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Dr C B Rose
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Retired researcher (PhD in psychology/flood risk management); folk musician; inland waterway enthusiast; LGBTQI+ally. She/her.
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adambienkov.bsky.social
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Shutting down X is no longer a matter of free speech. It is a matter of child protection.
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social
Traveling? Be aware that US Customs might demand to see what’s on your phone upon entry. Here’s some advice on how to handle the problem. GIFT ARTICLE
Phone Searches at the Border Are Up: How to Protect Your Privacy
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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jonburkeuk.bsky.social
I, for one, cannot understand why men like Rupert Lowe are opposed to banning X, despite it assisting sex offenders, paying people to invite the foreign powers to invade the U.K, and allowing state-sponsored cyber warfare against our democracy.

It's a real mystery...🤔
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
rosiewomble.bsky.social
Why has it taken this long ...? #cesspit www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images
Labour party chair says government having conversations about use of platform in light of sexualised Grok images
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
rosiewomble.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truth
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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news-flows-ir.bsky.social
Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis | Austin Sarat

Barely a mile from Floyd’s murder, an officer killed Renee Nicole Good. We must peacefully say no to this violence

On 25 May 2020, America witnessed a stunning act of police brutality when a...
Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis | Austin Sarat
Barely a mile from Floyd’s murder, an officer killed Renee Nicole Good. We must peacefully say no to this violence
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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uksnowmap.com
🚨 Snowing where you are? ❄️ Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode and a snow-rating out of 10 (x/10) and see your report on the live map at uksnowmap.com
UK Snow Map - Live UK Snow Tracker
See where it is snowing in the UK right now! UK Snow Map uses #uksnow posts to draw an up-to-the-minute map of where it is currently snowing in the UK.
uksnowmap.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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louisehaighmp.bsky.social
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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edhawkins.org
2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659.

(Daily data available since 1772.)

www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
Timeseries of Central England Temperature
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.
December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Poem with a subliminal message.
Resolution   Having failed to keep A new year’s resolution for Pretty much ever, this year I resolve to Play it safe. The trick is to know Your limits. Keep it simple.   Now what I resolve to do is to Eschew a poetic form. Abstain from Writing an acrostic for a whole   Year. A resolution, I think, Easily done. Eminently achievable. A piece of cake. Oh, Rats. Brian Bilston
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.

Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.

Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.

Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Competitively priced for loo roll, but not soft or absorbent enough.

The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
rosiewomble.bsky.social
#UKcanals #MontgomeryCanalRestoration www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/2570807...
Tree clearance begins for Montgomery Canal restoration at Waen Wen
The Montgomery Canal Restoration is expected to use tree clearance ahead of anticipated restoration work along the channel.
www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
December 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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devawo.bsky.social
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21d
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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theguardian.com
My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions | Andrea Egan
My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions | Andrea Egan
I have been appalled by Wes Streeting’s attacks on resident doctors. The destructive right wing of the Labour party should know that this is a new era, says the general secretary-elect of Unison, Andrea Egan
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Reminder, we can't throw anything _away_ on this #PoisonedPlanet.

There is no such place
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Hidden threats in the dark: Alarming levels of human-made debris in Mediterranean sea caves
Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research comes in to overturn the picture.
phys.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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efdss.bsky.social
Meet Cohort 10 of the National Youth Folk Ensemble!
You can find all of the Ensemble’s current favourite bits of music of the Meet the Ensemble page on the EFDSS website.
All of the photos are by Roswitha Chesher
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Meet the Ensemble
Meet the National Youth Folk Ensemble 2025/26...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
The "Institute of Economic Affairs" banked £640,000 in past donations from oil giants BP and Shell, and from Rupert Murdoch

- investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms

#climatecrisis
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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goodlawproject.org
An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
So far as her other comments are concerned, they were impermissible manifestations of her belief and were in our view what amounted to an incident of harassment by the claimant of the second respondent related to the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, reasonably perceived by the second respondent to be so, and were a breach by the claimant of section 26 of the Act and of the Bullying and Harassment Policy. The second respondent was entitled to view the actions of the claimant in those particular regards as being such harassment, or as a “hate incident” within the policy, and the first respondent was entitled in principle to act on the complaint made, but the detail of how it did so depends on all the circumstances as more fully addressed below. The second respondent was also entitled to regard the claimant’s actions as a breach of the second respondent’s Article 8 rights, so far as the claimant’s expression of her beliefs was impermissible. 1034. We also considered that the claimant had acted deliberately to be able to challenge the second respondent whilst they were alone. What she did was to wait until other members of staff had left the changing room, and for the second respondent to leave the cubicle, before raising her own beliefs directly with the second respondent in the manner we have set out. 1035. Whilst the claimant had not been informed as promptly and in the detail we considered appropriate, and the first respondent did not consider whether to revoke permission at all, the claimant did not herself raise any formal grievance under the policy. She is an experienced member of staff who had access to union advice. She knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the first respondent having granted permission to the second respondent she required to have raised her concerns with the first respondent as the decision-maker rather than with the colleague to whom it had been granted, and in any event ought not to have done so in the manner that she did.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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williamripple.bsky.social
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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goodlawproject.org
What are the main points to emerge from the Sandie Peggie hearing? A brief expert blog from a specialist KC... goodlaw.social/5o6l
Sandie Peggie: Tribunal rules that employers do not have to exclude trans people | Good Law Project
One of the first cases that follows the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found that the court didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
goodlaw.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM