Mike Winter
@mikedwinter.bsky.social
Leeds-based Warwickshire Lad, Husband, Father, Francophile, European, love wild places, EV & renewables fan. Here since 328.13ppm. https://tinyurl.com/2cunjbmh
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47% of Europeans want X banned across the EU, so the flipping Scandiwegians are doing something about it, with proper Viking energy.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
47% of Europeans want X banned across the EU, so the flipping Scandiwegians are doing something about it, with proper Viking energy.
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
In case you missed @amyjanebeer.bsky.social very moving Country Diary last week, on the gift of birds following her beloved sister's untimely death; do have a read, its beautiful.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: In my moment of loss, birds came like gifts | Amy-Jane Beer
Ripon City Wetlands and Welburn, North Yorkshire: First a starling and then a robin arrived like visitations. I am truly grateful for them both
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February 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
In case you missed @amyjanebeer.bsky.social very moving Country Diary last week, on the gift of birds following her beloved sister's untimely death; do have a read, its beautiful.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A remarkable story on the radio this morning- one I’d never heard but which reveals other ways of peace making. theconversation.com/when-us-and-...
When US and Japanese troops stopped fighting to talk, eat and pray together
Eighty years ago, this remarkable event showed a rare glimpse of humanity on both sides of a bitter conflict.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A remarkable story on the radio this morning- one I’d never heard but which reveals other ways of peace making. theconversation.com/when-us-and-...
Married 33 years today - still loving the adventure.
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Married 33 years today - still loving the adventure.
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Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Today’s walk, nice loop from Ilkley to Denton, then up to Middleton and back through the woods. Got pretty wet at one point, but there was some lovely light too.
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today’s walk, nice loop from Ilkley to Denton, then up to Middleton and back through the woods. Got pretty wet at one point, but there was some lovely light too.
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Definite areas they don’t want you to go - 3x “Private” signs in one frame. ;)
Look who’s back from her year abroad 😀
August 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Look who’s back from her year abroad 😀
Mini-adventure day 3 - Six Dales Trail, Leeds Pals Memorial to Middleham.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
August 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Mini-adventure day 3 - Six Dales Trail, Leeds Pals Memorial to Middleham.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Had about 3 miles this morning to rejoin the route, but some fabulous views again as we went over the moors.
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
August 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mini adventure day 2 - Pateley Bridge up to the Leeds Pals memorial. More moorland today.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
We found Nidderdale’s answer to Sycamore Gap too.
This weekend’s mini-adventure… Six Dales Trail. Today was Otley to Pateley Bridge. Quite varied walking. The reservoirs are looking desperate.
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
August 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This weekend’s mini-adventure… Six Dales Trail. Today was Otley to Pateley Bridge. Quite varied walking. The reservoirs are looking desperate.
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
Fabulous inosculation of beech :)
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LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
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August 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
*R2-D2 projects Leia hologram*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
LEIA: Hi guys, welcome back to my channel! Today I'm so excited to share some big new plans
*4 mins later*
So today's sponsor is AlderaanVPN. I always use
*5 mins later*
So let's get right into the video! Don't forget to like, subscribe and com-
*R2's battery runs out*
Thought for the day, from the wonderful Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Poems.
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thought for the day, from the wonderful Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Poems.
Our Tawny Chicks are much bigger now, but as vocal as ever.
August 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our Tawny Chicks are much bigger now, but as vocal as ever.
Just stumbled across treasure :)
July 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just stumbled across treasure :)
The skies above Gourdon are heaving with Swifts tonight. More than I could possibly count. An absolute joy.
July 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The skies above Gourdon are heaving with Swifts tonight. More than I could possibly count. An absolute joy.
Off down a new (to me) rabbit hole, with thanks to @daeganmiller.bsky.social for the suggestion :)
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Off down a new (to me) rabbit hole, with thanks to @daeganmiller.bsky.social for the suggestion :)
Beautiful essay from Robin Wall Kimmerer, on ecology and experimental theology - life, death and on becoming soil. emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi...
Becoming Earth – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wandering among the ancient decomposing cedar trees of the Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, Potawatomi botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer wonders what they might teach us about the nature o...
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June 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Beautiful essay from Robin Wall Kimmerer, on ecology and experimental theology - life, death and on becoming soil. emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi...
Hunting for a Daegan Miller quote about Wilderness has led me to this superb essay on @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social sublime magnum opus.
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
I spent the spring reading through Robert Macfarlane's catalog to understand his remarkable new book, *Is a River Alive?* @literaryhub.bsky.social let me go long on the book that I think Macfarlane has spent his entire life writing toward. #nature #writing #booksky
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The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses
“While writing about landscape often begins in the aesthetic, it must always end in the ethical.” –Robert Macfarlane, Landmarks * There is a sentence 256 pages into Robert Macfarlane’s newest book,…
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June 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hunting for a Daegan Miller quote about Wilderness has led me to this superb essay on @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social sublime magnum opus.
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
(Still looking for the source of the sentence I noted several years back, Daegan, but I'll find it ;) ).
Was lovely to watch these two in the field behind the house yesterday morning.
June 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Was lovely to watch these two in the field behind the house yesterday morning.
Celebrating 55 orbits of the sun with a Warwickshire walk. Somewhat leaden skies, but filled with larksong.
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Celebrating 55 orbits of the sun with a Warwickshire walk. Somewhat leaden skies, but filled with larksong.
Batcliffe beeches, bluebells and blue sky.
April 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Batcliffe beeches, bluebells and blue sky.