Post Office travel insurance: v.nice people. And v.speedy responses. Got me sorted. Thank you. (UK)

Looking for a new challenge to get active and spend time in nature? Try the Trust10 Ultra! Run 10km per month for 10 months and raise £100 for your favourite National Trust place. Find out more and sign up here: buff.ly/liNEgv6 Photo: Chris Lacey

Recognising the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly is a vital step but it must be backed by real action. If recognition does not come with a demand for peace, a chance for Palestinians to rebuild and heal and the resumption of aid and supplies, it will be meaningless.

Two Salvadoran human rights defenders are being held incommunicado in prison after being arrested for peacefully protesting in May.   Foreign governments should step up their condemnations of abuses in El Salvador and press the Bukele administration to drop unsubstantiated charges.

This poem by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social is so powerful - read by a host of leading performers. #SAVETHECHILDREN #Gaza

The University of Lancashire @uclan.ac.uk topped the Guardian newspaper's league for #fashion and #textiles, so if you're interested in an undergraduate course in this in the UK, investigate here 🩷🧡❤️

Wednesday 17 September is #WorldMantaDay! Two manta species are listed under CMS. 📜 Manta rays face multiple threats, with overfishing & trade among the major pressures. 🌊 Learn more in the CMS factsheet on Human Impacts on Sharks and Rays (available in EN, SP & FR): www.cms.int/en/publicati...

#morecambepoetryfestival was fabulous. And @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social was the star! Hilarious. And poignant. And morally good. 🩷

Is no one else on here watching NZ Vs S Africa women's rugby world cup quarter final? I'm gripped. #womensrugby #rugbyworldcup

We’re gearing up to fight this, get ready to take action in the coming days. 💪

🚨 Emergency in Peru! 🚨 Uncontacted peoples’ rights are under attack left, right and center from the Peruvian government ⚠️ It’s a full-blown extermination campaign, starting with the rejection of the creation of the Yavari-Mirim Indigenous Reserve. ❌

The UK gov should be past assessing a ‘risk’ of genocide in Gaza. Israel is committing genocide - top legal experts agree. In 2024, the ICJ ordered “immediate & effective measures” to protect Palestinians. This ‘finding’ & refusal to end arms exports to Israel breach the duty to prevent genocide.

As much as I disliked the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, I *LOVED* the Museo de Bellas Artes (museum of fine art) in #Bilbao. Free entry, good interesting signage, easily navigable and not so big you get tired out. Muchas gracias ❤️💐

I have had one drink on the terrace bar but rest assured Google Maps I am *not* in the river ❤️

In other news: I think the Guggenheim museum building in Bilbao is overrated (sorry - but look at that clunky detailing, and it's the only art museum that has postcards only of the building and none of the art it contains... How up itself!) but lots of other things here are fab.

Apparently in Bilbao (Spain) they sprinkle flower petals on your vegetarian lasagne and peel the grapes on your luncheon "pie" ❤️

I've just passed this book onto a friend in Spain. If anyone is looking for a really lovely holiday read, this hits the spot perfectly. I loved it. Thank you @autieharriett.bsky.social

How do you get posts to have a wider viewing on Bluesky? Do likes and comments boost the algorithm like on Facebook?

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Last chance to apply! 📢 We're looking for a Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser. For the full job role and to apply visit www.bto.org/jobs Deadline for applications is Monday 8 September. #Ornithology @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

Fire erupted in Funu quarter located in Kadutu commune in the city of Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. People died and houses were burnt. Victims need help. Donate on Airtel money number +243975365912

@uclan.ac.uk thank you for publishing "The magical summer of Evie Edelman" and @autieharriett.bsky.social thank you for writing it.

How do you get posts to have a wider viewing on Bluesky? Do likes and comments boost the algorithm like on Facebook?

This is a great read! Thoroughly recommend. I'm trying to make it just for my holiday but I want to find out what happens, do reading too fast 🤣

Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk for a lovely holiday at #HorseyBarns Norfolk. We loved it. And saw cranes, kingfishers, a hobby, terns as well as seals. It was fab.

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❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

Dozens of human rights groups call on UN Human Rights Council #HRC60 to renew scrutiny over human rights in #Burundi - an initiative rightly led by @euatun.bsky.social since 2021. As risk factors of future violations multiply, UN scrutiny is more needed than ever. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Is no one else watching Australia v Samoa game? #rugbyworldcup ☹️ I have no-one to talk to about it . Watching at home. BBC iPlayer. Go on Samoa! ❤️

I wrote this for you so you can get up to speed real, real quick. thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-0...

Look, this is not a new issue, but people really need to get a grip and grow up. If you think an additional 73 people per 10,000 are why services are fecked you are living in a fantasy world. It isn't people coming to the UK seeking safety who are the issue. news.sky.com/story/home-o...

🦇 **UPDATE - DEADLINE EXTENSION** Applications for our Finance Manager vacancy have been extended! Deadline is now 9am, 29 August. This is a permanent, full-time role. More information and how to apply: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

🚨🚨🚨Bisan from Gaza has called a global strike tomorrow - Thursday, 21st August 🚨🚨🚨 This means: - SPEND NOTHING. - Don't attend work if possible. - If you must - WFH or walk or cylce there. The ruling class only understands one language: profit - or lack thereof. Do your bit. ✊🏽 #FreePalestine🇵🇸

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

🦇 We are #recruiting a Finance Manager to provide vital finance support across BCT. We are looking for someone with excellent financial management skills, knowledge of charity accounts and SORP requirements. More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... Deadline: 9am, 22 August

Fabulous evening in Williamson Park in Lancaster (UK) at @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social 's play in the park production of Wizard of Oz. We loved it! Brilliant acting, direction, singing, staging, walking around, costumes...

Show your support for the proposed bans on bottom trawling in seabed Marine Protected Areas. 🪼 🌊 Join us in calling for stronger protection for our oceans this #NationalMarineWeek ⬇️ https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/action/1

If anyone on Bluesky also has a Facebook account still, do a search for #PhoneCredit4Refugees.

A nice one to finish my spot of butterfly watching yesterday afternoon for @savebutterflies.bsky.social 's #bigbutterflycount. I'm hoping I've identified correctly as a comma

For some reason my phone cut and paste no longer works 🙄 but I would love to encourage people in north Lancashire area (UK) to use the Food Futures Gather website to order good local food from good local producers They need orders to survive 🍏🍅🍒🍞

Last chance to apply for our Research Ecologist roles in Bioacoustics and Climate Change. For all jobs and to apply visit www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #bioacoustics

This Sunday! Lancaster (NW England), Christ Church church yard, wyresdale road, LA1. Come and count some insects with us 😃❤️

@anaustra.bsky.social Ozzy looking like you!

📢 2 x roles available! Work with us to provide a supportive and collaborative ecological and land management advice service for external clients. 💵 £32,140 pa + 9% pension contribution. Get more info & apply 👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/ecology-and-land-management-advisors

Claiming that the green transition threatens growth and competitiveness is nonsense - and many businesses know it. That's why they're joining forces with us to remind the EU that scrapping the anti-greenwashing law would increase uncertainty and harm consumer trust.

🎥 THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND (12A) The Ballad Of Wallis Island is back! An eccentric lottery winner, Charles, lives alone on a remote island but attempts to turn his dreams into reality by hiring his favourite musician, Herb McGwyer. 📆 18th - 20th, 23rd & 29th July 🎟️ https://loom.ly/Fgo-dI0

My cat is drinking the hedgehog's water, and the hedgehog is eating the cats biscuits. Almost side by side with each other ❤️

Climate change poses growing threat to UK economy, says Bank of England official