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@auroracalliope.bsky.social

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Middle aged SoCal lady living on a boat in Cheshire, England…immigrant to the U.K. Wifey to a Scot, managed by a cat. Look at art, trust science, grow things, & fight fascism.

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · Mar 13

Sunrise 06:38:05:03:2025.
Cheshire, England
#photography #sunrise

Sunrise over a marina of narrowboats. There are vibrant reds, fuchsias and a glint of yellow in the sky reflecting in a swath of water in the foreground. Two ducks swim.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 19h

The cutest conversation😍

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19h

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jun 23

My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.

Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago

Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 1d

His boss doesn’t live in reality, he’ll never find out.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 1d

The most epic troll. Love to see it.

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KM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · Dec 20

Autism can be diagnosed at 3 months old. The vaccines falsely associated with autism are started at 6 months. The Lancet retracted the dubious study & the author lost his medical license, end this ridiculous myth once and for all.

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 2d

Guys just block this turd of a human.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 2d

From The New Yorker

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 2d

The public? Of which country exactly?

(Grab a tissue, you have some moneyshot on your face.)

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 3d

He forgot to say if you’re a young pregnant women who goes to the ER…you’re gonna be arrested, not treated.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 5d

Just wow!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely kills it in the @greenparty.org.uk party political broadcast.

"Let's make hope normal again"

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Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 5d

She wouldn’t know how to interview you.

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t we all.

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 8d

I saw a caramel flavoured mayonnaise at Sainsbury’s 🤢

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 8d

So…people who have keys to their place of employment are the big baddies.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 8d

Good for Green.

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 NEW | Anti-trans hate group "Green Women's Declaration" have been formally barred from Green Party conference.

The group sought a stall at conference, but their bid was denied by the party. Green leader Zack Polanski recently affirmed the party's support for trans rights.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 8d

Small business grant? Look for local government or county grants in your area maybe. Small business loan? But you would need a business plan to take to the bank. Put the car under appliances needed to run business.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 9d

So because you are currently not experiencing racism to your self as a black person in the U.K., it’s utterly impossible that immigrants do and see it as a disaster?

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 9d

It’ll defo be a brown persons fault.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 9d

Ummm…everyone saw it. Isn’t it his job to see it? 🤔

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of pieces and people who visibly have forgotten that the quarter of people in England and Wales who are not white British or white English are also people, with electoral concerns and interests.

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Veronica Danie @veronicadanie.bsky.social · 10d

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 11d

Time for the generals to catch up on Fraggle Rock.

Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 11d

Wut.

Side thought…has America ever had a military coup?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11d

Trump opens with a threat to the generals:

"I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. but you just feel nice and loose."