Hilary
@outwiththeponies.bsky.social
Friendly hermit that loves animals, considerate people, and nature - it’s amazing isn’t it! Reading ecologists’ autobiographies, sci-Fi films, animal intelligence, organic 🌱, wildlife friendly farming, sensible and fair policies.
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Fund for nature friendly farming to be slashed! 🤬
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fund for nature friendly farming to be slashed! 🤬
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Europe (including the UK) prepares to welcome scientists from across the Atlantic, as radical budget cuts cut swathes through US science - @philipcball.bsky.social in @theneweuropean.bsky.social
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/135577...
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/135577...
Why is Trump’s America anti-science?
The US has long led the science world but now, researchers are moving abroad to continue their work
app.theneweuropean.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Europe (including the UK) prepares to welcome scientists from across the Atlantic, as radical budget cuts cut swathes through US science - @philipcball.bsky.social in @theneweuropean.bsky.social
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/135577...
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/135577...
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Most non-native species are harmless, but 10-15% are invasive. Prevention is key to stop their spread.
🌿 Twoleaf watermilfoil can form dense mats that choke waterways, crowd out native species and reduce oxygen availability.
⚠️ Recorded at a few GB sites but not yet established.
#INNSweek 🧵🧪 1/
🌿 Twoleaf watermilfoil can form dense mats that choke waterways, crowd out native species and reduce oxygen availability.
⚠️ Recorded at a few GB sites but not yet established.
#INNSweek 🧵🧪 1/
May 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Most non-native species are harmless, but 10-15% are invasive. Prevention is key to stop their spread.
🌿 Twoleaf watermilfoil can form dense mats that choke waterways, crowd out native species and reduce oxygen availability.
⚠️ Recorded at a few GB sites but not yet established.
#INNSweek 🧵🧪 1/
🌿 Twoleaf watermilfoil can form dense mats that choke waterways, crowd out native species and reduce oxygen availability.
⚠️ Recorded at a few GB sites but not yet established.
#INNSweek 🧵🧪 1/
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“Despite all of these arrivals there are still 131,000 vacancies in care. The sector say there is no way they can fill these jobs with British workers”
The care sector is already on its knees and the government knows it
The care sector is already on its knees and the government knows it
May 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Despite all of these arrivals there are still 131,000 vacancies in care. The sector say there is no way they can fill these jobs with British workers”
The care sector is already on its knees and the government knows it
The care sector is already on its knees and the government knows it
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The Economist estimates that the annual cost of the Reform/Farage promises is £200bn and savings of around £100bn, due to cuts in public services and deep austerity.
Reform/Farage will promise anything to grab power, but will face the Truss moment.
Under scrutiny Reform will wriggle.
Reform/Farage will promise anything to grab power, but will face the Truss moment.
Under scrutiny Reform will wriggle.
Nigel Farage’s economic plans are a disaster
Three choices: fiscal implosion, deep austerity or a hasty U-turn
www.economist.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Economist estimates that the annual cost of the Reform/Farage promises is £200bn and savings of around £100bn, due to cuts in public services and deep austerity.
Reform/Farage will promise anything to grab power, but will face the Truss moment.
Under scrutiny Reform will wriggle.
Reform/Farage will promise anything to grab power, but will face the Truss moment.
Under scrutiny Reform will wriggle.
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United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
United Utilities in 'use less water' warning as reservoir levels drop
United Utilities says reservoirs at 69% of capacity, compared to more than 90% this time last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
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📢 Deadline today - Apply now 🦋
We're looking for 3 new Editors-in-Chiefs to cover medical, veterinary & forensic entomology, committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/ENZ4PTy
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
We're looking for 3 new Editors-in-Chiefs to cover medical, veterinary & forensic entomology, committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/ENZ4PTy
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
Editors-in-Chief, Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Royal Entomological Society
About the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a Royal Entomological Society journal dedicated to the dissemination of impactful entomological research of medical, veterinary and forensic…
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 Deadline today - Apply now 🦋
We're looking for 3 new Editors-in-Chiefs to cover medical, veterinary & forensic entomology, committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/ENZ4PTy
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
We're looking for 3 new Editors-in-Chiefs to cover medical, veterinary & forensic entomology, committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/ENZ4PTy
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
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Well that’s me depressed for the weekend. As Glen acidly observes this looks like a pretty transparent effort to shift blame for coming university bankruptcies onto the institutions. Good luck with selling that to whichever MPs are about to lose their constituency’s largest employer.
I have never seen people run away from the scene of a public policy disaster quicker than this one. Astonishing and disgraceful. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well that’s me depressed for the weekend. As Glen acidly observes this looks like a pretty transparent effort to shift blame for coming university bankruptcies onto the institutions. Good luck with selling that to whichever MPs are about to lose their constituency’s largest employer.
May 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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98,280 signatures to end the Badger cull.
100k for a debate - let’s do this! Just days to go!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
100k for a debate - let’s do this! Just days to go!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.”
W...
petition.parliament.uk
May 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
98,280 signatures to end the Badger cull.
100k for a debate - let’s do this! Just days to go!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
100k for a debate - let’s do this! Just days to go!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Back in 2023, Albrighton & Woodland Hunt received a police warning after hounds killed a deer and a fox. CCTV showed them out of control on private land. The warning remains in place until 2027.
Keep up to date with hunts causing havoc on our database👇
hunthavoc.info
Keep up to date with hunts causing havoc on our database👇
hunthavoc.info
Hunt HavocPolice Scotland (23)Thames Valley Police (14)Wiltshire Police (13)Lincolnshire Police (2)Dyfed-Powys Police (3)West Midlands Police (0)Derbyshire Constabulary (4)Greater Manchester Police (0...
hunthavoc.info
May 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Back in 2023, Albrighton & Woodland Hunt received a police warning after hounds killed a deer and a fox. CCTV showed them out of control on private land. The warning remains in place until 2027.
Keep up to date with hunts causing havoc on our database👇
hunthavoc.info
Keep up to date with hunts causing havoc on our database👇
hunthavoc.info
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43% of England universities heading to bankruptcy.
Staff sacked, depts closed, leading academics leaving.
Major exporter disabled by govt cuts, freeze on fees (most European countries don't charge), limits on foreign students.
Crisis manufactured by govts.
What chance of rebuilding economy?
Staff sacked, depts closed, leading academics leaving.
Major exporter disabled by govt cuts, freeze on fees (most European countries don't charge), limits on foreign students.
Crisis manufactured by govts.
What chance of rebuilding economy?
Four in 10 universities face financial challenges
A drop in international student numbers has driven the worsening financial position, a report says.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
43% of England universities heading to bankruptcy.
Staff sacked, depts closed, leading academics leaving.
Major exporter disabled by govt cuts, freeze on fees (most European countries don't charge), limits on foreign students.
Crisis manufactured by govts.
What chance of rebuilding economy?
Staff sacked, depts closed, leading academics leaving.
Major exporter disabled by govt cuts, freeze on fees (most European countries don't charge), limits on foreign students.
Crisis manufactured by govts.
What chance of rebuilding economy?
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We’re so close!! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
May 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We’re so close!! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Did you know hunting hasn’t truly been banned?
Loopholes allow it to continue – legally.
📍Find your MP.
✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
Let’s close those loopholes.
Loopholes allow it to continue – legally.
📍Find your MP.
✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
Let’s close those loopholes.
May 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Did you know hunting hasn’t truly been banned?
Loopholes allow it to continue – legally.
📍Find your MP.
✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
Let’s close those loopholes.
Loopholes allow it to continue – legally.
📍Find your MP.
✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
Let’s close those loopholes.
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An animal caught in a snare can suffer for hours — terrified, bleeding, dying slowly.
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
An animal caught in a snare can suffer for hours — terrified, bleeding, dying slowly.
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is still legal in England! It’s sick. It’s indefensible.
Sign the petition to ban snares now 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
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Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK.
Replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients.
Brexit has done immense harm. No impact assessment was provided.
Farage/Reform still doing the same with their nationalist rhetoric.
Replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients.
Brexit has done immense harm. No impact assessment was provided.
Farage/Reform still doing the same with their nationalist rhetoric.
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK.
Replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients.
Brexit has done immense harm. No impact assessment was provided.
Farage/Reform still doing the same with their nationalist rhetoric.
Replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients.
Brexit has done immense harm. No impact assessment was provided.
Farage/Reform still doing the same with their nationalist rhetoric.
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"And, best of all, it's kind of fun to get involved in!"
Adventurer, writer & Rivers Trust Ambassador @Al_Humphreys has a task for you this weekend: take part in the #BigRiverWatch.
This week we need 🫵your🫵 help to build a picture of #river health!
Get the app: theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Adventurer, writer & Rivers Trust Ambassador @Al_Humphreys has a task for you this weekend: take part in the #BigRiverWatch.
