Simon Bond
@simonbond.bsky.social
a bit of wildlife, a bit of art, same old shit really
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No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state
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Yet more birds of prey getting depressed, killing themselves, removing their satellite tags, then disposing of their own corpses. It's hard to believe, but the statistics don't like.
Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.
Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yet more birds of prey getting depressed, killing themselves, removing their satellite tags, then disposing of their own corpses. It's hard to believe, but the statistics don't like.
Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.
Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.
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Is tax theft? Many people think so.
In this video, I explain why the popular claim “it’s my money, why should the government take it?” is based on a fundamental mistake.
If you care about public services, this is the conversation we need to have.
youtu.be/SK-PmfkViDE?...
In this video, I explain why the popular claim “it’s my money, why should the government take it?” is based on a fundamental mistake.
If you care about public services, this is the conversation we need to have.
youtu.be/SK-PmfkViDE?...
Tax is not theft: why the “it’s my money” argument is wrong
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Is tax theft? Many people think so.
In this video, I explain why the popular claim “it’s my money, why should the government take it?” is based on a fundamental mistake.
If you care about public services, this is the conversation we need to have.
youtu.be/SK-PmfkViDE?...
In this video, I explain why the popular claim “it’s my money, why should the government take it?” is based on a fundamental mistake.
If you care about public services, this is the conversation we need to have.
youtu.be/SK-PmfkViDE?...
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Nothing illustrates the ‘genius’ of Margaret Thatcher better than the fact that we now have widespread flooding and a water shortage both at the same time.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nothing illustrates the ‘genius’ of Margaret Thatcher better than the fact that we now have widespread flooding and a water shortage both at the same time.
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Aka our wander through Norfolk and Suffolk. 👇
For anyone interested in Sebald's East Anglia-based book 'The Rings of Saturn', here's a short video I made with @camself.bsky.social earlier this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hELn...
December 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Aka our wander through Norfolk and Suffolk. 👇
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Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
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Wealth trickles down?
She is literally paying herself more than all her workers, and she is just one of the three people at Bet365 doing this.
She is literally paying herself more than all her workers, and she is just one of the three people at Bet365 doing this.
Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Wealth trickles down?
She is literally paying herself more than all her workers, and she is just one of the three people at Bet365 doing this.
She is literally paying herself more than all her workers, and she is just one of the three people at Bet365 doing this.
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More on the hunger strikers - when those against genocide are the “terrorists” we are in a dark dark place
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More on the hunger strikers - when those against genocide are the “terrorists” we are in a dark dark place
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The condition of the Palestine Action hunger strikers is getting serious.
The media are largely ignoring it.
The media are largely ignoring it.
Seven political prisoners held without trial on hunger strike.
The Dr supporting the families of the seven: “This is a trajectory that ends with death.”
Complete radio silence from the BBC.
This is a story that could be straight from Putin's Russia.
#r4today
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Dr supporting the families of the seven: “This is a trajectory that ends with death.”
Complete radio silence from the BBC.
This is a story that could be straight from Putin's Russia.
#r4today
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The condition of the Palestine Action hunger strikers is getting serious.
The media are largely ignoring it.
The media are largely ignoring it.
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Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.
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I had never read Orwell's essay - Such, Such Were the Joys - on his time boarding at public school until today. It is so horrific I can't recommend you do so unless you're feeling well-resourced. Funny how boarding school so often became this nostalgic, adventurous thing in children's literature.
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I had never read Orwell's essay - Such, Such Were the Joys - on his time boarding at public school until today. It is so horrific I can't recommend you do so unless you're feeling well-resourced. Funny how boarding school so often became this nostalgic, adventurous thing in children's literature.
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Birthday beats for Tom Waits.
From my linocut series #alphabetofmusicians where I taught myself reduction printing over the course of a year. Huge thanks to Derek Ridgers - one of the greatest portrait photographers of his generation - who kindly let me adapt his photo for the linocut illustration.
From my linocut series #alphabetofmusicians where I taught myself reduction printing over the course of a year. Huge thanks to Derek Ridgers - one of the greatest portrait photographers of his generation - who kindly let me adapt his photo for the linocut illustration.
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Birthday beats for Tom Waits.
From my linocut series #alphabetofmusicians where I taught myself reduction printing over the course of a year. Huge thanks to Derek Ridgers - one of the greatest portrait photographers of his generation - who kindly let me adapt his photo for the linocut illustration.
From my linocut series #alphabetofmusicians where I taught myself reduction printing over the course of a year. Huge thanks to Derek Ridgers - one of the greatest portrait photographers of his generation - who kindly let me adapt his photo for the linocut illustration.
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I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– snowballs in art
– fictional maps
– Victorian teenagers
– dithering
– forest sounds
– Chronoodle
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– snowballs in art
– fictional maps
– Victorian teenagers
– dithering
– forest sounds
– Chronoodle
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 138
Snowballs | Fictional Maps | Victorian Teenagers | Dithering | Forests | Chronoodle
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– snowballs in art
– fictional maps
– Victorian teenagers
– dithering
– forest sounds
– Chronoodle
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– snowballs in art
– fictional maps
– Victorian teenagers
– dithering
– forest sounds
– Chronoodle
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social thanks for a lovely evening 😊
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social thanks for a lovely evening 😊
@robinince.bsky.social hi Robin, I want to send you a small book of short stories I really like, and hope that you might too. Is there a correspondence address you’re ok for me to send it to?
Best wishes
Best wishes
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@robinince.bsky.social hi Robin, I want to send you a small book of short stories I really like, and hope that you might too. Is there a correspondence address you’re ok for me to send it to?
Best wishes
Best wishes
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If everyone passionate about nature and a liveable future bought into this, we might gain some time in the race to avoid catastrophic change.
It’s challenging but without it we’re in a much worse position.
Why not at least give it a go next year? You might be surprised.
#lowcarbonbirding
It’s challenging but without it we’re in a much worse position.
Why not at least give it a go next year? You might be surprised.
#lowcarbonbirding
Two tonnes to thrive… packed with useful info
#lowcarbonbirding
#lowcarbonliving
www.tudelft.nl/sustainabili...
#lowcarbonbirding
#lowcarbonliving
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2t2t
We all have just 2 tons of CO₂ to spend per year to stay within safe climate limits. Discover your personal carbon budget and learn how to thrive within it — fairly, creatively, and collectively.
www.tudelft.nl
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If everyone passionate about nature and a liveable future bought into this, we might gain some time in the race to avoid catastrophic change.
It’s challenging but without it we’re in a much worse position.
Why not at least give it a go next year? You might be surprised.
#lowcarbonbirding
It’s challenging but without it we’re in a much worse position.
Why not at least give it a go next year? You might be surprised.
#lowcarbonbirding
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December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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East of Lowestoft. Easton Bavents was once the most easterly parish in England. However, over the centuries, the promontory it stood on was eroded by the sea. EB is still losing land today: up to 5m a year in fact. 😯
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
East of Lowestoft. Easton Bavents was once the most easterly parish in England. However, over the centuries, the promontory it stood on was eroded by the sea. EB is still losing land today: up to 5m a year in fact. 😯
#Suffolk
#Suffolk
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‘No Nazis in Bradford’ 1972 by Don McCullin.
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
‘No Nazis in Bradford’ 1972 by Don McCullin.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Lincoln has just got itself two new civic mascots @lewisherbert.bsky.social - does Carina know?
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Lincoln has just got itself two new civic mascots @lewisherbert.bsky.social - does Carina know?
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Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
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Yeah because Reform totally wants to fund these things...
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yeah because Reform totally wants to fund these things...
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
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Hilarious, 'Alpha' male Andrew Tate getting battered in one round.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hilarious, 'Alpha' male Andrew Tate getting battered in one round.