MarinKay 🏳️🇪🇺🍉🪬🇺🇳🇬🇧
@marink3.bsky.social
Adopted Londoner with close ties to the Middle East. Old. Loathe racism, xenophobia and intolerance. Protect our human rights, combat climate change. #NoFarmersNoFood #FBPE
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The Bishop of Norwich has taken aim at the Home Office’s asylum reforms, warning they’ll make integration harder and deepen division.
A rare intervention – and a sharp one.
A rare intervention – and a sharp one.
New: Bishop warns asylum plans will fuel division
A senior Church of England bishop has criticised government asylum reforms, warning they will make integration significantly harder
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Bishop of Norwich has taken aim at the Home Office’s asylum reforms, warning they’ll make integration harder and deepen division.
A rare intervention – and a sharp one.
A rare intervention – and a sharp one.
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Challenges deepening across the charity sector.
Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis.
Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis.
Challenges deepening across the charity sector
Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Challenges deepening across the charity sector.
Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis.
Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Italy reigns supreme again!
No Sinner? No problem. Berrettini and Cobolli deliver the drama and the glory as Italy secures a historic third straight Davis Cup title on home soil. 🏆🔥
Read the full story ⬇️
totaltennisnews.com/historic-thi...
#DavisCup #Italy #Tennis
No Sinner? No problem. Berrettini and Cobolli deliver the drama and the glory as Italy secures a historic third straight Davis Cup title on home soil. 🏆🔥
Read the full story ⬇️
totaltennisnews.com/historic-thi...
#DavisCup #Italy #Tennis
Historic third title cements Italy as Davis Cup dynasty
Italy clinched its third straight Davis Cup title with a 2-0 victory over Spain, powered by performances from Berrettini and Cobolli.
totaltennisnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Italy reigns supreme again!
No Sinner? No problem. Berrettini and Cobolli deliver the drama and the glory as Italy secures a historic third straight Davis Cup title on home soil. 🏆🔥
Read the full story ⬇️
totaltennisnews.com/historic-thi...
#DavisCup #Italy #Tennis
No Sinner? No problem. Berrettini and Cobolli deliver the drama and the glory as Italy secures a historic third straight Davis Cup title on home soil. 🏆🔥
Read the full story ⬇️
totaltennisnews.com/historic-thi...
#DavisCup #Italy #Tennis
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Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
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Boris Johnson promised to govern as an amiable and cynical clown. He positioned himself as a clown, the country elected a clown and then we were governed by a clown, as demanded.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
This is a clown-car government elected on a seriousness ticket iandunt.substack.com/p/a-clown-go...
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Boris Johnson promised to govern as an amiable and cynical clown. He positioned himself as a clown, the country elected a clown and then we were governed by a clown, as demanded.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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There is a possibility that many of us suffered brain damage from COVID infection. That could help to explain what Trump is getting away with in the US; why there's a serious possibility of Farage becoming UK PM; and why we're continuing along a path to certain extermination of our civilisation.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There is a possibility that many of us suffered brain damage from COVID infection. That could help to explain what Trump is getting away with in the US; why there's a serious possibility of Farage becoming UK PM; and why we're continuing along a path to certain extermination of our civilisation.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I read this with interest.
I have always cooked from scratch.
I know two people (women) with chaotic childhoods who were never fed what I would regard as “proper food”. Both had significant health issues and huge problems having children.
(Is it related?)
I read this with interest.
I have always cooked from scratch.
I know two people (women) with chaotic childhoods who were never fed what I would regard as “proper food”. Both had significant health issues and huge problems having children.
(Is it related?)
My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along
In the 90s my mum embarrassed me with her rejection of ultra-processed foods – but the growing body of evidence about them is vindicating her, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I read this with interest.
I have always cooked from scratch.
I know two people (women) with chaotic childhoods who were never fed what I would regard as “proper food”. Both had significant health issues and huge problems having children.
(Is it related?)
I read this with interest.
I have always cooked from scratch.
I know two people (women) with chaotic childhoods who were never fed what I would regard as “proper food”. Both had significant health issues and huge problems having children.
(Is it related?)
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Osprey - 11/22/25
Sebastian Inlet - Melbourne Beach, FL
Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/2000 at f/11, ISO 2000 #birds #peachyshotz #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #osprey #birdofprey
Sebastian Inlet - Melbourne Beach, FL
Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/2000 at f/11, ISO 2000 #birds #peachyshotz #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #osprey #birdofprey
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Osprey - 11/22/25
Sebastian Inlet - Melbourne Beach, FL
Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/2000 at f/11, ISO 2000 #birds #peachyshotz #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #osprey #birdofprey
Sebastian Inlet - Melbourne Beach, FL
Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/2000 at f/11, ISO 2000 #birds #peachyshotz #wildlife #shotoncanon #nature #photography #osprey #birdofprey
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OPINION: In the Bay Area, coyote sightings are a common event. When one attacked my sister, it woke us up to the potential dangers of human encounters with wildlife, Zayden Bronson writes.
