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Chris Townsend
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Outdoor writer & photographer, passionate about wild places, long distance walking, & rewilding. https://www.christownsendoutdoors.com
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · Oct 18
Blog post about the new edition of my book High Summer #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2024/10/high...
High Summer new edition - available November 1st!
I'm very pleased to announce that High Summer , the story of my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies in 1988, will be published in a new ...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 12h
Nature's ability to bounce back, even after being subjected to the worst treatment for a long time, is quite astonishing!

But it has its limits - at least within human timescales - and we're testing them...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)
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Alexander Verbeek @alexverbeek.bsky.social · 16h
Trump lobbied worldwide to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

This morning, the Committee gave it to someone whose life's work stands against everything he represents.
The Nobel Committee’s Brilliant Answer to Donald Trump
María Corina Machado’s Nobel Prize sends a clear message about democracy under siege
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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 23h
When they say, you cannot

Scotland, aye you can
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 19h
Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19h
“We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel.. While Keir Starmer fiddles in India, Rome burns. The British steel industry now faces a calamity so severe, insiders say it could be “terminal”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins
With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h
The empty horror of Robert Jenrick iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
The empty horror of Robert Jenrick
We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16h
One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/
Two beetles on a stick. One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them. One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen. One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" The aliens turn to look out at the reader. Text below the cartoon reads: From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18h
The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 20h
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The committee said she had resisted death threats to fight for democracy in opposition to President Nicolas Maduro - widely considered a dictator who's cheated elections

news.sky.com/story/nobel-...
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado named Nobel Peace Prize winner
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d
Everyone needs to say a big FU to Donald Trump.

Everyone bowed down to Hitler and because of that he had nearly half of Europe before WW2 started.

We should all band together and leave Donald Trump to sink.
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 1d
A day with our regular John Muir Trust volunteers yesterday, planting extra trees in the new Mar Lodge hedge 🙂 Nice spot for lunch 🙂 #rangerdailydiary
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d
Deafening applause as Zack Polanski tells Zia Yusuf that people's concern over immigration is because he spends all his time spreading misinformation and fear.

#bbcqt
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 1d
New wild camping video #hiking youtu.be/wYD9XOQEUw8
A wild camp with the Bach Wickiup 3 tent and the first field use of the Fire Maple Petrel 800ml pot
YouTube video by Chris Townsend Outdoors
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 1d
Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/s...
Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry
The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 1d
Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"

It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Farage tries to portray himself as a 'man of the people', yet he's earning over £1 million from side jobs alone

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
Nigel Farage now earns over £1 million from his 12 ‘second jobs’
The Reform leader has raked in a further £189,000 from side jobs since May this year
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d
Regulators are utterly failing to take seriously the effects of this #PoisonedPlanet on #PublicHealth, animal and environmental health

#NovelEntities #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Industry scientists reveal reluctance to test chemicals for behavioral effects, despite growing evidence
An international study led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed reluctance from industry scientists to test chemicals for their effects on human and wildlife behavior, despite growing evidence...
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 2d
'Eyes on the Skies' - new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...
‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harrier…
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 2d
I'm amazed that review is still around! I just about remember the tent. Glad it proved good.
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