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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · 10h

Arrived for tonight’s game vs Swindon COYP

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 6d

'Existing buildings and infrastructure should be upgraded to withstand temperatures of at least 2C higher than normal by 2050... Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation.'

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6d

This report is disingenuous and dangerously misleading

Astonishingly, it even suggests that adapting to 4C 'will not be costly' 😮

The reality is organised adaption to 4C is impossible

The world will 'adapt' to 4C via economic and societal collapse

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · 12d

Wish I could remember lol. I do recall going to quite a lot of home games in 1976. Standouts as I recall were us thrashing Burnley 5-1 and an end to end game vs Fulham Actual footage amazingly on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWyH...

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YouTube video by UK Retro Football Classics and more

www.youtube.com

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chogger5.bsky.social @chogger5.bsky.social · 13d

Great news this www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2025/oc...

STATEMENT: RICHARD MONTAGUE

www.nottscountyfc.co.uk

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · 13d

Notts away to Swindon moved to a Tuesday night. Already have me ticket. Looks like I might have to book the afternoon off work and get an over-priced train ticket.. eek. 3 points a must 🤞 Bought me a Barnet ticket too...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 17d

On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hindenberg hated the left and thought he could control the Nazis..

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Andrew Kersley @andrewkersley.bsky.social · Sep 13

EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO.

While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

Exclusive: Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33-person HMO

Mark Shooter has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. One of his former tenants just became Green Party leader.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · Sep 10

Don’t look here, look for small boats and refugees, get angry at desperate poor people not rich entitled twats who try and play you for fools.. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Boris Johnson under pressure to explain how private office follows funding rules

Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs

www.theguardian.com

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · Sep 9

“Programmers Using AI Create Way More Glaring Security Issues, Data Shows”

https://futurism.com/ai-coding-security-problems

> As a security firm called Apiiro found in new research, developers who used AI produce ten times more security problems than their counterparts who don't use the technology

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Sep 5

The world needs topsoil to grow 95% of its food – but it's rapidly disappearing

Half of topsoil on Earth has been lost in the last 150 years
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years
Yes most people still think there will be food on shelves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...

The world needs topsoil to grow 95% of its food – but it's rapidly disappearing

Without efforts to rebuild soil health, we could lose our ability to grow enough nutritious food to feed the planet’s population

www.theguardian.com

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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough)

Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Sep 7

Well said 👏

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Sep 4

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.

The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.

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Silhouettes of three people in front of a weathered British flag, with the headline: Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls to quit ECHR, Oxford report finds

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · Sep 6

Maybe he knows where to go for advice ... NomadCapitalist.com
bsky.app/profile/maxb...

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Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 3

Puerto Rico’s inspiring community-led responses to hurricanes, climate change and a deep economic and political crisis, offer important insights for social movements worldwide fighting against new forms of neoliberal authoritarianism. www.tni.org/en/article/r...

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · Sep 2

I think we'll be OK. Be like Woots and Wes. No surprise that Twitter fans seem to be having a post - window meltdown but a few returns to fitness and players getting to gel and we're sorted - though our No 1 does worry me somewhat.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · Aug 31

14th century corbel from the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. Originally from the church’s North Porch, the corbel (and several others) is now on display in the church. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · Aug 24

Maybe true once. There is no 'left' in the Labour Party now. It represents corporate and establishment interests and embodies many characteristics of fascism. If anybody or organisation is aligned with it you have to wonder whether they have been bought too...

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HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social · Aug 23

Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Taylor Flanagan-Clark has appeared in court accused of destroying evidence by remotely wiping a mobile phone that had been seized www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Metropolitan Police inspector accused of destroying evidence

Det Insp Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, is accused of wiping a mobile phone, something he denies.

www.bbc.co.uk

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HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Met police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert who led the only independent academic review of police use of facial recognition has said www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use

Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age bias

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Sumner 🇺🇦 @devilstower.bsky.social · Aug 21

Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.

Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · Aug 20

A slight twist for #HillfortsWednesday
A Hillfort in #Crete. Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BC, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.
#Archaeology #History

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · Aug 16

Going to go with a hard-earned Notts win 1-2

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 13

A predictable outcome from disposable cups and plastic teabags: astonishing it has taken this long for this work to be done

#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution #PublicHealth
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The worst drinks for microplastic contamination revealed

New research has revealed that hot drinks may be an even bigger source of microplastics than was previously realised

www.independent.co.uk

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Pterodactyl Sunset @pterodactylsunset.bsky.social · Aug 14

Two people died in the last 18 months at Sodexo-run Peterborough women's Prison. The poor healthcare is subcontracted allowing providers to avoid accountability. Check the company directors merry-go-round...