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Simon Ferrigno

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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 8h ago

The push by vets in recent years has been intense. Perhaps coinciding with the entry of venture capital/promotion of all kinds of treatments? Cats here have had one* and zero treatments so far this year (tablet rather than spot)

Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment@granthamicl.bsky.social · 8h ago

Parliamentary committee calls for risk-based use of flea & tick medications following Imperial evidence Imperial experts raised the alarm about the overuse and environmental impact of year-round, preventative flea treatments 🧵 Dr Tilly Collins, Imperial College London, explains.

Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · 13h ago

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'pass' #BookQW #BookSky This is Dan Mackmain's first visit to Ireland. So many things look familiar, it would be easy to assume it isn't really any different to home. Dan knows better. He's been reading up on Irish folklore. The Green Man's Debt - 10th September 2026.

Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw. Book extract reads: We were coming up to the bridge he had mentioned. It was as wide as the road through the town and built from the same grey stone. The ornamental balustrades reminded me of the fountain in the marketplace. I guessed the same mason had done the work. The Defender’s high driving seat meant I could see over the balustrades as we crossed the bridge. The river wasn’t overly wide, but it was flowing fast. The water was too dark for me to guess at its depth. Rain running off those distant hills must pass through peat bogs before it joined the flow. Back home, I’d have reckoned there was a decent chance of finding a naiad in there. The ones I’d met would love a river like this. I wondered who or what might have claimed these waters. I realised I hadn’t asked Eimer or Máirtín who or what would accuse a dryad and a sylph of trespassing. I decided to talk to Conn about that first. He’d know the best time to raise it. If we needed to raise it.
Runnymede Trust@runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 12h ago

🗣️ "The two-tier housing system harms millions of people and reproduces racial injustice, impoverishing us all". Authors Serena Robinson and Carol Sidney discuss their latest report, 'Homes, not harm', on the Runnymede blog. Supported by @trustforlondon.bsky.social

Homes, not harm

The Runnymede Trust’s new Homes, not harm report examines the links between housing, health and wealth in London through the lens of race and ethnicity. It finds a two-tier system.

runnymedetrust.org

Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 13h ago

I wonder of all the 'trees not tarmac' homeowners in Derbyshire are going to give up their cars, and allow their homes to fade back into the landscape? I get that new developments are poorly planned/sited and all, but your homes are connected by the black stuff....

Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h ago

It's windy and you have a trigger happy car alarm going off every half an hour. The car is on your drive. Do you a) switch off the alarm after a few false calls so as not to disturb anyone or b) leave the bloody thing on all night so the neighbours can enjoy your dilemma?

Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h ago

Pesticides affecting elephants / not, photo of the pesticide spraying shows no use of protective eqpmt, prob leaky backpacks, clothing that soaks up pesticides. Washing will leak chems into water elephants drink in. 1 person seems underage, so violating ILO conventions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kenya elephant deaths: Behind the poisoning and the pesticide mystery

A wave of Kenyan elephant deaths has been blamed on pesticides, but experts tell the BBC they are doubtful.

bbc.co.uk

Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · yesterday

Poppy the mighty hunting cat literally almost standing on an ultra-large British house spider that seems to think it's already autumn without either so much as noticing the other was in its way, quite funny (Poppy, seen here in her show off period)

Poppy the tortoiseshell cat
Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · yesterday

I am sure you will agree that Ben Baldwin has given us another magnificent cover for Dan Mackmain’s latest adventure. Dan and Fin are off to Ireland – a trip I know many readers have been keen to see. The Green Man’s Debt will be published by Wizard’s Tower Press on 10th September 2026. #BookSky

Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.
Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · yesterday

"Downplaying of climate change is helped by media coverage showing people sunbathing, rather than dehydrated gig economy workers driving unsafely and at risk of heatstroke, or shift workers in overheated workplaces loading your newly ordered fan into a box."

Central Bylines@centralbylines.co.uk · yesterday

The summer heatwave of 1976 broke temperature records but this year's heatwaves show that human-induced global warming is to blame | Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social

Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · yesterday

"A fund must now be set up in support of Afghan girls who are threatened with being married off against their will. It should offer them bursaries to continue their education, if necessary outside their home country" - Gordon Brown's powerful call to action /1 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown

Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

theguardian.com

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · yesterday

Institutional investors on North Sea drilling: “If what you’re trying to achieve is the trifecta that most governments appear to be looking for ... affordability, energy independence and decarbonization,” then increasing North Sea drilling “doesn’t achieve any of those."

Investors Raise Alarm on Prospect of More UK North Sea Drilling

Institutional investors are raising concerns over the prospect of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham supporting more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

bloomberg.com

Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 2d ago

After my recent read of 'Between Two Rivers' by Moudhy Al Rashid, visited the cuneiform exhibit at the British Museum with my daughter (along with bits of medieval Europe and Islamic World exhibits, before heat drove us out) Love the bottom left pictogram. So modern also

The picture shows examples of early letters and writing in cuneiform at the British museum, including a 'to eat' pictogram