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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 58m

Spot on @stephenkb.bsky.social on why Brexit has fatally wounded the Conservative Party.
To succeed in Tory politics now, you have to pretend not to know stuff. The successful mid-career people who used to form the Tory base are not prepared to do that.

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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 14h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 23h

Nothing, but nothing, shouts "lazy PR takes advantage of lazy journalist" like demanding something be taught in schools.

Bonus lazy-points to this example for ignoring the fact that it's already in the KS1 national curriculum.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star of Clarkson’s Farm, has called for farming to be taught in schools so that children understand where their food comes from ⬇️

Teach farming in schools, says Kaleb Cooper — it saved me

The star of the TV series Clarkson’s Farm tells the Cheltenham Literature Festival that ‘everyone should know how to grow potatoes and other vegetables’

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 1d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 1d

The beautiful Ayshford Chapel is one of only a handful of medieval chapels of ease that continued to be used for religious services after the Reformation.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Friends don't let friends fall down rabbit holes.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 1d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 1d

Papa Smurf wears a Phrygian cap, most often associated with the French Revolution, indicating Smurf Village had a monarchy it has since overthrown. This makes Papa Smurf, de facto head of state post-revolution, akin to Robespierre. In this essay I will —

An image of Papa Smurf, a small blue man with a white beard. He’s wearing red trousers that lead into shoes and a red cap that slouches forward.

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Jane Lucas Ⓥ🌱🌈🌻 @janelucas82.bsky.social · 1d

Seen in Nantwich on Friday Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) #wildflowerhour

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn Hawkbit at Snettisham yesterday, helpfully showing a side-on view which helps eliminate most of the other hawk-thingummy species that it might have been. #WildflowerHour

A yellow flower like a small dandelion seen from the side. The undersides of the petals have a hint of faint red stripes and definitely no green stripes.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

More from Snettisham yesterday - Viper's Bugloss, the last few flowers still hanging on. #WildflowerHour

A mix of pink and blue flowers on the same plant.

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John Martin @pilning.bsky.social · 1d

Plymouth Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) at (where else?) Plymouth Hoe and Plymouth Thistle selfie with @janettem34.bsky.social on the way back from the SW. Thanks to @andymus.bsky.social for the quality gen. Three plants in flower in this area #wildflowerhour

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Neil Forbes @treebeard793.bsky.social · 1d

Sea Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus overlooking the extensive, and extensively flooded , restored #saltmarshes at @rspbengland.bsky.social Hesketh Outmarsh.
#Wildflowerhour
#Botany
#Ribble
#Saltmarsh
#ManagedRealignment

Sea Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus. Hesketh Outmarsh.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Another one from Snettisham yesterday - Common Storksbill, growing close to the beach despite not really being a seaside plant. #WildflowerHour

A pink flower with 5 petals, the lower ones slightly longer than the upper ones.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Last summer I went to RSPB Snettisham specifically to find Carline Thistle, which I'd never seen. Yesterday I went to see the Short-toed Lark that's been feeding on the beach there, so I got to see what Carline Thistle looks like when the plant's died leaving just the seed heads. #WildflowerHour

A dead plant with dried up spiny leaves. Several large thistle seed heads are still attached and still have seeds which haven't yet blown away.

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 1d

More autumnal this week, but still plenty flowering in limestone grassland at Ring Haw NR - mostly late-summer stragglers such as Harebell and Wild Carrot, but also Wild Strawberry and Germander Speedwell, typically spring-flowering species

#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org

Clockwise from top left: Lesser Hawkbit, Harebell, Common Knapweed, Wild Carrot, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Germander Speedwell, Wild Strawberry and Musk-mallow

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 1d

October…“When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing.”

Hogweed, hollyhock, campion, creeping thistle, autumn hawk-bit, yarrow, green alkanet, feverfew found today. #WildflowerHour

A collage of eight wildflowers: delicate white umbels of hogweed; bright pink hollyhock blooms; white campion with star-like petals; purple spiky creeping thistle; small yellow autumn hawk-bit; clustered white yarrow heads; vivid blue green alkanet flowers; and daisy-like feverfew with yellow centres.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite building site in Bristol has now taken down some of this summer's extra fencing, meaning I can get close-up views of the Narrow-leaved Ragwort again. And it's still in flower for me, which is considerate of it. #WildflowerHour

A lot of yellow flowers, shaped a bit like daisies with longer, thinner petals which are yellow not white. They are poking through a wire mesh fence.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

I've missed seeing the Hoary Mustard during the time when thee was work going on outside the fence of the local building site in Bristol, meaning a second ring of fencing to keep people away from the main fence. It seems to have done well this summer. #WildflowerHour

A cluster of small yellow flowers, each with 4 petals, at the tip of a flower stem. There are no leaves on the stem - these are much lower down.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

A few Fox-and-Cubs still flowering in my front yard. #WildflowerHour

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 1d

Taurus: You will have the opportunity to exact a terrible vengeance. Take it. Treat yourself.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

I was on a train so will be watching on catch-up later.

Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 1d

Hamza’s hidden wild isles is excellent.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d

Ready for some perfect Sunday night telly? 😍

The first episode of Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles airs tonight on BBC One at 6.15pm!

Booming bitterns at Minsmere, badgers in the bluebells, Nightingales in song...

We can’t wait! Who'll be tuning in?

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