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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 2h

@greenparty.org.uk has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester.
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greenparty.org.uk/2024/09/08/g...

Greens vote to oppose introduction of Freeports in the UK - Green Party

The Green Party has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester. Commenting Green Party Co-Leader A...

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 1h

If you've ever wanted to learn about the work of an apothecary, Amersham Museum are hosting this brilliant talk for Buckinghamshire History Festival! Led by a medical historian, tour their garden and discover how plants heal.

To book your tickets and for more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

A colour photograph of Amersham Museum showing the flowers in the garden with the red brick building behind. It is next to the Buckinghamshire History Festival branding, with the following text below:

Potions, Plants, and Physic: 17th Century Secrets in the Museum Garden

Amersham Museum

27/11/25, 19:00 – 20:30

Histfestbucks.co.uk

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Chilterns Chalk Streams Project @chilternstreams.bsky.social · 1h

NATIONAL REPTILE AWARENESS DAY!

In the UK we have six native species - common lizard, sand lizard, slow-worm, grass snake, smooth snake and adder- plus several non-native ones.

If you want to know more about how we support these species get in touch with us: [email protected]

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Chilternbirder @chilternbirder.bsky.social · 2h

I have one somewhere which hasn't been used for at least 10 years.

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 3h

UTERE FELIX DOMINA IULIANE (‘Use [this and be] happy, Lady Juliane’) - inscription on bracelet from the Hoxne hoard. #EpigraphyTuesday

www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...

For more about this hoard and its finding see archaeology.co.uk/articles/new...

#ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺

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Anne O'Brien @anneobrienauthor.bsky.social · 3h

Another delightful image from the 14th Century Book of Hours, the Luttrell Psalter.
A lady prepares her hair for the day with comb, mirror and casket, with the help of her maid servant.
It has to be said that she does not look overjoyed at her reflection in the mirror.

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 3h

As #worldseries is trending, here's my only #baseball #cartoon Editors in the USA didn't get the #hitter's #cricket stance & over here they didn't seem to give a toss about baseball. 😂 Unsurprisingly, it remains unpublished. Ironically, most #cricketers now adopt the baseball stance when #batting 🤷‍♂️

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 14h

Nationwide covered the three-day week, the drought, the Silver Jubilee and so on through the decade. It also covered the rise of both consumerism and environmentalism.

And it had a fondness for supernatural stories like this one, which also gives you a picture of Sheffield people in 1970.

Nationwide from 1970: A haunted Sheffield nightclub

If you want a portrait of Britain in the Seventies, you can't beat Nationwide . This was a news magazine programme shown every weekday eveni...

liberalengland.blogspot.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 5h

Once again Trump proves a loyal friend to Vladimir Putin and stabs Zalensky and the Ukrainian people in the back.

Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 5h

Trump urged him to concede a significant amount of territory to Russia or face destruction, a meeting that devolved into a “shouting match” with Trump “cursing all the time,” according to insiders who spoke with the Financial Times in its report Sunday.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267421...

Trump pushed Zelenskyy in vulgar 'shouting match' to cede land or be 'destroyed': report

In a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, President Donald Trump urged him to concede a significant amount of territory to Russia or face destruction, a meeting that...

www.rawstory.com

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Dave @davidrghendy.bsky.social · 5h

The Starmer government's decision to side with far right racists from a violent racist country supported by Yaxley-Lennon against Birmingham police might just be the final straw for many that are increasingly tired with their attempts to win over the Fagash cult.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to be time to post this again:

All modern digital infrastructure is a precariously balanced pile held up by a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 18h

I couldn't let #WorldSlothDay pass without posting one from my #LucillaLavender #greetingscard range 😊 #wildlife #cartoon

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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 18h

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 466
Silvius hortulanus glandes, in silvas carptas, in ollas deponit (Silvius the gardener is planting acorns in pots).

Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, planting acorns in little terracotta pots, his little spade and bucket and a big watering jug to hand (paw?)

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d

'This appointment confirms what we’ve always known: Reform UK is just a British franchise of Donald Trump’s Maga movement.'

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage appoints anti-abortion theologian with ties to Trump as his senior advisor

James Orr is friends with JD Vance and said the US Capitol Riot in January 2021 was exaggerated by the "global left"

leftfootforward.org

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

Does Britain really want to trust its prosperity on letting the ultra wealthy build AI facilities in lightly regulated "freeports" where huge quantities of energy will be burned and the profits exported? My latest article for the Yorkshire Post.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

Care needs to be taken before we simplistically cheer on investment by AI firms - Andy Brown

No machine ever took home a pay cheque. Which makes it logically impossible for artificial intelligence to take income away from humanity. What can and does happen is that changing technology transfer...

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 21h

⚠️ As the House of Lords debates the Government’s damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill, we are highlighting some of the amendments needed to mitigate the worst impacts of the bill. (1/5)

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Chilternbirder @chilternbirder.bsky.social · 21h

One thing that I have noticed since my last cat passed away. I am no longer responsible for the weather.

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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 1d

And if you are an artist - pull your music from the platform

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social · 3d

📜 A national project led by University of Exeter is reviving Henry VIII’s Valor Ecclesiasticus — a Tudor-era survey of England’s churches, land & people. Digitised & mapped for the first time, it’s a fresh look at 16th-century life. https://ow.ly/jeN050Xarsh

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Confederation of Passenger Transport @cpt-uk.bsky.social · 1d

Driver shortages are a persistent barrier to our industry. We are calling on the govt to:

⚠️ Lift the 50km regular service limit for 18/19 yr-olds
✅ Allow training before a provisional licence is issued

Read more here:
tinyurl.com/snfbbyb4

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 1d

Makes you realise how much relies on a very few number of service providers...

...and, perhaps more frighteningly, how many are based in the USA...

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Snapchat, Roblox and Lloyds bank hit by Amazon Web Services internet outage - live updates - BBC News

Snapchat, Roblox and Lloyds bank hit by Amazon Web Services internet outage - live updates

Dozens of the world's biggest sites including Zoom, Duolingo and Lloyds bank are having issues - Amazon Web Services says it's now

www.bbc.co.uk

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Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 1d

Our brand new @ihr.bsky.social Discovery Courses are designed to be accessible and engaging for all: historians and other professionals looking for training, as well as individuals looking for new learning experiences, enrichment and inspiration. Book now! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #history

Discovery Course 1
Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 2
Townscape and Architecture in History

Discovery Course 3
Archaeology for (Local) History: Living in a Material World

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Chilternbirder @chilternbirder.bsky.social · 1d

Bore da Nest

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 1d

For #MKMonday this week we thought we'd share this classic Milton Keynes photo! Here's the artist Liz Leyh posing with her iconic concrete cows back in 1978.

A black and white photo of a woman kneeling down in front of several concrete cows in a grassy field.

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected]
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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