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Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the elegance, agility and effortless natural grace of the penguin.
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the elegance, agility and effortless natural grace of the penguin.
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![Scene is WAITROSE CUSTOMER SERVICES DESK. Behind it is a staff member, whose name we will soon learn is BECKY. She is dealing with a customer, for now out of shot, while talking to her manager on the phone.
BECKY [on phone]:
Yeah, hiya...
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BECKY:
Yes I have a customer here who wants to complain about the Easter eggs.
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BECKY [putting hand over receiver while addressing the customer stood at the desk in front of her]:
Sorry what was your name again?
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[Pull back to show the customer is a very tall, green-skinned, PAGAN GODDESS, festooned with flowers. Stood next to her is her son, a normal human teenager in a hoodie, who looks mortified by his mum.]
PAGAN GODDESS:
Eostre the Pagan Goddess of Fertility
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BECKY
Sorry -
Your name is Easter…?
PAGAN GODDESS:
Eostre.
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VICKY:
Your name is Easter and you want to complain about the Easter eggs.
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PAGAN GODDESS:
Sorry love, what’s your name?
BECKY:
Becky
PAGAN GODDESS:
Well, Vicky -
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PAGAN GODDESS:
If it was you who’d shagged the solar god of the Equinox to give birth to an actual living god - my son Darren here -
TEENAGE BOY:
Muuum…
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PAGAN GODDESS:
….only to have all your efforts totally forgotten by history, you’d have a complaint too!
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PAGAN GODDESS:
Aisle four is full of products, with no hint of the true meaning of the festival!
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BECKY:
You mean… Jesus…?
PAGAN GODDESS:
I mean shagging, Vicky.
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PAGAN GODDESS:
Is it too much to see just a little bit of pre-Christian sex in Aisle 4?
TEENAGE BOY:
MUUUUM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiei7pigtocoghwiww3vhhm4lj2os2ifvc7yzggcj7jn6gresjpdkq@jpeg)
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1/⚠️ Blackbirds are in trouble & we need your help! Threatened by the Usutu virus, we need you to submit your garden Blackbird sightings so scientists can better understand the virus’ spread & potential impacts on these songbirds. 🌍 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/blackbirds #UKBirding #Ornithology
April 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
1/⚠️ Blackbirds are in trouble & we need your help! Threatened by the Usutu virus, we need you to submit your garden Blackbird sightings so scientists can better understand the virus’ spread & potential impacts on these songbirds. 🌍 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/blackbirds #UKBirding #Ornithology
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Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.
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The petition is about to hit 25k signatures, please keep reposting www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
March 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The petition is about to hit 25k signatures, please keep reposting www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
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OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
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Never been more important and relevant 💪 #Womensday
March 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Never been more important and relevant 💪 #Womensday
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What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄
Net Zero is hiking your bills - UK industry is being MASSACRED by Labour
IT is clear for all to see that Sir Keir Starmer and his Government can’t stop talking about Reform UK. Up until just a few weeks ago, the Prime Minister had not mentioned us once in the House of C…
www.thesun.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄
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“Touch my bum, don’t be shy.
Touch my bum, this is life.”
Touch my bum, this is life.”
February 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“Touch my bum, don’t be shy.
Touch my bum, this is life.”
Touch my bum, this is life.”
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This.
A reminder to the British press: Donald Trump just says stuff. Reporting what he says as though it’s fact will inevitably make you look like an idiot. There’s not going to be a US/UK trade deal imminently and Trump really doesn’t care about the UK, even if he likes being flattered.
February 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This.
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The brilliant Bill Bailey plays the new US anthem - The Tsar Spangled Banner
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx6nS...
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx6nS...
February 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The brilliant Bill Bailey plays the new US anthem - The Tsar Spangled Banner
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx6nS...
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx6nS...
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how is this new, this was literally British policy in like half of Asia in the 19th century
February 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
how is this new, this was literally British policy in like half of Asia in the 19th century
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Wissam's brother Abdul yesterday got to fulfil his lifelong dream of watching The Gunners play. And he met the players afterwards!
Thanks to
@arsenalfc.bsky.social for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Thanks to
@arsenalfc.bsky.social for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Wissam's brother Abdul yesterday got to fulfil his lifelong dream of watching The Gunners play. And he met the players afterwards!
Thanks to
@arsenalfc.bsky.social for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Thanks to
@arsenalfc.bsky.social for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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We can say, without any doubt, that social media conspiracism now rules the world.
If that doesn't prompt some serious rethinking about social media and its regulation, I don't know what will.
If that doesn't prompt some serious rethinking about social media and its regulation, I don't know what will.
