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Charles Thistlethwaite @charlest.bsky.social · 1d

Increasing toxic algae blooms due to #climatechange caused warming oceans and nutrient-rich runoff is causing higher levels of 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in to accumulate in the brains of dolphins. A study found the this is causing Alzheimer's-like symptoms in the mammals.

www.vice.com/en/article/s...

Scientists Think Climate Change Is Causing Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage in Dolphins

Well, here’s a bummer of a story: dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s, and climate change might be the one driving them senile.

www.vice.com

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 18h

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 17h

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell is marvellous.

I am delighted that Disney have the rights but above all this is a gripping story, which echoes without direct imitation the greats of children’s literature , has fantastic animals, a heart, snot, and contemporary bite.

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 1d

Alas.

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 2d

Fab!!

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
will make time for this Report
soon in @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 2d

A minute with a gull,
sea-side.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 3d

There’s lot of Covid going around at the moment, again. I don’t qualify for NHS jabs, which are now very restricted, but I just paid £90 for one at my local pharmacy. As a freelancer, that’s a lot less expensive than having to take a week or two off if I get ill, let alone risking long term issues.

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 3d

The person & practitioners responsible for a systematic pipeline of people being sent into
a medical and cultural
oubliette is now being expanded for policy/Treasury reasons.

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 3d

Please read this thread
very carefully.
The BUT is BIG…

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 7d

From Kingston Lacey
last Friday

Photo looking down at a woodland floor. Leaves litter the ground, some holly and other leaves above. Between the two the wide beige cap of a mushroom.

Photo looking at path- side grasses. A tall beige mushroom with a long, hanging cap sits at the centre of the shot.

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 8d

A *sleep safe* episode to take you to bed with the sound of summer in your ears.

Episode 138 - Ocean peace above Folkestone beach (31 mins)

Rising thermals, from far below, carry up the ocean's murmurings. The sound of a cricket merges with the waves.

> bit.ly/LenFolk2

Dusk. August. Plants against the indigo light.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 7d

Couldn’t agree more with this para from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 7d

Made a Bolognaise Sauce
yesterday, but shock horror
no nutmeg 😱
garam masala to the rescue 🛟

Can highly recommend
even if highly illicit
culinary act.

Would @nigella.bsky.social
approve of such naughtiness?

Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 8d

Maybe they also don’t want
public servants’ eyes on
where he goes and
who he meets.

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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 18d

ME/CFS scored lower in quality of life than cancer, stroke & MS in one study. Millions, many post-COVID, are now disabled. This illness is real and requires greater recognition, research, and education. 💙Support these efforts today: https://batemanhornecenter.org/donate/

#MECFS #LongCOVID

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Prof. dr. Vivienne Matthies-Boon @vmatthiesboon.bsky.social · 17d

Recording of the "On the Violence of Psychologisation of Postviral Illness: A Habermasian Solution?" talk - w. myself, @ffhambu.bsky.social, Sonja Hannibal & @privilegienschreck.bsky.social is now available online (with subs!) 😍 #LongCovid #MECFS #Injustice

t.co/jQYqzfIQNe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jENpyRnYbE

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 9d

BBC Radio Suffolk segment (13 mins) on #MECFS - @tinarodwell1.bsky.social speaks about caring for her son Angus, the daily challenges of the illness, and @jeremy-jeffs.bsky.social powerful exhibition Lives We Cannot Live which Angus took part in.

youtu.be/bNw30eqfhvw?...

BBC Radio Suffolk - Tina Rodwell

YouTube video by Broken Battery

youtu.be

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 8d

And I fully understand
concerns that have been raised
by many.

Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 8d

Very happy to hear this news!

Congratulations
to Bishop Sarah.

I hope she will get
considerable support
in her leadership and in
the change she brings.

churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury

The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 9d

We send our deepest condolences and love to Jewish communities across the country in the wake of this morning’s horrifying attack.

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Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 9d

I am so very sorry.

Sending heartfelt good wishes
to all in the Jewish community
facing these terrible threats
to life, liberty and community.

Mourning the loss precious lives.