Kirsty
@rabblechorus.bsky.social
Musician, MD of the Rabble Chorus community choir, environmental
activist.
Slowly creating a 12 acre nature reserve here in Suffolk, UK as antidote to collapse awareness.
activist.
Slowly creating a 12 acre nature reserve here in Suffolk, UK as antidote to collapse awareness.
Only people of a certain age will remember Mr Ben & why I thought this was so cool.
Stayed in a hotel in the New Forest last night which is connected to a French restaurant & this is the sneaky back door from the hotel corridor into it! Felt like stepping into Paris 💚
Stayed in a hotel in the New Forest last night which is connected to a French restaurant & this is the sneaky back door from the hotel corridor into it! Felt like stepping into Paris 💚
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Only people of a certain age will remember Mr Ben & why I thought this was so cool.
Stayed in a hotel in the New Forest last night which is connected to a French restaurant & this is the sneaky back door from the hotel corridor into it! Felt like stepping into Paris 💚
Stayed in a hotel in the New Forest last night which is connected to a French restaurant & this is the sneaky back door from the hotel corridor into it! Felt like stepping into Paris 💚
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Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
So pretty.
The purple jellydisk fungi at the top has antibiotic properties.
The purple jellydisk fungi at the top has antibiotic properties.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So pretty.
The purple jellydisk fungi at the top has antibiotic properties.
The purple jellydisk fungi at the top has antibiotic properties.
Have they lost their fucking minds???
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Have they lost their fucking minds???
Well this is amazing.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Well this is amazing.
I grew up in farmhouse that had wallcharts of livestock breeds, crop planting times etc all around the downstairs loo. As a result I'm usually ok on spotting different breeds 😆 but didn't know this very cute one - Kerry Hill sheep being grazed locally, love their faces!
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I grew up in farmhouse that had wallcharts of livestock breeds, crop planting times etc all around the downstairs loo. As a result I'm usually ok on spotting different breeds 😆 but didn't know this very cute one - Kerry Hill sheep being grazed locally, love their faces!
See that ginger speck in the distance? That's Bazz refusing to walk down the same path we walk down perfectly fine pretty much every morning first thing.
He heard the hunt hounds baying & the kennel man yell at them & that makes him anxious. Apparently me attaching a lead to him fixes that 🤷🤦#dogs
He heard the hunt hounds baying & the kennel man yell at them & that makes him anxious. Apparently me attaching a lead to him fixes that 🤷🤦#dogs
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
See that ginger speck in the distance? That's Bazz refusing to walk down the same path we walk down perfectly fine pretty much every morning first thing.
He heard the hunt hounds baying & the kennel man yell at them & that makes him anxious. Apparently me attaching a lead to him fixes that 🤷🤦#dogs
He heard the hunt hounds baying & the kennel man yell at them & that makes him anxious. Apparently me attaching a lead to him fixes that 🤷🤦#dogs
Knapweed, oxeye daisies and white tailed bumblebees out today 12th November.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Knapweed, oxeye daisies and white tailed bumblebees out today 12th November.
I might faint, I actually got a reply from my MP. It was standard c&p blurb that I expect he sent out to lots of us but still.
I wonder if he’ll now reply to my reply which corrected him on the out of date info he included on UK Gini coefficient & ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel 🧐
I wonder if he’ll now reply to my reply which corrected him on the out of date info he included on UK Gini coefficient & ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel 🧐
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I might faint, I actually got a reply from my MP. It was standard c&p blurb that I expect he sent out to lots of us but still.
I wonder if he’ll now reply to my reply which corrected him on the out of date info he included on UK Gini coefficient & ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel 🧐
I wonder if he’ll now reply to my reply which corrected him on the out of date info he included on UK Gini coefficient & ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel 🧐
Reposted by Kirsty
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
Six new Wild Service trees going in. Otherwise known as 'Chequers' trees, for which one of the local pubs, amongst many others around the country, was named. Produces fruit and is completely native but not seen much any more so doing our bit to repopulate!
