Graham Birkett
@glanville.bsky.social
Love the natural world, particularly butterflies and moths, and classical music. Lives in Nottingham.
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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President Trump has announced tariffs for any country doing business with Iran
Iran protests latest: Tehran says situation ‘under control’ as 500 confirmed dead
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January 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
President Trump has announced tariffs for any country doing business with Iran
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‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
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‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
Earlier we spoke to Bruce Daisley, former Twitter Europe executive before it became Elon Musk's X and has been critical of the billionaire, and from North London Baroness Kidron, who campaigns for dig...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
‘We should do a suspension of X’s service’ in UK, says Baroness Kidron
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From Scandi-noir to murder mysteries, our expert critic picks the very best of thrillers to get you through January.
4 thrillers to read this January — from a Scandi chiller to a twisty whodunnit
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January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
From Scandi-noir to murder mysteries, our expert critic picks the very best of thrillers to get you through January.
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As he eyes the semi-autonomous Danish country in the interests of national security, the White House is considering paying off residents
Trump could offer Greenlanders up to $100,000 each to join the US
As he eyes the semi-autonomous Danish country in the interests of national security, the White House is considering paying off residents
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January 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
As he eyes the semi-autonomous Danish country in the interests of national security, the White House is considering paying off residents
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Take care tonight
Dropping temperatures
Showers, some wintry
Thawing lying snow
Freezing fog
Ice likely
Dropping temperatures
Showers, some wintry
Thawing lying snow
Freezing fog
Ice likely
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Take care tonight
Dropping temperatures
Showers, some wintry
Thawing lying snow
Freezing fog
Ice likely
Dropping temperatures
Showers, some wintry
Thawing lying snow
Freezing fog
Ice likely
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Lincolnshire Police are asking for help: who might own a pack of foxhounds misusing a level crossing, causing a passenger train to emergency brake and killing two dogs. Someone on horseback may be a witness, apparently. It's a mystery!
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Saxilby - Misuse of a level crossing
We are appealing for information after one, maybe two dogs died
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January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Lincolnshire Police are asking for help: who might own a pack of foxhounds misusing a level crossing, causing a passenger train to emergency brake and killing two dogs. Someone on horseback may be a witness, apparently. It's a mystery!
@protectthewild.bsky.social
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@protectthewild.bsky.social
www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincoln...
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A Wakayama amusement park has tried to recover from its loss of four star attractions by putting staff in disguise
China confiscates Japan’s pandas — so zookeepers dress up instead
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January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A Wakayama amusement park has tried to recover from its loss of four star attractions by putting staff in disguise
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🔺NEW: Trump latest: US wants to acquire Greenland before end of his term
Trump latest: US wants to acquire Greenland before end of his term
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January 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
🔺NEW: Trump latest: US wants to acquire Greenland before end of his term
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Israel plans to revoke the licences of dozens of international charities working in Gaza and the West Bank. Foreign ministers have condemned the move as “unacceptable”.
📩 Read our final InDepth newsletter of 2025, from Channel 4 News Presenter @cathynewman.bsky.social:
📩 Read our final InDepth newsletter of 2025, from Channel 4 News Presenter @cathynewman.bsky.social:
Why Israel’s Gaza aid groups ban could be ‘catastrophic' despite '1%' claim
Israel plans to revoke the licences of dozens of international charities working in Gaza and the West Bank. Foreign ministers have condemned the move as “unacceptable”. Cathy Newman reports.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Israel plans to revoke the licences of dozens of international charities working in Gaza and the West Bank. Foreign ministers have condemned the move as “unacceptable”.
📩 Read our final InDepth newsletter of 2025, from Channel 4 News Presenter @cathynewman.bsky.social:
📩 Read our final InDepth newsletter of 2025, from Channel 4 News Presenter @cathynewman.bsky.social:
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Harsh weather causing more devastation in Gaza’s tent cities
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Harsh weather causing more devastation in Gaza’s tent cities
President Trump has claimed phase two of the Gaza ceasefire deal will happen "very quickly" after those talks with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Harsh weather causing more devastation in Gaza’s tent cities
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'From the fiasco over inheritance tax on farms to blaming housing delays on bats, the government has got it all wrong' | ✍️ William Hague
In rural Britain, Labour’s dug its own grave
From the fiasco over inheritance tax on farms to blaming housing delays on bats, the government has got it all wrong
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December 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
'From the fiasco over inheritance tax on farms to blaming housing delays on bats, the government has got it all wrong' | ✍️ William Hague
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The reality is these dogs can be rehomed. Hunts shouldn’t still be breeding them.
December 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The reality is these dogs can be rehomed. Hunts shouldn’t still be breeding them.
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Arctic air will move down over the UK come the end of the week, with an increasing risk of snow in places ❄️
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Arctic air will move down over the UK come the end of the week, with an increasing risk of snow in places ❄️
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I can't get over those cartoon eyes.
Those delicate, translucent 'leaves' (cerata, as I've learned). Those supernatural, otherworldly vibes. That Pixar-cum-Ghibli creature appearance...
And eyes drawn by Gary Larson.
I can't.
Those delicate, translucent 'leaves' (cerata, as I've learned). Those supernatural, otherworldly vibes. That Pixar-cum-Ghibli creature appearance...
And eyes drawn by Gary Larson.
I can't.
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I can't get over those cartoon eyes.
Those delicate, translucent 'leaves' (cerata, as I've learned). Those supernatural, otherworldly vibes. That Pixar-cum-Ghibli creature appearance...
And eyes drawn by Gary Larson.
I can't.
Those delicate, translucent 'leaves' (cerata, as I've learned). Those supernatural, otherworldly vibes. That Pixar-cum-Ghibli creature appearance...
And eyes drawn by Gary Larson.
I can't.
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Yikes, a Boxing Day Speckled Wood in Boscombe. The 2025 season will certainly break some records with flight periods! www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/12/spec...
Speckled Wood, Boscombe
Paul sent in this photo saying: I was rather surprised to see this fresh-looking Speckled Wood flying around near Boscombe Pier on Christmas Day, 25/12/2025. Yet more evidence of global heating I s…
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December 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Yikes, a Boxing Day Speckled Wood in Boscombe. The 2025 season will certainly break some records with flight periods! www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2025/12/spec...
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UNBELIEVABLE
36.2 Sao Paulo Observatory. December record broken again.
3 records broken in 2 days in the city ,2 of which in one of the oldest observatories of South America.
South America is living an extraordinary heat,with records broken in Colombia,Guyanas,Ecuador and Brazil since day #1.
36.2 Sao Paulo Observatory. December record broken again.
3 records broken in 2 days in the city ,2 of which in one of the oldest observatories of South America.
South America is living an extraordinary heat,with records broken in Colombia,Guyanas,Ecuador and Brazil since day #1.
Record heat in Sao Paulo
Exceptional warm night in the Airport station of the Brazilian metropolis with a Minimum Temperature of 25.4C,the highest ever recorded in December.
Record heat in South America will continue and get worse next days.
Expect several more records.
Exceptional warm night in the Airport station of the Brazilian metropolis with a Minimum Temperature of 25.4C,the highest ever recorded in December.
Record heat in South America will continue and get worse next days.
Expect several more records.
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
UNBELIEVABLE
36.2 Sao Paulo Observatory. December record broken again.
3 records broken in 2 days in the city ,2 of which in one of the oldest observatories of South America.
South America is living an extraordinary heat,with records broken in Colombia,Guyanas,Ecuador and Brazil since day #1.
36.2 Sao Paulo Observatory. December record broken again.
3 records broken in 2 days in the city ,2 of which in one of the oldest observatories of South America.
South America is living an extraordinary heat,with records broken in Colombia,Guyanas,Ecuador and Brazil since day #1.
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Exceptional warm Xmas night with widespread Minimums into the 60s in Central States like OKlahoma (up to 63F) and Missouri, more typical of September.
In Texas Minimums up to 70F.
