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@williamnb.bsky.social
In a world of disaster capitalism, be a rebel: ride a bicycle and buy your clothes 2ndhand from charity shops.
Also, all the best people have trees in their bio.
Now tell me, where will your next bike ride be?
https://www.WillCycle.com
Also, all the best people have trees in their bio.
Now tell me, where will your next bike ride be?
https://www.WillCycle.com
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Traffic-free cycling routes in the UK - WillCycle
Easily find gorgeous traffic-free (and usually family-friendly) cycling routes in the UK. Browse the interactive map to make finding routes nearest to you a breeze!
www.willcycle.com
Please can I ask a favour? Can you tell me about traffic-free cycle routes in your part of the UK that don't show on this map?
Thank you!
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
Thank you!
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
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And if you work in a public service setting, in the UK, you can get free trees from The Woodland Trust. These hedgerow plants will be planted by my students in the next few weeks.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
And if you work in a public service setting, in the UK, you can get free trees from The Woodland Trust. These hedgerow plants will be planted by my students in the next few weeks.
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In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row
A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's my birthday soon(ish) and as usual, I want a present from YOU:
I want you to plant a tree. I don't care what kind of tree, but I do care very much that you nurture and protect that little tree, so it can grow into a mighty tree.
I want you to plant a tree. I don't care what kind of tree, but I do care very much that you nurture and protect that little tree, so it can grow into a mighty tree.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's my birthday soon(ish) and as usual, I want a present from YOU:
I want you to plant a tree. I don't care what kind of tree, but I do care very much that you nurture and protect that little tree, so it can grow into a mighty tree.
I want you to plant a tree. I don't care what kind of tree, but I do care very much that you nurture and protect that little tree, so it can grow into a mighty tree.
All you need to know about cycling on Dartmoor
Dartmoor is England's last true wilderness, and receives millions of visitors each year. It's easy to see why - Dartmoor is beautiful. From the annual Ten Tors event for school kids, to the Dartmoor Classic sportive, to smaller events like Dartmoor In…
Dartmoor is England's last true wilderness, and receives millions of visitors each year. It's easy to see why - Dartmoor is beautiful. From the annual Ten Tors event for school kids, to the Dartmoor Classic sportive, to smaller events like Dartmoor In…
All you need to know about cycling on Dartmoor
Dartmoor is England's last true wilderness, and receives millions of visitors each year. It's easy to see why - Dartmoor is beautiful. From the annual Ten Tors event for school kids, to the Dartmoor Classic sportive, to smaller events like Dartmoor In A Day, to just casual visitors and families having a picnic, Dartmoor caters to all. And therein lies the problem.
www.willcycle.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All you need to know about cycling on Dartmoor
Dartmoor is England's last true wilderness, and receives millions of visitors each year. It's easy to see why - Dartmoor is beautiful. From the annual Ten Tors event for school kids, to the Dartmoor Classic sportive, to smaller events like Dartmoor In…
Dartmoor is England's last true wilderness, and receives millions of visitors each year. It's easy to see why - Dartmoor is beautiful. From the annual Ten Tors event for school kids, to the Dartmoor Classic sportive, to smaller events like Dartmoor In…
Admirable, but meaningless, while the UK continues to support the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Admirable, but meaningless, while the UK continues to support the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
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The hope against the fear: how @zackpolanski.bsky.social is redrawing the political landscape
Abandoned by a workers’ party, frozen out as it goes right, thousands of British voters are looking elsewhere for a combative left wing
From @blast-info.fr
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
Abandoned by a workers’ party, frozen out as it goes right, thousands of British voters are looking elsewhere for a combative left wing
From @blast-info.fr
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
L’espoir contre la peur : comment Zack Polanski redessine le paysage politique britannique
Abandonnés par un Parti travailliste recentré et frileux, des milliers d’électeurs britanniques cherchent ailleurs une gauche combative. Tandis que Nigel Farage joue sur la peur de l'immigration, Zack...
www.blast-info.fr
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The hope against the fear: how @zackpolanski.bsky.social is redrawing the political landscape
Abandoned by a workers’ party, frozen out as it goes right, thousands of British voters are looking elsewhere for a combative left wing
From @blast-info.fr
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
Abandoned by a workers’ party, frozen out as it goes right, thousands of British voters are looking elsewhere for a combative left wing
From @blast-info.fr
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
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Pretty sure he has done more to help than hinder the return of racism to politics.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Pretty sure he has done more to help than hinder the return of racism to politics.
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Starmer and Reeves explicitly told us that reversing decisions on winter fuel allowances and two child benefit caps were impossible due to the state of the economy.
They moved on fuel allowances they’re about to move on the benefit cap.
They lied, but now they’re getting desperate it’s pathetic.
They moved on fuel allowances they’re about to move on the benefit cap.
They lied, but now they’re getting desperate it’s pathetic.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Starmer and Reeves explicitly told us that reversing decisions on winter fuel allowances and two child benefit caps were impossible due to the state of the economy.
They moved on fuel allowances they’re about to move on the benefit cap.
They lied, but now they’re getting desperate it’s pathetic.
They moved on fuel allowances they’re about to move on the benefit cap.
They lied, but now they’re getting desperate it’s pathetic.
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Is he claiming that he doesn't know them and has never met them?
Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Is he claiming that he doesn't know them and has never met them?
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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People in the UK aren't getting transphobia from weird niche online communities.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
when this piece of shit is asked what good phone pouches are supposed to do, shs responds glibly about online radicalisation. where else would children learn to be transphobic in the tolerant UK, after all? ridiculous
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
People in the UK aren't getting transphobia from weird niche online communities.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
Shocking news: the average RefUK voter is (at best) scientifically illiterate.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Shocking news: the average RefUK voter is (at best) scientifically illiterate.
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politicians, media and large institutions deciding to stop saying 'climate change' hasn't materially reduced public conern about it or support for actions to tackle it
turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
politicians, media and large institutions deciding to stop saying 'climate change' hasn't materially reduced public conern about it or support for actions to tackle it
turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
Climate change? Nah, some guy on YouTube told me it's all made up!
(The USA is currently at the start of the Find Out phase of FAFO)
(The USA is currently at the start of the Find Out phase of FAFO)
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Climate change? Nah, some guy on YouTube told me it's all made up!
(The USA is currently at the start of the Find Out phase of FAFO)
(The USA is currently at the start of the Find Out phase of FAFO)
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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1.5C target is dead.
If COP doesn’t state this, the farce continues.
If COP doesn’t state this, the farce continues.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
1.5C target is dead.
If COP doesn’t state this, the farce continues.
If COP doesn’t state this, the farce continues.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
RIP
Miela Erasmus
27 June 1988
Angola
RIP
Miela Erasmus
27 June 1988
Angola
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
RIP
Miela Erasmus
27 June 1988
Angola
RIP
Miela Erasmus
27 June 1988
Angola
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Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Is the Land Rover Defender the biggest star of Celebrity Traitors?
Is the Land Rover Defender the Celebrity Traitors' biggest star? With almost 12million people tuning in, search results have surged 35% for JLR's best selling 110.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
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Treasonous human rights laws mean special forces now can’t even murder scads of civilians in a series of bloodcurdling war crimes and lie about what they’ve done while the government covers it up, without facing a lot of impertinent questions
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Treasonous human rights laws mean special forces now can’t even murder scads of civilians in a series of bloodcurdling war crimes and lie about what they’ve done while the government covers it up, without facing a lot of impertinent questions
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.