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💚wildlife 💙NHS 💙🇪🇺 💙marine life. Sea swimmer. Cyclist. Writer. Reader. Walker. Ditch plastic. Stop pollution. Carpe diem. WTSWW
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This will take about 25 minutes of your time but worth every second to be aware of the latest in the Climate Emergency that the BBC, media outlets - and the Government - are ignoring.

Please sign the letter!
climatenews.bsky.social Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d
Please watch this important new video from Youtube channel “Just Have a Think”.
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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bernardhughes.bsky.social
‘Where do you want this golden trellis, mate?’

Always love a visit to the Courtauld.
A picture in the Courtauld Gallery in London
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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johnormrod.bsky.social
The windmill on the marsh. Winter is a truly beautiful season in many parts of the UK, including here at Cley-next-the-Sea. The sky is big and the air is clean and crisp.

#Cley #Cleymarshes #Norfolk #coast #winter
View of a low winter sun behind a windmill next to a small dredged river.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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hutsutgirl.bsky.social
Oh this is lovely...
rspb.bsky.social RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 17h
Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄

A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...

Who's ready to open door 1 with us?

#RSPBAdvent
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
It's December, so...it's #christmasgiftsidea time! How about this #originalart for the #medical person in your life? Or to cheer up a friend who has this #artistic condition? Oldie #cartoon #pointilism #art #doctorandpatient Available here: www.chrisbeetles.com/artist/537/j...
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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paulaflucas.bsky.social
Hello December!

#PinchPunch
Unknown photographer. Black & white photograph of a woman stood surrounded by high, deep snow in front of her terrace house. The path has been cleared & she’s smiling at the camera wrapped in a big overcoat & hat holding her shopping bag. Possibly taken in the early 1970’s Bradford.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Afternoon folks! A busy morning of trying to fix Things That Have Gone Wrong so tea-break well overdue.
Happy Monday, white rabbits and wow, we are officially in the run-up to Christmas! 🎄
A wet and grey day here but this was the view of Swansea Bay yesterday from Mumbles 💙💙
A blue day in Swansea Bay. Smooth billowing of the incoming tide and puffy white clouds reflected in the blue sea with blue sky above. The east coast of the bay looks a long way off!
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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atmylifeoutside.bsky.social
There was some epic light to be found between the heavy showers today, including this double rainbow extravaganza above Dryslwyn Castle. #landscape #photography #skyscape #landscapePhotography #rainbow #stormHour #photoHour
Double rainbow over Dryslwyn Castle.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
janh1.bsky.social
Bore da!
Have a peaceful Sunday, folks.
☕️💙
#SwanseaBay #Abertawe
View over grassy bank to the low tide bay with pools and rivulets through the sand and Mumbles lighthouse in the horizon. A pine tree stands to the right and a strip of cloud lies over the horizon with blue sky above.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Sunset from Tutt Head, Mumbles earlier today.
Pic of a fiery sunset in a golden break in dark clouds over the horizon and the darkening blue sea.
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
janh1.bsky.social
A blue pool.
#Swansea #carpark
Pic of a large pool of rainwater in a car park with three leafless trees reflected in the blue.
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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themarshtit.bsky.social
I can hear a little owl from my bed. First time in years.

Last night I gave a talk in which the local decline of little owls was tangentially mentioned. A few hours later, an 🦉 is pointing out I know nothing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Bore da 😊☕️ How about a gulp of cormorants to start the weekend?
Have a good one 😊 Must go - there's a Christmas Fair then a tree to put up 🎄... now in a minute.
Five cormorants perched at the side of a Swansea pond - one with wings outstretched to dry.
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Excellent news!!!
chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
ivalaine.bsky.social Dr M @ivalaine.bsky.social · 5d
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
janh1.bsky.social
A sunny/showery Friday in prospect but also a catch-up with pals, so pretty good!
Enjoy your day folks ☕️ 🍁🍂🍁
#Gower #Wales
Sunny showers at the WTSWW nature reserve, Cartersford on Gower. Shafts of low sunlight light the pale golden grassland. Leafless trees in the distance.
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
janh1.bsky.social
@jndcgnr.bsky.social crikey, Jim! Looks like you're having a second Spring 😄 Your crocuses will be confused! Have a good day ☕️
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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woolbotherer.bsky.social
Appalling picture but I love this flock of oyster catchers that hang out on the rugby pitch by our house. They fly over us in a V in the morning quite often, making their oyster catcher noises. It's just great
Several oyster catchers on a rugby pitch. Also the odd seagull, ready to bully them if they find anything edible.
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
janh1.bsky.social
Bore da folks 😊 Friday Eve already? How did that happen?!🤪
Enjoy your day ☕️

Here's yesterday's view over Swansea Bay to Mumbles - taken just down the road from Dylan Thomas' childhood home.
View of a grey still sea with two rocky islands in the distance and streaks of pale lemon in the cloud over Devon. Leafless oak in the foreground with twisty intricate branches and twigs.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Bore da 😊 Happy midweek! ☕️
#Limeslade #Wales
Turbulent waves breaking and crashing with a yellowish cloudy sky. Pic taken from sea level- ish!
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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mattleys.bsky.social
Er, I'm good thanks, Duolingo
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
janh1.bsky.social
Matthew Rhys was brilliant as Richard Burton in a one-man show at Swansea Grand Theatre last night. If you have tickets for tonight, you're in for the treat of a lifetime! ✨⭐️✨
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/article/4095...
Playing Burton - Swansea Grand Theatre
www.swanseagrand.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowel
#Undersea
A green turtle swimming towards the surface of the Caribbean for a gulp of air.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM