Nic Plum
@leaven-home.bsky.social
Eclectic, curious and life-long learner. Favourite epitaph: ‘Under this sod lies another”
Offered on Spotify. Must be an NRA-inspired remake. Not at all the same film I fear #humour #englishlanguage
February 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Offered on Spotify. Must be an NRA-inspired remake. Not at all the same film I fear #humour #englishlanguage
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Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!
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Donald Trump has threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch, and luckily Private Eye managed to tap the phone conversation between the 94 year old media mogul and the President of the United States...
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Donald Trump has threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch, and luckily Private Eye managed to tap the phone conversation between the 94 year old media mogul and the President of the United States...
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Amid multiple national crises, Trump spent Thursday morning posting—not for the first time—about how his predecessor Barack Obama should be arrested, and how Georgia election workers should be prosecuted.
Trump is still posting about arresting Obama and prosecuting election workers
The president’s response to intense national backlash over ICE: post through it.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Amid multiple national crises, Trump spent Thursday morning posting—not for the first time—about how his predecessor Barack Obama should be arrested, and how Georgia election workers should be prosecuted.
“…travellers to the U.S. will be forced to …, submit their social media … last five years and email addresses … last ten years, including .. family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA.”
www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
So the US govt really wants to take the piss
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So the US govt really wants to take the piss
The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media
Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP).
www.privacyinternational.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM
“…travellers to the U.S. will be forced to …, submit their social media … last five years and email addresses … last ten years, including .. family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA.”
www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
So the US govt really wants to take the piss
www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
So the US govt really wants to take the piss
Why doesn’t the Pirate of the Caribbean know that 250 years ago some boat loads of religious dissidents landed in North America and founded the US? If it’s good enough for the US it was good enough for Greenland 800 years earlier.
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Why doesn’t the Pirate of the Caribbean know that 250 years ago some boat loads of religious dissidents landed in North America and founded the US? If it’s good enough for the US it was good enough for Greenland 800 years earlier.
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There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
@europeanspod.bsky.social
Great Christmas episode. The segment on music hit me thinking. What are the country differences? Surely not everyone is paying Noddy Holder’s pension? Do the 70s & 80s dominate elsewhere?
Great Christmas episode. The segment on music hit me thinking. What are the country differences? Surely not everyone is paying Noddy Holder’s pension? Do the 70s & 80s dominate elsewhere?
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
@europeanspod.bsky.social
Great Christmas episode. The segment on music hit me thinking. What are the country differences? Surely not everyone is paying Noddy Holder’s pension? Do the 70s & 80s dominate elsewhere?
Great Christmas episode. The segment on music hit me thinking. What are the country differences? Surely not everyone is paying Noddy Holder’s pension? Do the 70s & 80s dominate elsewhere?
Part of the mystery solved. A while back in May the drain cover kept being moved some feet away overnight. Put a brick in it and the cover got moved again. Only when I placed a much heavier roof tile did it stop. What is it doing though? #badger #wildlife #uk #mammal #unexpectedbehaviour
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Part of the mystery solved. A while back in May the drain cover kept being moved some feet away overnight. Put a brick in it and the cover got moved again. Only when I placed a much heavier roof tile did it stop. What is it doing though? #badger #wildlife #uk #mammal #unexpectedbehaviour
Pretty shocking. In the uk there is no testing / screening for lead poisoning (unlike US), no reqt to inform warn of affected land, properties. Flooding spreads it. And no appetite to quantify or change #podcast #polution #environment #uk #health #legislation
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Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
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November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pretty shocking. In the uk there is no testing / screening for lead poisoning (unlike US), no reqt to inform warn of affected land, properties. Flooding spreads it. And no appetite to quantify or change #podcast #polution #environment #uk #health #legislation
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You can’t beat this greeting for the new day. The semi-resident Greylag and Canada geese who visit around dawn and before dusk every day. Each day they choose a different part of the field to graze. And then one of them decides it’s time to move on… #geese #birds #cambridgeshire #uk #wildlife
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You can’t beat this greeting for the new day. The semi-resident Greylag and Canada geese who visit around dawn and before dusk every day. Each day they choose a different part of the field to graze. And then one of them decides it’s time to move on… #geese #birds #cambridgeshire #uk #wildlife
For anyone not keen on providing the UK govt with the means to track every time you provide ID #government #privacy #identity
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For anyone not keen on providing the UK govt with the means to track every time you provide ID #government #privacy #identity
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Out hanging the washing out this morning when I heard some commotion behind me. A group of 7 or more long-tailed tits were rooting about in the scots pine tree. Weren’t at all bothered about me standing underneath them. #bird #longtailed-tit
September 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Out hanging the washing out this morning when I heard some commotion behind me. A group of 7 or more long-tailed tits were rooting about in the scots pine tree. Weren’t at all bothered about me standing underneath them. #bird #longtailed-tit
Saw some disturbance on the pond surface. Then a head moving from side to side surveying the surface. Had to approach from behind and downwind since grass snakes are very shy. Apart from accidental surprises - the last in amongst the rhubarb - I’ve never managed to get so close. #uk #reptile #snake
June 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In 2025 in the UK it isn’t legal to have an abortion - you’re just exempted if you meet certain conditions. Reform et al want to criminalise abortion. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Add your name to the portion to protect the right to choose. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
#uk #law
Add your name to the portion to protect the right to choose. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
#uk #law
The right to abortion is under threat in Britain. Secure it now – or risk losing it | Stella Creasy
Decriminalisation is finally possible – but unless we future-proof the law against anti-abortion extremists, the right to choose hangs in the balance, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In 2025 in the UK it isn’t legal to have an abortion - you’re just exempted if you meet certain conditions. Reform et al want to criminalise abortion. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Add your name to the portion to protect the right to choose. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
#uk #law
Add your name to the portion to protect the right to choose. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
#uk #law
A few of the local visitors (and this excludes a grass snake in the rhubarb patch that surprised me)
2 hares (mating), green woodpecker and common toad.
#mammal #hare #bird #amphibian #uk #cambridgeshire
2 hares (mating), green woodpecker and common toad.
#mammal #hare #bird #amphibian #uk #cambridgeshire
May 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A few of the local visitors (and this excludes a grass snake in the rhubarb patch that surprised me)
2 hares (mating), green woodpecker and common toad.
#mammal #hare #bird #amphibian #uk #cambridgeshire
2 hares (mating), green woodpecker and common toad.
#mammal #hare #bird #amphibian #uk #cambridgeshire
@k8lister.bsky.social I feel that some verification is required 😉 pca.st/6i88egmh
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April 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@k8lister.bsky.social I feel that some verification is required 😉 pca.st/6i88egmh
It looks like the independence of future US statistics and funding very much under attack now. pca.st/episode/4b69... #government #doge #assurance #statistics
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March 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It looks like the independence of future US statistics and funding very much under attack now. pca.st/episode/4b69... #government #doge #assurance #statistics
@timharford.ft.com just imagine if independent control of the ONS changed and the budget got axed. In the US it’s happening - pca.st/episode/4b69...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@timharford.ft.com just imagine if independent control of the ONS changed and the budget got axed. In the US it’s happening - pca.st/episode/4b69...