in Gaza, as Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal apartheid regime continues to claim lives 👇
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Mozart's Fugue in G minor (K. 401) neatly arranged for a quartet of French horns—in one of those collaborative recordings from five years ago that instantly brings back memories of COVID lockdowns. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5l...
Mozart Fugue in g minor for Horn Quartet
YouTube video by Mathew James
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Mozart's Fugue in G minor (K. 401) neatly arranged for a quartet of French horns—in one of those collaborative recordings from five years ago that instantly brings back memories of COVID lockdowns. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5l...
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'A ceasefire in name only': On the front page of The National we publish a full timeline of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
'A ceasefire in name only': On the front page of The National we publish a full timeline of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed
I'm now trying to picture future PM Nigel Farage laying a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday all those years after telling Jewish fellow pupils that Hitler was right and making hissing noises to represent the gas chambers. It must never happen.
Good to see Farage looking so rattled on ITV News at 10 at the growing number of pupils confirming his anti-Semitic behaviour at school. Good work by ITN and the Guardian in particular.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm now trying to picture future PM Nigel Farage laying a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday all those years after telling Jewish fellow pupils that Hitler was right and making hissing noises to represent the gas chambers. It must never happen.
Good to see Farage looking so rattled on ITV News at 10 at the growing number of pupils confirming his anti-Semitic behaviour at school. Good work by ITN and the Guardian in particular.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Good to see Farage looking so rattled on ITV News at 10 at the growing number of pupils confirming his anti-Semitic behaviour at school. Good work by ITN and the Guardian in particular.
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🧵How much should the NHS worry about this winter's flu wave?
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🧵How much should the NHS worry about this winter's flu wave?
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
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The leaders of multiple barristers' associations have issued a joint statement opposing the government's plans to limit jury trials
They say they have "seen no evidence" it will solve the backlog, and that the proposals have "not been piloted or thoroughly modelled" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
They say they have "seen no evidence" it will solve the backlog, and that the proposals have "not been piloted or thoroughly modelled" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
U.K. Plans to End Jury Trials for Crimes with Sentences Under 3 Years
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The leaders of multiple barristers' associations have issued a joint statement opposing the government's plans to limit jury trials
They say they have "seen no evidence" it will solve the backlog, and that the proposals have "not been piloted or thoroughly modelled" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
They say they have "seen no evidence" it will solve the backlog, and that the proposals have "not been piloted or thoroughly modelled" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
This is another piece of nastiness from Labour. Like you can magic things away by deciding to diagnose them less. It wouldn't work for cancer and it certainly won't work for autism, ADHD and mental health conditions (which the first two aren't but can lead to).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is another piece of nastiness from Labour. Like you can magic things away by deciding to diagnose them less. It wouldn't work for cancer and it certainly won't work for autism, ADHD and mental health conditions (which the first two aren't but can lead to).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doctor Who did WHATT??
(OK so you have to read to the last word).
(OK so you have to read to the last word).
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Doctor Who did WHATT??
(OK so you have to read to the last word).
(OK so you have to read to the last word).
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Maybe Wes Streeting could also look at how inequality, fears about the escalating climate crisis, the rise of the far right, poverty, and an oppressive government, are affecting people’s mental health.
#wealthtax
#climateemergency
#mentalhealth
#racism
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#wealthtax
#climateemergency
#mentalhealth
#racism
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Maybe Wes Streeting could also look at how inequality, fears about the escalating climate crisis, the rise of the far right, poverty, and an oppressive government, are affecting people’s mental health.
#wealthtax
#climateemergency
#mentalhealth
#racism
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#wealthtax
#climateemergency
#mentalhealth
#racism
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Native American D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101 in Normandy reut.rs/4autOzD
Native American D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101 in Normandy
Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed off the Normandy coast on D-Day and helped save lives, died at age 101 on Wednesday.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Native American D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101 in Normandy reut.rs/4autOzD
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Inspector General report finds Defense Secretary Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say
https://cnn.it/44BSEd6
https://cnn.it/44BSEd6
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Inspector General report finds Defense Secretary Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say
https://cnn.it/44BSEd6
https://cnn.it/44BSEd6
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Flood-hit Indonesian regions run low on fuel, funds for relief effort reut.rs/44ywys0
Flood-hit Indonesian regions run low on fuel, funds for relief effort
Authorities battling floods on Indonesia's island of Sumatra that killed about 800 people this week have appealed for more central government help to tackle shortages of funds, food and fuel in relief efforts.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Flood-hit Indonesian regions run low on fuel, funds for relief effort reut.rs/44ywys0
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🚨12-hour A&E waits have surged by 9,000% since 2019. Nursing staff “set up to fail, patients set up to suffer.”
This is the cost of a government that refuses to fund beds, nurses or community care.
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This is the cost of a government that refuses to fund beds, nurses or community care.
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Corridor care surging in hospitals as nursing staff warn of ‘devastating’ winter ahead | Royal College of Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚨12-hour A&E waits have surged by 9,000% since 2019. Nursing staff “set up to fail, patients set up to suffer.”
This is the cost of a government that refuses to fund beds, nurses or community care.
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This is the cost of a government that refuses to fund beds, nurses or community care.
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Try going days without water. That’s what people in Tunbridge Wells have had to do.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still can’t say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still can’t say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Try going days without water. That’s what people in Tunbridge Wells have had to do.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still can’t say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still can’t say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
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Analysis from me - the budget build up was chaotic long before the OBR accidentally published it - and whoever succeeds Richard Hughes is likely to want reassurance they and their forecasts won’t be kicked all over the press:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
OBR chief’s exit may ease pressure on Rachel Reeves but the battle isn’t over
With the row deepening over budget leaks, who is most likely to replace Richard Hughes in the increasingly thankless role of chair?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Analysis from me - the budget build up was chaotic long before the OBR accidentally published it - and whoever succeeds Richard Hughes is likely to want reassurance they and their forecasts won’t be kicked all over the press:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This makes me profoundly sad. Like lots of old-skool journalists, I've sat in court watching defendants shake their heads at the police "evidence" against them. Black defendants are among those likely to come off worst from losing jury trials. What is Lammy thinking? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This makes me profoundly sad. Like lots of old-skool journalists, I've sat in court watching defendants shake their heads at the police "evidence" against them. Black defendants are among those likely to come off worst from losing jury trials. What is Lammy thinking? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 WE'RE HIRING 🚨
Want to work at a high-impact think tank at the heart of the Labour movement?
We’re hiring an Events, Membership and Digital Assistant.
Apply here: fabians.org.uk/about-us/rec...
Want to work at a high-impact think tank at the heart of the Labour movement?
We’re hiring an Events, Membership and Digital Assistant.
Apply here: fabians.org.uk/about-us/rec...
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 WE'RE HIRING 🚨
Want to work at a high-impact think tank at the heart of the Labour movement?
We’re hiring an Events, Membership and Digital Assistant.
Apply here: fabians.org.uk/about-us/rec...
Want to work at a high-impact think tank at the heart of the Labour movement?
We’re hiring an Events, Membership and Digital Assistant.
Apply here: fabians.org.uk/about-us/rec...