Simon Turkas 📷 Photography
@simonturkas.bsky.social
Nature & Travel Photographer
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A couple weeks ago, I tried to say that the US was about to go to war with Venezuela over oil, and so few believed me..
Yet here we are..
Yet here we are..
Venezuela condemns ‘warmongering threats’ as Trump orders oil blockade – US politics live
Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from the country
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A couple weeks ago, I tried to say that the US was about to go to war with Venezuela over oil, and so few believed me..
Yet here we are..
Yet here we are..
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2025: Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds says the UK is returning to the EU Erasmus program
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2025: Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds says the UK is returning to the EU Erasmus program
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
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Angry old man harassing doctors over the strikes
I hope he doesn't end up being one of the nearly 1,000,000 NHS patients who ended up in a corridor this year
Because Labour, like the Conservatives before them, continue to understaff and underfund the NHS
I hope he doesn't end up being one of the nearly 1,000,000 NHS patients who ended up in a corridor this year
Because Labour, like the Conservatives before them, continue to understaff and underfund the NHS
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Angry old man harassing doctors over the strikes
I hope he doesn't end up being one of the nearly 1,000,000 NHS patients who ended up in a corridor this year
Because Labour, like the Conservatives before them, continue to understaff and underfund the NHS
I hope he doesn't end up being one of the nearly 1,000,000 NHS patients who ended up in a corridor this year
Because Labour, like the Conservatives before them, continue to understaff and underfund the NHS
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Spotted these elegant Western Grebes dancing through the water in Desolation Sound this past summer.
Quiet, fleeting, and impossibly graceful. Moments like this are why I keep choosing the wild. 🌊🪶
#birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia
Quiet, fleeting, and impossibly graceful. Moments like this are why I keep choosing the wild. 🌊🪶
#birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Spotted these elegant Western Grebes dancing through the water in Desolation Sound this past summer.
Quiet, fleeting, and impossibly graceful. Moments like this are why I keep choosing the wild. 🌊🪶
#birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia
Quiet, fleeting, and impossibly graceful. Moments like this are why I keep choosing the wild. 🌊🪶
#birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia
⚠️ "But Britons’ reliance on their 34 million cars also comes at great expense to the economy. Heavy traffic and congestion costs £7.5 billion a year in wasted time. An estimated £17 billion is needed to fix the worn out road network."
🔗 theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
#economy #transport
🔗 theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
#economy #transport
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
⚠️ "But Britons’ reliance on their 34 million cars also comes at great expense to the economy. Heavy traffic and congestion costs £7.5 billion a year in wasted time. An estimated £17 billion is needed to fix the worn out road network."
🔗 theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
#economy #transport
🔗 theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
#economy #transport
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I just read the news that there is a direct passenger rail route being developed between England and Germany.
I often travel between the UK and the mainland when I'm in Europe for work, and this would make those trips so much more sustainable (and enjoyable).
No more train/bus/ferry hopping!
I often travel between the UK and the mainland when I'm in Europe for work, and this would make those trips so much more sustainable (and enjoyable).
No more train/bus/ferry hopping!
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I just read the news that there is a direct passenger rail route being developed between England and Germany.
I often travel between the UK and the mainland when I'm in Europe for work, and this would make those trips so much more sustainable (and enjoyable).
No more train/bus/ferry hopping!
I often travel between the UK and the mainland when I'm in Europe for work, and this would make those trips so much more sustainable (and enjoyable).
No more train/bus/ferry hopping!
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The Green surge continues.
Five more Labour councillors have joined the Green Party.
A politics of hope — and in May’s local elections, it’s the Greens who will take the fight to Reform.
Five more Labour councillors have joined the Green Party.
A politics of hope — and in May’s local elections, it’s the Greens who will take the fight to Reform.
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Green surge continues.
Five more Labour councillors have joined the Green Party.
A politics of hope — and in May’s local elections, it’s the Greens who will take the fight to Reform.
Five more Labour councillors have joined the Green Party.
A politics of hope — and in May’s local elections, it’s the Greens who will take the fight to Reform.
