Steve Webster
@croft1a.bsky.social
Living in the outer Hebrides ~ here for the blue sky
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable'
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Fortunately, there is a new 19-point plan. But Europe must stop outsourcing its diplomacy to Washington, writes Olga Tokariuk.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
Soon, my partner and I will be getting British citizenship, to try to secure our rights. It'll be close to 10 grand & they can still make us 2nd class citizens later, without so much as an Act of Parliament. Getting citizenship should be a celebration but now it's just a bitter taste in my mouth.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
This is particularly stunning because the sheer number of times we demonstrated Bjorn Lomborg was just flat-out lying grew so large that it almost became literally pointless to keep doing it, because he just ignores it and keeps on going
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
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1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
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2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
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![A shirtless Elon Musk with light skin, short dark hair, and black swim trunks steps up a metal ladder from the water onto a boat. On the right side of the screen are four on-screen social-media posts from account “Grok,” each praising Elon Musk’s intellect and physical fitness. The messages read: “Ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling Da Vinci or Newton,” “Lean and wiry,” “While not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons,” and “Edges out [Lebron] in holistic fitness.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z4btti5mopfxgfbxe2ewgms7/bafkreib5ni5wlpukotskympmiscstr6fko3az22uuogkp4ogdeirn6rbse@jpeg)
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I can’t speak for others,
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can’t speak for others,
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
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The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
Up to €2.7m worth of energy ‘wasted’ every day by State, committee told
Wind farms wound down or shut down at night while households are in fuel poverty, says energy charity chief
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
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The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River close to engulfing Oxfordshire waste mountain, MP warns
Waste from a 150m (490ft) long fly-tip is beginning to float towards the River Cherwell, an MP says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On the bright side the status quo of our uplands in the left hand picture ensures plenty more floods and droughts in the lowlands to keep life interesting. The woodlands in the picture on the right would soak up loads of water and release it gradually spoiling the fun.
What Ireland's uplands look like up close due to sheep: molinia deserts, with open wounds of erosion, as the vegetation that holds the soil together is stripped away.
This was once all rainforest, and with the sheep gone could be again.
In a time of ecological collapse, there is just *no* excuse.
This was once all rainforest, and with the sheep gone could be again.
In a time of ecological collapse, there is just *no* excuse.
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On the bright side the status quo of our uplands in the left hand picture ensures plenty more floods and droughts in the lowlands to keep life interesting. The woodlands in the picture on the right would soak up loads of water and release it gradually spoiling the fun.
Putin on Ukraine joining NATO (2002)
YouTube video by Fred The Fish
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
And not forgetting all the land in this view was for thousands of years forest
Finding deep time stories. Flux, flow. A wee burn descending, a mountain towering. A partnership between rock & water. Prehistory remembered in place names & folklore.
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
And not forgetting all the land in this view was for thousands of years forest
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With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
Scotland's Missing Forests: The Great Eco-Conspiracy
YouTube video by Lesley Riddoch
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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TL cleansing time!😍
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
TL cleansing time!😍
3I/Atlas currently passing behind the far side of the Sun from Earth is due to be in line of sight of our telescopes after 9th November.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
3I/Atlas currently passing behind the far side of the Sun from Earth is due to be in line of sight of our telescopes after 9th November.
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We’ve been warned
about a possible missile attack tonight.
I checked that everything is charged
and have some food ready for breakfast.
No.
I’m not scared.
You can’t stay scared for 1,344 days.
about a possible missile attack tonight.
I checked that everything is charged
and have some food ready for breakfast.
No.
I’m not scared.
You can’t stay scared for 1,344 days.
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We’ve been warned
about a possible missile attack tonight.
I checked that everything is charged
and have some food ready for breakfast.
No.
I’m not scared.
You can’t stay scared for 1,344 days.
about a possible missile attack tonight.
I checked that everything is charged
and have some food ready for breakfast.
No.
I’m not scared.
You can’t stay scared for 1,344 days.
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If current forecasts hold, Melissa will be the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica. Sustained winds at landfall may top 140 mph, along with localized rains of 40"+ and major storm surge. Here's my latest update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...
Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours » Yale Climate Connections
Catastrophic impacts are becoming increasingly likely for Jamaica, with Melissa expected to crash onshore by early Tuesday.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If current forecasts hold, Melissa will be the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica. Sustained winds at landfall may top 140 mph, along with localized rains of 40"+ and major storm surge. Here's my latest update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...
But children robbed of love will dwell on magic
~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
October 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
But children robbed of love will dwell on magic
~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams