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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14h

Nice work Jim Watson, nice work.

A photo from yesterday’s Trunp Cabinet meeting. Taken from a low position the decorations on the wall behind the orange felon make him look like he has devil’s horns.

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victoria1921.bsky.social @victoria1921.bsky.social · 14h

In December 2024, after 8 attempts, Farage finally became an MP. But with just 5 months service, and mainly to 🇺🇸 🇷🇺, it was his 38th appearance on BBCQT Perhaps there's a connection 🤔

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time

The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 14h

'Not a career politician'
'He's genuine'
#Farage #snakes

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 14h

Oh

(as @mrjamesob.bsky.social would say)

Nathan Gill on Russia Today discussing Nigel Farage's resignation

YouTube video by UKIP Wales

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 14h

'More than 800 Roman coins found in a shipwreck in the Rhône River from 1,800 years ago'

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/m...

#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

More than 800 Roman coins found in a shipwreck in the Rhône River from 1,800 years ago

The murky and treacherous waters of the Rhône as it passes through the Trinquetaille district have kept a secret for almost two millennia, a secret that the archaeological mission of the Musée…

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent op Ed about the issues with single vaccines published in response to Trumps Statement about single shots for Measles, mumps and rubella as well as CDC call for single vaccine manufacturer 🧵🧪#HealthPolicy

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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samdallas.bsky.social @samdallas.bsky.social · Apr 30

Also by Carl in pale blue dot

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

It was excellent, thank you.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 1d

Old Winchester Hill, looking east towards Butser Hill and the Meon Valley. The Bronze Age barrows stand out beautifully in the foreground — the colours of the surrounding fields were stunning today. 🌾🍂 #SouthDowns #Hampshire #LandscapePhotography

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

This is really shocking.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Marvellous.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Strength and honour 💪 Wine is the answer.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Why doesn't #NigelFarage go and live in America? He seems to spend most of his time there, hobnobbing with Trump, Bannon & their neo-fascist cronies, moaning about the UK & praising the US regime's actions. Perfect for him.
Britain would be so much better off without him.
#Reform #racism #FarRight

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Man who hates everything else about Britain hates our schools too.

Hardly news.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Well she's a reasonably intelligent mother of three, and it doesn't take a pile of academic studies to see that she's right. It's good from someone that high-profile because it gets noticed, & might make the average parent think more carefully about their own phone use & that of their kids.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Felt like time travel, sitting in one of those stone window seats looking out at the quiet unchanged landscape with the silvery river slipping by.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

#AdoorableThursday & a late #windowsonWednesday #medieval
Stokesay Castle, Shropshire
My 📷 Dec 2023

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

A Saxon doorway from the south side of the tower of All Saints’ Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Using recycled Roman tiles, the doorway was originally internal and led to a now demolished cell. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Brixworth #Northamptonshire

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Dig at Attingham Park near Shrewsbury unearths evidence of Roman habitation and an Iron Age roundhouse 🏺
#Roman #Shropshire #NationalTrust
#archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park - BBC News

People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

July 24, 2024

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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On display at British Museum

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A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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