Joe (he/him)
@joe-hudson.bsky.social
#Horticulturalist. Love plants and #environmental issues. #LGBTQ
Founder and curator of @queergardenersuk.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
Founder and curator of @queergardenersuk.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
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Joe (he/him)
@joe-hudson.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Walking the Wight in Nana's memory
Our wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Mary Bennigsen (aka
theearlmountbattenhospice.enthuse.com
I'm raising money for @mountbatteniw.bsky.social by taking part in this year's Walk the Wight challenge. I'm walking in memory of my grandmother who was cared for by #Mountbatten 🌻
If you are in a position to, I'd be very grateful for any support ❤️
theearlmountbattenhospice.enthuse.com/pf/nana
If you are in a position to, I'd be very grateful for any support ❤️
theearlmountbattenhospice.enthuse.com/pf/nana
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18.3c the confirmed max at Heathrow that’s warmest it has ever been this late in year (1948-2025).
Amazing how there are some people in London dressed like they’re going on Arctic expedition.
Today’s preliminary max of 18C (64F) at London Heathrow - exceptionally mild for mid November. It smashes previous daily highest max record of 16.5C set on this date in 2009.
Today’s preliminary max of 18C (64F) at London Heathrow - exceptionally mild for mid November. It smashes previous daily highest max record of 16.5C set on this date in 2009.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
18.3c the confirmed max at Heathrow that’s warmest it has ever been this late in year (1948-2025).
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
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Reluctant to give Question Time any time - save for this:
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reluctant to give Question Time any time - save for this:
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Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are actually dating for real huh.
A lot of things in this world have made me feel like the simulation is breaking but I think this might take the cake. 🧍♀️
A lot of things in this world have made me feel like the simulation is breaking but I think this might take the cake. 🧍♀️
October 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are actually dating for real huh.
A lot of things in this world have made me feel like the simulation is breaking but I think this might take the cake. 🧍♀️
A lot of things in this world have made me feel like the simulation is breaking but I think this might take the cake. 🧍♀️
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October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Who invented the term “leaf litter” as if leaves are a negative thing?
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Who invented the term “leaf litter” as if leaves are a negative thing?
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🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
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October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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TIL Tom Daley's wikipedia views create a podium coinciding with his medals: leobenedictus.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
TIL Tom Daley's wikipedia views create a podium coinciding with his medals: leobenedictus.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Looks so good
Our LGBTQ+ STEM Day Celebrations are taking place at @zslofficial.bsky.social and then at Zodiac Bar!
Join us!
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🔭🧪
Join us!
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🔭🧪
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Looks so good
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Our movement is living rent free in the heads of Telegraph journalists at the moment.
Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our movement is living rent free in the heads of Telegraph journalists at the moment.
Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Politico: Kent County Council controlled by Reform UK, 'is likely to raise council tax rates next year after its cost-cutting “DOLGE” program struggled to find savings, the FT reports. Council Cabinet member Diane Morton said local services were already “down to the bare bones”'
Exactly as warned.
Exactly as warned.
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Politico: Kent County Council controlled by Reform UK, 'is likely to raise council tax rates next year after its cost-cutting “DOLGE” program struggled to find savings, the FT reports. Council Cabinet member Diane Morton said local services were already “down to the bare bones”'
Exactly as warned.
Exactly as warned.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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Absolutely ashamed at how disgustingly healthy the roots are on these seed grown ragged robin in peat free compost. Apparently peat free compost isn’t meant to be any good, now we’ve a load of ragged robin to plant out.
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Absolutely ashamed at how disgustingly healthy the roots are on these seed grown ragged robin in peat free compost. Apparently peat free compost isn’t meant to be any good, now we’ve a load of ragged robin to plant out.
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Terrorism seeks to divide - journalists shouldn’t do their job for them.
After an appalling Yom Kippur synagogue attack, @davidyelland.bsky.social warns the media’s chase for ever more ‘extreme’ opinions risks feeding that divide.
After an appalling Yom Kippur synagogue attack, @davidyelland.bsky.social warns the media’s chase for ever more ‘extreme’ opinions risks feeding that divide.
October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Terrorism seeks to divide - journalists shouldn’t do their job for them.
After an appalling Yom Kippur synagogue attack, @davidyelland.bsky.social warns the media’s chase for ever more ‘extreme’ opinions risks feeding that divide.
After an appalling Yom Kippur synagogue attack, @davidyelland.bsky.social warns the media’s chase for ever more ‘extreme’ opinions risks feeding that divide.
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If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens
Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter - only those in peatland grow in peat. Over the last ten years I have grown almost ever...
www.jackwallington.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
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3% more and this Labour Government need to worry more about the left - than the right.
Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Nationalise our public services.
This is how we start to turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Nationalise our public services.
This is how we start to turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
September 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
3% more and this Labour Government need to worry more about the left - than the right.
Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Nationalise our public services.
This is how we start to turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Nationalise our public services.
This is how we start to turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The UK government has refused to ban bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas — allowing one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices to continue tearing up seabeds, killing marine life, and releasing carbon. “Protected” means nothing if our oceans are still left open to destruction.
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The UK government has refused to ban bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas — allowing one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices to continue tearing up seabeds, killing marine life, and releasing carbon. “Protected” means nothing if our oceans are still left open to destruction.
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Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.
September 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.
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ICYMI: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson yday taking Liz Truss to task
(No surprise that the most outspoken minister against Truss and her far-right ilk is running to be Labour's deputy leader)
(No surprise that the most outspoken minister against Truss and her far-right ilk is running to be Labour's deputy leader)
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ICYMI: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson yday taking Liz Truss to task
(No surprise that the most outspoken minister against Truss and her far-right ilk is running to be Labour's deputy leader)
(No surprise that the most outspoken minister against Truss and her far-right ilk is running to be Labour's deputy leader)
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I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
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Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)