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A good male 🥚 I think 🤔 A bit of escapism, beauty, and childlike innocence and silliness helps keep ego, resentment, and anger at bay. No DMs or Donations 🚫 please. I'm on low income & can't afford to donate to all 💚👑🚫🕊🦋🤓🐝🦢😍 🇵🇸

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you to everyone for following and interacting with me today. 🦋✌️🕊💚

A butterfly perching on the fingertips of a woman's outstretched hand with a spiritual message about how butterflies don't see how beautiful their wings are and people don't see the same thing as well

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 1d

If you appreciate me getting up at 4 am to capture sunrise videos, it's possible to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/oceandevotion

AND you'll be supporting a very good cause! At the end of each month, I'm giving 10% of all tips to Oceana, the world's largest ocean conservation organization.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 6h

The Greens are surging ahead of Labour.

It's on!

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4h

Robert Jenrick calls Handsworth "a slum".

The Prime Minister calls us "an island of strangers".

Real leaders know that there's culture in every corner of the UK when you scratch below the surface.

Real leaders don't punch down, they lift up.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

British.

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · 4h

15 penguins are trapped in the basement of @london_aquarium

No sunlight. No fresh air. No deep water to dive in or swim freely. Just concrete walls and artificial lights.

Sign the petition: Free the 15 penguins in underground captivity: 38d.gs/6uj4?utm_cam...

Save the penguins! Free them from Sea Life aquarium!

Right now, penguins at Sea Life London are suffering terrible conditions. I’ve just signed the petition demanding they’re moved from their underground basement to a more natural environment NOW. Will ...

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · 6h

I've been waiting patiently to capture a pic of a squirell and after many failed attempts I just caught this little one who i first caught sight of crossing the road then down a path, then scuttling along a fence top and then up a tree in front of me. 🐿🌳🍃💚

A grey squirrel travelling along a branch in a tree with other branches and green leaves surrounding it and a light grey sky in the background.

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Nahidabuabed @mosa11.bsky.social · 10h

The war in Gaza has stopped and we hope it will not return. However, the tragedy of the people of Gaza is still present and strong, and I am one of them with a destroyed home, lost work and the need to prepare for the coming winter while we are in the tent.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-n...

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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 10h

Did you miss our recent webinar?
You can now watch Connecting You to Support: Integrating Rehabilitation for People with Dementia on our YouTube channel

🎥 Watch here: buff.ly/kamghI2

@elaineahp.bsky.social

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 9h

Green Party level with the Labour Party for the first time.

Let’s see if the media give the Greens as much coverage as they gave Farage when he didn’t even have MPs.

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Sounds like as good a reason as any to put out an extra episode of the podcast tonight

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10h

We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).

And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.

Join the Green Party today ⤵️

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

SH*T LOADS
of Green Party Members*

*115,000 to be precise

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 15h

Time for today's #BirdOfTheDay which is #SkinnyLegs, so post those small birds with Skinny Legs and a bonus point if you put names to them like mine.

Captured here at RSPB Leighton Moss last week is Barney Blue Tit, Colin Coal Tit, Rocky Robin & Gary Goldfinch.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning. For the #BirdoftheDay theme #SkinnyLegs I've gone with Sammy Starling. 🐦‍⬛🪶 #birds #photography #nature #EastCoastKin

A starling with black speckled feathers a yellow beek and skinny red legs and tripod feet standing on an outside wooden table looking up to the sky inquisitively.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13h

This is genocidal mania.

Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg exposes the frightening truth.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12h

Farage Vs Polanski?

Choose your side.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

We see you Zack Polanski 👀

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 13h

Greetings and good morning it’s the Thursday farm rush hour with Mo, George & Letty-Lou

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13h

via Middle East Eye

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 15h

A look back to on this day 16th October with our farmily of farm animals

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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 15h

Alzheimer Scotland has announced the fourth round of their Student Research Programme and are inviting applications on the topic of ‘women and dementia’.

Read More: buff.ly/xTpa6Cq

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · 1d

Good night or morning wherever you are. A picture of a lighthouse on the Northumberland coastline when the tide is in. 🌊🌤💙

A picture of a white lighthouse on a natural island with a causeway when the tide is in below a light blue sky with whispy white clouds above.

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 1d

Late night toast for the donkeys

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 1d

Mo knows it’s time for bed and supper. Who is for some DIY?

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frightopenclose @frightopenclose.bsky.social · 1d

The illegal drugs trade in the UK costs the government & society around £19-20b py on avg. This figure includes health harms, costs of crime, & wider societal impacts related to illegal drugs, and it keeps increasing every year without having any major impact on the matter as a whole.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

"Polanski slammed” reports the Daily Express. The person doing that “slamming” is, err, Daily Express journalist Carole Malone.

And the reason? Because I want us to follow a science led public health approach to regulate drug use.

Polanski slammed over bid to legalise drugs

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d

Labour’s plan ensures new solar farms undergo rigorous environmental and flood-risk assessments. Gainsborough’s design includes drainage systems and raised panels to protect both homes and energy supply.

Isn’t that responsible planning?

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Solar roadmap: United Kingdom powered by solar (accessible webpage)

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d

Ignoring clean energy won’t stop floods — cutting emissions will. Labour’s investing in renewables and flood defences to protect towns like Gainsborough.

Shouldn’t we back solutions, not excuses?

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Communities across the country will benefit from new flood defences, under sweeping reforms unveiled today - Water Magazine

Record £10.5bn investment in flood defences will defend nearly 900,000 properties in England with new rules to get defences built quickly.

www.watermagazine.co.uk

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