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Anyone attending the Marlborough Lit Fest in Marlborough UK (A town in an Orchard) is very welcome to attend Transitition Marlborough's Poetry reading St Mary's Church churchyard 27th of September Marlborough UK - see you there !!!
www.marlboroughlitfest.org/latest-news/
14 days ago
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Freethinker
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Einsteins theory has been proven.
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Charlatan = faker, quack
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Nothing to "like" about this but its good to see real science is still reporting on how man made climate change is impacting the Planet
#NoPlanetB
#ClimateEmergency
#ICE
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Read this - its important and shows what a terribly dangerous US administration we now have - Paracetamol, pregnancy and autism: what the science really shows
theconversation.com/paracetamol-...
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Paracetamol, pregnancy and autism: what the science really shows
A study tracking 2.4 million children found no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.
https://theconversation.com/paracetamol-pregnancy-and-autism-what-the-science-really-shows-265875?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
16 days ago
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Bob Mayer
22 days ago
20 Things You Should Have In Your Day Pack-- making it a basic Grab-n-Go bag
#camping
via @SlideShare
#hiking
#campingworld
#outdoor
#LifeHack
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20...
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20 Things Every Hiker Should have in their day pack
The document outlines essential items that every hiker should include in their day pack for safety and convenience during short to long hikes. It emphasizes the importance of preparedness with items such as water purification tools, first aid kits, survival gear, and navigation aids. Additionally, it highlights personal preferences for gear and includes tips for adapting based on specific hiking environments. - Download as a PPTX, PDF or view online for free
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20-things-every-hiker-should-have-in-their-day-pack-073d/283256952
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What would Orwell have made of Musk? | The Observer
The Nineteen Eighty-Four author feared the American Right would use his work as a propaganda tool. Prophetic again…
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/what-would-orwell-have-made-of-musk?utm_campaign=492271_TheObserverDaily_250918&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotdigital&UID=&dm_i=7EQK,AJU7,27E68E,1D18U,1
22 days ago
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I was wondering what had happened to
#Ada
and it appears the 40-year-old programming language Ada is hot again? 😊
www.developer-tech.com/news/why-is-...
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Why is 40-year-old programming language Ada hot again?
Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025.
https://www.developer-tech.com/news/why-is-40-year-old-programming-language-ada-hot-again/
22 days ago
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Danny Kruger - 'sticking up two metaphorical fingers' to the electorate that put him in Westminster
marlborough.news/news/danny-k...
. This is very bad - click this link to sign a petition to call for a by-election
chng.it/8WzY8dCkQF
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Danny Kruger - 'sticking up two metaphorical fingers' to the electorate that put him in Westminster
Danny Kruger, in Salisbury at the 2024 General Election count thanking all of those who voted him back in as their Conservative MP That's what he appears
https://marlborough.news/news/danny-kruger-sticking-up-two-metaphorical-fingers-to-the-electorate-that-put-him-in-westminster/
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Urge Danny Kruger to Resign for By-Election in East Wiltshire - Sign the Petition!
chng.it/QktRSLX6SR
via @UKChange
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Sign the Petition
Urge Danny Kruger to Resign for By-Election in East Wiltshire
https://chng.it/QktRSLX6SR
25 days ago
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Natalie Bennett
25 days ago
Pleased to join
@greenparty.org.uk
MPs and many other parliamentary colleagues with a clear message for government:
#StopArmingIsrael
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Colleen Miller
28 days ago
Forest Friday
#ForestFriday
#BritishColumbia
#Canada
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Action for the River busy in Marlborough today
#river-engineering
27 days ago
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I think this is really important
#Reform
has 4 seats Vs
@libdems.org.uk
has 72 Seats, 🤷- Please sign if you think the
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social
has got the balance wrong
#BBC
www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
- thank you
#Politics
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Balance the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.
https://www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
29 days ago
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My 1300 wordle 🥰 not a bad distribution
29 days ago
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Mother Jones
about 1 month ago
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions. In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
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RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/rfk-jr-is-living-in-a-pretend-anti-vax-world/
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Wild Marlborough ‘Get Connected’ is now OPEN
about 1 month ago
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Natalie Bennett
about 1 month ago
Exactly right -
#security
depends on diplomacy (also cut), development assistance and
#ClimateAction
. That the UK government fails to recognise this is a profound failure
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Higher defence spending is pointless without climate aid, says UN chief
Achim Steiner says cuts to development budget are shortsighted in an interconnected global economy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/06/higher-defence-spending-pointless-without-climate-aid-says-un-chief
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Today is Marlborough Biodiversity day - all the groups that improve our environment are at the town hall today….. 10:30 tp 12:30
#biodiversity
#Marlborough
#environment
includes Artwork from a children’s workshop!
about 1 month ago
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From
@desmog.com
excellent report
www.desmog.com/2025/09/02/8...
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Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’
A 435-page review found the authors used standard climate denier tropes to produce a report riddled with errors.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/09/02/85-climate-experts-condemn-trump-climate-report-as-junk-science/
about 1 month ago
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Sam Bright
about 1 month ago
🔴 NEW 🔴 A leading press freedom watchdog has said it's "shocking" that Reform has banned journalists from its conference and has accused Farage's party of drawing from the "authoritarian playbook". 📝
@desmog.com
report 👇
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Reform’s Decision to Ban Journalists from Conference Branded ‘Shocking’ by Press Freedom Watchdog
A leading press freedom group has accused Reform UK of drawing from the “authoritarian playbook” by blocking media outlets from attending its annual conference this weekend. The party informed DeSmog ...
https://www.desmog.com/2025/09/04/reform-uk-ban-journalists-2025-party-conference/
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Amelia Hood
about 1 month ago
Cover crops are good for the soil!🌱🌾 Our UK trials found 53% increase in 🪱during cover cropping and 66% in the subsequent crop. And🕷️increased by 26%! Thanks Crop Production Magazine for sharing our SHOWCASE results
www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/events/resea...
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Researching regen approaches gaining speed
Practical experience has outstripped research results within the regenerative farming world, but that’s slowly changing.
https://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/events/researching-regen-approaches-gaining-speed/
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Absolutely !!! We have to keep telling the scientific truth of the climate crisis! these real world observations spell it out for the deniers - thank you Zach .....
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Interesting !!! - Democrats dig in with a new type of campaign against Trump
theconversation.com/democrats-di...
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Democrats dig in with a new type of campaign against Trump
Democrats are pushing back against Trump by testing out some new tactics.
https://theconversation.com/democrats-dig-in-with-a-new-type-of-campaign-against-trump-263869?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Natalie Bennett
about 1 month ago
Unsurprisingly, just like human animals. "Night nests are intricate sleeping platforms often built as high as 20 meters in the tree canopy and including comfort elements such as pillows, blankets, mattresses (linings) and roofs to protect from adverse weather"
phys.org/news/2025-08...
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Treetop tutorials: Orangutans learn how to build their beds by peering at others and a lot of practice
Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest-building skills via observational social learning—by closely watch...
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-treetop-tutorials-orangutans-beds-peering.html
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At last a clear battle line has been Drawn… interesting to see what
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
has to say about this… in my view we should keep all remaining fossil fuels in the ground…
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Bonita ⚖️🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
Saying that responsible gun owners shouldn’t be have guns just because they live in an urban area only feeds into the bs that the NRA peddles: They are coming for your guns. Do we need gun control? Most Emphatically YES. Is there such a thing as responsible gun ownership? Yes
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Bless ‼️All cats are huge owner supporters by their massive indifference, getting in the way and giving a-loving 😸 purr…. 🥰
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about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Read this in Veterans Park in Knoxville. Worth reading.
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Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey
To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I can, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/ed-davey-trump-gaza-boycott-state-dinner-king-charles?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Rae Radford
3 months ago
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theconversation.com/tiny-booksho...
