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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 31m

Slightly better bunching!

Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 44m

Currently 5 Spotted Redshank on French’s pool, Lytchett Fields RSPB stood together , so photos today! 23 Redshank, 6 Greenshank, lots of BlackWits, 1 Green Sandpiper. Dodgy phonescope attached (only 4!)
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
#LytchettBay
#DorsetBirds
#ukbirding

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

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Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social · 14h

theonion.com/pulitzer-fee...

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrew Gregory @andrewgregory.com · 4h

The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who created revolutionary porous materials that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide from industrial facilities and remove toxins from water.

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’

Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery

www.theguardian.com

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 5h

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry.

Climate emergency, anyone?

Seems Scot Gov more interested in appeasing the lairds than protecting the environment.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/s...

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry

The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 4h

17-year-old trans girl’s suicide over NHS wait times was preventable, coroner rules

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Clare Hadley @feltwright.bsky.social · 7h

I jumped in & bought myself a cheap pottery wheel which actually doesn't do a bad job!
Playing with mugs & handles....

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 4h

Skin of my teeth!

birdie 🦅 #1238: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩

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birdie

A daily bird species identification game quiz for birders, birdwatchers, bird lovers, and bird enthusiasts. Similar to wordle, birdie is a daily birding ID quiz based on small crops of each bird and s...

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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 5h

Charlie Ahearn's semi-documentary WILD STYLE – an essential look at the subculture of 1980s Hip-Hop – screens tonight at 20:45 as part of #LFF. Only a few tickets remain, so get in there to see this classic on the big screen! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/2kdn7ps9

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 5h

Meanwhile, Reform's Zia Yusuf will be making his fourth appearance in just over a year

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 5h

The Arab Spring really was a key, decisive event in world politics: it demonstrated to corrupt authoritarian regimes that they needed to move decisively to ramp up surveillance and crack down on dissent to prop up their control. And I do not mean “only authoritarians in the Middle East”.

Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossa... • 5h
Saudi Arabia's investment in Twitter boosted its influence while being used at home to silence regime critics. "They're surveillance states. They're police states.
They want to use the latest tech to stay in power and surveil their populations."

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 5h

hughwarwick.substack.com/p/zsl-clariv...

ZSL Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology

some very exciting news!

hughwarwick.substack.com

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Bloomsbury Wildlife @chiffchat.bsky.social · 5h

Many congratulations to @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social - we're absolutely thrilled that he's won the Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology from @zslofficial.bsky.social for his brilliant book Cull of the Wild 🥳🎉

Read all about it on his substack now 👇
hughwarwick.substack.com/p/zsl-clariv...

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 5h

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) @bbs-birds.bsky.social · 9h

(1/) Hi, I’m David, and I help to run the BBS social media channels. This #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek, I am sharing something about myself, rather than the usual BBS posts, in order to raise awareness of my mild learning difficulties.

David White saying that he is Dyslexic and Dyspraxic.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 5h

"It's made of people, our Maurice!"

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 6h

Days after we revealed that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings going back as far as early May in some cases

The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 4d

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user

Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 5h

📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead!

This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.

Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...

Public Services Research Lead

The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Public Services Research Lead to evaluate and shape UK public service decisions about the use of data and AI.

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 5h

✈️ A UK-contracted US spy plane that took off from the RAF base on Cyprus was in the air when Trump announced the Gaza ceasefire deal.

During the last ceasefire, the RAF continued its spy ops for Israel.

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 6h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 8h

I loved recording this episode. We covered so much, from Kemi’s speech to Macron’s fate, the rise of antisemitism to why it’s now “woke” to be happy.

Huge thanks to Olivier Morel and @samfr.bsky.social

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 9h

🆕 Anti-Woke Wake: It the Tory Party dead or just resting? ☠️

💥 Tory Conference debrief
💥 France latest political soap
💥 A deal on Gaza - but antisemitism on the rise

An amazing episode with special guest @samfr.bsky.social.

🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5JQF...

🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Anti-Woke Wake: Is the Tory Party dead or just resting?

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/10/2025 · 1h 13m

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