This week we need 🫵your🫵 help to build a picture of #river health!
Get the app: theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
April 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"And, best of all, it's kind of fun to get involved in!"
Adventurer, writer & Rivers Trust Ambassador @Al_Humphreys has a task for you this weekend: take part in the #BigRiverWatch.
This week we need 🫵your🫵 help to build a picture of #river health!
Get the app: theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Adventurer, writer & Rivers Trust Ambassador @Al_Humphreys has a task for you this weekend: take part in the #BigRiverWatch.
This week we need 🫵your🫵 help to build a picture of #river health!
Get the app: theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
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Our edited volume “How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond” has a Google Books page and will soon appear (in Open Access). You can see the first hundred pages here.
It’s a powerful argument for understanding authoritarianism/1
books.google.com.au/books?id=LRB...
It’s a powerful argument for understanding authoritarianism/1
books.google.com.au/books?id=LRB...
How Republics Die
Authoritarianism is everywhere on the advance; democracies seem fragile and threatened. We console ourselves that where rule by the people has long established itself, it has never collapsed from inte...
books.google.com.au
April 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Our edited volume “How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond” has a Google Books page and will soon appear (in Open Access). You can see the first hundred pages here.
It’s a powerful argument for understanding authoritarianism/1
books.google.com.au/books?id=LRB...
It’s a powerful argument for understanding authoritarianism/1
books.google.com.au/books?id=LRB...
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Pay package of UK CEOs grown faster this year than those of their US rivals.
FTSE1 00 CEO median pay up 11%. Average real pay for workers unchanged since 2008.
Govts say wage rises for workers are inflationary; ignore rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Its class war.
archive.ph/wtgAn
FTSE1 00 CEO median pay up 11%. Average real pay for workers unchanged since 2008.
Govts say wage rises for workers are inflationary; ignore rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Its class war.
archive.ph/wtgAn
UK executive pay increases surpass US competitors
FTSE 100 companies race to catch American rivals’ bigger remuneration plans
www.ft.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pay package of UK CEOs grown faster this year than those of their US rivals.
FTSE1 00 CEO median pay up 11%. Average real pay for workers unchanged since 2008.
Govts say wage rises for workers are inflationary; ignore rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Its class war.
archive.ph/wtgAn
FTSE1 00 CEO median pay up 11%. Average real pay for workers unchanged since 2008.
Govts say wage rises for workers are inflationary; ignore rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Its class war.
archive.ph/wtgAn
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👀Want to help to take care of your local river? Join the #BigRiverWatch by @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Last survey:
💩 1700 of you saw signs of pollution
👎 250 saw algal blooms
🗑️ 50% reported litter
Download the app and survey your river 25th April - 1st May
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Last survey:
💩 1700 of you saw signs of pollution
👎 250 saw algal blooms
🗑️ 50% reported litter
Download the app and survey your river 25th April - 1st May
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
👀Want to help to take care of your local river? Join the #BigRiverWatch by @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Last survey:
💩 1700 of you saw signs of pollution
👎 250 saw algal blooms
🗑️ 50% reported litter
Download the app and survey your river 25th April - 1st May
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Last survey:
💩 1700 of you saw signs of pollution
👎 250 saw algal blooms
🗑️ 50% reported litter
Download the app and survey your river 25th April - 1st May
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
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And these are just the incidents that we know about over a small period in Devon!
www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news/over-30...
www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news/over-30...
Over 30 welfare incidents with hunting hounds this season
An animal welfare organisation has claimed that 33 welfare incidents with foxhounds have taken place this hunting season in Devon.
www.okehampton-today.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And these are just the incidents that we know about over a small period in Devon!
www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news/over-30...
www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news/over-30...
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World’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
World’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The badger cull is a brutal and unnecessary tragedy — over 230,000 badgers have been killed since 2013.
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It’s time to put an end to this senseless slaughter.
Help us reach 100k signatures by the 28th of May!
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It’s time to put an end to this senseless slaughter.
Help us reach 100k signatures by the 28th of May!
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The badger cull is a brutal and unnecessary tragedy — over 230,000 badgers have been killed since 2013.
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It’s time to put an end to this senseless slaughter.
Help us reach 100k signatures by the 28th of May!
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It’s time to put an end to this senseless slaughter.
Help us reach 100k signatures by the 28th of May!
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Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland .
We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036
We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036
April 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland .
We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036
We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036