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Tiny Bookshop: why gamers are choosing to spend their free time simulating work – according to philosophy
Philosophers have been trying to explain for decades why people like to simulate work in their free time.
https://theconversation.com/tiny-bookshop-why-gamers-are-choosing-to-spend-their-free-time-simulating-work-according-to-philosophy-263646?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2026%202025%20-%203494435600&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2026%202025%20-%203494435600+CID_979b71cfa0aa88bb1863449686115167&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Tiny%20Bookshop%20why%20gamers%20are%20choosing%20to%20spend%20their%20free%20time%20simulating%20work%20%20according%20to%20philosophy
about 2 months ago
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Moorland fires above Robin Hoods bay… right now! Please be conscious of what you do with any cigarette ends out walking at the moment ☹️
about 2 months ago
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Google being super hypocrites 🤦♀️🤷♂️👎
www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
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Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat called his comments "fantastic.”
https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/google-president-praised-maga-speech-slamming-climate-extremist-agenda/
about 2 months ago
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www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
its an awesome list
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Nature writing celebrated as 2025 Wainwright Prize shortlist announced
https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/nature-writing-celebrated-as-twenty-twenty-five-wainwright-prize-shortlist-announced?utm_source=notes_on_nature_20251608
about 2 months ago
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I Post Animal Vids... 😊
3 months ago
What a smile! 😊
#bluesky
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really pleased to read this positive article 🥰
#biodiveristy
#environment
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Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species
Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/collective-endeavour-natural-england-tony-juniper-conservation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 2 months ago
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theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...
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How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.
https://theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-is-systematically-undermining-vaccines-around-the-world-262854?utm_medium=article_native_share
about 2 months ago
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Zack Labe
2 months ago
I have people now sending me angry messages/emails that climate change is bigger than just the US... Yes, please see the links to my other global visualizations in this thread:
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Zack Labe
about 2 months ago
Monday ice update -
#Arctic
sea ice extent is currently the 8th lowest on record (JAXA data) 🧪 • about 80,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,930,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,640,000 km² below the 1980s mean More:
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Sera Markoff
about 2 months ago
I'm very excited to be taking part in the Mayo Dark Sky Festival again this autumn! Early bird tickets are on sale already, the full program's not yet up but I can vouch that it's an amazingly special, upbeat, grassroots festival in a beautiful part of Ireland, where astronomy and nature meet! 🔭 🧪
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Mayo Dark Skies | Mayo Dark Sky Festival | County Mayo
A three day festival celebrating Mayo's dark skies, with talks, walks, workshops, exhibitions, performances - and a little stargazing! Hosted by the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies in the communities of Ne...
https://www.mayodarkskyfestival.ie/
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Mike Dietrich
2 months ago
Were you aware of the two hidden columns in CDB-Views? Learning something new every day is the best part of my job. And as you can see and read on the blog, thanks to YOU, I learn a lot. This one I learned from Johannes Ahrends at my workshop for ora2know in Munich in early July this year. Were…
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Were you aware of the two hidden columns in CDB-Views?
Learning something new every day is the best part of my job. And as you can see and read on the blog, thanks to YOU, I learn a lot. This one I learned from Johannes Ahrends at my workshop for ora2know in Munich in early July this year. Were you aware of the two hidden columns in CDB-Views? I confess honestly: I wasn't.
https://mikedietrichde.com/2025/08/11/were-you-aware-of-the-two-hidden-columns-in-cdb-views/
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House Historian
2 months ago
Had a wonderful time at the proms last night! Absolutely brilliant!! 😄😁
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Excited to be here ‼️#proms Star Wars and planets 🥰
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Ben Lockwood, PhD
2 months ago
Carbon credits perpetuate colonial land relations. They often represent pollution created by Global North nations deposited on to land in the Globak South, and Indigenous communities rarely have a say in governance nor benefit from them financially. 🌎 🧪
#geosky
www.briefecology.com/p/colonizing...
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Colonizing With Carbon Credits
How tree growth links carbon emissions to imperial capitalism
https://www.briefecology.com/p/colonizing-with-carbon-credits?r=1x8f3o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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I hope this will work 🤞UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪#sciencepublishing
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UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model
Eight of its journals will publish papers open access each year they earn sufficient library revenue.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02483-0
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