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Ian Martin
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Retired museum professional. Northumberland/Borsetshire domiciled Scot. Owned by a lurcher and a greyhound (rescues). Art, classical music, nature and the environment, justice..and dogs! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 🐕🐈 🦔🦊🌱🦉🐍.🚫 DMs, porn, crypto, fascists.
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NEVER FORGET!!!
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Wealth & tech won't save us from climate catastrophe. A dead planet makes money useless. The signs are clear,respect nature now to thrive together! 🌍 #ClimateAction #Sustainability
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It feels wrong that an MP can get elected on one platform and then just... swap? 🤷‍♀️ I’ve signed this to demand a by-election when MPs cross the floor. Let's make sure our votes actually count. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
MPs shouldn't be able to switch parties without asking us first!
I just signed a petition calling for mandatory by-elections when an MP changes their political party. We vote for a specific manifesto and set of values—if that changes, we should get to vote again. I...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Under this Administration, ICE has created chaos in communities across the country and used deadly force against Americans. That's unacceptable.

Ruben Gallego and I have a bill to set clear standards for the use of force and make sure ICE is accountable to the people they serve.
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The Congo Basin & Amazon aren't just "lungs of the earth." They're active climate systems, centuries-old pharmacies, & home to millions. Once felled & burned, they can't be replaced in our lifetime. Why destroy what we cannot recreate? #ClimateAction #NatureBasedSolutions
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
To the cowardly draft-dodging lump of excrement, who describes his own brave war dead as 'suckers and losers': UK personnel killed in Afghanistan fighting alongside our US allies number 454,with 2000 + wounded, many severely. In Iraq, 179 killed, 3598 wounded. Josh Leakey's VC citation says it all.
January 23, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Greenlanders have spoken: their democracy is not for sale. Trump’s threats to the Arctic’s future must be stopped. Sign the petition to protect Greenland’s rights, resources, and environment! 🌍✊ action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
Protect Greenland from Trump’s grip!
Trump is threatening Greenland’s democracy, resources, and environment-but Greenlanders have made it clear: their future is not for sale. Join the fight to protect Greenland’s rights, the Arctic’s fra...
action.wemove.eu
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Greenlanders have spoken: their democracy is not for sale. Trump’s threats to the Arctic’s future must be stopped. Sign the petition to protect Greenland’s rights, resources, and environment! 🌍✊ action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
Protect Greenland from Trump’s grip!
Trump is threatening Greenland’s democracy, resources, and environment-but Greenlanders have made it clear: their future is not for sale. Join the fight to protect Greenland’s rights, the Arctic’s fra...
action.wemove.eu
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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One of two bittern seen at @northcavewet.bsky.social by @mjthom.bsky.social
Also great spotted woodpecker amongst many others
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Hurrah for the Blackshirts! - today's Daily Mail echoes its 1934 pro-Nazi stance. Is this assault on Britain's democracy treasonable?
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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“Rows of books around me stand,
Fence me round on either hand;
Through that forest of dead words
I would hunt the living birds”
Louis MacNeice (1936)
#photography #books #shelves #bookshop #PotD #poetry #MacNeice #BarterBooks #Alnwick #literature
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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“Then a sudden scatter of summer rain
is your tongue.
Then a butterfly paused on a trembling
leaf is your breath.
Then the gauzy mist relaxed on the ground
is your pose.”
Carol Ann Duffy (2005)
#photography #butterfly #OwlButterfly #Caligo #nature #Macro #PotD #poetry #Duffy #eyespot
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Tour guide at Mar-a-Lago:
‘If you look up in the far right corner, 3 rows down, you should be able to see President Trump’s European Figure Skating Champion Trophy of 2022. Below that his ‘Neatest Handwriting in Class Award of 2013. Oh & there’s his FA Cup winners medal etc etc’
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Oh dear, so obvious who bottled George. Plod and the villagers are taking their time.
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Bee at peace with the world. My personal antidote to doomscrolling. #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Sunflowers #Dailyflower
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Let's make sure this video trends! Make it go viral! MELIA has to find a human. She's so easy to fall in love with. I know she'll find the right home.

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793

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1K reactions · 175 comments | Melia has spent 854 days laying in her kennel, surrounded by nonstop barking, waiting for a life that still hasn’t come. Music plays to help soothe her, but it can’t repl...
Melia has spent 854 days laying in her kennel, surrounded by nonstop barking, waiting for a life that still hasn’t come. Music plays to help soothe her, but it can’t replace a home, a family, or...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/commit-t...
No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
act.38degrees.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/commit-t...
No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
act.38degrees.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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In Memoriam DJT.
Verdi - Requiem Mass - Dies Irae
YouTube video by The Wicked North
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January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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🌱 "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." —William Wordsworth
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Centuries-old trees aren't just wood—they're massive carbon sinks, storing CO₂ that would otherwise fuel climate change. A single ancient tree can hold tons of carbon for hundreds of years. Yet we're burning them for short-term profit. This isn't development. 🌳🔥 #Deforestation
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM
To all my friends, have a happy Hogmanay and a peaceful new year!
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Trip over to Glenelg, Otter and a few Black Guillemot in Winter plumage.
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM