Deborah Talbot
@writergeek.bsky.social
Data journalist, copywriter, science/research communications in microplastics, tree science, climate change. Keen on walking, growing veg, cooking and podcasts.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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"The edit was a mistake, it was clearly misjudged, but the idea it's an example of institutional bias against Trump is absurd."
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The edit was a mistake, it was clearly misjudged, but the idea it's an example of institutional bias against Trump is absurd."
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025
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Let's live the lives we are meant to - joyful lives surrounded by community and nature, both of which we are part of and totally dependent upon.
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Let's live the lives we are meant to - joyful lives surrounded by community and nature, both of which we are part of and totally dependent upon.
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Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
This research shows that there is more than one element of self-interest in trying to protect and grow biodiversity and natural environments. And research that aligns with parallel breakthroughs in the gut microbiome.
Interesting stuff.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Interesting stuff.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural world
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This research shows that there is more than one element of self-interest in trying to protect and grow biodiversity and natural environments. And research that aligns with parallel breakthroughs in the gut microbiome.
Interesting stuff.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Interesting stuff.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
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Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...
Integrating natural processes into woodland creation
YouTube video by TreE PlaNat
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...
Wonder if Peter Thiel has ever heard of the concept of projection?
Anyway, you know when powerful people (with contracts from the UK govn. start getting mystical fever dreams, we're in trouble.
Totally eyebrow-raising scoop by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anyway, you know when powerful people (with contracts from the UK govn. start getting mystical fever dreams, we're in trouble.
Totally eyebrow-raising scoop by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Wonder if Peter Thiel has ever heard of the concept of projection?
Anyway, you know when powerful people (with contracts from the UK govn. start getting mystical fever dreams, we're in trouble.
Totally eyebrow-raising scoop by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anyway, you know when powerful people (with contracts from the UK govn. start getting mystical fever dreams, we're in trouble.
Totally eyebrow-raising scoop by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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In case you missed it, here's our fifth MINAGRIS briefing, covering the potential for global plastics policy development, an interview with Giulia Carcasci from the FAO, and everything we've been up to 2024-5.
Find it here: buff.ly/gCXu1Ll
#microplastics #soilscience #horizoneurope
Find it here: buff.ly/gCXu1Ll
#microplastics #soilscience #horizoneurope
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In case you missed it, here's our fifth MINAGRIS briefing, covering the potential for global plastics policy development, an interview with Giulia Carcasci from the FAO, and everything we've been up to 2024-5.
Find it here: buff.ly/gCXu1Ll
#microplastics #soilscience #horizoneurope
Find it here: buff.ly/gCXu1Ll
#microplastics #soilscience #horizoneurope
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The UK is launching a massive tree planting programme, with two new national forests & planting millions of new trees.
But what is the best way to grow forests? Is it by planting new trees or by allowing trees to spread naturally, or a combination of both?
Read the research: buff.ly/BVH4ioz
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But what is the best way to grow forests? Is it by planting new trees or by allowing trees to spread naturally, or a combination of both?
Read the research: buff.ly/BVH4ioz
🌐
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The UK is launching a massive tree planting programme, with two new national forests & planting millions of new trees.
But what is the best way to grow forests? Is it by planting new trees or by allowing trees to spread naturally, or a combination of both?
Read the research: buff.ly/BVH4ioz
🌐
But what is the best way to grow forests? Is it by planting new trees or by allowing trees to spread naturally, or a combination of both?
Read the research: buff.ly/BVH4ioz
🌐
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Our Impact & Insights Note from our project Connected Treescapes highlights the importance of diversity and connectivity to woodland invertebrates - animals without a backbone, like snails, worms and butterflies 🪱🐌🦋.
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Read the Note here: buff.ly/lQaWMl1
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Read the Note here: buff.ly/lQaWMl1
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Our Impact & Insights Note from our project Connected Treescapes highlights the importance of diversity and connectivity to woodland invertebrates - animals without a backbone, like snails, worms and butterflies 🪱🐌🦋.
🌐
Read the Note here: buff.ly/lQaWMl1
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Read the Note here: buff.ly/lQaWMl1
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“Cracker Barrell Outrage Almost Certainly Driven By Bots.”
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?
gizmodo.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Cracker Barrell Outrage Almost Certainly Driven By Bots.”
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
Never, ever post pictures of your children on social media. You do not own those pictures. Once you upload them, they are owned by the companies.
I am so glad I have never done this to my kid. Mainly out of respect to their autonomy. Even I didn't expect this level of degeneracy.
I am so glad I have never done this to my kid. Mainly out of respect to their autonomy. Even I didn't expect this level of degeneracy.
September 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Never, ever post pictures of your children on social media. You do not own those pictures. Once you upload them, they are owned by the companies.
I am so glad I have never done this to my kid. Mainly out of respect to their autonomy. Even I didn't expect this level of degeneracy.
I am so glad I have never done this to my kid. Mainly out of respect to their autonomy. Even I didn't expect this level of degeneracy.
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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Our research programme produced some incredible insights, which we brought together as ten top messages that will transform treescapes in the UK.
Here's number 1 - preparing for #climatechange. What do we need to do to ensure resilience?
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Here's number 1 - preparing for #climatechange. What do we need to do to ensure resilience?
🌐🌳🌏
September 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our research programme produced some incredible insights, which we brought together as ten top messages that will transform treescapes in the UK.
Here's number 1 - preparing for #climatechange. What do we need to do to ensure resilience?
🌐🌳🌏
Here's number 1 - preparing for #climatechange. What do we need to do to ensure resilience?
🌐🌳🌏
Our children are not safe with these people in charge. Yet many British people ally themselves with Trump, Reform etc. supposedly to protect young girls. It feels so deeply messed up.
Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our children are not safe with these people in charge. Yet many British people ally themselves with Trump, Reform etc. supposedly to protect young girls. It feels so deeply messed up.
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Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.