Miles King
@milesking.bsky.social
Now at tail end of a long career in UK Nature Conservation - nature reserves, SSSIs, policy work, lots of reports - and 10+ years of blogging. Currently run @poundburynatureproject. Cellist. Living with chronic vestibular migraine. Personal account.
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As the clock runs down until Wednesday's budget, the farming and landowning sectors are once again working themselves up into a lather over the already announced changes to Inheritance Tax exemptions for agricultural property and businesses; claims of a collapse in food production at the fore 🧵1/x
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I think this sums up Blue Labour to a tee: someone experiences, or shares a human tragedy, and you feel sad for them, but equally it doesn’t give them license to tear up 600 years of information about what drives prosperity and replace it with saying the word “relational” a lot.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think this sums up Blue Labour to a tee: someone experiences, or shares a human tragedy, and you feel sad for them, but equally it doesn’t give them license to tear up 600 years of information about what drives prosperity and replace it with saying the word “relational” a lot.
As the clock runs down until Wednesday's budget, the farming and landowning sectors are once again working themselves up into a lather over the already announced changes to Inheritance Tax exemptions for agricultural property and businesses; claims of a collapse in food production at the fore 🧵1/x
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
As the clock runs down until Wednesday's budget, the farming and landowning sectors are once again working themselves up into a lather over the already announced changes to Inheritance Tax exemptions for agricultural property and businesses; claims of a collapse in food production at the fore 🧵1/x
one of these days someone is going to bring a new crypto to the market - and call it klepto.
How Crypto Helped a UK Crime Gang Move Massive Amount of Cash for Russia
https://www.europesays.com/uk/587130/
A billion-pound money-laundering network operating across 28 towns and cities in the UK has been converting proceeds from…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/587130/
A billion-pound money-laundering network operating across 28 towns and cities in the UK has been converting proceeds from…#uk #news #uknews
How Crypto Helped a UK Crime Gang Move Massive Amount of Cash for Russia - United Kingdom
A billion-pound money-laundering network operating across 28 towns and cities in the UK has been converting proceeds from drug trafficking, firearms sales and
www.europesays.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
one of these days someone is going to bring a new crypto to the market - and call it klepto.
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Let’s drop some science into your feed 🧪👇
Hope you’re staying healthy this cold and flu season! Have you ever wondered why one side of your nose might feel more congested than the other when you get sick?
It’s an unfortunate side-effect of the way your nose is built to process smells.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
It’s an unfortunate side-effect of the way your nose is built to process smells.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Let’s drop some science into your feed 🧪👇
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Watch 100 years of August-October temperature departures over land areas (where we live) up through 2025...
Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Watch 100 years of August-October temperature departures over land areas (where we live) up through 2025...
Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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One of the worst atrocities and one of the least discussed.
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One of the worst atrocities and one of the least discussed.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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I'm not a big fan of the Munich analogy, but this is real Munich stuff -- probably worse.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I'm not a big fan of the Munich analogy, but this is real Munich stuff -- probably worse.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
Scientists shocked to discover that trees can grow and shed seeds, which then grow into new trees.
Satellite imagery identifies strange phenomenon occurring in forests around the world — here's what scientists are saying share.google/LpKNNTDEAeIu...
Satellite imagery identifies strange phenomenon occurring in forests around the world — here's what scientists are saying
"The people who live there should be in charge of what happens there."
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Scientists shocked to discover that trees can grow and shed seeds, which then grow into new trees.
Trump was always on Putin's side.
“Trump now takes Putin’s side. Europe must choose again: appeasement or our values, imperialism or freedom”
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trump was always on Putin's side.
In his latest offering for @thenerve.news, Stewart Lee draws a well constructed analogy, between the Kidlington waste mountain leaking toxicity into England's soul, the River Thames.... and our pliant, sensation seeking media, allowing Nigel Farage to do the same. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. It put me in mind of Nigel Farage
The fly-tipping in Oxfordshire is threatening the health of the local river – just as 25 years of platforming the Reform leader in the media has polluted our national discourse
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In his latest offering for @thenerve.news, Stewart Lee draws a well constructed analogy, between the Kidlington waste mountain leaking toxicity into England's soul, the River Thames.... and our pliant, sensation seeking media, allowing Nigel Farage to do the same. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Seems we're unwilling to return treasure looted from other countries during the Empire days, but happy to sell off our own cultural heritage to the highest bidder.
*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
www.dorsetecho.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Seems we're unwilling to return treasure looted from other countries during the Empire days, but happy to sell off our own cultural heritage to the highest bidder.
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"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lest we forget…. Farage was a regular on Kremlin propaganda outlet Russia Today. Up until RT was banned, for being a Kremlin propaganda outlet.
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lest we forget…. Farage was a regular on Kremlin propaganda outlet Russia Today. Up until RT was banned, for being a Kremlin propaganda outlet.
The Telegraph is now less believable than the Daily Star.
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Telegraph is now less believable than the Daily Star.
Central Banks and Government Budgets - As If Democracy Matters open.substack.com/pub/annpetti... Excellent post by @annpettifor.bsky.social
Why did successive Governments (and Parliaments) hand over monetary and fiscal responsibility to technocrats?
Time for them to take back control.
Why did successive Governments (and Parliaments) hand over monetary and fiscal responsibility to technocrats?
Time for them to take back control.
Central Banks and Government Budgets - As If Democracy Matters
In Britain Tax austerity threatens to follow monetary and fiscal austerity
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Central Banks and Government Budgets - As If Democracy Matters open.substack.com/pub/annpetti... Excellent post by @annpettifor.bsky.social
Why did successive Governments (and Parliaments) hand over monetary and fiscal responsibility to technocrats?
Time for them to take back control.
Why did successive Governments (and Parliaments) hand over monetary and fiscal responsibility to technocrats?
Time for them to take back control.
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The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
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I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
So proud of a very longstanding and close friend for going public with this - it takes real courage
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
What is MBS doing with his hands?
Holy shit Trump just defended MBS in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi saying he knew nothing about it
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What is MBS doing with his hands?
This sums up perfectly the total and utter state of the Labour party, captured by Blue Labour entryists. Glasman has been a toxin coursing through the veins of the Labour party for decades. "Together", are a motley crew of Spiked/LM/RCP contrarians, climate deniers and far-right conspiracy fans.
🔴 NEW - Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
Glasman was a keynote speaker at an event hosted by Together, whose leader has accused Keir Starmer of “destroying Britain”.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Glasman was a keynote speaker at an event hosted by Together, whose leader has accused Keir Starmer of “destroying Britain”.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This sums up perfectly the total and utter state of the Labour party, captured by Blue Labour entryists. Glasman has been a toxin coursing through the veins of the Labour party for decades. "Together", are a motley crew of Spiked/LM/RCP contrarians, climate deniers and far-right conspiracy fans.
New? This Farage fash stuff has been known about and in the public domain for a long time. Crick's biography came out in 2022, but Crick was reporting about Farage's extreme views as a school boy since 2013.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New? This Farage fash stuff has been known about and in the public domain for a long time. Crick's biography came out in 2022, but Crick was reporting about Farage's extreme views as a school boy since 2013.