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Six new Wild Service trees going in. Otherwise known as 'Chequers' trees, for which one of the local pubs, amongst many others around the country, was named. Produces fruit and is completely native but not seen much any more so doing our bit to repopulate!
Fascinating reading today's article on the film #ChristmasKarma (see quote) & the noise #Reform are already making about its diverse cast, then compare with the final cast in the public hit #CelebrityTraitors.
Seems to me the public are way more progressive than both the film industry & Reform.
Seems to me the public are way more progressive than both the film industry & Reform.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Fascinating reading today's article on the film #ChristmasKarma (see quote) & the noise #Reform are already making about its diverse cast, then compare with the final cast in the public hit #CelebrityTraitors.
Seems to me the public are way more progressive than both the film industry & Reform.
Seems to me the public are way more progressive than both the film industry & Reform.
How do we get a fundraiser for this child sorted so she gets the money to pay these bastards off? Anyone know? #AmnestyInternational #Iran #HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’
Goli Kouhkan, 25, on death row for seven years for killing her abusive husband, has until December to settle with the victim’s family
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How do we get a fundraiser for this child sorted so she gets the money to pay these bastards off? Anyone know? #AmnestyInternational #Iran #HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Primroses & roses out in November in our garden 🤷
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Primroses & roses out in November in our garden 🤷
Excellent
Sir David Attenborough has backed a £30 million campaign to buy and rewild the 15-square-mile Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, a former grouse moor once owned by Lord Max Percy. The Wildlife Trusts aim to restore its bogs, woodlands, and farmland, creating a 40-mile wildlife corridor.
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Excellent
Admiring the dead hedging being done along the footpath at Whitlingham Park in Norwich! Nice work.
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Admiring the dead hedging being done along the footpath at Whitlingham Park in Norwich! Nice work.
Celebrate your new human by chucking a load of plastic into the environment 🤦
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Celebrate your new human by chucking a load of plastic into the environment 🤦
Very proud of my Rabble Allies secret surprise performance for Andi Oliver last night. Could only film the dress rehearsal but they did sooo well!
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Very proud of my Rabble Allies secret surprise performance for Andi Oliver last night. Could only film the dress rehearsal but they did sooo well!
Pouring with rain today, glad we spent hours on Sat mowing & raking & chain harrowing this before sowing wildflower seeds, perfect timing. Soil might still be too over improved & need more seasons of raking off but worth a try. All the seeds were collected free locally so we'll wait & see...
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pouring with rain today, glad we spent hours on Sat mowing & raking & chain harrowing this before sowing wildflower seeds, perfect timing. Soil might still be too over improved & need more seasons of raking off but worth a try. All the seeds were collected free locally so we'll wait & see...
Mushroom joy, found a load of shaggy parasols under our conifers! That's supper for tomorrow sorted.
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mushroom joy, found a load of shaggy parasols under our conifers! That's supper for tomorrow sorted.
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“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.
Tick. Tock.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Tick. Tock.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.
Tick. Tock.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Tick. Tock.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
King moldwarp rises! Moldwarp is the old Middle English name for a mole, it appears briefly in Shakespeare's Henry IV, discussing old Welsh stories "Of the moldwarp, and the ant, Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies".
October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
King moldwarp rises! Moldwarp is the old Middle English name for a mole, it appears briefly in Shakespeare's Henry IV, discussing old Welsh stories "Of the moldwarp, and the ant, Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies".
Oh no! RIP Jane Goodall, such an inspiration. Many years ago I was lucky enough to visit Gombe where she did her groundbreaking research with chimpanzees and meet some of her staff & the chimps she worked with.
Such a brilliant, intuitive, empathic mind lost to the world.
Such a brilliant, intuitive, empathic mind lost to the world.
October 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oh no! RIP Jane Goodall, such an inspiration. Many years ago I was lucky enough to visit Gombe where she did her groundbreaking research with chimpanzees and meet some of her staff & the chimps she worked with.
Such a brilliant, intuitive, empathic mind lost to the world.
Such a brilliant, intuitive, empathic mind lost to the world.