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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC)

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I sit on mi bench wi' 'en on mi lap, tryin' t'mek sense of it all 🐔 🥚 (A certain GP were struck off, 26/6/25. I feel sorry for his victims and his family. He still harasses. Now grifts from gullible followers) (Me and mi 'ens perch in England)

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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 4d

It's important to monitor incidence of bird flu in wild bird population 👇

BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11h

For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...

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mcornbeef.bsky.social @mcornbeef.bsky.social · 5h

#Covid-19 #CovidIsAirborne

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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 6h

Amazing work! Let's hope that this leads to wheat varieties capable of good yield in adverse conditions. Excellent yield in top conditions.

Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · 6h

Family of genes that rule growth, grain development in wheat identified www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Family of genes that rule growth, grain development in wheat identified

Rothamsted scientists have uncovered how a family of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant’s growth and grain development.

www.agriland.ie

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · May 23

Labour promised to restore nature. ❌

Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.

We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.

Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.

Without significant change, it must be scrapped.

Screenshot of a Guardian news article with the headline: “Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill.” The subheading reads: “Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched.” Below, a protest photo shows handmade signs in woodland. One reads “BAT FACTS – 14 species of bat in Buckinghamshire. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.” Another says “FAT CATS KILL BATS” in bold letters. The image underscores public anger and the scale of opposition to the proposed Planning Bill.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

Even if you don't speak German, the visuals are clear.

To summarize:
The main maritime stratocumulous cloud regions are becoming darker as clouds evaporate, leading to more and faster warming, which causes global weather impacts.

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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 12h

Sandwich short of a picnic, more like 🤣🤣

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance? T'bloke that's to eyeliner as lipstick is t' members of the species *Sus domesticus*? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 13h

to the everyday compassion of the British people."

Gordon Brown. |

"the everyday compassion of the British people." 👈 This, this, this.

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 13h

be exposed day after day for policies that would devaste both. And for those of us who believe our best days could be ahead of us, we can go beyond highlighting Reform’s hypocrisy by setting out a case for a better Britain that appeals not just to idealists, but to pragmatists, to self-interest, and

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 13h

“Faragism” is neoliberalism at its most inhumane, more destructive even than monetarism, and vindictive far beyond austerity. What the public are telling us all over the west is that they want their governments to rebuild our economies and our civic societies. 'Reform and its global allies should

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

“Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks”

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 17h

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to late September.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, but fell back to 75%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew to 17%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 13h

Sunday morning musing : Stratus doesn't begin with X, but Perlucidus begins with P. 🤔

Perlucidus (cloud variety) - Wikipedia

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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 1d

Why's man in brown making BSL sign for vagina?

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 1d

That were a nice puzzle, ta. I'd missed the gull. It leapt out the next time I looked.

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 2d

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Keith Muise @keithmuise.bsky.social · 1d

Different places are enacting masking rules in healthcare because so many workers are sick that they may not be able to maintain the healthcare system.

Why would anyone risk this? Many of those workers will be out long term or permanently so why aren’t masking rules in place permanently?
#MaskUp

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 1d

This is why one of my mantras is 'politics itself can be a biological risk'. Wildfowl migration has already begun in North America, which will mean a significant increase in H5N1 infections in poultry, dairy cattle and humans. Yet politics is dismantling the defence.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 4d

The sort of cartoon you'd expect to see from me

www.worldofmoose.com/products/con...

Cartoon showing a man reading from a dictionary to another. He says "So, it turns out confirmation bias means exactly what I expected it to mean|"

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 9d

We've all done it, eh?

www.worldofmoose.com/products/thr...

Cartoon of a man throwing a pig in the air. Caption: "I threw cochon to the wind"

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

The duopoly’s corporate coup over the UK via free zones and the likes of Blackrock is accelerating.
Don’t people understand why the MSM aren’t covering this?
Secondary legislation embedded in free zones means zero Parliamentary debate, zero public consultation, zero press notification!

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 8d

Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands.

See for yourself.
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find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...

Blackrock - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

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Pareidolia @pareidolia.bsky.social · 1d

When you don't like broccoli 🥦

Pie that looks angry is in a plate next to broccoli and carrots.

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somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 1d

@haarp-uk.bsky.social 😁

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 1d

This one, number 7, comes close to expressions I've seen from an ostrich. Were fortunate to have a good fence between it and me!

somecallmeDC 🐥 🥚 💡 (not that DC) @somecallmedc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh 😔