Mark Whittingham
@markwhit.bsky.social
Amateur wildlife photographer, European, structures, history, public health
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Griffon Vultures taken at Pointe Sublime, Gorges du Tarn, France
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🚨NEW - The PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on the crisis at the Beeb
And Auntie's anti-Trump bias
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And Auntie's anti-Trump bias
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The PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on the crisis at the Beeb
Auntie's anti-Trump bias
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨NEW - The PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on the crisis at the Beeb
And Auntie's anti-Trump bias
Click for more:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
And Auntie's anti-Trump bias
Click for more:
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This fox appeared late afternoon in gorgeous light at RSPB Lodmoor
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay
October 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This fox appeared late afternoon in gorgeous light at RSPB Lodmoor
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay
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From dirty water to wildlife protections, the environmental cost of Brexit only gets higher
From dirty water to wildlife protections, the environmental cost of Brexit only gets higher
Britain’s promises of a post-Brexit green revolution have unravelled, with protections for wildlife, water and air weaker now than at any point in recent decades
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
From dirty water to wildlife protections, the environmental cost of Brexit only gets higher
The highlight of yesterday afternoon's BoPH Osprey Cruise was the distant (and a bit hazy) sight of the Osprey repeatedly mobbing the WTE. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The highlight of yesterday afternoon's BoPH Osprey Cruise was the distant (and a bit hazy) sight of the Osprey repeatedly mobbing the WTE. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A few more photos from the Purbeck Seabird & Puffin Cruise last evening.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A few more photos from the Purbeck Seabird & Puffin Cruise last evening.
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@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Very enjoyable evening cruise to Dancing Ledge last night with Birds of Poole Harbour. The puffins had sadly flown but the diving Terns, Guillemots and a passing Sunfish entertained us.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Very enjoyable evening cruise to Dancing Ledge last night with Birds of Poole Harbour. The puffins had sadly flown but the diving Terns, Guillemots and a passing Sunfish entertained us.
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Alien vs Predator
Trouble in ParadICE
It's the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on what happens when a pair of high agency males really go at it.
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Trouble in ParadICE
It's the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on what happens when a pair of high agency males really go at it.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Alien vs Predator
My latest postcard as the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent
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June 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alien vs Predator
Trouble in ParadICE
It's the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on what happens when a pair of high agency males really go at it.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Trouble in ParadICE
It's the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on what happens when a pair of high agency males really go at it.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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He's the latest PNG Courier, for those too time poor to click through to my Substack...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
He's the latest PNG Courier, for those too time poor to click through to my Substack...
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
Griffon Vultures taken at Pointe Sublime, Gorges du Tarn, France
May 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Griffon Vultures taken at Pointe Sublime, Gorges du Tarn, France
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People are still shooting birds for fun.
And destroying parts of Nature to do it.
Why on earth is it legal?
And destroying parts of Nature to do it.
Why on earth is it legal?
Landowners release 50million pheasants a year into the British countryside - and a new study shows how this is boosting the number of ticks carrying Lyme disease
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
We’re Releasing Millions Of Birds. The Ticks Are Thriving
Each year, millions of pheasants are released into woods and fields in the U.K. for recreational shooting. As a result the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are increasing.
www.forbes.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People are still shooting birds for fun.
And destroying parts of Nature to do it.
Why on earth is it legal?
And destroying parts of Nature to do it.
Why on earth is it legal?
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Last week, my next door neighbour broke in and is now living downstairs. Now, her and the loud-mouthed American guy down the street have decided she can keep my kitchen.
April 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Last week, my next door neighbour broke in and is now living downstairs. Now, her and the loud-mouthed American guy down the street have decided she can keep my kitchen.
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A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS
Assura has sold NHS buildings to a US private equity giant, making £1.61 billion from infrastructure that we should own
www.thecanary.co
April 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
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Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes.
More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
April 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes.
More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
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My new post mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information.
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
“A republic, if you can keep it” - but can the US keep it? How Trump is dismantling democracy
Mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information
christinapagel.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My new post mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information.
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
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The White House. The actual White House.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
April 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The White House. The actual White House.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
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I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
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A US-UK trade deal threatens our food standards, our NHS, and our ability to control Big Tech. Join the campaign to say no trade deal with Trump:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4305
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4305
Say No to a Trade Deal with Trump
The UK government wants to do a trade deal with US President Donald Trump. We know the US is pushing for a deal that puts big business ahead of protecting people and the environment, including: Lower
act.globaljustice.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A US-UK trade deal threatens our food standards, our NHS, and our ability to control Big Tech. Join the campaign to say no trade deal with Trump:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4305
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4305
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Ministers should listen to a powerful message from 32 nature organisations: the Planning Bill rides roughshod over nature protection, could push species towards extinction & cause greater loss of precious green space. Nature & development can go hand in hand - but this one-sided Bill isn’t the way
Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs
Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ministers should listen to a powerful message from 32 nature organisations: the Planning Bill rides roughshod over nature protection, could push species towards extinction & cause greater loss of precious green space. Nature & development can go hand in hand - but this one-sided Bill isn’t the way
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I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset or traitor…
Installed to inflict maximum damage to America and the west
But if he were, what would he be doing differently to what he is now?
Installed to inflict maximum damage to America and the west
But if he were, what would he be doing differently to what he is now?
April 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I’m not saying Trump is a Russian asset or traitor…
Installed to inflict maximum damage to America and the west
But if he were, what would he be doing differently to what he is now?
Installed to inflict maximum damage to America and the west
But if he were, what would he be doing differently to what he is now?
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
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Privatisation of essentials fleeces people.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Privatisation of essentials fleeces people.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
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The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
April 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
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Research now shows over 70% of Sars-CoV-2 household transmission started with children in schools.
5 years on from Covid's arrival what are we doing about airborne infections?
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
5 years on from Covid's arrival what are we doing about airborne infections?
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Research now shows over 70% of Sars-CoV-2 household transmission started with children in schools.
5 years on from Covid's arrival what are we doing about airborne infections?
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
5 years on from Covid's arrival what are we doing about airborne infections?
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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It really isn't. Most corruption is sneaky & subtle. It happens behind closed doors, without recording equipment, often on the basis of unspoken understandings. This Musk shit is what corruption would look like if it was being dramatised by primary school children for their end of year play.
March 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It really isn't. Most corruption is sneaky & subtle. It happens behind closed doors, without recording equipment, often on the basis of unspoken understandings. This Musk shit is what corruption would look like if it was being dramatised by primary school children for their end of year play.
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My Grandad was highly decorated in World War Two… in fact, many people believe it was the tinsel on his helmet that got him shot.
January 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My Grandad was highly decorated in World War Two… in fact, many people believe it was the tinsel on his helmet that got him shot.