Simon Bond
@simonbond.bsky.social
a bit of wildlife, a bit of art, same old shit really
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Lincoln has just got itself two new civic mascots @lewisherbert.bsky.social - does Carina know?
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Lincoln has just got itself two new civic mascots @lewisherbert.bsky.social - does Carina know?
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Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
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Yeah because Reform totally wants to fund these things...
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yeah because Reform totally wants to fund these things...
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
Oh wait actually they don't even want to fund it for the mother.
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Hilarious, 'Alpha' male Andrew Tate getting battered in one round.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hilarious, 'Alpha' male Andrew Tate getting battered in one round.
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In the 35 years Daniel Hannan has been a member of the Conservative Party, they have been in government as the result of that problem electorate a total of 21 years.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In the 35 years Daniel Hannan has been a member of the Conservative Party, they have been in government as the result of that problem electorate a total of 21 years.
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Homes, a railway line and a busy A-road could be flooded on Sunday morning, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned along the rivers Yare and Waveney...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Norfolk and Suffolk flood warnings issued by Environment Agency
The Environment Agency says it is due to tide locking, when high tides restrict river drainage to the sea.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Homes, a railway line and a busy A-road could be flooded on Sunday morning, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned along the rivers Yare and Waveney...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's nice to be reminded by Caerphilly that the majority of people in the UK know what shitbags Reform and Nigel Farage are.
If you will never be voting for this scumbag, lets send a message.
If you will never be voting for this scumbag, lets send a message.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's nice to be reminded by Caerphilly that the majority of people in the UK know what shitbags Reform and Nigel Farage are.
If you will never be voting for this scumbag, lets send a message.
If you will never be voting for this scumbag, lets send a message.
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Reform’s plans for the NHS: what would a French healthcare model look like?
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform’s plans for the NHS: what would a French healthcare model look like?
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
northeastbylines.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reform’s plans for the NHS: what would a French healthcare model look like?
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Another look at how rivers in our region are being managed, in this case the River Waveney.
Here, a project is managing trees that have fallen into the water.
Wood can help restore natural processes and aid wildlife recovery.
By Katie Utting
Here, a project is managing trees that have fallen into the water.
Wood can help restore natural processes and aid wildlife recovery.
By Katie Utting
Leave the trees; wood is a big benefit to our rivers
The River Waveney Trust is leading the way in helping trees to support a healthy river ecosystem on the Suffolk/Norfolk border
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another look at how rivers in our region are being managed, in this case the River Waveney.
Here, a project is managing trees that have fallen into the water.
Wood can help restore natural processes and aid wildlife recovery.
By Katie Utting
Here, a project is managing trees that have fallen into the water.
Wood can help restore natural processes and aid wildlife recovery.
By Katie Utting
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We’ve been saying this on the east Norfolk coast for a few years now. The declines in the last 3-4 years have been precipitous. Cliff-edge stuff. Numbers are abysmal.
A catastrophic decline. Yet all the talk is of “restoring” nature. 🤣
#ukbirding
A catastrophic decline. Yet all the talk is of “restoring” nature. 🤣
#ukbirding
A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing
The web of life is unravelling fast
The web of life is unravelling fast
Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’
Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We’ve been saying this on the east Norfolk coast for a few years now. The declines in the last 3-4 years have been precipitous. Cliff-edge stuff. Numbers are abysmal.
A catastrophic decline. Yet all the talk is of “restoring” nature. 🤣
#ukbirding
A catastrophic decline. Yet all the talk is of “restoring” nature. 🤣
#ukbirding
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The Norfolk Broads: home to a quarter of England’s threatened species. Also home to some of its dirtiest rivers. More than 90% of them are in failing health, a new study has found. Read more here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Norfolk Broads rivers drowning in sewage, new report warns
A new report reveals the Norfolk Broads has some of the worst sewage-hit rivers in Britain
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Norfolk Broads: home to a quarter of England’s threatened species. Also home to some of its dirtiest rivers. More than 90% of them are in failing health, a new study has found. Read more here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
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The decline in insects is global and a climate-led process that has been happening for several decades.
The only actions that will slow it, stop it and then reverse it are huge-scale reductions in carbon emissions and widespread changes in agricultural practices.
The decline in insects is global and a climate-led process that has been happening for several decades.
The only actions that will slow it, stop it and then reverse it are huge-scale reductions in carbon emissions and widespread changes in agricultural practices.
The UK's leading insect-conservation charities have issued a united declaration on insect declines, calling for urgent, co-ordinated action:
Leading wildlife charities urge action to halt UK insect declines
The UK's leading insect-conservation charities have issued a united declaration on UK insect declines, calling for urgent, co-ordinated action to address the steep and ongoing losses of insects. The declaration, proposed by Buglife, Butterfly Conservation and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and supported by more than 50 signatories, urges governments, land managers, businesses and the public to take immediate steps to reverse declines in insect abundance, diversity and distribution.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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The decline in insects is global and a climate-led process that has been happening for several decades.
The only actions that will slow it, stop it and then reverse it are huge-scale reductions in carbon emissions and widespread changes in agricultural practices.
The decline in insects is global and a climate-led process that has been happening for several decades.
The only actions that will slow it, stop it and then reverse it are huge-scale reductions in carbon emissions and widespread changes in agricultural practices.
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Every Saturday in a small market town, writes Jacob Ecclestone, ordinary people gather quietly to acknowledge Gaza’s devastation.
Their quiet presence speaks louder than words.
Their quiet presence speaks louder than words.
Weekly vigil spotlights horrific events in Gaza
In a Norfolk marketplace, a quiet weekly vigil bears witness to Gaza’s devastation, defying political indifference
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Every Saturday in a small market town, writes Jacob Ecclestone, ordinary people gather quietly to acknowledge Gaza’s devastation.
Their quiet presence speaks louder than words.
Their quiet presence speaks louder than words.
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I am not touring as crazily as first half of the year but still stupidly - up to Newcastle, then Gryffe Valley festival in Scotland then sleeper for 9am talk in Watford, then Hitchin, Morecambe, Glasgow - a good week
Robinince.com for tickets
Robinince.com for tickets
Robin Ince | Comedian | Writer | Broadcaster
Robinince.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am not touring as crazily as first half of the year but still stupidly - up to Newcastle, then Gryffe Valley festival in Scotland then sleeper for 9am talk in Watford, then Hitchin, Morecambe, Glasgow - a good week
Robinince.com for tickets
Robinince.com for tickets
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Here’s 10 questions MPs might ask about the royal family - if only they were allowed to www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The 10 questions MPs should ask about the royal family—if they were allowed
Politicians are rightly happy to wade in on all the important issues of the day. But there’s one glaring exception
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here’s 10 questions MPs might ask about the royal family - if only they were allowed to www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
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The poorest councils have lost 35% of their spending power. The richest? Just 15%.
Great Yarmouth, Peterborough, Lowestoft were among the worst-hit.
Austerity hit hardest where need was greatest.
New figures on council debt expose a broken system.
Great Yarmouth, Peterborough, Lowestoft were among the worst-hit.
Austerity hit hardest where need was greatest.
New figures on council debt expose a broken system.
Local council debts in the East: a continuing challenge
Local councils provide services that we all feel, but new figures on council debt show a failing system
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The poorest councils have lost 35% of their spending power. The richest? Just 15%.
Great Yarmouth, Peterborough, Lowestoft were among the worst-hit.
Austerity hit hardest where need was greatest.
New figures on council debt expose a broken system.
Great Yarmouth, Peterborough, Lowestoft were among the worst-hit.
Austerity hit hardest where need was greatest.
New figures on council debt expose a broken system.
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Again, completely unacceptable.
Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
August 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Again, completely unacceptable.
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It looks like an emergence is happening in the garden pond vegetation - ID help welcome! Four-spotted Chaser possibly? #odonata @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It looks like an emergence is happening in the garden pond vegetation - ID help welcome! Four-spotted Chaser possibly? #odonata @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
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Four adult breeding Hen Harriers 'vanished' from nest sites in Cumbria & Lancashire in May 2025 - silence from police, valiant conservation efforts from RSPB staff & volunteers.
RSPB press release & some questions from me 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/24/h...
RSPB press release & some questions from me 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/24/h...
Hen Harrier chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent birds
RSPB press release (24 July 2025) Chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent Hen Harriers. In May 2025, over a period of eight days, four breeding male Hen Harriers suspi…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Four adult breeding Hen Harriers 'vanished' from nest sites in Cumbria & Lancashire in May 2025 - silence from police, valiant conservation efforts from RSPB staff & volunteers.
RSPB press release & some questions from me 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/24/h...
RSPB press release & some questions from me 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/24/h...
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Do YOU want to pay for this incredibly expensive, risky project?
"The majority of the construction will be funded by loans underpinned by a levy on consumer bills"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/d431...
"The majority of the construction will be funded by loans underpinned by a levy on consumer bills"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/d431...
Ministers set to admit Sizewell C nuclear plant pricetag has soared to £38bn
New official estimate reflects surging construction inflation and contingency costs
www.ft.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Do YOU want to pay for this incredibly expensive, risky project?
"The majority of the construction will be funded by loans underpinned by a levy on consumer bills"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/d431...
"The majority of the construction will be funded by loans underpinned by a levy on consumer bills"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/d431...
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At the statue of Gandhi in Parliament Square the double-standards of the Met Police were laid bare. There was a protest opposing the genocide in Gaza and the proscription of Palestine Action. It was invaded by counter protesters who supported Israel’s actions and tried to inflame tensions and the
July 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
At the statue of Gandhi in Parliament Square the double-standards of the Met Police were laid bare. There was a protest opposing the genocide in Gaza and the proscription of Palestine Action. It was invaded by counter protesters who supported Israel’s actions and tried to inflame tensions and the
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A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’
July 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’
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Sonic the Hedgehog gets his appendix out
November 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog gets his appendix out
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Common Blue on Timothy, Phleum pratense.
July 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Common Blue on Timothy, Phleum pratense.