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Our energy security, lower bills and secure jobs depend upon clean renewable power
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our energy security, lower bills and secure jobs depend upon clean renewable power
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
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Sign my petition calling on Rachel Reeves to end tax breaks for fossil fuel companies and fund a Jobs Guarantee instead:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Sign my petition calling on Rachel Reeves to end tax breaks for fossil fuel companies and fund a Jobs Guarantee instead:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
But soon there may be no turtle doves left. Their numbers have declined by 99% since the 1960s.
That’s why I’m backing the
RSPB's calls for proper, sustained funding for nature-friendly farming.
But soon there may be no turtle doves left. Their numbers have declined by 99% since the 1960s.
That’s why I’m backing the
RSPB's calls for proper, sustained funding for nature-friendly farming.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
But soon there may be no turtle doves left. Their numbers have declined by 99% since the 1960s.
That’s why I’m backing the
RSPB's calls for proper, sustained funding for nature-friendly farming.
But soon there may be no turtle doves left. Their numbers have declined by 99% since the 1960s.
That’s why I’m backing the
RSPB's calls for proper, sustained funding for nature-friendly farming.
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"People are recognising they need an alternative"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social discusses the block defection of 5 Labour councillors to the Green Party, and how Labour's failure to address inequality is galvanising the continued Green surge.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social discusses the block defection of 5 Labour councillors to the Green Party, and how Labour's failure to address inequality is galvanising the continued Green surge.
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"People are recognising they need an alternative"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social discusses the block defection of 5 Labour councillors to the Green Party, and how Labour's failure to address inequality is galvanising the continued Green surge.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social discusses the block defection of 5 Labour councillors to the Green Party, and how Labour's failure to address inequality is galvanising the continued Green surge.
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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Jemma Forte, "You are defending a man who won't release the Epstein files"
Brian Coleman, "I have no time with this obsession with Epstein"
"Who cares what people did in private as long as it was legal"
Jemma Forte, "Wow! It wasn't legal"
Brian Coleman, "I have no time with this obsession with Epstein"
"Who cares what people did in private as long as it was legal"
Jemma Forte, "Wow! It wasn't legal"
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Jemma Forte, "You are defending a man who won't release the Epstein files"
Brian Coleman, "I have no time with this obsession with Epstein"
"Who cares what people did in private as long as it was legal"
Jemma Forte, "Wow! It wasn't legal"
Brian Coleman, "I have no time with this obsession with Epstein"
"Who cares what people did in private as long as it was legal"
Jemma Forte, "Wow! It wasn't legal"
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The most sustainable option is making what you already own last longer!🎄
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The most sustainable option is making what you already own last longer!🎄
I wonder if billionaires realise how much they are hated.
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I wonder if billionaires realise how much they are hated.
I wonder if billionaires realise how much they are hated.
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I wonder if billionaires realise how much they are hated.
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A replica of the Statue of Liberty collapses in high winds in Guaíba, Brazil—any greater metaphor for democracy under Trump?
Notice also how the McDonalds double arch remains firm...
Notice also how the McDonalds double arch remains firm...
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A replica of the Statue of Liberty collapses in high winds in Guaíba, Brazil—any greater metaphor for democracy under Trump?
Notice also how the McDonalds double arch remains firm...
Notice also how the McDonalds double arch remains firm...
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
You don't hate billionaires enough! They are literally stealing everything and destroying the planet.
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
You don't hate billionaires enough! They are literally stealing everything and destroying the planet.
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The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
Why The 2020s Are The New Middle Ages
YouTube video by Medieval Mindset
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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How wonderful is this!
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE
Starring Dick Van Dyke and family
youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?...
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE
Starring Dick Van Dyke and family
youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?...
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video)
YouTube video by Coldplay
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
How wonderful is this!
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE
Starring Dick Van Dyke and family
youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?...
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE
Starring Dick Van Dyke and family
youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?...
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Are you tired of the divisive nature of mainstream social media? Do you yearn for genuine online interaction? In the latest episode of Mom Life in Luxembourg, Hayley and Christos talk about the dangers of social media, Big Tech's influence over our lives and alternatives for healthier online spaces.
Mom Life in Luxembourg: Non-toxic social media made in Luxembourg, with Christos Floros
today.rtl.lu
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Are you tired of the divisive nature of mainstream social media? Do you yearn for genuine online interaction? In the latest episode of Mom Life in Luxembourg, Hayley and Christos talk about the dangers of social media, Big Tech's influence over our lives and alternatives for healthier online spaces.