Imogen Forster
@imogenforster.bsky.social
Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.
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‘There are thought to be close to a million deer in Scotland, with at least 100,000 culled annually.
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
‘There are thought to be close to a million deer in Scotland, with at least 100,000 culled annually.
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
One for you, @tonythorne007.bsky.social?
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
One for you, @tonythorne007.bsky.social?
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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
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1/2 El Presidente Trump is Venezuela’s Juan Vicente Gómez, who looted the nation to make himself the wealthiest man in the country & disdained public education to—in the words of the scholar Paloma Griffero Pedemonte—“keep the people ignorant & docile”
El Presidente—in every dictatorship follows...
El Presidente—in every dictatorship follows...
America is a Banana Republic
El Presidente Donald Trump is the gringo version of brutal and corrupt dictators foisted on Latin American countries by their oligarchs and Yankee imperialists.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
1/2 El Presidente Trump is Venezuela’s Juan Vicente Gómez, who looted the nation to make himself the wealthiest man in the country & disdained public education to—in the words of the scholar Paloma Griffero Pedemonte—“keep the people ignorant & docile”
El Presidente—in every dictatorship follows...
El Presidente—in every dictatorship follows...
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Israelis blow up and destroy a residential complex in the Al- Shujai’yya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, in breach of the ceasefire agreement
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Israelis blow up and destroy a residential complex in the Al- Shujai’yya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, in breach of the ceasefire agreement
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
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Humans really need to rethink this AI push by billionaires. It isn't that great. Not only is it overhyped technology, it uses a lot of energy and water. We will pay for that -- not the corporations. It needs to be regulated heavily.
As water sources become scarcer and scarcer and ground water depletion surges
AI wants our water
A Greenpeace study estimates that data centres will consume 664 billion litres annually by 2030, compared to 239 billion litres in 2024.
www.eco-business.com/opinion/ai-w...
AI wants our water
A Greenpeace study estimates that data centres will consume 664 billion litres annually by 2030, compared to 239 billion litres in 2024.
www.eco-business.com/opinion/ai-w...
AI wants our water
While much of the AI debate focuses on its economic potential, its expanding physical footprint tells a different story. The machines driving this revolution depend on a resource far older – and far m...
www.eco-business.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Humans really need to rethink this AI push by billionaires. It isn't that great. Not only is it overhyped technology, it uses a lot of energy and water. We will pay for that -- not the corporations. It needs to be regulated heavily.
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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March 2024: We launch a complaint against the IEA
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
Charity Commission: IEA must change to address political bias | Good Law Project
After a formal complaint from Good Law Project, the charities regulator has told a radical rightwing think-tank to act on transparency and balance.
goodlaw.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
March 2024: We launch a complaint against the IEA
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
12 days later: Charity Commission dismisses our complaint
May 2024: We complain about that decision
1 year later: The regulator opens an investigation into the IEA
This week: The Charity Commission says the IEA must change
https://goodlaw.social/8vmm
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Israel are really good at not paying attention to ceasefires and getting away with it
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Israel are really good at not paying attention to ceasefires and getting away with it
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Hanno Hauenstein in an exceptionally intelligent and well-informed interviewer, and the 30 minutes he spends with Omer Bartov on the subject of Israel's genocide, the history of other genocides, and the rule of law is worth watching.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=foO7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=foO7...
Holocaust Historian Omer Bartov: How Germany Enabled the Genocide in Gaza
YouTube video by Nullpunkt – mit Hanno Hauenstein
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hanno Hauenstein in an exceptionally intelligent and well-informed interviewer, and the 30 minutes he spends with Omer Bartov on the subject of Israel's genocide, the history of other genocides, and the rule of law is worth watching.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=foO7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=foO7...
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The Daily Whitley, Cleethorpes
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The Daily Whitley, Cleethorpes
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🎲 “The case for First Past the Post absolutely breaks down... when an election result feels random, its hard for that result to feel legitimate”
🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
💯 “I think this is the way forward”
🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
💯 “I think this is the way forward”
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎲 “The case for First Past the Post absolutely breaks down... when an election result feels random, its hard for that result to feel legitimate”
🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
💯 “I think this is the way forward”
🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
💯 “I think this is the way forward”
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🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
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I've started a petition to have Robbie Gibb removed from the BBC Board
Please support it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Please support it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board
Remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board
petition.parliament.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I've started a petition to have Robbie Gibb removed from the BBC Board
Please support it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Please support it
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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If this isn't enough to persuade you to support the BBC I don't know what would be
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If this isn't enough to persuade you to support the BBC I don't know what would be
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
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Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
A classic(?) for you, @tonythorne007.bsky.social.
The irony is that Amol Rajan is one of those BBC editors pedalling those ‘opinions’ the name of balance, yet too thick to realise it when someone like Gary Linneker says it to his face.
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A classic(?) for you, @tonythorne007.bsky.social.