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The Bee Guy
3 days ago
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 323 # 322 contd So bumblebee queens are bigger than workers and tend to have longer tongues. But the research found that these longer tongues have relatively less hairs meaning less efficiency at capturing the liquid nectar!
#bees
#nature
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Craig Schaefer
2 days ago
So pleased to announce that Catch and Kill, the first book in the Neon Meridian series, has been published today by the good folks over at Aethon Books! This has been a blast to work on, and I'm excited to finally get to share it with you.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJYPLXV3
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Amazon.com: Catch and Kill: An Urban Fantasy Series (Neon Meridian Book 1) eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Catch and Kill: An Urban Fantasy Series (Neon Meridian Book 1) eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJYPLXV3
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Prem Sikka
5 days ago
Wealth of 157 UK billionaires now equals £670bn, 22% of GDP. Return on wealth (dividends and capital gains) is taxed at lower rates than wages. Extreme concentration of wealth facilitates political power, corruption, economic control. Wither democracy.
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Wealth of Britain’s 157 billionaires now equal to 22% of country’s GDP
This ‘ghost GDP’ shows how headline economic growth is increasingly disconnected from reality for most, says report
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/15/wealth-britain-billionaires-gdp-rich-list-inequality
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter
4 days ago
#SocialistSunday
No2
@katevasey.bsky.social
@huwjarvis.bsky.social
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@edpoole1975.bsky.social
12 Years of Social Media
thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/05/04/1...
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12 Years of Social Media
I started my Twitter account in April 2014 with no idea what I wanted to do with it. Followers have come and gone but I have retained some of my earliest followers, including the very first who has…
https://thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/05/04/12-years-of-social-media/
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The Bee Guy
5 days ago
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 322 # 321 contd The hairs on bumblebee tongues are merely hundreds of micrometers long. Many closely spaced hairs create a myriad of tiny gaps that hold nectar by surface tension - a microscopic sponge trapping nectar on the tongue.
#bees
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@ledbydonkeys.org
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Immigration makes Britain brilliant. 🇬🇧
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
https://youtube.com/shorts/JUeC_v9Pvcg?si=WiS1TqswKx4rLkml
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Help two Just Stop Oil supporters with their court costs
https://chuffed.org/project/182016-help-two-just-stop-oil-supporters-with-their-court-costs
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Rupert Read
8 days ago
NEW: "Midterm protest votes usually fade. Structural political realignments do not." My latest piece for @desmog.bsky.social is an analysis of how the recent elections turned
#climate
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The Green Party of England & Wales
8 days ago
Britain is being ripped off - and the government has failed to act. Green MPs are putting forward an amendment to the King's Speech with a plan to end Rip off Britain and make life affordable again.
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Zarah Sultana MP
8 days ago
Please retweet.
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LSE Blogs
8 days ago
What will the Reform party's rise to power in councils across the UK mean for the climate? Edward de Quay and
@pallavis.bsky.social
@granthamlse.bsky.social
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What Reform UK councils mean for climate | LSE British Politics
Reform UK was the big winner of the 2026 local elections, winning 1,453 council seats in England alone. What will this mean for climate policy?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/what-reform-uk-councils-mean-for-climate/
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Interesting and hopeful article by
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@novaramedia.com
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novaramedia.com/2026/05/11/i...
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Ignore the Hype. The Election Results Show Reform Is in Reverse | Sam Bright
Media pageantry for Reform is obscuring the meaningful trends demonstrated at the local elections. Nigel Farage’s party is stuttering, argues Sam Bright.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/05/11/ignore-the-hype-the-election-results-show-reform-is-in-reverse/?utm_source=Novara+Media+Contacts&utm_campaign=2d8ddab244-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_13_01_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0809497600-557001973&mc_cid=2d8ddab244&mc_eid=e2c2ef7d88
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Tim Bale
8 days ago
I thought this piece was spot-on. To mangle Shakespeare for a moment, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not always in our star politicians, but partly in ourselves."
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Democracy Now!
10 days ago
The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform party made big gains in local elections, while the Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what journalist Daniel Trilling calls a “fragmenting of politics” in the United Kingdom and a shift away from the two-party political system.
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Far-Right Reform Party Surges in U.K. Elections; Calls Grow for Starmer's Resignation
This year's local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what London-based journalist Daniel Trilling calls a ...
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/11/daniel_trilling_uk_reform_farage_starmer
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I’ve just emailed energy secretary @Ed Miliband asking him to send the frackers packing, for good. We need a full fracking ban in England and existing loopholes closed. There’s a short window to act – get involved!
@friends-earth.bsky.social
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Ed Miliband: send the frackers packing for good
Fracking in England isn’t over − yet. Right now, there’s a temporary ban on fracking. But it’s not written into law, and loopholes mean so-called low-volume fracking could still go ahead. This leaves ...
https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/ed-miliband-send-frackers-packing-good?refsid=1551661&utm_source=bluesky_share&utm_campaign=%5B2659%5D&utm_medium=share
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Good Law Project
10 days ago
We were told our data would stay under NHS control. But an internal document just revealed the truth: Palantir staff are being granted “unlimited access”. Join us demanding this spy-tech firm gets out of our NHS 👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
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Ursula K. Le Guin
10 days ago
"A War Without End" is collected in The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala, 2004). You can also read it here:
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3...
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Owen Jones
10 days ago
If that's the speech Starmer needed to save his premiership, he is sunk. Equating the Greens with Reform will infuriate voters who abandoned Labour. The man who kicked pensioners and disabled people says: "We got the big political decisions right". Incoherent and dull.
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Natalie Bennett
10 days ago
With politics increasingly lining up as Green v Reform, we don't have to wait for PR to get positive change
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The Bee Guy
13 days ago
It’s
#Friday
folks! Have the best
#weekend
you can. You know the drill: Be
#kind
Be
#gentle
Be
#true
Be like
#bees
Speaking of noxious stimulation… Turn off 24hr News?? Stop shite-scrolling. Mute presidential pronouncements. Practice some self-protection. Have a beer/chat with your neighbour!
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The Bee Guy
11 days ago
‘Good Morning! ..oh and in case I don’t see ya.. Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night…’ Gotta run… Just like this magnificent Common Carder bumblebee! Busy busy. *Chives by the way.
#sunday
#nature
#bees
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Bylines Network
11 days ago
Wasps are declining at a worrying rate. Fewer sightings, more nests destroyed daily as they are often considered pests. In this first of a two part series, Vanna Bartlett explains why we should view them as are our friends 👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@vannabartlett.bsky.social
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It’s time we welcomed the return of the wasp
Insects are in crisis. We should learn to live alongside the unloved wasp with its undeserved bad reputation.
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/its-time-we-welcomed-the-return-of-the-wasp/
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Zack Polanski
11 days ago
This week's episode is a really important conversation about the housing crisis. Great to speak with the brilliant
@kwajo.bsky.social
youtu.be/aUdd5745RXI?...
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The British Housing System Is Broken
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
https://youtu.be/aUdd5745RXI?si=V_zHL64fZjV6Q_Nq
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The Green Party of England & Wales
11 days ago
‘We’re at the beginning of a new chapter for the Green Party - we are a serious force in British politics’ @RachelMillward discusses Green Party wins on BBC Politics South East. 💚Get involved in this journey by joining the Green Party now ⤵️
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Zack Polanski
11 days ago
Brilliant list by
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of all the amazing wins that just happened in the past few days! Amazing new Green Councillors who will work hard in their communities to make life easier for everyone.
nataliebennett.org/2026/05/10/g...
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Green highlights from the May 2026 Elections - Natalie Bennett Green Party Peer #NatalieGreenPeer
The timing (most of our utterly amazing quantity and quality of victories coming late on a Friday and then during Saturday) means the media’s unlikely to do a job good of explaining, so I’ve pulled to...
https://nataliebennett.org/2026/05/10/green-highlights-from-the-may-2026-elections/
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Shelter
15 days ago
How do we end the housing emergency? → Government supports councils → Councils build social homes → Families get a stable place to live It’s simple. Sign our petition to get councils building 👉
shltr.org.uk/5fWmA
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Petition: introduce a bill to get councils building social homes again
Decision maker: Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Housing Sign the petition today: get councils building social homes to stop children growing up homeless With record levels of homelessness, includin...
https://shltr.org.uk/5fWmA
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Shelter
16 days ago
When we build social homes, we’re building so much more. These homes are where great stories can begin – stories that can change our history, our culture and our everyday lives. It's time to get councils building social homes again >
shelter.org.uk/build
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Build social homes. Build lives | Shelter
YouTube video by Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpJeYhwUk4
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Double Down News
18 days ago
The Media is lying to you Double Down Newswatch will hold them to account Premiers on YouTube this Wednesday 6 May at 6pm
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Double Down News
20 days ago
They Lied To You. Not Anymore
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They Lied To You. Not Anymore
This Changes Everything
https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2026/may/1/they-lied-to-you-not-anymore
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Otto English
18 days ago
Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.
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Good Law Project
17 days ago
Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
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The Canary
17 days ago
With upcoming elections, Labour and Tory are showing it's a race to the bottom to see who can use the DWP to further demonise disabled people By
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Tory ghouls are going after disabled people on DWP benefits, again
With upcoming elections, Labour and Tory are showing it's a race to the bottom to see who can use the DWP to further demonise disabled people
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/05/04/dwp-fix/
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Zack Polanski
17 days ago
Gary says: Vote Green! 💚🙌🏽
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Swolesome is 13 years older than the DHS 🍉🏳️⚧️
20 days ago
Lmao Nigel Farage is TERRIFIED of Zack Polanski. Nothing scares the right more than kindness, honesty, and knowledge of how government works—Polanski is a triple threat. Add that to the fact that he’s Jewish and gay and the man is basically their kryptonite.
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The Green Party of England & Wales
21 days ago
The Global Sumud Flotilla has been forcibly stopped in international waters by the Israeli Navy. We're calling on the Prime Minister to condemn this breach of international law, work to ensure the safety of those still onboard, and extend diplomatic protection to those seized by Israeli forces.
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Zack Polanski
20 days ago
Yesterday in Hastings, in the wake of antisemitic attacks in Golders Green, I faced Nazi salutes. Today the Prime Minister uses his office to attack the only Jewish party leader to score political points.
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Owen Jones
20 days ago
Consider the fact that it is the only Jewish party leader currently being targeted after an antisemitic attack. Rather than Nigel Farage, who has allegations of extreme antisemitic behaviour from over 30 people he grew up with.
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Rupert Read
22 days ago
NEW: "One of the things we most need to do then - urgently - is to ‘scenario-plan’ our future, imaginatively but realistically." That's exactly what I did in this article for Bending The Arc.
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
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A Climate Majority Scenario by Prof. Rupert Read
Feature from #1 Thrutopian, Professor Rupert Read, who coined the phrase and inspired the movement
https://bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-climate-majority-scenario-by-prof
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Adrian Littlejohn
21 days ago
May 2024, Labour manifesto: party promises to "finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end". April 2026, Labour Minister: The outright and immediate abolition of the leasehold system in England and Wales "almost certainly impossible". A progressive policy dumped... Vote
@greenparty.org.uk
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Richard Burgon MP
21 days ago
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The threat of UK democracy being torn apart by something similar to Project 2025 in Trump’s America is very real. Please sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/190936/...
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Democracy on the Brink
The threat of UK democracy being torn apart by something similar to Project 2025 in Trump’s America is very real. Please sign our letter.
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/190936/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs
23 days ago
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Campaign against Climate Change
29 days ago
Flood risks are rising. There's also an overlap between communities at high risk of floods in the coming years and areas where Reform (the party of climate denial) is making inroads. We've got some new flyers which make the links between flooding and climate denial - let us know if you'd like some.
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open.substack.com/pub/theplane...
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The Crowd That Toppled a Dictator — and the Warning Trump's America Needs to Hear Now
THE FALL Part 4: When Marcos was removed in 1986, the structural conditions that made him possible remained. This is the lesson America needs.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theplanet/p/the-crowd-that-toppled-a-dictator?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2vwtp
about 1 month ago
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"Many people are entitled to discounts on their Council Tax bill including many carers." If only one person is eligible for Council Tax, there may be a 25% discount on the bill. If no one is eligible for Council Tax, there may be a 50% discount.
#disability
www.carersuk.org/help-and-adv...
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Help with Council Tax | Carers UK
https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/financial-support/help-with-bills-and-household-costs/help-with-council-tax
about 1 month ago
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Protect the Wild
about 1 month ago
Fox hunting must end! 🦊
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Dale Vince
about 1 month ago
I agree with Zack Polanski on this - 100%. Hard to understand why it’s not been done already.
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Zack Polanski
about 1 month ago
That future: Lower bills. Tax billionaires. End Rip off Britain. Who's in?
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Democracy Now!
about 1 month ago
The U.S. government is preparing to begin automatically registering young men for the military draft pool. A database like this, warns anti-war activist Edward Hasbrouck, "is particularly likely to be weaponized for other purposes against vulnerable trans and immigrant youth."
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Democracy Now!
about 1 month ago
Around 100 immigration judges have been fired since President Donald Trump returned to office and began pressuring courts to carry out his mass deportation policy.
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Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi
The Trump administration has fired six more immigration judges in its effort to reshape immigration policy and the immigration courts. Two of the fired judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, had each dismissed high-profile cases brought by the government...
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/13/trump_v_judges
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Jolyon Maugham KC
about 1 month ago
In a funny sort of way this 👇🏻 speaks vividly to Labour's political weakness: there is nothing and no one they won't fuck over if the right wing press demands it. Utterly bereft of all principles.
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