The sooner we collectively realize that Elon Musk is a shitposting, conspiracy-addled fool, who needs to stay out of public policy not upend it, the safer we’ll all be.
February 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We can say, without any doubt, that social media conspiracism now rules the world.
If that doesn't prompt some serious rethinking about social media and its regulation, I don't know what will.
If that doesn't prompt some serious rethinking about social media and its regulation, I don't know what will.
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@billbrowder.bsky.social talking sense as always. Sounds like European Foreign Ministers largely agree with him on Russia's frozen assets. Give them to Ukraine. All of them. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
youtu.be/Z_xV1nf44RA?...
youtu.be/Z_xV1nf44RA?...
Bill Browder explains what can be done so Ukraine can 'fight another day' | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@billbrowder.bsky.social talking sense as always. Sounds like European Foreign Ministers largely agree with him on Russia's frozen assets. Give them to Ukraine. All of them. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
youtu.be/Z_xV1nf44RA?...
youtu.be/Z_xV1nf44RA?...
OMG This is true! 🤯
"WWF has also claimed a ban on the international commercial trade would damage the livelihoods of Indigenous communities.
However, this is contentious. A resident & guide from Kaktovik said: “We didn’t sell these animals for 10,000 years [..] that's why they are still here.”
"WWF has also claimed a ban on the international commercial trade would damage the livelihoods of Indigenous communities.
However, this is contentious. A resident & guide from Kaktovik said: “We didn’t sell these animals for 10,000 years [..] that's why they are still here.”
A two-year investigation has found that @wwf.org.uk have been lobbying for the continued international trade of polar bear fur , all while using imagery of these beautiful animals for their fundraising . Despicable .
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
OMG This is true! 🤯
"WWF has also claimed a ban on the international commercial trade would damage the livelihoods of Indigenous communities.
However, this is contentious. A resident & guide from Kaktovik said: “We didn’t sell these animals for 10,000 years [..] that's why they are still here.”
"WWF has also claimed a ban on the international commercial trade would damage the livelihoods of Indigenous communities.
However, this is contentious. A resident & guide from Kaktovik said: “We didn’t sell these animals for 10,000 years [..] that's why they are still here.”
FTW!?
Really!? 😱
That sounds bananas...😵💫
*shuffles off to investigate*
Really!? 😱
That sounds bananas...😵💫
*shuffles off to investigate*
A two-year investigation has found that @wwf.org.uk have been lobbying for the continued international trade of polar bear fur , all while using imagery of these beautiful animals for their fundraising . Despicable .
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
FTW!?
Really!? 😱
That sounds bananas...😵💫
*shuffles off to investigate*
Really!? 😱
That sounds bananas...😵💫
*shuffles off to investigate*
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Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
January 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
Bee.
Daphne.
Hayle.
Yesterday.
Daphne.
Hayle.
Yesterday.
February 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Bee.
Daphne.
Hayle.
Yesterday.
Daphne.
Hayle.
Yesterday.
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upcoming Cornwall Climate Café Listening Circles,
more information on these and other wellbeing sessions on Wellbeing – Cornwall Climate Action Network
cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/wellbeing/
#cornwall #wellbeing #climate #activehope
more information on these and other wellbeing sessions on Wellbeing – Cornwall Climate Action Network
cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/wellbeing/
#cornwall #wellbeing #climate #activehope
Wellbeing – Cornwall Climate Action Network
cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth
January 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
upcoming Cornwall Climate Café Listening Circles,
more information on these and other wellbeing sessions on Wellbeing – Cornwall Climate Action Network
cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/wellbeing/
#cornwall #wellbeing #climate #activehope
more information on these and other wellbeing sessions on Wellbeing – Cornwall Climate Action Network
cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/wellbeing/
#cornwall #wellbeing #climate #activehope
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St Mary's, Whitley Bay on Saturday. Lovely light, lots of lapwing, and 70 seals resting on the protected eastern side 👍
January 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
St Mary's, Whitley Bay on Saturday. Lovely light, lots of lapwing, and 70 seals resting on the protected eastern side 👍
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🦇 Please do not disturb hibernating bats. Not only is it illegal to do so but it can endanger their chances of survival as they can use vital fat reserves when they become active unnecessarily.
If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: https://buff.ly/47OkUZN
If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: https://buff.ly/47OkUZN
January 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🦇 Please do not disturb hibernating bats. Not only is it illegal to do so but it can endanger their chances of survival as they can use vital fat reserves when they become active unnecessarily.
If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: https://buff.ly/47OkUZN
If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: https://buff.ly/47OkUZN