Aralski
@aralski.bsky.social
Former bartender, cycle messenger, palaeoecologist (diatoms/lakes) now ecologist (woodlands/meadows). Cities, countryside, music, books and other things.
Astonishing figures and a mind-blowing act of national self-harm.
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Astonishing figures and a mind-blowing act of national self-harm.
Wild pansy seen in an arable field now left to do its own thing near Barham, Kent #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wild pansy seen in an arable field now left to do its own thing near Barham, Kent #wildflowerhour
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📚 Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin… Ces milliardaires «techno-fascistes» qui programment la fin de la démocratie
Dans «Apocalypse Nerds», Nastasia Hadjadji et Olivier Tesquet analysent le projet autoritaire des patrons de la Tech, entre haine de l’Etat et délires transhumanistes 👇
Dans «Apocalypse Nerds», Nastasia Hadjadji et Olivier Tesquet analysent le projet autoritaire des patrons de la Tech, entre haine de l’Etat et délires transhumanistes 👇
Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin… Ces milliardaires «techno-fascistes» qui programment la fin de la démocratie
Dans «Apocalypse Nerds», les journalistes Nastasia Hadjadji et Olivier Tesquet analysent le projet autoritaire des milliardaires de la Tech, entre haine de l’Etat et les délires transhumanistes.
www.liberation.fr
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
📚 Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin… Ces milliardaires «techno-fascistes» qui programment la fin de la démocratie
Dans «Apocalypse Nerds», Nastasia Hadjadji et Olivier Tesquet analysent le projet autoritaire des patrons de la Tech, entre haine de l’Etat et délires transhumanistes 👇
Dans «Apocalypse Nerds», Nastasia Hadjadji et Olivier Tesquet analysent le projet autoritaire des patrons de la Tech, entre haine de l’Etat et délires transhumanistes 👇
Some good news from America.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Some good news from America.
More small scabious. This time on the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSI, Kent, on 30th October #wildflowerhour
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More small scabious. This time on the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment SSSI, Kent, on 30th October #wildflowerhour
Small scabious on the downs outside Lewes, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Small scabious on the downs outside Lewes, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour
So Bugsy got something in his eye and due to excess wriggling the vet couldn't remove it 🙄. Cue synthetic morphine to chill him out, here he is as it kicked in, result: totally baked dachshund, no wriggling, foreign object duly removed.
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So Bugsy got something in his eye and due to excess wriggling the vet couldn't remove it 🙄. Cue synthetic morphine to chill him out, here he is as it kicked in, result: totally baked dachshund, no wriggling, foreign object duly removed.
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Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY
Lunchtime pint, Basketmakers, Brighton.
October 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Lunchtime pint, Basketmakers, Brighton.
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
A wonderful week visiting old haunts in Aix and Marseille.
September 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A wonderful week visiting old haunts in Aix and Marseille.
Hats off to Jamie Raskin. Telling it like it is to the POS that is Nigel Farage. This should be on every UK news channel and perhaps worth a mention tomorrow @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hats off to Jamie Raskin. Telling it like it is to the POS that is Nigel Farage. This should be on every UK news channel and perhaps worth a mention tomorrow @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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This is how it’s done.
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is how it’s done.
Goat's beard with a supporting cast of common knapweed at Fore Down, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Goat's beard with a supporting cast of common knapweed at Fore Down, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Sussex looking just fine.
August 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Sussex looking just fine.
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"Alaska stands with Ukraine" and "Zelenskyy should be here" #3E #StandWithUkraine #AlaskaWithUkraine
August 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"Alaska stands with Ukraine" and "Zelenskyy should be here" #3E #StandWithUkraine #AlaskaWithUkraine
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Much like in the US, in the UK it's fashionable (especially in the conservative media) to dump on cities, specifically London. Crime-ridden, declining, etc. etc. All the same shit they say about NYC or DC.
Here's Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, saying "fuck off, cities rule."
Here's Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, saying "fuck off, cities rule."
‘These People Can’t Stand What London Represents… It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview’
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city’s apparent decline
bylinetimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Much like in the US, in the UK it's fashionable (especially in the conservative media) to dump on cities, specifically London. Crime-ridden, declining, etc. etc. All the same shit they say about NYC or DC.
Here's Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, saying "fuck off, cities rule."
Here's Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, saying "fuck off, cities rule."
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🧵🧵🧵
In this thread, I lay out more than a dozen facts about Trump and his child-molester friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
I challenge you to read the whole thread and then decide what the odds are that Trump did not abuse girls or tolerate his pals Epstein and Maxwell doing so.
In this thread, I lay out more than a dozen facts about Trump and his child-molester friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
I challenge you to read the whole thread and then decide what the odds are that Trump did not abuse girls or tolerate his pals Epstein and Maxwell doing so.
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧵🧵🧵
In this thread, I lay out more than a dozen facts about Trump and his child-molester friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
I challenge you to read the whole thread and then decide what the odds are that Trump did not abuse girls or tolerate his pals Epstein and Maxwell doing so.
In this thread, I lay out more than a dozen facts about Trump and his child-molester friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
I challenge you to read the whole thread and then decide what the odds are that Trump did not abuse girls or tolerate his pals Epstein and Maxwell doing so.
How true.
«Un public plus agréable» célèbre la victoire des Lionnesses dans les pubs de Londres
«Franchement, si c’est ça l’avenir du football, je vais devenir fan», dit Gus, croisé à Londres. Notre reportage pendant la finale :
«Franchement, si c’est ça l’avenir du football, je vais devenir fan», dit Gus, croisé à Londres. Notre reportage pendant la finale :
«Un public plus agréable» célèbre la victoire des Lionnesses dans les pubs de Londres
Si les fans se sont rassemblés ce dimanche dans les pubs londoniens pour la finale de l’Euro féminin, l’ambiance détonnait avec les matchs de foot masculin.
www.liberation.fr
July 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
How true.
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Is Mexican coke really better? The president’s son thinks so.
July 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Is Mexican coke really better? The president’s son thinks so.
#hairyplants you say, here's a nettle-leaved bellflower with hairy petals seen on a road verge near Lewes,East Sussex #wildflowerhour
July 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#hairyplants you say, here's a nettle-leaved bellflower with hairy petals seen on a road verge near Lewes,East Sussex #wildflowerhour
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This is really worth a read.
"To meet an ever more radical right halfway, the Labour Party has had to take on much, much more illiberal positions than anything countenanced previously." Moderation can become appeasement, and appeasement can become affirmation. A warning from the UK:
When Moderation Becomes Appeasement
If your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer.
www.thebulwark.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is really worth a read.
Round-headed rampion, The Pride of Sussex, growing on the chalk downs near Folkington @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflower #sussex
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Round-headed rampion, The Pride of Sussex, growing on the chalk downs near Folkington @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflower #sussex
