Dominic Elson
@73foundation.bsky.social
Development economist; part-time Exmoor sheep farmer; & founder of Seventythree Foundation - a non-profit collaborating with marginalized rural communities in SE Asia.
https://seventythree.ghost.io/
https://seventythree.ghost.io/
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Inspired by @t0nyyates.bsky.social, I'm organising Bluesky drinks in Bristol on Wednesday 18th March at 7 pm at a pub between the city centre and Temple Meads. DM me for the details.
February 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Inspired by @t0nyyates.bsky.social, I'm organising Bluesky drinks in Bristol on Wednesday 18th March at 7 pm at a pub between the city centre and Temple Meads. DM me for the details.
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FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
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Talk on Nature Conservation along the Upper Barle - From Water Vole Habitat to Peatland Restoration
Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm
Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm
Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm
Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Talk on Nature Conservation along the Upper Barle - From Water Vole Habitat to Peatland Restoration
Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm
Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm
Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm
Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm
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February 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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1/2 Traineeships launched for young people on Exmoor!
Engagement trainee based with Exmoor National Park Authority. Assisting with engagement events, activities and communications.
Closing date Mon 2 March. For more info visit www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working-with-us
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Engagement trainee based with Exmoor National Park Authority. Assisting with engagement events, activities and communications.
Closing date Mon 2 March. For more info visit www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working-with-us
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February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
1/2 Traineeships launched for young people on Exmoor!
Engagement trainee based with Exmoor National Park Authority. Assisting with engagement events, activities and communications.
Closing date Mon 2 March. For more info visit www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working-with-us
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Engagement trainee based with Exmoor National Park Authority. Assisting with engagement events, activities and communications.
Closing date Mon 2 March. For more info visit www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working-with-us
cont...
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Looking to start a career in global development?
The World Bank Group Pioneers Internship is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students.
Applications open until 17 February 2026.
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/07/j...
The World Bank Group Pioneers Internship is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students.
Applications open until 17 February 2026.
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/07/j...
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Looking to start a career in global development?
The World Bank Group Pioneers Internship is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students.
Applications open until 17 February 2026.
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/07/j...
The World Bank Group Pioneers Internship is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students.
Applications open until 17 February 2026.
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/07/j...
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It's often in the feeding of people & animals, in rural outposts, or observing nature anywhere, the winds of change are felt first. Comments like 'this is one of the most important articles I've read on here recently' could apply to any of @environment.theguardian.com Country Diaries, most days.
And what shall we feed the horses? Climate change bites at last year’s thin harvest … my turn on the national treasure & barometer that is the wonderful Guardian Country Diary.
Country diary: Hay stocks are running low – this is the long tail of last year’s drought | Nicola Chester
Inkpen, Berkshire: We’re paying the price now for a poor grass harvest, and the concern is isn’t a one-off bad year
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It's often in the feeding of people & animals, in rural outposts, or observing nature anywhere, the winds of change are felt first. Comments like 'this is one of the most important articles I've read on here recently' could apply to any of @environment.theguardian.com Country Diaries, most days.
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Sorry to bang on, but this just sent by a friend, being a letter in today’s Minnesota Star Trubune by somebody who stands outside the mosque on Fridays to bear witness on behalf of people of colour being persecuted by Trump’s ICE and their gestapo tactics.
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Sorry to bang on, but this just sent by a friend, being a letter in today’s Minnesota Star Trubune by somebody who stands outside the mosque on Fridays to bear witness on behalf of people of colour being persecuted by Trump’s ICE and their gestapo tactics.
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Journalists in Indonesia: we’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector & climate change! We’re interested in solutions-journalism stories & investigations linking business activity, deforestation & the December 2025 disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra & North Sumatra: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Journalists in Indonesia: we’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector & climate change! We’re interested in solutions-journalism stories & investigations linking business activity, deforestation & the December 2025 disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra & North Sumatra: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0
This fine analysis by NYT of the behaviour of ICE agents is extraordinary and deeply shocking. This wasn’t a scuffle gone wrong, it was gang violence by deeply disturbed people.
A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
This fine analysis by NYT of the behaviour of ICE agents is extraordinary and deeply shocking. This wasn’t a scuffle gone wrong, it was gang violence by deeply disturbed people.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly violent scenes of government thuggery and murder in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly violent scenes of government thuggery and murder in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
Since the removal of the ‘precautionary principle’ for consumer goods (a Brexit ‘win’), bats and newts have more protection than humans.
Asbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK
Hobbycraft removes product from sale after parent sent samples to a lab for testing but declines to issue a recall
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Since the removal of the ‘precautionary principle’ for consumer goods (a Brexit ‘win’), bats and newts have more protection than humans.
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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Trump's speech lasted 70 minutes. That's 3 minutes longer than the silent German expressionist masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. And much like that film - he was weird and nightmarish while saying nothing at all.
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Trump's speech lasted 70 minutes. That's 3 minutes longer than the silent German expressionist masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. And much like that film - he was weird and nightmarish while saying nothing at all.
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Planning a school trip? Pinkery Centre offers full-board stays, expert-led activities, and stunning views.
Find out more and book direct:
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/pinkery-outd...
@exmoornp.bsky.social
#offgrid #SchoolResidential #Exmoor
Find out more and book direct:
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/pinkery-outd...
@exmoornp.bsky.social
#offgrid #SchoolResidential #Exmoor
Pinkery Outdoor Residential Learning Centre Exmoor | UK School Trips
Pinkery is Exmoor National Park’s Centre for Outdoor Learning. Built as an upland farmhouse, the original building has been expanded to create a unique
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Planning a school trip? Pinkery Centre offers full-board stays, expert-led activities, and stunning views.
Find out more and book direct:
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/pinkery-outd...
@exmoornp.bsky.social
#offgrid #SchoolResidential #Exmoor
Find out more and book direct:
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/pinkery-outd...
@exmoornp.bsky.social
#offgrid #SchoolResidential #Exmoor
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Remember the Soviet joke about a man who always goes to look at the papers but never buys one. The news agent asks him what he's looking for and he says, "An obituary" and the news agent points out that they're always in the back section. "This one won't be".
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Remember the Soviet joke about a man who always goes to look at the papers but never buys one. The news agent asks him what he's looking for and he says, "An obituary" and the news agent points out that they're always in the back section. "This one won't be".
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CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥
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Every single thing the Right spewed on Trump should be rammed back down their throats forever.
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Boris Johnson claims the world would be 'more stable' under Donald Trump
The former prime minister mocked the "global wokerati" for "trembling so violently" at the idea of Trump returning to the White House after he won 51% of the vote at the Iowa caucus on Monday.
news.sky.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Every single thing the Right spewed on Trump should be rammed back down their throats forever.
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
One of the best articles I’ve read on @theguardian.com for a long time. After listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social special AI episodes, Doctorow presents a brilliant counter-narrative to Matt Clifford’s boosterism.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
One of the best articles I’ve read on @theguardian.com for a long time. After listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social special AI episodes, Doctorow presents a brilliant counter-narrative to Matt Clifford’s boosterism.
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As the famous saying goes….”The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Likewise, the best time to start weaning ourselves off dependence on the US……..
January 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
As the famous saying goes….”The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Likewise, the best time to start weaning ourselves off dependence on the US……..
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ICE is the violent crime wave sweeping America
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
ICE is the violent crime wave sweeping America
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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As a trustee of the latter: “Third-sector organisations in Glasgow that have previously secured revenue funding through the fund include the Centre for Contemporary Arts … Glasgow Clyde Rape Crisis, Castlemilk Youth Complex and the GalGael Trust.”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576006...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576006...
UK government funding changes threaten employability and third sector jobs in Glasgow
Hundreds of Glasgow jobs are at risk as third sector organisations issue 90-day redundancy notices following sharp cuts to UK Government funding.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 AM
As a trustee of the latter: “Third-sector organisations in Glasgow that have previously secured revenue funding through the fund include the Centre for Contemporary Arts … Glasgow Clyde Rape Crisis, Castlemilk Youth Complex and the GalGael Trust.”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576006...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576006...
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Two decades of survey data show Indonesians get more positive about democracy as they age yet Gen Z appears to be an outlier. Many supported Prabowo Subianto despite an authoritarian past. Are they complacent democrats or something else? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complacent Democrats: The Political Preferences of Gen Z Indonesians | Journal of East Asian Studies | Cambridge Core
Complacent Democrats: The Political Preferences of Gen Z Indonesians - Volume 25 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Two decades of survey data show Indonesians get more positive about democracy as they age yet Gen Z appears to be an outlier. Many supported Prabowo Subianto despite an authoritarian past. Are they complacent democrats or something else? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...