My sister was attacked by a coyote in our Bay Area town — and then our lives really changed
OPINION: In the Bay Area, coyote sightings are a common event. When one attacked my sister, it woke us up to the potential dangers of human encounters with wildlife, Zayden Bronson writes.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
OPINION: In the Bay Area, coyote sightings are a common event. When one attacked my sister, it woke us up to the potential dangers of human encounters with wildlife, Zayden Bronson writes.
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Central America's five great forests are lifelines for migratory birds. ticotimes.net/2025/11/20/c... 🌎🏥
Central America's Five Great Forests are Lifelines for Migratory Birds : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate
A study shows how Central America's five great forests, including Costa Rica's La Amistad, provide homes and stopovers for migratory birds
ticotimes.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Central America's five great forests are lifelines for migratory birds. ticotimes.net/2025/11/20/c... 🌎🏥
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Driver’s near miss after bald eagle drops cat through car windshield | The Independent share.google/94v3lGOfwGpW...
Driver’s near miss after bald eagle drops cat through car windshield
The bizarre incident was captured on a 911 call
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Driver’s near miss after bald eagle drops cat through car windshield | The Independent share.google/94v3lGOfwGpW...
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Teenager gets criminal conviction over £1.67 bill on surprise birthday gift in new fast-track court scandal - Yahoo News UK share.google/7O1iM1WvF49K...
Teenager gets criminal conviction over £1.67 bill on surprise birthday gift in new fast-track court scandal
The prosecution of the teenager happened in the controversial Single Justice Procedure
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Teenager gets criminal conviction over £1.67 bill on surprise birthday gift in new fast-track court scandal - Yahoo News UK share.google/7O1iM1WvF49K...
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This new study on Environmental Rights, first recognised by the UN in 2022, identifies 99% of world’s population (7.7 billion) live in with three more environmental problems including #AirPollution, #UnsafeWater, #ExtremeHeat, #FoodInsecurity, #BiodiversityLoss 🌍
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
Billions live in environments that violate human rights
A global analysis found that almost everyone on Earth experiences at least one poor environmental condition, with the greatest burdens falling on low-income and
www.colorado.edu
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This new study on Environmental Rights, first recognised by the UN in 2022, identifies 99% of world’s population (7.7 billion) live in with three more environmental problems including #AirPollution, #UnsafeWater, #ExtremeHeat, #FoodInsecurity, #BiodiversityLoss 🌍
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
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Common birds of Mid-Atlantic Coast beaches. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #beaches
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #beaches
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Common birds of Mid-Atlantic Coast beaches. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #beaches
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #beaches
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Trump just announced a plan to allow new oil/gas drilling across ~1.3 billion acres of US coastal waters: off the CA coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, near FL, and off the coast of AK (including the northern Arctic where drilling has never been done). The plan comes at a time...
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trump just announced a plan to allow new oil/gas drilling across ~1.3 billion acres of US coastal waters: off the CA coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, near FL, and off the coast of AK (including the northern Arctic where drilling has never been done). The plan comes at a time...
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
apnews.com/article/hung...
apnews.com/article/hung...
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
Archaeologists in Budapest have unearthed a well-preserved Roman sarcophagus, revealing insights into the life of a young woman from 1,700 years ago.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
apnews.com/article/hung...
apnews.com/article/hung...
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Was there any coverage of the recent record warmth in both the Arctic and Antarctic? Multiple global datasets now confirm these records, and I think it's really quite striking.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Was there any coverage of the recent record warmth in both the Arctic and Antarctic? Multiple global datasets now confirm these records, and I think it's really quite striking.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
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I mean, why would you stay?
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I mean, why would you stay?
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
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"I asked [AI] about the history of the Palestinian people, and it wouldn’t give me an answer no matter how I rephrased the question . . . When I asked it about the history of Israel, it had no problems giving me a very extensive rundown."
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"I asked [AI] about the history of the Palestinian people, and it wouldn’t give me an answer no matter how I rephrased the question . . . When I asked it about the history of Israel, it had no problems giving me a very extensive rundown."
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THIS!!
( I nearly missed this)
( I nearly missed this)
Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
THIS!!
( I nearly missed this)
( I nearly missed this)
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You'll forgive my profanity, but we f*cking told you so.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
You'll forgive my profanity, but we f*cking told you so.