Ian Butler
@iangbutler.bsky.social
Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for RNLI https://t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.
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![[Scene is a MEDIEVAL PLAGUE PIT with all the bodies inside it. On the edge of it is a young peasant woman, in a sack cloth dress, covered in boils. She is lounging glamorously next to the pit. Her boyfriend is standing a few feet away, photographing her with an anachronistic mobile phone]
GIRL:
OK so I'll sit here...
With my hair like this…
Rubbing my cyst with the corpse's hand.
[She produces a whithered severed hand and starts rubbing it on her face.]
[We are treated to a revolting close up of her rubbing the severed hand on her disgusting massive cyst.]
[Her boyfriend takes a photo of her.]
SNAP
GIRL:
OK, now write this:
"Hanging out at the burial pit, rubbing my sebaceous cyst with a severed corpse hand from
#BurtsGraverobbers…”
And then: #selfcare, #metime, #BurtsGraverobbers…
... nails emoji, heart emoji, cyst emoji.
BOYFRIEND:
Um...
Should we really be promoting this?
I mean… does rubbing a corpse's hand on a cyst actually work?
GIRL:
Look, Burt's done research, OK?
And he's paying us four groats.
BOYFRIEND:
Hmm.
[Boyfriend dutifully taps out the post on his phone]
TAP TAP TAP
BOYFRIEND:
Cyst emoji?
GIRL:
Just use a fried egg.
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ZELENSKY SPOKE TO SWEDENS PARLIAMENT
His speech was largely about principles, the principles of democracy, the principles of defining the right of nations not to be invaded and their people harmed.
Putin he said wants to break the principle of territorial integrity and if that happens there will be
His speech was largely about principles, the principles of democracy, the principles of defining the right of nations not to be invaded and their people harmed.
Putin he said wants to break the principle of territorial integrity and if that happens there will be
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ZELENSKY SPOKE TO SWEDENS PARLIAMENT
His speech was largely about principles, the principles of democracy, the principles of defining the right of nations not to be invaded and their people harmed.
Putin he said wants to break the principle of territorial integrity and if that happens there will be
His speech was largely about principles, the principles of democracy, the principles of defining the right of nations not to be invaded and their people harmed.
Putin he said wants to break the principle of territorial integrity and if that happens there will be
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
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A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
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RUSSIA SELLING ITS GOLD RESERVES TO RAISE MONEY
It once stood at 405.7 tons and it’s now down to 173.1 tons. The national reserves are on a record decline.
The speed of the sell off is increasing rapidly as the need for cash becomes increasingly desperate. It’s a finite resource though. Doom awaits
It once stood at 405.7 tons and it’s now down to 173.1 tons. The national reserves are on a record decline.
The speed of the sell off is increasing rapidly as the need for cash becomes increasingly desperate. It’s a finite resource though. Doom awaits
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
RUSSIA SELLING ITS GOLD RESERVES TO RAISE MONEY
It once stood at 405.7 tons and it’s now down to 173.1 tons. The national reserves are on a record decline.
The speed of the sell off is increasing rapidly as the need for cash becomes increasingly desperate. It’s a finite resource though. Doom awaits
It once stood at 405.7 tons and it’s now down to 173.1 tons. The national reserves are on a record decline.
The speed of the sell off is increasing rapidly as the need for cash becomes increasingly desperate. It’s a finite resource though. Doom awaits
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Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
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Amazing news this morning! 40,000 Young people believe in making hope normal again!
Join them
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join them
join.greenparty.org.uk
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Amazing news this morning! 40,000 Young people believe in making hope normal again!
Join them
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join them
join.greenparty.org.uk
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
1
CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
6
EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
7
CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
8
[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
9
[Customer looks inside the cup]
10
[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
11
CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
12
EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Finally a leader of a political party speaking with the passion and anger this disgusting act by Labour of attacking the most vulnerable deserves.
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for speaking on behalf of so many who before didn't have a voice 💚🙌
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for speaking on behalf of so many who before didn't have a voice 💚🙌
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Finally a leader of a political party speaking with the passion and anger this disgusting act by Labour of attacking the most vulnerable deserves.
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for speaking on behalf of so many who before didn't have a voice 💚🙌
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for speaking on behalf of so many who before didn't have a voice 💚🙌
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#BREAKING | Israeli settler terrorists, under full protection of the Israeli army, are now burning down the village of Si'ir in Hebron in the occupied West Bank — setting fire to several homes and cars, and beating women with clubs, injuring many of them.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#BREAKING | Israeli settler terrorists, under full protection of the Israeli army, are now burning down the village of Si'ir in Hebron in the occupied West Bank — setting fire to several homes and cars, and beating women with clubs, injuring many of them.
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Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The more layers we peel away the more we see that most of our problems have the same root cause.
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The more layers we peel away the more we see that most of our problems have the same root cause.
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Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
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Sad but true
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Sad but true
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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On sands heavy with sorrow, the children of Gaza create joy out of nothing, and from their tents by the sea, life is born.
(Eye on Palestine)
(Eye on Palestine)
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On sands heavy with sorrow, the children of Gaza create joy out of nothing, and from their tents by the sea, life is born.
(Eye on Palestine)
(Eye on Palestine)
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A pollution incident has killed several thousand fish in Kent.
About 3.7 miles of a stream known as Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum,near Canterbury,have been affected,EA said specialist officers were at the scene working to establish the source of the pollution. www.bbc.com/news/article...
About 3.7 miles of a stream known as Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum,near Canterbury,have been affected,EA said specialist officers were at the scene working to establish the source of the pollution. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Swans and several thousand fish die amid Kent pollution incident
The affected area is Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum, near Canterbury, say officials.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A pollution incident has killed several thousand fish in Kent.
About 3.7 miles of a stream known as Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum,near Canterbury,have been affected,EA said specialist officers were at the scene working to establish the source of the pollution. www.bbc.com/news/article...
About 3.7 miles of a stream known as Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum,near Canterbury,have been affected,EA said specialist officers were at the scene working to establish the source of the pollution. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.