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Chilternbirder
@chilternbirder.bsky.social
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Hanging on to my old social media name although the birding these days is largely very low carbon through my living room window. Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things. Vestitus bene vincit omnia 🧑‍💻 www.folkphotos.uk
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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 14h
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 · 7h
I couldn't let #WorldSlothDay pass without posting one from my #LucillaLavender #greetingscard range 😊 #wildlife #cartoon
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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 7h
#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 · 13h
'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 · 10h
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 · 10h
⚠️ 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 · 10h
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 · 12h
And if you are an artist - pull your music from the platform
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Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social · 2d
📜 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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cpt-uk.bsky.social
Confederation of Passenger Transport @cpt-uk.bsky.social · 14h
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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tessmachling.bsky.social
Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 15h
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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chppc.bsky.social
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 14h
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 · 15h
Bore da Nest
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 15h
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 · 16h
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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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 6d
I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 16h
This is a #cartoon I drew a while back in support of @realafrica.bsky.social #wildlifecharity #sketchforsurvival. #giraffes #dietfood #dippenandink #watercolour
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Nigel Ó Ceallacháin @nigelcallaghan.bsky.social · 1d
I remember seeing the ultimate limited edition - at a little museum in East Anglia - Kings Lynn maybe? A copy of "Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn" allegedly bound in the skin of the actual murderer after he was hanged. A true one-off!
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medievalists.bsky.social
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 1d
Weird Medieval Job: The Criers of the Dead www.medievalists.net/2025/10/weir... #medievalsky #jobs #historysky
Weird Medieval Job: The Criers of the Dead - Medievalists.net
Meet the “criers of the dead,” professional mourners who once roamed medieval towns announcing deaths with bells and prayers. Explore how these strange but vital figures shaped the soundscape of…
www.medievalists.net
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d
Deep in the reeds: Australian scientists put dollar figure on floating wetlands’ global water quality savings 🌏

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Deep in the reeds: Australian scientists put dollar figure on floating wetlands’ global water quality savings
‘We’ve worked out that no matter how hard you engineer something, nature filters everything much better than anything else’, says academic
www.theguardian.com
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d
We really have to stop being shocked.

These people we call hunter/gatherers were just as smart, innovative and creative as we are: their societies were sophisticated and complex.

We need to take on prejudiced ideas of "progress" and "development"

phys.org/news/2025-10...
Discovery of four stone megastructures could change our view of prehistoric societies
Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures h...
phys.org
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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 1d
The flower beds at RHS Harlow Carr provide a habitat for Crucibulum laeve (Common Bird's Nest) but you have to look closely to spot the numerous tiny nests. #fungi
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d
I was looking at Reform's policy again the other day. They're proposing a £60k salary for people on ILR keeping their visa. Which means pretty much every nurse on ILR would be a risk. It's insane.
benansell.bsky.social Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d
This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).
benansell.bsky.social Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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