EagleOwl
@eagleowlsheila.bsky.social
All-purpose outdoor type. Gardens, allotments, mountains, Lakes. Leftie. Ex-hack, now copy editor and carer. Christian. Francophile. Cyclist. Remarkably slow runner. West Sussex.
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Absolutely terrible news of another Indigenous land defender killed in Brazil as #COP30 takes place
- Vicente Fernandes Vilhalva, a 36-year-old Guarani Kaiowá leader, was shot dead on Sunday morning
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Vicente Fernandes Vilhalva, a 36-year-old Guarani Kaiowá leader, was shot dead on Sunday morning
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates
As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Absolutely terrible news of another Indigenous land defender killed in Brazil as #COP30 takes place
- Vicente Fernandes Vilhalva, a 36-year-old Guarani Kaiowá leader, was shot dead on Sunday morning
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Vicente Fernandes Vilhalva, a 36-year-old Guarani Kaiowá leader, was shot dead on Sunday morning
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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As someone also called a paki in my life she can fuck right off with trying to turn this around on people asking her valid questions. The reason you're called a paki isn't because of refugees and asylum seekers you absolute clown. Her brass neck needs winding in.
I give you Exhibit A.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As someone also called a paki in my life she can fuck right off with trying to turn this around on people asking her valid questions. The reason you're called a paki isn't because of refugees and asylum seekers you absolute clown. Her brass neck needs winding in.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Terrible picture but is this a clouded yellow today at Devils Dyke on the South Downs? @savebutterflies.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Terrible picture but is this a clouded yellow today at Devils Dyke on the South Downs? @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Great summary of Labour's asylum policies.
The policies are immoral and inhumane, but Labour knows this. They are also politically batshit. Inevitably you end up with a system which costs more, leads to more legal challenges, increases the grip of gangs and has pretty much zero impact on overall numbers. I mean, Reform must be loving it. 16/
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great summary of Labour's asylum policies.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
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Such a desperately sad headline. I feel like every time politicians think of something like this, they should go through the mental exercise of replacing the words "asylum seekers" with "Jews fleeing the Nazis" and see how that resonates with their conscience.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Such a desperately sad headline. I feel like every time politicians think of something like this, they should go through the mental exercise of replacing the words "asylum seekers" with "Jews fleeing the Nazis" and see how that resonates with their conscience.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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The aftermath of storms in the Cairngorms in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Walking the storm path through an ever-changing pinewood | Amanda Thomson
Abernethy, Cairngorms: Even in this part-plantation where there is much uniformity, high winds ensure the woodland can never stay the same
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The aftermath of storms in the Cairngorms in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Amanda Thomson.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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What the government is saying is that they want to check brown and black people constantly to see if they can be removed. #StopAndExpel
#r4today
#r4today
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What the government is saying is that they want to check brown and black people constantly to see if they can be removed. #StopAndExpel
#r4today
#r4today
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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Asked on BBC1 if the government is chasing Reform with the new asylum plans, Home Office minister Alex Norris says: “The one thing I can assure you is that political considerations don’t come into this.” Hmmmmm.
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Asked on BBC1 if the government is chasing Reform with the new asylum plans, Home Office minister Alex Norris says: “The one thing I can assure you is that political considerations don’t come into this.” Hmmmmm.
Voters now have an unmistakable choice:
Three parties espousing far-right policies (Labour, Tory, Reform).
Or others not joining this nasty bandwagon (Lib Dems, Greens, SNP,Plauid etc).
At least it's clear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three parties espousing far-right policies (Labour, Tory, Reform).
Or others not joining this nasty bandwagon (Lib Dems, Greens, SNP,Plauid etc).
At least it's clear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Voters now have an unmistakable choice:
Three parties espousing far-right policies (Labour, Tory, Reform).
Or others not joining this nasty bandwagon (Lib Dems, Greens, SNP,Plauid etc).
At least it's clear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three parties espousing far-right policies (Labour, Tory, Reform).
Or others not joining this nasty bandwagon (Lib Dems, Greens, SNP,Plauid etc).
At least it's clear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: An actual lullaby. Sheryl Crow wrote this for her first son, Wyatt. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZi...
Sheryl Crow - Lullaby For Wyatt
YouTube video by SherylCrowVEVO
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November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: An actual lullaby. Sheryl Crow wrote this for her first son, Wyatt. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZi...
Bastille are playing Brighton tomorrow and I won't be there. V poor effort by self.
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bastille are playing Brighton tomorrow and I won't be there. V poor effort by self.
Yeah because homeless asylum seekers will definitely be able to integrate better.
UK to curtail asylum seekers’ automatic right to accommodation on.ft.com/3LHuJT9
UK to curtail asylum seekers’ automatic right to accommodation
Home secretary says Britain’s ‘generosity’ is ‘drawing illegal migrants’
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yeah because homeless asylum seekers will definitely be able to integrate better.
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In an interview with The Times, the Home Secretary has said that refugees who arrived irregularly in the UK will have to wait 20 years before the can qualify for settlement, with their refugee status reviewed every 30 months. 20 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an interview with The Times, the Home Secretary has said that refugees who arrived irregularly in the UK will have to wait 20 years before the can qualify for settlement, with their refugee status reviewed every 30 months. 20 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Have to say I find the proposals to take away the route to permanent settlement of refugees both shocking and repulsive. It's code for 'whatever you do and contribute you can never become one of us so we won't allow you to try.' Racism, pure and simple.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Have to say I find the proposals to take away the route to permanent settlement of refugees both shocking and repulsive. It's code for 'whatever you do and contribute you can never become one of us so we won't allow you to try.' Racism, pure and simple.
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The #climatecrisis is literally on our doorstep
Time to #endfossilfuels
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
#flooding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Time to #endfossilfuels
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
#flooding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Storm Claudia: major incident declared after severe flooding in UK
South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warnings
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The #climatecrisis is literally on our doorstep
Time to #endfossilfuels
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
#flooding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Time to #endfossilfuels
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
#flooding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Shivelight & Shadowtackle
Fast changing shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy of a wood
Words created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the case of our oaks that would be ‘fast moving Ents running through the wood’ 🌳👀
Fast changing shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy of a wood
Words created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the case of our oaks that would be ‘fast moving Ents running through the wood’ 🌳👀
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Shivelight & Shadowtackle
Fast changing shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy of a wood
Words created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the case of our oaks that would be ‘fast moving Ents running through the wood’ 🌳👀
Fast changing shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy of a wood
Words created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the case of our oaks that would be ‘fast moving Ents running through the wood’ 🌳👀
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Winter rains in #Gaza are making conditions even more desperate.
Families taking shelter anywhere they can, including in makeshift tents.
Shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has those supplies to help people get through winter.
Let us bring them in.
Families taking shelter anywhere they can, including in makeshift tents.
Shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has those supplies to help people get through winter.
Let us bring them in.
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Winter rains in #Gaza are making conditions even more desperate.
Families taking shelter anywhere they can, including in makeshift tents.
Shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has those supplies to help people get through winter.
Let us bring them in.
Families taking shelter anywhere they can, including in makeshift tents.
Shelter supplies are urgently needed. UNRWA has those supplies to help people get through winter.
Let us bring them in.