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carol williams
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Lives in Scotland ,loves the outdoor life, tries to be kind.
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rspb.bsky.social
Absolutely shocking.

We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.

We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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fascinatorfun.bsky.social
Does anyone on here make their own granola?

I used to make a lovely nutty one with dried cherries & stem ginger but can no longer find the recipe!

Any good, nutty recipes out there?
May 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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tanjabueltmann.net
My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration
Slightly amended so I can fit this here: I am writing to you as an immigrant who chose to make the UK my home. As someone who is now also a British citizen. And as a German-born historian who understands where the complete normalisation of the far right can end. I write to say: For shame! I first came to the UK in the 1990s for a visit with my grandmother. Objectively, much was backwards here. No mixer taps in the bathroom; awful ‘bread’; and strings had to be pulled to switch on lights. But however I felt about this, my own string had been pulled: I loved this Cool Britannia. It was quite possibly then that I decided that the UK was to be my home. When I arrived to settle here permanently, I made a choice: to contribute my skills, my knowledge—all I have to offer—to this country rather than another one. I am deeply disgusted by your comment today that immigration has done ‘incalculable damage’ to the country. This is the language of the far right. It is insulting, hateful & will fuel xenophobia. And it is just wrong. Migration is a normal part of the human existence. None of us would be where we are without it. Open your fridge and you will see migration. Immigrants help make the UK tick every single day, whether we clean toilets in our hospitals or provide care for the elderly; whether we empty our bins or carry out cancer research. We are mothers, sons-in-law, aunts and uncles, friends, neighbours and colleagues. I ask you not tell me that you do not mean me. I know that you do not—at least not primarily—mean a white woman from Europe who has a PhD. But who do you mean? And, much more importantly, who do you think those racists who were engaged in riots on our streets last summer think you mean? Anti-immigration narratives have defined UK policymaking for the best part of two decades. And fundamentally so. They were the key driver in delivering Brexit, for example, and, as such, have directly limited the rights and opportunities of British citizens. This obsessive focus on immigration as the ‘problem’—that is the real problem. And it is consistently delivering poor outcomes for the UK. Instead of tackling this, you are choosing to consolidate it, sowing divisions along the way. You may point me to polling and tell me that this is what voters want. Do they? I am not surprised at all that over 50% of voters might say they want to see immigration reduced if that is the question they are being asked. What we need to know is what they would answer to the question: “Would you like to see immigration reduced? What this would mean for you and your local community is XYZ.” That is not how surveys can ask questions, but governments absolutely can choose to make policy using such a more informed position. Prime Minister, you continue to talk a lot about making the tough choices. But let’s be clear: setting immigrants up as the ‘other’, as a scapegoat—describing us as a threat ‘pulling the country apart’, a ‘squalid chapter’, a risk that might make the UK an ‘island of strangers’—these are not tough choices at all. These are the easy choices. They are the choices that populists make who have no solutions to the real problems a country faces. What I would like to know, Prime Minister, is what you will do when your policies lead to the implosion of the UK’s Higher Education sector. What you will tell communities when they can no longer provide any care for the elderly. The policies you announced today will not solve anything at all. They will have exclusively negative impacts. For those immediately affected; for our communities; and for our economy. Being pro-immigration—it is progressive, yes, but the much more crucial point is that it is also the most pro-UK policy approach that any politician in the country can pursue. And you are choosing to do the opposite. This, Prime Minister, is the real damage—and it will be very calculable indeed. Tanja Bueltmann
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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skyebalou.bsky.social
Is this getting boring?
Never for me.
May 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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susiedentwords.bsky.social
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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kityates.bsky.social
"Why did the UK leave it so late?
Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision."

My latest substack.

open.substack.com/pu...
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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christownsend.bsky.social
Just back from an overnight in the Cairngorms in lovely winter conditions. #cairngorms
An orange sky at dusk over a mountain with sunlight catching the right-hand slopes Pink clouds at dawn over snow-covered mountains Orange sky at dawn over a mountain ridge Distant mountains rising over dark hazy slopes under a cloud streaked sky with snow in the foreground
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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aiannucci.bsky.social
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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johnnicolson.bsky.social
Thinking of the people of #Dunblane today - especially the children, parents, and teachers.

March 13th 1996. Never forgotten. 💔
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
The attacks on universities are speeding up, not slowing down

The university sector *must* band together and stop acquiescing in advance (looking at you Columbia)

bsky.app/profile/wsj....
March 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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hughharrop.bsky.social
ORCAS....!!!

The icing on the cake of what has been an incredible week. This afternoon we followed the '64s' #Orcas from land for a couple of hours as they hunted in Bressay Sound, Shetland. Amazing views with belly rolls, spy hops and tail lobs. 🖤🤍

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK
February 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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astroroyalscot.bsky.social
If you've got clear skies, it's a #DoLookUp moment. Crescent moon, #Saturn and #Venus all in a lovely line to the West!
#astrophotography 🧪🔭
A rooftop view with bright Venus up above, and a crescent moon below. If you zoom in you can see Saturn in the middle.
January 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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ryanpastorino.bsky.social
Here’s 56 seconds of a mom and baby humpback whale.
January 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Here’s a delightful rabbit hole in a blue sky to fill your morning with interesting facts!
hankgreen.bsky.social Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Dec 28
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.

Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.

Any others you know?
December 29, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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alisonleary1.bsky.social
My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
“Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience
What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark differ...
www.bmj.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
You've probaly seen various headlines this year about bird flu and the potential for a new pandemic.

So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.

open.substack.com/pub/christin...
How close is a new bird flu (H5N1) pandemic?
Probably not around the corner but getting uncomfortably closer.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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ramblersscotland.bsky.social
🗺️ We're chuffed that the Improvement Service is now hosting our Scottish Paths Map, created with help from >400 Ramblers volunteers & many excellent partner organisations.

👇🏼Use the interactive map to plan great days out & find 'hidden trails' across Scotland! www.ramblers.org.uk/scottishpathsmap
Scottish Paths Map
You can find paths across Scotland using our Scottish Paths Map, the best-ever map of the nation’s trails.
www.ramblers.org.uk
December 3, 2024 at 10:51 AM