Piers Meynell
@pmeynell.bsky.social
NHS lab tech, ex student nurse and web dev, vasculitis.
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OPINION: Slavery is alive and thriving, and it’s wrapped inside shiny chocolate bars that promise to be “fair trade,” “child-labor free” and “sustainable.”
🔗 politi.co/4orKvz6
🔗 politi.co/4orKvz6
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
OPINION: Slavery is alive and thriving, and it’s wrapped inside shiny chocolate bars that promise to be “fair trade,” “child-labor free” and “sustainable.”
🔗 politi.co/4orKvz6
🔗 politi.co/4orKvz6
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Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Ms. Crested Caracara feeding her trio of mini dinosaurs 🪶
Ms. Crested Caracara feeding her trio of mini dinosaurs 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Ms. Crested Caracara feeding her trio of mini dinosaurs 🪶
Ms. Crested Caracara feeding her trio of mini dinosaurs 🪶
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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Thank you to the #HoughtonProject and #BrechfaSied for building pine marten feeder boxes for #MartensOnTheMove. These are designed for pine martens and help exclude other wildlife. They are baited with food such as peanuts or sardines and are used as a monitoring tool. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thank you to the #HoughtonProject and #BrechfaSied for building pine marten feeder boxes for #MartensOnTheMove. These are designed for pine martens and help exclude other wildlife. They are baited with food such as peanuts or sardines and are used as a monitoring tool. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
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We’re Hiring! Could you help VWT support an amazing team of volunteers and engage with community groups in Britain and Ireland — and help us make a difference for mammal conservation? For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We’re Hiring! Could you help VWT support an amazing team of volunteers and engage with community groups in Britain and Ireland — and help us make a difference for mammal conservation? For more information and to apply, please visit www.vwt.org.uk/vacancies
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It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
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Still lots of daylight visits, quite unusual! I'm watching him just now...
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Still lots of daylight visits, quite unusual! I'm watching him just now...
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A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
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The 3rd chapter of A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" is titled
"In which Pooh & Piglet Go Hunting & Nearly Catch a Woozle."
The characters find footprints in the snow, deduce the presence of a 'Woozle,' which they track.
But they're tracking their own footprints.
Let's talk about 'WOOZLE EFFECT'.
"In which Pooh & Piglet Go Hunting & Nearly Catch a Woozle."
The characters find footprints in the snow, deduce the presence of a 'Woozle,' which they track.
But they're tracking their own footprints.
Let's talk about 'WOOZLE EFFECT'.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The 3rd chapter of A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" is titled
"In which Pooh & Piglet Go Hunting & Nearly Catch a Woozle."
The characters find footprints in the snow, deduce the presence of a 'Woozle,' which they track.
But they're tracking their own footprints.
Let's talk about 'WOOZLE EFFECT'.
"In which Pooh & Piglet Go Hunting & Nearly Catch a Woozle."
The characters find footprints in the snow, deduce the presence of a 'Woozle,' which they track.
But they're tracking their own footprints.
Let's talk about 'WOOZLE EFFECT'.
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Camera traps in the polar desert: admire this powerful American ermine in one of our custom photoboxes for lemmings and ermines (thanks @dfauteux.bsky.social for the design and advice). From our biodiversity monitoring site at CFS Alert, Nunavut. 🧪🌿🦊🌎 #wildlife #Arctic #North #uqar
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Camera traps in the polar desert: admire this powerful American ermine in one of our custom photoboxes for lemmings and ermines (thanks @dfauteux.bsky.social for the design and advice). From our biodiversity monitoring site at CFS Alert, Nunavut. 🧪🌿🦊🌎 #wildlife #Arctic #North #uqar
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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We have painful past experience of their ‘consider’ nonsense. On Brexit in particular. But Russian influence in our politics. Come the fuck on. How can exposing that be a bad thing?
a man in a green and blue jacket stands next to another man
Alt: a man in a green and blue jacket does cursory security checks on men walking into a football match
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We have painful past experience of their ‘consider’ nonsense. On Brexit in particular. But Russian influence in our politics. Come the fuck on. How can exposing that be a bad thing?
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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People donate money to our politicians because they think it’s a good investment. Either for their business interests or to further their idea of what the country should be like.
Those are not things you should be able to buy in a democracy.
Those are not things you should be able to buy in a democracy.
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
People donate money to our politicians because they think it’s a good investment. Either for their business interests or to further their idea of what the country should be like.
Those are not things you should be able to buy in a democracy.
Those are not things you should be able to buy in a democracy.
What happened to Grammarly? I dont want an intrusive ChatGTP wannabe that can humanise "my" work, make up references etc. I just want the old Grammarly that would check spelling, grammar, style and conveniently suggest improvements on the fly. Time to find an alternative.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What happened to Grammarly? I dont want an intrusive ChatGTP wannabe that can humanise "my" work, make up references etc. I just want the old Grammarly that would check spelling, grammar, style and conveniently suggest improvements on the fly. Time to find an alternative.
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🧵/ Today a damning parliamentary report on the state of palliative care services in England was published.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🧵/ Today a damning parliamentary report on the state of palliative care services in England was published.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
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I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
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#NationalTreeWeek VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove works with landowners, communities+vols to install 150 den boxes in 6 Monitoring Hubs as safe places for pine martens to rest, overwinter+raise young. The boxes are monitored to see how populations are recovering in these areas. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#NationalTreeWeek VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove works with landowners, communities+vols to install 150 den boxes in 6 Monitoring Hubs as safe places for pine martens to rest, overwinter+raise young. The boxes are monitored to see how populations are recovering in these areas. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
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The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
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We recently sent out our November newsletter. Read about a new deer ID guide, the latest platform developments, a tempting offer for training, news of a new competition, and more!
If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here:
tinyurl.com/MWNOV25
#cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals
If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here:
tinyurl.com/MWNOV25
#cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We recently sent out our November newsletter. Read about a new deer ID guide, the latest platform developments, a tempting offer for training, news of a new competition, and more!
If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here:
tinyurl.com/MWNOV25
#cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals
If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here:
tinyurl.com/MWNOV25
#cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
@badgertrust.bsky.social I've set up three camera traps for #Brockwatch. Unfortunately sheep have taken a liking to a post one of cameras is mounted on, rubbing against and generally hanging about it. Is it ok to relocate a camera to a new site or should I continue to use it throughout the study?
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@badgertrust.bsky.social I've set up three camera traps for #Brockwatch. Unfortunately sheep have taken a liking to a post one of cameras is mounted on, rubbing against and generally hanging about it. Is it ok to relocate a camera to a new site or should I continue to use it throughout the study?
Quick look at the #Brockwatch trap footage prior to uploading it and got a welcome surprise: we do have badgers. The camera caught a badger moving from a dry field to investigate a more boggy one. Not the best, might have to trim some of the foliage which the camera seems to be focusing upon.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Quick look at the #Brockwatch trap footage prior to uploading it and got a welcome surprise: we do have badgers. The camera caught a badger moving from a dry field to investigate a more boggy one. Not the best, might have to trim some of the foliage which the camera seems to be focusing upon.