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Judy Webb

@judyw.bsky.social

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Passionate about life on Earth. Detest violence & cruelty. Feminist 🦖. Frustrated (by light & air pollution) star gazer. The UK's exit from the EU was an act of national self harm and a betrayal of the European community. 🇪🇺⭐🇺🇦☮️🎗️

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · Dec 16

Yes, another petition, but if you don't sign any others, please sign this one. 🐝🙏🏻
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Save bees from deadly pesticides

We can’t allow pesticides to destroy our environment and kill any more bees.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop the abuse of contacts and access made in public office, an ethics watchdog has found. Last month the Guardian published revelations about Johnson’s conduct since leaving office. The Boris Files, a trove of documents from the former prime minister’s private office seen by the Guardian, suggested he repeatedly broke rules forbidding him from exploiting contacts made in office for private gain. Continue reading...

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 15h

There is, so far, no philosophical consensus about how we should go about our lives. We have to keep thinking for ourselves

✏️ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

Everyday philosophy: Philosophers can't tell you how to live

There is, so far, no philosophical consensus about how we should go about our lives. We have to keep thinking for ourselves

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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 14h

This is how you respond to male violence.

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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 14h

@sianberry.bsky.social
Green MP blames women for being attacked by men.

The Green Party is a men’s rights party.

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MaidenOver 🧙 @judeet44.bsky.social · 9h

Sian Berry MP, blaming women for the violence shown towards them. Deeply disgusting by the Green Party, the party that hates women.

callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks @sianberry.bsky.social for your contribution. I spent the day hearing Black women talk about the impact on women of colour and their children during last year’s race riots and civil unrest. This is only ‘divisive’ to the far right. Then how women are erased from history. Very provocative.

Brap @brap.bsky.social · 14h

@sianberry.bsky.social
Green MP blames women for being attacked by men.

The Green Party is a men’s rights party.

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Hourly Foxes @foxes.hourly.media · 8h

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14h

Well, this is telling.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15h

Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is INSANE

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 13h

One year ago today, a spectacular aurora display graced the night sky across much of the globe. This was my view in *Oklahoma.* What a beautiful world we are fortunate to live on. #photography

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a SAR arc and moon-lit clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

The andromeda galaxy between a red SAR arc and the Milky Way.

Numerous pinkish aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky and spotty clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky over relatively still waters of a large lake.

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Steve Griffiths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cymry.bsky.social · 18h

Private Eye nails it

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 19h

Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 21h

Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:

RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)

Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 15h

Bugs me big time that people don't take even basic steps to avoid passing on whatever bug they've got.

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 15h

Other epidemiologists have posted similar.

Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 15h

Postpone your visit. Not worth the risk.

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 16h

"How did Keir Starmer turn a popular idea into an unpopular idea by dint of bringing the popular idea in?" asks @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Answer: He didn't.

Media did.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 21h

There is an easy explanation about why the popularity of digital ID fell following the police announcement: disinformation.

So much disinformation was immediately shared, even by many usually sensible people.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 17h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 15h

Here is a baby otter to end the week

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 15h

John Le Carré?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.

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Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates her award to Trump

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Machado 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 16h

I had no idea that Andy Warhol ever drew a squirrel #sqrlpix

Andy Warhol silk screen with a squirrel saying so nutty next to a large plate full of walnuts

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19h

What would the Founding Fathers say about America now? They might be surprised that the republic exists at all, Fintan O’Toole writes.

What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 22h

🌊I caught up with veteran oceanographer Sylvia Earle, who recently turned 90.

"What really caught my imagination, even as a child, was the extraordinary diversity of life in the sea. Creatures that have no counterpart on the land, like starfish".

📺Watch here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEsb...