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Robert Bickers @bickers.bsky.social · 5h

I've written about the life and just some of the achievements of my former classmate Andy West aka 魏安, Ando, and BabelStone @babelstone.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Andy West obituary

Other lives: Expert in encoding scripts for languages

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Moyes (Peat free) @nickmoyes.bsky.social · 4d

An unsurprisingly angry post about the ongoing criminality and obfuscation by moorland estates and shooting bodies in #YorkshireDales National Park (@yorkshiredales.org.uk).

It's been denuded of birds of prey by these bastards who shoot grouse for a hobby and kill everything else that moves.

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

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29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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Irene Tsherit @irenetsherit.bsky.social · 2d

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social · 2d

Gairm Phàipearan Co-Labhairt | Call For Conference Papers: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 14−16 July 2026
www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 2d

💜🧡💜 Dutchies abroad, beware of the deadlines for your postal vote! The deadline is not the date you post it, but the date it is received. Vote on time! See this link for more information: https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/voting-abroad/how-to-vote

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 5d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 6d

Flùraichean an fhoghair Albannaich 😉

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Hanna Wheatley @hannawheatley.bsky.social · 8d

Our new report explores Scotland's attempts to attract private finance to meet net zero targets.

We model funding options for peat restoration + find private finance could increase costs for projects by 48%.

We propose a public-led alternative + policy changes to address non-financial barriers.
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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 NEW: We’ve been told for years that private finance will fix Scotland’s nature crisis. Our new research shows why it won’t – and sets out a bold public-led alternative.

Highlights in 🧵
Read full report 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 8d

💰 PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE

⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9

PPE Medpro must repay £122m for breach of contract | Good Law Project

The company Michelle Mone landed on the Tories’ unlawful VIP Lane has 14 days to repay £122m for gowns supplied during the pandemic and never used.

goodlaw.social

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 8d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social · 8d

Air BBC Sounds a-nis: sreath phod-chraolaidhean le 40 prògram bhon t-sreath iomraiteach Facal Oirbh, le pailteas fiosrachaidh mu bhriathrachas 's ghnàthasan-cainnt na Gàidhlig
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Facal Oirbh - Downloads

Podcast downloads for Facal Oirbh

www.bbc.co.uk

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 8d

makes me think of @babelstone.co.uk

Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 8d

Wait what? I don't even have a proper smattering but... bilasáana means 'person'? 🤦‍♂️🤯🍎

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 8d

Crikey, Geonosis Droid Foundries or what?

Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 9d

The new frontier of manufacturing? For those who still think they can 'bring back' manufacturing jobs.
#china #manufacturing #tech
www.texspacetoday.com/china-enters...

China enters new era of ‘Dark Factories’ with no lights, no workers

China is on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution with the emergence of “dark factories,” fully automated facilities that operate without human workers or traditional lighting. Powered…

www.texspacetoday.com

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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 8d

Read more about today's session - and Fraser's evidence - here www.humanism.scot/.../our-ceo-....

Our CEO makes case for ending compulsory worship in schools to Holyrood committee - Humanist Society Scotland

Fraser was giving evidence to the Holyrood equalities, human rights and civil justice committee, as part of the Scottish Parliament’s scrutiny of the religious observance bill. Our CEO Fraser Sutherl...

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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 8d

🚸 Many parents don’t realise that in Scotland, non-denominational does not mean non-religious. Non-denominational just means a school is not formally linked to a specific church.
Here’s our CEO Fraser Sutherland explaining more at today’s Equalities Committee hearing at Holyrood 👇

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 9d

I suppose one religion replacing another IS a big societal realignment, which often comes alongside language change if I remember my sociolinguistics lectures correctly

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 9d

Ah I see. And perhaps recorders bias? Do we know how accurately early writing resembles the actual language? Did they possibly codify something more complex than the average person said?

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 9d

@davidstifter.bsky.social that was a genuine question, eadar dà sgeul 😊

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 10d

What, Christianity made Old Irish more complex?

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Akerbeltz / Mìcheal an Fhaclair / LowRisingTone @akerbeltz.bsky.social · 12d

UK Petition
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #EndFPTPRule

Petition: Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election

Change the voting system to Proportional Representation instead of First Past the Post. We think this would eradicate disillusionment and encourage voter participation as people could start to believe...

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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 12d

This week's #HumanistHero is Kurt Vonnegut. The humanist author gave some excellent advice in his famous 2006 letter to a high school class. “Practice any art…not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming" 🙌

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 13d

Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...

Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Homo Sapiens Are Nearly Twice As Old As We Thought

And our ancestors may have originated outside of Africa.

www.iflscience.com

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Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) @sngaidhlig.bsky.social · 13d

Am bu chaomh leibh tachartas a chur air dòigh ann an 2025? Tha sgeama nan Tabhartasan Beaga a-nis fosgailte. Le taic o Bhòrd na Gàidhlig, gheibhear suas ri £500 gus tachartas a tha a’ comharrachadh na Gàidhlig a chur air dòigh.

seachdainnagaidhlig.scot/seachdain-na...

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