Rich Pitts
@richpitts.bsky.social
Research Fellowships - University of Reading, School of Agriculture - Bees
(Honorary) Fellow - University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Electronics - AI
Community at https://transitionmarlborough.org.uk/
Ex of https://www.oracle.com/research/
(Honorary) Fellow - University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Electronics - AI
Community at https://transitionmarlborough.org.uk/
Ex of https://www.oracle.com/research/
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Rich Pitts
@richpitts.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Please support if you can the-battle-of-britain-85-challenge.raiselysite.com/richard-pitt... thank you ....
Marlborough, 🇬🇧 sundown 30-Dec-2025 all is peace
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Marlborough, 🇬🇧 sundown 30-Dec-2025 all is peace
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🌱 "When the soil disappears, the soul disappears." —Terrence McKenna
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌱 "When the soil disappears, the soul disappears." —Terrence McKenna
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Terribly sad news. RIP
This is devastating news.
It's really clear how much Bolton meant to Vicki and how much she meant to Bolton.
Huge condolences to Vicki's family and friends.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2572137...
It's really clear how much Bolton meant to Vicki and how much she meant to Bolton.
Huge condolences to Vicki's family and friends.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2572137...
Woman tragically killed in crash was 'a fighter for social justice'
One of the two women to have been killed in a tragic crash this week has been hailed as a “fighter for social justice”
www.theboltonnews.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Terribly sad news. RIP
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Little appeal for help: anyone have Goodreads "librarian" status and able to separate out my books from those by another Natalie Bennett author, who writes _very_ different books?
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Little appeal for help: anyone have Goodreads "librarian" status and able to separate out my books from those by another Natalie Bennett author, who writes _very_ different books?
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,455,311,829 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
Wasted Wind
Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.
wastedwind.energy
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,455,311,829 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
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And five key actions for policy makers:
🏦 Stabilise and clarify government agroforestry subsidies
🗣️ Consolidate farm advisory systems
👨🌾 Create schemes to support farmer-to-farmer mentoring
🚜 Fund on-farm living labs
👩🔬 Fund long-term, transdisciplinary research
uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...
🏦 Stabilise and clarify government agroforestry subsidies
🗣️ Consolidate farm advisory systems
👨🌾 Create schemes to support farmer-to-farmer mentoring
🚜 Fund on-farm living labs
👩🔬 Fund long-term, transdisciplinary research
uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...
uktreescapes.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And five key actions for policy makers:
🏦 Stabilise and clarify government agroforestry subsidies
🗣️ Consolidate farm advisory systems
👨🌾 Create schemes to support farmer-to-farmer mentoring
🚜 Fund on-farm living labs
👩🔬 Fund long-term, transdisciplinary research
uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...
🏦 Stabilise and clarify government agroforestry subsidies
🗣️ Consolidate farm advisory systems
👨🌾 Create schemes to support farmer-to-farmer mentoring
🚜 Fund on-farm living labs
👩🔬 Fund long-term, transdisciplinary research
uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...
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If you're interested in this type of thing, we have a great PhD opportunity open at the moment to join the team!
Happy to answer any questions and put you in touch with existing students to learn more about doing a PhD @uniofreading.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
Happy to answer any questions and put you in touch with existing students to learn more about doing a PhD @uniofreading.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you're interested in this type of thing, we have a great PhD opportunity open at the moment to join the team!
Happy to answer any questions and put you in touch with existing students to learn more about doing a PhD @uniofreading.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
Happy to answer any questions and put you in touch with existing students to learn more about doing a PhD @uniofreading.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
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We should not rest until the last food bank closes due to a lack of demand
Sophy Ridge to someone from Trussell: "Can I just ask, demand for food banks is going up and this is often seen as a negative thing basically, that it shows that more people are in need turning to food banks. Could you flip that and say its a good thing..."
er, no.
er, no.
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We should not rest until the last food bank closes due to a lack of demand
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Teesworks - so many concerns for so long!
"More than £500mn in lending without loan agreements in place. Two big TVCA debtors are now struggling to repay and authority intends to borrow more from the government as a result"
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
"More than £500mn in lending without loan agreements in place. Two big TVCA debtors are now struggling to repay and authority intends to borrow more from the government as a result"
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Teesworks - so many concerns for so long!
"More than £500mn in lending without loan agreements in place. Two big TVCA debtors are now struggling to repay and authority intends to borrow more from the government as a result"
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
"More than £500mn in lending without loan agreements in place. Two big TVCA debtors are now struggling to repay and authority intends to borrow more from the government as a result"
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
Interesting .... 🧪🫠 theconversation.com/can-you-wear...
Can you wear the same pair of socks more than once?
One study found socks contained the highest microbial count of any other once-worn clothing item.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Interesting .... 🧪🫠 theconversation.com/can-you-wear...
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One more way in which the neoliberal university model is failing us
Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One more way in which the neoliberal university model is failing us
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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#ClimateEmergency
"We are anticipating that things are only going to get worse from here on."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
"We are anticipating that things are only going to get worse from here on."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
'Truly severe' floods overwhelm Southeast Asia
Authorities across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia worked on Thursday to reach residents trapped in floods that have killed dozens of people across the region in recent days.
phys.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#ClimateEmergency
"We are anticipating that things are only going to get worse from here on."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
"We are anticipating that things are only going to get worse from here on."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
This is interesting theconversation.com/what-autisti...
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
A new UK survey of more than 900 neurodivergent adults has revealed strong feelings about the language of neurodiversity.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is interesting theconversation.com/what-autisti...
This is important and Ed is correct…The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is important and Ed is correct…The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dr Laura Murphy,
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Dr Laura Murphy,
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Lend your support to entrepreneurs in low-income countries through @lendwithcare.bsky.social Make your first loan for free with this link! lendwithcare.org/referral/YTW...
Microfinance from CARE International UK
CARE International's microfinance lending initiative
lendwithcare.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Lend your support to entrepreneurs in low-income countries through @lendwithcare.bsky.social Make your first loan for free with this link! lendwithcare.org/referral/YTW...
Please support if you can the-battle-of-britain-85-challenge.raiselysite.com/richard-pitt... thank you ....
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please support if you can the-battle-of-britain-85-challenge.raiselysite.com/richard-pitt... thank you ....
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The Ronald Reagan video denouncing tariffs, which Donald is in such a snit about, was posted to YouTube eight years ago. It is authentic. Donald is lying. It is not AI.
We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Ronald Reagan video denouncing tariffs, which Donald is in such a snit about, was posted to YouTube eight years ago. It is authentic. Donald is lying. It is not AI.
We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
Tonight in Marlborough,UK The real folk deals!!!! Jon Wilks with support from Andrew Rumsey Saturday 25th October at St Mary’s Church Hall at 8pm Some tickets Still available - Sound Knowledge and at www.marlboroughfolk-roots.co.uk/jon-wilks-sa... #livemusic #gigtonight
October 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Tonight in Marlborough,UK The real folk deals!!!! Jon Wilks with support from Andrew Rumsey Saturday 25th October at St Mary’s Church Hall at 8pm Some tickets Still available - Sound Knowledge and at www.marlboroughfolk-roots.co.uk/jon-wilks-sa... #livemusic #gigtonight
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The war zone in Portland is out of control.