And in Mexico up to 80F (26.7C) in Chiapas
Let's wait for the maxes and several records coming.
In Texas Minimums up to 70F.
And in Mexico up to 80F (26.7C) in Chiapas
Let's wait for the maxes and several records coming.
‼️EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
HUNDREDS Of Monthly records smashed allover Central USA with insane margins locally >5F.
Together with 1936 summer and March 1907 events, it's the most extreme event in US climatic history.
Summer conditions with 84F in Colorado !
Climatic history rewritten
Updates coming
HUNDREDS Of Monthly records smashed allover Central USA with insane margins locally >5F.
Together with 1936 summer and March 1907 events, it's the most extreme event in US climatic history.
Summer conditions with 84F in Colorado !
Climatic history rewritten
Updates coming
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Exceptional warm Xmas night with widespread Minimums into the 60s in Central States like OKlahoma (up to 63F) and Missouri, more typical of September.
In Texas Minimums up to 70F.
And in Mexico up to 80F (26.7C) in Chiapas
Let's wait for the maxes and several records coming.
In Texas Minimums up to 70F.
And in Mexico up to 80F (26.7C) in Chiapas
Let's wait for the maxes and several records coming.
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Foxes aren’t the only animals harmed by hunts. Credit to the BSV locals for capturing this footage.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Foxes aren’t the only animals harmed by hunts. Credit to the BSV locals for capturing this footage.
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Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Lovely water shrew. Britain’s only venomous mammal. Having fun in the rain.
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HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN EAST ASIA
Never happened anything like this ,this time of the year
31C in CHINA
22.5C Sogwipo SOUTH KOREA- Record December heat
Minimums up to 18C in Korean Peninsula
In NORTH KOREA Records December warmest night pulverized everywhere
Never happened anything like this ,this time of the year
31C in CHINA
22.5C Sogwipo SOUTH KOREA- Record December heat
Minimums up to 18C in Korean Peninsula
In NORTH KOREA Records December warmest night pulverized everywhere
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN EAST ASIA
Never happened anything like this ,this time of the year
31C in CHINA
22.5C Sogwipo SOUTH KOREA- Record December heat
Minimums up to 18C in Korean Peninsula
In NORTH KOREA Records December warmest night pulverized everywhere
Never happened anything like this ,this time of the year
31C in CHINA
22.5C Sogwipo SOUTH KOREA- Record December heat
Minimums up to 18C in Korean Peninsula
In NORTH KOREA Records December warmest night pulverized everywhere
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As we edge closer towards Christmas the weather pattern is set to change.
High pressure building over Scandinavia will start to influence the UK, drawing in colder air from the east.
Strengthening winds in the south will enhance the cold feel here by Christmas Day 🎄
High pressure building over Scandinavia will start to influence the UK, drawing in colder air from the east.
Strengthening winds in the south will enhance the cold feel here by Christmas Day 🎄
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As we edge closer towards Christmas the weather pattern is set to change.
High pressure building over Scandinavia will start to influence the UK, drawing in colder air from the east.
Strengthening winds in the south will enhance the cold feel here by Christmas Day 🎄
High pressure building over Scandinavia will start to influence the UK, drawing in colder air from the east.
Strengthening winds in the south will enhance the cold feel here by Christmas Day 🎄
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Hundred Acre Wood has captivated imaginations since appearing in a newspaper on Christmas Eve 1925. Today we reprint the first tale and Johanna Thomas-Corr pays tribute ⬇️
On Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th birthday, read the very first story
Hundred Acre Wood has captivated imaginations since appearing in a newspaper on Christmas Eve 1925. Today we reprint the first tale and Johanna Thomas-Corr pays tribute
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December 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hundred Acre Wood has captivated imaginations since appearing in a newspaper on Christmas Eve 1925. Today we reprint the first tale and Johanna Thomas-Corr pays tribute ⬇️
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Among the places with Highest positive temperature anomalies this month we have GREENLAND
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Among the places with Highest positive temperature anomalies this month we have GREENLAND
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy