Nick
@gasbirder.bsky.social
In no particular order...birder, novice botanist, Gashead, art, film and book lover, husband, dad etc.
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Such a tranquil place and a haven for wildlife. This should not be happening. Please repost :-)
www.ywt.org.uk/news/derwent...
www.ywt.org.uk/news/derwent...
Derwent Hunt trespasses again at Chafer Wood nature reserve | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
On the 15th November, the Derwent Hunt once again trespassed into our Chafer Wood nature reserve near Ebberston.
www.ywt.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Such a tranquil place and a haven for wildlife. This should not be happening. Please repost :-)
www.ywt.org.uk/news/derwent...
www.ywt.org.uk/news/derwent...
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❌ Wildlife protections are under attack.
The Government wants to change the law to make it easier to brush aside nature in the pursuit of growth at all costs 🏗️
👉 Take our simple e-action to make your voice heard: bit.ly/4qrc0ei
The Government wants to change the law to make it easier to brush aside nature in the pursuit of growth at all costs 🏗️
👉 Take our simple e-action to make your voice heard: bit.ly/4qrc0ei
Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill
It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
❌ Wildlife protections are under attack.
The Government wants to change the law to make it easier to brush aside nature in the pursuit of growth at all costs 🏗️
👉 Take our simple e-action to make your voice heard: bit.ly/4qrc0ei
The Government wants to change the law to make it easier to brush aside nature in the pursuit of growth at all costs 🏗️
👉 Take our simple e-action to make your voice heard: bit.ly/4qrc0ei
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🔔 Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.
The Planning Bill is nearly law.
An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.
wtru.st/49ch28z
The Planning Bill is nearly law.
An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.
wtru.st/49ch28z
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🔔 Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.
The Planning Bill is nearly law.
An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.
wtru.st/49ch28z
The Planning Bill is nearly law.
An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.
📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.
wtru.st/49ch28z
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Please email your MP, this is existential.
**Planning and Infrastructure Bill update**
The House of Lords have moved to keep vital protections for sensitive habitats and species.
It's now time to ask MPs to hold the line.
Let your MP know that we need to keep Amendment 130 in the Bill.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
The House of Lords have moved to keep vital protections for sensitive habitats and species.
It's now time to ask MPs to hold the line.
Let your MP know that we need to keep Amendment 130 in the Bill.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill
It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.
action.wildlifetrusts.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Please email your MP, this is existential.
Really enjoyed "Echoes of Yorkshire" at the museum gardens last night. At times like a technicolour John Piper painting... #York #JohnPiper
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Really enjoyed "Echoes of Yorkshire" at the museum gardens last night. At times like a technicolour John Piper painting... #York #JohnPiper
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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SIGN THE PETITION
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social please pass it on.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social please pass it on.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature
We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...
petition.parliament.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SIGN THE PETITION
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social please pass it on.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social please pass it on.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Evertonian, Arteja Folla needs your help.
Trafficked into modern slavery from Albania by a criminal gang, she has made a life in Liverpool and now she faces deportation back into the hands of the people who trafficked her.
Ari is a lovely, thoughtful and compassionate woman, who I know personally.
Trafficked into modern slavery from Albania by a criminal gang, she has made a life in Liverpool and now she faces deportation back into the hands of the people who trafficked her.
Ari is a lovely, thoughtful and compassionate woman, who I know personally.
Sign the Petition
Stop the Deportation of Arjeta — A Survivor of Trafficking Who Sought Safety
www.change.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Evertonian, Arteja Folla needs your help.
Trafficked into modern slavery from Albania by a criminal gang, she has made a life in Liverpool and now she faces deportation back into the hands of the people who trafficked her.
Ari is a lovely, thoughtful and compassionate woman, who I know personally.
Trafficked into modern slavery from Albania by a criminal gang, she has made a life in Liverpool and now she faces deportation back into the hands of the people who trafficked her.
Ari is a lovely, thoughtful and compassionate woman, who I know personally.
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Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.
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"The Treasury....plans to gut green rules with amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill – ditching the precautionary principle, slashing species protections and curbing legal challenges"
Indefensible
This must be fought tooth and nail
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Indefensible
This must be fought tooth and nail
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial
Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"The Treasury....plans to gut green rules with amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill – ditching the precautionary principle, slashing species protections and curbing legal challenges"
Indefensible
This must be fought tooth and nail
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Indefensible
This must be fought tooth and nail
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One for the occasional series of #ornithology papers you need in your life but might not have read - Common/Spotted Sandpiper flight style as an antipredator behaviour.
academic.oup.com/auk/article-...
academic.oup.com/auk/article-...
October 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
One for the occasional series of #ornithology papers you need in your life but might not have read - Common/Spotted Sandpiper flight style as an antipredator behaviour.
academic.oup.com/auk/article-...
academic.oup.com/auk/article-...
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Really excited about this! New media launching next week❤️💪🔥 pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Really excited about this! New media launching next week❤️💪🔥 pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
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Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
guyshrubsole.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
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New post: Fascism, Rivers of Blood, and today’s political and media elite
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/fasc...
Spreading disinformation about minority groups is as old as civilisation itself. Once our political and media elite would call this out for what it was, but not any more.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/fasc...
Spreading disinformation about minority groups is as old as civilisation itself. Once our political and media elite would call this out for what it was, but not any more.
Fascism, Rivers of Blood, and today’s political and media elite
Whether we call the Trump regime fascist or not is in one sense just semantics. Trump clearly has similarities to the archetypical fascist ...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New post: Fascism, Rivers of Blood, and today’s political and media elite
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/fasc...
Spreading disinformation about minority groups is as old as civilisation itself. Once our political and media elite would call this out for what it was, but not any more.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/fasc...
Spreading disinformation about minority groups is as old as civilisation itself. Once our political and media elite would call this out for what it was, but not any more.
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Only 55 days until the big Trigger Happy TV 25th Anniversary LIVE shows #london #manchester #Birmingham #Glasgow #Southampton
August 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Only 55 days until the big Trigger Happy TV 25th Anniversary LIVE shows #london #manchester #Birmingham #Glasgow #Southampton
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I’m guessing there wasn’t much happening in the penalty box then.
August 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m guessing there wasn’t much happening in the penalty box then.
Interesting nest material! (in the Yorkshire dales) #ukbirding #ukwildlife
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Interesting nest material! (in the Yorkshire dales) #ukbirding #ukwildlife
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My teenage hero. Stewie the King. In my head he'll always be the slightly awkward kid with magic in his boots who scored 30 in 1995/96 when all we had to do was get him the ball and it was in.
I hope as many Rovers fans as possible get to Yeovil on Saturday week for his game. I can't cos of work.
I hope as many Rovers fans as possible get to Yeovil on Saturday week for his game. I can't cos of work.
Marcus Stewart: Former striker who has MND says things 'getting difficult'
Former striker Marcus Stewart says he left his Yeovil coaching role this summer as he felt unable to
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
My teenage hero. Stewie the King. In my head he'll always be the slightly awkward kid with magic in his boots who scored 30 in 1995/96 when all we had to do was get him the ball and it was in.
I hope as many Rovers fans as possible get to Yeovil on Saturday week for his game. I can't cos of work.
I hope as many Rovers fans as possible get to Yeovil on Saturday week for his game. I can't cos of work.
Broad-bodied Chaser in Ainderby. First village record was only 2023 but now the most regularly seen chaser species. @bladetail.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Broad-bodied Chaser in Ainderby. First village record was only 2023 but now the most regularly seen chaser species. @bladetail.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
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Reupping this one more time, because it's the best thing I've read all week.
This is a beautiful and beautifully written essay, and I'd love to see tons of people reading it.
Aman
For a few months when I was 21, I stood in the doorway of a Times Square movie theater every night and chatted with a man named Aman, who’d emigrated to the United States from Afghanistan the year bef...
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reupping this one more time, because it's the best thing I've read all week.
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TOMORROW my book NOW WHAT? is out in paperback - updated with a powerful new chapter.
This isn’t just a book. It’s a call for action. A people’s manifesto.
This isn’t just a book. It’s a call for action. A people’s manifesto.
July 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
TOMORROW my book NOW WHAT? is out in paperback - updated with a powerful new chapter.
This isn’t just a book. It’s a call for action. A people’s manifesto.
This isn’t just a book. It’s a call for action. A people’s manifesto.
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📣Hot off the press!
Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy.
We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍.
Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29
Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy.
We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍.
Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29
June 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📣Hot off the press!
Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy.
We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍.
Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29
Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy.
We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍.
Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29