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Atul Haria (immigrant)
@atulharia.bsky.social
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Former environmental scientist: soil water processes; catchment hydrology

Apparently, I represent a squalid chapter in UK history doing incalculable damage to the country; I've turned it into an island of strangers ~ Keir Starmer
Little ol' me. Who knew..
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · May 4
Carl Sagan:
Carl Sagan: "WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.

Are you going to tell them?

Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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carnage4life.bsky.social
Multiple surveys are telling the same story: AI adoption has stalled. Census data shows ~11% of workers use AI, with rates falling at 250+ employee firms. Surveys show usage spiked then plateaued.

Meanwhile Big Tech is planning $5T in AI spend by 2030 that needs $650B/year in revenue vs ~$50B today
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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atulharia.bsky.social
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
atulharia.bsky.social Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 2h
Because the garden appears lifeless currently, here are a few of my favourite pics from the summer (and because I miss the warmth 😢).

A short thread 🧵
1. Close up of ladybird on flower bud.
2. Insect on yellow Iris
3. Carpet beetle on yellow Iris
4. Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
Close up of ladybird on flower bud. Insect on yellow Iris Carpet beetle on yellow Iris Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
This is a war crime

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men who appeared to have given themselves up, saying ‘terrorists must die’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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olebirklaursen.bsky.social
Delighted to receive my copy of “India’s World” with my story about Narayan Krishna, India’s first socialist.
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
atulharia.bsky.social
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
atulharia.bsky.social Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 2h
Because the garden appears lifeless currently, here are a few of my favourite pics from the summer (and because I miss the warmth 😢).

A short thread 🧵
1. Close up of ladybird on flower bud.
2. Insect on yellow Iris
3. Carpet beetle on yellow Iris
4. Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
Close up of ladybird on flower bud. Insect on yellow Iris Carpet beetle on yellow Iris Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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doctoryak.bsky.social
Speechless.

Not just through the looking glass, but upside down, inside out and the wrong way around a world where the Mad Hatter is a bastion of sensibility.

#Antisemitism
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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swanireland.ie
SWAN's submission to the draft 6th Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) is out.

The NAP is meant to be a plan to tackle nutrient pollution in Ireland, but it fails in urgency & relies on inadequate measures that won't achieve what is needed to restore our waters.

swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
Dairy cows in field
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
atulharia.bsky.social
Because the garden appears lifeless currently, here are a few of my favourite pics from the summer (and because I miss the warmth 😢).

A short thread 🧵
1. Close up of ladybird on flower bud.
2. Insect on yellow Iris
3. Carpet beetle on yellow Iris
4. Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
Close up of ladybird on flower bud. Insect on yellow Iris Carpet beetle on yellow Iris Dead bee providing a meal to flies on yellow Iris
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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bookshop.org
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
atulharia.bsky.social
Yes, yes I was!
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h
This is who 1980s people were lusting after apparently. From Smash Hits.
MOST FANCIABLE HUMAN BEINGS FEMALES Toyah There was un unnerving three second delay when Toyah was Informed that she had won the Most Fanciable Female award. Are you stil! upright, Toyah? "Oh God. I never expected that. It's amazing. 1 thought Kim Wilde would have got it. A kiss from Toyah to everyone who voted for me?" Adam MALES A mutfled boot greets the news that Adam Ant has secured the. fiercely contested award: The Most Fanciable Male Being Well... that depends whether they want to eat you or go out with you! I'm very flattered! Actually. It's nice to be thought of as a Human Being 'cos sometimes i think people in my position think they te robots or machines or something. It's a bit strange cos - - with so much going on cil the time - you do sometimes forge! that the kida out thete think about you in a very innocent and vo You know. straightforward way. they like what they see! am. Im very flattered!" KIM WILDE CLARE GROGAN 2. SIMON LE BON 3. DAVID SYLVIAN 01115903 % Sheena Easton Debbie Harry 4. Sting John Taylor 6. Kate Bush Bo Derek 6. Midge Ure Gary Numan 8.Pamela Stephenson 9. Joanne Catherall 10. Olivia Newton John. Phil Oakey 9. Julian Cope 10. Suggs
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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weownit.org.uk
Regulation won't fix our broken water system.

You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work.

Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
weownit.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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oceanauk.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: The 28 oil & gas exploration licences we legally challenged have just been ruled lawful by the High Court. This means exploration can go ahead, despite 3/4 of the licences sitting inside marine PROTECTED areas - wildlife havens home to porpoises, puffins & seals 🐬
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November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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lukasteo.bsky.social
#RioTinto are wrecking the planet, but they are LGBTIQifying their logo, so that’s nice.
#perth
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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adamtranter.bsky.social
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:

Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
The old youth wing was seen as a liability for the AfD because the state considered it extreme right. That’s why the new youth wing will be more tightly controlled by the party… which is also extreme right.
Germany’s far-right AfD forms new youth wing in attempt to revamp extremist image
Alternative for Germany’s previous youth group was dissolved to avert a possible ban.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
atulharia.bsky.social
"Western civilisation"
Ha ha ha ha.... that's a good one...
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 13h
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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swimsure.bsky.social
Dr. @elainemcgoff.bsky.social:
"This derogation decision is meant to be based on science, but the evidence is very clear that we have a serious nitrogen pollution problem in Ireland & the measures we’re putting in place to address that are not working”

Yet again agri power trumps pollution reality.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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sculptedreef.com
🆕🐙 Arlette ⚔️ the Caribbean Reef Octopus 🌴

🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted with acrylics 🎨

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
Hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, scientifically known as Octopus briareus. A bluish teal octopus with bronze and neon green patches.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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tamarphotography.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

There's some real treats in the RPS annual awards.

#Photography #RPS #RoyalPhotographicSociety
Royal Photographic Society award winners 2025 – in pictures
The world’s longest running photography awards recognise significant bodies of work, with the most prestigious honour – the RPS centenary medal – this year going to British photographic artist Susan D...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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james-bg.bsky.social
Concerns growing over the Budget's cuts to energy efficiency funding, which could have significant impacts on fuel poverty and health. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522532...
Study: Over half of cold homes lived in by a person with an illness or disability
As concerns grow over Budget decision to cut energy efficiency funding, a new analysis reveals over 1.6 million cold households are home to someone living with long-term illness or disability
www.businessgreen.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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peterjukes.bsky.social
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Show me someone who hasn't done the required reading.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian Responding to Rachel Reeves's budget, the Conservative Party leader told the Political Thinking podcast that 'in early Christian times there was no state or welfare' NEW Steven Swinford, Political Editor Friday November 28 2025, 10.30am, The Times Kemi Badenoch has suggested that Rachel Reeve's decision to raise taxes to fund another £16 billion in welfare spending is unchristian.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM