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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 13h

Not seen this one before #FungiFriends, think it’s Green Brittlegill, Russula aeruginia, found beneath Silver Birch. Caps of the mature specimens were very green, younger ones were paler. Stipe chalk white & tapering at base, gills white & crowded. Such a pretty mushroom 💚
#FungiFriday

Photos of green-capped mushrooms beneath Silver Birch trees. I’ve not seen a Brittlegill with a green cap before! The young specimens were pale minty green deepening to a darker moss/olive green in the more mature examples.

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Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · 12h

There can be only one.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19h

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 19h

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18h

Yay, congrats to @willgeorge.bsky.social on finding a York Groundsel!
@bsbicountries.bsky.social was hunting for one the other day, but they are hard to find at this time of year.

Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social · 1d

Found this in York. It's a groundsel, but is it a York Groundsel?! @bramblebotanist.bsky.social

A phone photo of a plant with yellow flowers and green toothed leaves

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 23h

This is scary

We need manufacturing capacity so we can't be held to ransom says
@nickdearden.bsky.social
theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Start by reversing the sale of previously publicly owned Vaccine Manufacturing + Innovation Centre www.bmj.com/content/376/...

www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Britain prepares NHS drug spending hike to stave off Trump tariffs

Officials briefed the Trump administration on fresh proposals for pharma pricing earlier this week.

www.politico.eu

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Gooch @cambridgerach.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn't want areas where there is a 'preponderance' of one race over another. My kids school in rural Suffolk had one black family in a school of 1200 pupils. But that's not what he means, is it?

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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nicki @crescentwand.bsky.social · 2d

wild how we keep testing different types of UBI and they're all successful

it's almost like there should be universal basic income for all people

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

In Ireland we grow up learning about how in the Dark Ages pilgrims would travel here from all over Europe to read books that had been saved here while they were lost elsewhere & I think we need to get our politicians to think like this about things like Basic Income. A light for the darkening world.

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Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · 2d

Careless Wispas?

Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m hearing Wispas about Kemi’s leadership.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 1d

Join us at SNP Conference!

Funding Scotland’s Future: Where Next for the Public Finances?

🗓️ Sunday 12th October
🕘 9:15-10:15am
☕️ Food & refreshments!

With:
@shonarobison.bsky.social MSP
David Phillips @theifs.bsky.social
Sara Cowan @swbg.bsky.social
Chair: FES Co-Director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

learn to edit films, with me, in Edinburgh - for your autumn self-improvement needs

4 week course - £20 a session - or free if you are an ECVS member (membership is £50 a year)

edinburghcinevideosociety.substack.com/p/learn-some...

Learn something new...

Weekend course in film editing

edinburghcinevideosociety.substack.com

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Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · 2d

Careless Wispas?

Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m hearing Wispas about Kemi’s leadership.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think there's anything in the theory I've seen in a few recent news articles, that the increase in Channel crossings by asylum seekers in 2025 has been primarily driven by the clampdown by EU countries (particularly Germany) meaning failed asylum seekers come here to avoid deportation?

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2d

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d

"But the polls..."

As much as I think polling, in the *right* and *responsible* hands, can be a useful aspect of democracy insofar as they help us understand public opinion, they should in no way dictate the weight we give to politicians and parties.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 3d

This paper is now in press at Oikos, and I can submit an image for the journal cover. I have various crappy photos of mistletoe munching tyrannoids; if you have a great shot you can donate to the cause, I’ll shout you a quality beverage at the very next opportunity
www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 2d

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards)
(pic by Jesus Alferez)

Derpy mottle chested dark grey and white bird perched on a twig with two outrageous epaulette / armpit flanges of bright pinky purple

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 23d

We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!

A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 19d

Blackberry diversity at Swaddywell NR, a wonderfully rich reserve managed by Langdyke Countryside Trust and located in John Clare's home parish of Helpston, Cambridgeshire...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#johnclarecountryside

Country diary: There’s a bounty of blackberries out there – 350 species of them | Sarah Lambert

Swaddywell, Cambridgeshire: This common plant is surprisingly varied. Late in the season, I venture out to pick what I can

www.theguardian.com

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