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@WummAnne.bsky.social
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Anne here. I live in beautiful rural Wales, though born & bred in Scotland. Socialist with an independent mind.FOE. Greenpeace, Pacifist. Interested in politics, environment, disability rights. womens rights health.gardening.art.
#Scotland#Wales NO DMs.
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Shall we have another Justsmudge fascinating fact?

🌹🌱 Roses 🌱🌹

We've all seen them, stories tell tales of them, even the Bible blames Eve on rose thorns!💃

But did you know that rose fossils have been found in the USA confirming that they existed 35 million years ago?

That's even older than me ☕
November 18, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Hellebore time #gardensky 🌱
March 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"The lovely flowers embarrass me,
They make me regret I am not a bee –"
~ Emily Dickinson

🌱 #MagentaMonday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🐝
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Thistle and Dragonfly. Jacques Le Moyne (c.1533-1588). © The Trustees of the British Museum. 🌿 #SciArt #Invert #MagentaMonday 🌱
March 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.

H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Can confirm I was scared the entire time I was on this - but was so worth it for the views!

Recommend!!

📍Ben Nevis
February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The plan for ethnic cleansing and colonisation - as you neglected to describe it.
February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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When someone says we are going to build Nuclear to 'protect our energy supply' and you find out it will take 20-25 years and cost 10x as much per Watt as Renewable.

Do you not realize it is a scam?
February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Our tax system needs radical rethinking – not tinkering over costs www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
February 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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AND "A publicly-owned company to make cheap generic versions of medicines deemed prohibitively expensive to #NHS which will necessitate setting a review of drug patents" like we could have had under #JeremyCorbyn!🙏

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Labour pledges to break patents and offer latest drugs on NHS
Jeremy Corbyn says party will create company to make cheap versions of drugs like Orkambi
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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“.. I don’t like the turbulence. I don’t like the chaos in the market,” said Paul Bisson, a 58-year-old, who .. voted for Trump. “That will make the economy worse, and that’s not what we signed up for.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
February 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Yuck.
He'll fit right in at Mar-A-Washington.
February 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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'Now Faragism is morphing into something beyond being a powerful manipulative fringe, and Labour and the Conservatives are falling over each other to compete with each other in mimicking and matching it.'
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social.
bellacaledonia.org.u...
Labour Mimic Reform UK in Desperation
Yesterday Labour’s Anas Sarwar said he was open to working with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ‘on a case-by-case basis’ to become First Minister of Scotland. Today Labour has launched a seri…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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HALFTIME: Italy 16-3 Wales
February 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Oakenshott was trending so this deserves a reshare. Dubai Doris getting burnt.
February 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Trump's new "plan" to takeover Gaza is incredibly dumb
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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EXC: The forfeiture committee is looking into stripping former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg of his MBE following his domestic abuse conviction
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Honours secretariat looking into stripping Stuart Hogg of MBE after abuse conviction
The First Minister had called for the former Scotland captain to be lose the honour
www.scotsman.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Hold on, Labour just appointed the former head of tech monopoly Amazon to lead... the competition watchdog

It's dystopian that the government is putting an ex-Amazon boss in charge of the Competition and Markets Authority. But hey - that's Labour...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Hold on, Labour just appointed the former head of tech monopoly Amazon to lead... the competition watchdog
It's dystopian that the government is putting an ex-Amazon boss in charge of the Competition and Markets Authority. But hey - that's Labour.
www.thecanary.co
February 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The End Game?

Thames Water restructuring deal would provide £1.5bn now, potentially rising to £3bn. Already has £19bn debt.

Customer bills will rocket.

New money would pay adviser fees, existing interest charges, leaving £500m in usable cash.

And after that?

End the Ponzi scheme. Nationalise
Thames Water may get just £500m in usable cash by borrowing £1.5bn, court told
Struggling firm’s resources to be depleted due to expensive fees and interest costs in restructuring deal
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Keir Starmer must speak out.

David Lammy must speak out.

Another red line crossed - they must condemn Donald Trump's plans.
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Stupid Idea.

King’s Cross to remove trains from departure board three minutes before they leave.

So people make a mad dash, go to wrong platforms, to find train cancelled/delayed.

Want to reduce rush - need to run more trains, affordable prices, punctual, better infrastructure.
‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times
Scheme aimed at stopping platform dashes sees schedules deleted from boards three minutes before departure
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM