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Karen Wilson
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Comms in Cornwall 〓〓 /degrowth greeneconomy / housing & homelessness / Trustee for Women’s Centre Cornwall & The 2 Minute Foundation / sea swimming, kayaking, on the moor, in a pub, in my van, beach cleaning, climate, tofueating 💫
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Karen Wilson @simplycornwall.bsky.social · Jan 25
Beautiful little afternoon at the beach 🌊 🐚

#cornwall
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Karen Wilson @simplycornwall.bsky.social · 1h
Autumn colours 🍂🍁

The River Teign, #Devon 🍃
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2h
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
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Karen Wilson @simplycornwall.bsky.social · 2d
Perfect surf at Bude first thing 🏄‍♂️🌧️ 🌊

#Cornwall ✨
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d
Hey ChatGPT: Please generate an image of a man thoroughly devoid of any and all human empathy.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 3d
Trump ignoring a fire
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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 3d
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4d
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
you are missing incredible things on X
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 4d
Elon Musk was right. This is the scene in the Cotswolds right now.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4d
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 4d
An exterior photo of The White House showing what looks to be a taped-on sign that reads "The Oval Office" in gaudy gold script. The words have been changed to read "Live, Laugh, Love".
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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 4d
The fake news media doesn’t want you to see this. 👇
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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 4d
The exact opposite of ‘trickle down economics’ in fact
moleymole.bsky.social Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 4d
2013 - seems it’s only got worse since that was penned. Here ‘s trying to express it as a diagram:-
Hollow hourglass expressed as a diagram where the flow of money goes upwards to fewer people, with the middle tier squeezed by declining opportunity, stability and tax thresholds.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 5d
The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷
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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 5d
On this day 1605: Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament.
Jimmy Hill
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5d
Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him.

His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr
The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 5d
A brief history of the Tar Barrels at the small town of Ottery St. Mary, Devon where 15,000 to 20,000 people usually turn up to watch this event where only Ottregians can carry the flaming barrels. I went once & it was crazy.👇

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels: 'Not much can prepare you'
Up to 20,000 spectators expected to watch people carrying flaming barrels through the town.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 5d
I LOVE being thrown a scrap of hope occasionally.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 5d
Just thinking of the chaos and screaming and tantrums and high blood pressure going on in the whitehouse right now.
a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on it .
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on it .
media.tenor.com
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Shelter @sheltercharity.bsky.social · 7d
Every 12 minutes, a family in England becomes homeless. And for families stuck in temporary accommodation, life feels like it's on hold.

This winter, Shelter’s advisers are there to answer every urgent call, giving someone to turn to and helping families fight for a safe home.
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Karen Wilson @simplycornwall.bsky.social · 7d
Sea air does wonders 🕸️ 🌊

#Cornwall
A red fishing boat moored in Looe Harbour, Cornwall, at high tide. The sea water is an aqua-blue and in the background lots of pastel coloured houses. A small blue fishing boat on the Looe Estuary, part of Looe Harbour. It’s raining, the sea is aqua-blue/green and little houses line the harbour. Dark blue/grey sky over an aqua-green sea gently lapping a sandy and seaweedy beach with a little glimmer of sunshine hitting the yellowy rocks. This is Looe Beach in SE Cornwall.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 7d
A skeleton Columbo investigating the murder of a werewolf that was trick or treating saying "just one more thing" to a white sheet style ghost that is spattered with blood and has chocolate smeared where it's mouth would be. Title is Columboo
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 7d
My collage for this @us.theguardian.com piece 👇👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 9d
Why’s Trump banging on about bathrooms?
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Karen Wilson @simplycornwall.bsky.social · 9d
All Hallow’s Eve

🎃🪾🕸️🍂🕷️🧹🕯️🦇🪦🍂💀

#halloween 💫
Two orange pumpkins - one with a scary face and the other a silhouette of a ghost - in front of a long burner and various lit candles. There are fairy lights above the log burner.
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