Deborah
@rowan36.bsky.social
Love books, gardens, art, knitting. Northern accent living in South London. Ex civil servant and carer. Home-bird. She/her 💚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺
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Alone at Christmas? #joinin is always good.
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Alone at Christmas? #joinin is always good.
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Bluesky reaches 41 million users
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
a blue and gold butterfly with a purple tail
Alt: a blue and gold butterfly with a purple tail
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bluesky reaches 41 million users
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
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If you're looking for a last minute gift for someone (or yourself!) annual gift subscriptions to my Wild Way newsletter and supported garden course can be scheduled to arrive by email on a certain day www.wildway.info/subscribe?gi...
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you're looking for a last minute gift for someone (or yourself!) annual gift subscriptions to my Wild Way newsletter and supported garden course can be scheduled to arrive by email on a certain day www.wildway.info/subscribe?gi...
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A reminder that Nigel Farage has pocketed more than £400,000 this year from GB News.
No wonder Farage is cheering Trump on in his attacks on the BBC.
No wonder Farage is cheering Trump on in his attacks on the BBC.
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A reminder that Nigel Farage has pocketed more than £400,000 this year from GB News.
No wonder Farage is cheering Trump on in his attacks on the BBC.
No wonder Farage is cheering Trump on in his attacks on the BBC.
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And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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Heads up everyone
#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow.
Take care everyone.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...
Take care everyone.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...
Urgent warning issued after bird flu outbreak in popular city meadow
An urgent warning has been issued after positive cases of bird flu were confirmed in Port Meadow, Oxford.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Heads up everyone
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GB News has paid “substantial” libel damages to a UK charity after airing false claims it had sent money to terrorist groups in the Middle East
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
GB News pays substantial damages to Islamic Relief over false terrorism claim
GB News has paid "substantial" libel damages to a UK charity an interviewee falsely claimed had sent money to terrorist groups.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
GB News has paid “substantial” libel damages to a UK charity after airing false claims it had sent money to terrorist groups in the Middle East
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
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Updated with garden rocking chairs, which can be really comfy www.wildway.info/p/garden-fur...
Garden furniture in wild gardens
How to choose the right furniture for comfort and style
www.wildway.info
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Updated with garden rocking chairs, which can be really comfy www.wildway.info/p/garden-fur...
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Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.
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Not just the end of an era, but actually quite devastating news for anyone interested in the UK. Few people (including native Brits) have the capacity to explain the UK like AD. She has an eye for the problems - but always with deep sympathy, profound knowledge and a desire to truly understand.
So, my dear German followers...some News "in eigener Sache"!
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !
Annette Dittert war für die ARD als Korrespondentin in verschiedenen Ländern, über viele Jahre geprägt hat sie aber vor allem die Berichterstattung aus Großbritannien. Nun verabschiedet sie sich von der ARD, aber nicht aus London
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not just the end of an era, but actually quite devastating news for anyone interested in the UK. Few people (including native Brits) have the capacity to explain the UK like AD. She has an eye for the problems - but always with deep sympathy, profound knowledge and a desire to truly understand.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
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This week I am writing about obeying illegal military orders.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This week I am writing about obeying illegal military orders.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
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what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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We cannot expect to recruit and retain female soldiers if they do not feel safe. It is critical that the govt accelerate reforms to keep women safe in our armed forces. Jaysley Beck's tragic story should never be repeated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jaysley Beck: Ex-sergeant jailed for sexual assault on soldier
Michael Webber admitted sexually assaulting Jaysley Beck, 19, who later took her own life.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We cannot expect to recruit and retain female soldiers if they do not feel safe. It is critical that the govt accelerate reforms to keep women safe in our armed forces. Jaysley Beck's tragic story should never be repeated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...