Why must our politicians think in such binary terms of this OR that? We should be thinking of ways to make our systems work hand in hand as much as possible. We need people who can think outside the box when it comes to solutions, because the 'old ways' just don't seem to work! #Burnham #Labour

Golden hour alignment. As a moon-driven photographer, I capture the full moon rising over mountain silhouettes. High dynamic range documents soft warm light against cool twilight tones in an artistic landscape study #luiscordobapharchive #moon #mountains #scape #night

A few more gorgeous collective nouns for you… A group of: 🐞-ladybirds is called a ‘loveliness’ 🪶-long tailed tits is called a ‘zephyr’ 🪶-wrens (many often squish together in nestboxes to roost at night) is called a ‘chime’ 📷: Suffolk wildlife trust 🦋-butterflies is called a ‘kaleidoscope’

Caribbean geometry. High-angle perspective framing the vibrant turquoise water and shore of Santa Marta. Artistic contrast between organized blue tents, palm silhouettes, and natural textures documents coastal daily life from above. #luiscordobapharchive #caribbean #santamarta #scape #beach

Thorough write-up of the Times/Chris Philp migrants stat fabrication story by @garethtbij.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

False migrant care worker data came from Conservative Party

The Times is forced to issue correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 family members to UK

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Vandaag op zoek gegaan naar drie zeldzame libellen. Overigens komen deze drie soorten op sommige plekken in Nederland goed voor, maar weggevertjes zijn het meestal niet. Zuidelijke glazenmaker (Aeshna affinis) Zuidelijke heidelibel (Sympetrum meridionalis) Zwervende pantserjuffer (Lestes barbarus)

My mum, Beryl, is 89 today. She managed a school photo without a tie, Horsham school, at her 21st birthday party & with dad in 2020. Her health was really bad in the autumn, but she is still working on a large vegetable garden and doing sewing work for people #birthday #mumis89

Robert Demachy. French, 1859 - 1937. Cranes. Gum Dichromate print. C 1900.

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last mo.

At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.

Happy birthday to William Bell. Here's his wonderful NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert filmed in 2016 youtu.be/vXUznxv0qF0

William Bell: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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minimal wild flower photo. Aberteifi ~ Cardigan, Ceredigion. The old railway station #urban #pavementplants #wildflowers #plantphotography #minimalism

S4C will celebrate the life and work of one of Wales' best-known writers with a special programme featuring a never-before-seen interview with the late novelist and playwright Eigra Lewis Roberts

S4C to celebrate life of acclaimed Welsh author Eigra Lewis Roberts in special programme

Nation.Cymru staff S4C will celebrate the life and work of one of Wales’ best-known writers with a special programme featuring a never-before-seen interview with the late novelist and playwright Eigra...

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Britain’s fixation on “net migration” offered a respectable, apparently technocratic way to talk about immigration, population and pressure – without openly talking about race. But lowering it does not fix the problem. Jonathan Portes reports.

Reducing net migration was never the real issue

Our immigration statistics have served to legimise racism. Reduced net migration was not what people wanted

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Crazy stat "Fraud accounts for 46 per cent of all crime in England and Wales, yet only 2 per cent of resources are dedicated to it, Adams said." it is remarkable how little we seem to do about fraud, from the gazillion little fraudulent motor claims to the big stuff www.ft.com/content/f0f7...

Senior City of London Police officer urges Burnham to be ‘loud’ on fraud

Funding must be made a priority to tackle the UK’s most prevalent crime

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9.00 a.m. Nine #Swifts screaming and circling low between Valence Road and Leicester Road, #Lewes, and two to five screaming past the occupied nest box at our house. One chick peering out at them.

Mabel has only met the hedgehogs in my garden a couple of times one being this morning…. She’s normally shut in at night, I think her thoughts were ‘wtf that is not a vole….’ ….#hedgehogs

this!! I'm so tired of people using accessibility aids as a punchline to a joke. I see it somewhat frequently when people have custom captions and then they're making the captions say something wildly different than the source audio, or they change certain words in the captions

Sharing this essential bit again, in light of everything being on fire.

Stuart Goldsmith@stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's hard being a climate comedian's therapist... 🫠

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.

YouGov has Farage at his least popular for a decade. Starting the story after June 2016 misses something significant about what 2014-16 changed

We have a #hosepipeban, technically we can use a hosepipe because of our business, but we've decided the flower garden won't receive water via hosepipe. The sweet peas are having a hard time, I've put up a net to reduce scorching from sun. Dŵr Cymru please fix the leaks #sweetpeas #weather #tywydd

This isn't looking good

🚨 JUST IN: a record number of people are going without essentials, like food and bills. New research by @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals that 7.4 million households have gone without at least one essential in 6 months. This is a stark reminder that the cost of living crisis is far from over.

Even those with less than half a brain. But we don't WANT to know, because it means lifestyle changes we simply are not prepared to make.

Every profession, every workplace, is throwing up more and more accusations as women become braver, and find they are actually believed. But it is the home, the family, which is the most dangerous place of all, a profound betrayal of trust ✍️Dr Shân Morgain

After Pelicot: Confronting misogyny in Wales

Dr Shân Morgain  Last year Gisèle Pelicot became a world icon, a modern saint, an incredibly brave pioneer slicing open the murk of male misdeeds. She refused to hide her extraordinary suffering in an...

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Climate change making Europe drought ‘more severe’: study

Climate change making Europe drought ‘more severe’: study

The continent is gripped by a major drought with countries from France to Romania confronting parched rivers and devastating wildfires after a historic heatwave

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Extreme drought across Europe: "Until humanity stops burning huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, these brutal climate-driven droughts will only get more severe and more costly for households and whole economies alike." "But the solutions are just as clear: move much faster to renewable energy.”

Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe

Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation

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Well balanced article on MHT in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I’ve heard menopause hormone therapy fixes everything. Should I take it?

Timely treatment provides relief for menopause symptoms, but expecting it to fix all of them is a set-up for disappointment

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In case you missed it ... The EU isn't just about "urban elites". To improve life for rural communities, it's creating a new statistical category called "Functional Rural Areas" that will put them on the same level as urban centres when it comes to analyzing data and providing funding. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Towards a definition of Functional Rural Areas - GRANULAR

A recent publication from the Joint Research Centre suggests a methodology to define Functional Rural Areas in the EU, and currently seek for feedbacks. An approach based on functionality Shifting tow...

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The Strawberry Moon. Artistic nightscape capturing the full moon isolated in a deep indigo sky. The composition relies on heavy negative space and low-key lighting, documenting twilight mist and sharp silhouettes of trees on the horizon #luiscordobapharchive #moon #scape #night #photography

Found scrap of card, cut from a larger sheet, from design ideas created in summer 1984! Was doing HND 2D design: surface pattern & illustration in Caerdydd, Howard Gardens when it was South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. #2Ddesign #memories #Cardiff #gettingold #nostalgia