Stephen Spitewinter
@spitewinter.bsky.social
🌱 #History, #Botany, #Plants, #Gardening, #Art, #Allotment, Economic & Social History, Small-scale food production, Cricket. Mending old things and restoring old houses. Location 🇬🇧 I reply to comments on my posts, but not often to DMs
#soccer #fifa #worldcup #buyout #failure Infantino walks slowly toward the land of the political undead... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa World Cup plans: Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership
The governing body of European football says Fifa president Gianni Infantino has "failed to deliver" on promises he made when elected 10 years ago.
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#conservation #wildlife #Birds #reintroduction #habitat Ciconia ciconia - European White Stork Good to see them back in my part of the world 🇬🇧, 600 years after we ate the last ones 🙁 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Breeding storks return to Derbyshire after 600 years
White storks were once residents in Derbyshire but hunting and habitat loss forced them out.
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#Canada #UK #Imports #exports #ElbowsUp I found a reasonable report on the value of goods imported by🇬🇧 from 🇨🇦. It can't break down to individual finished products by brand, but it's a guide. The source was the Trading Economics web site. It's improving. tradingeconomics.com/united-kingd...
United Kingdom Imports from Canada - 2026 Data 2027 Forecast 1993-2025 Historical
United Kingdom Imports from Canada was US$37.03 Billion during 2025, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Imports from Canada - data, historical cha...
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BBC News - Lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI goes rogue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI goes rogue
A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown of AI models that pose a public threat.
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#ukpolitis #uspolitics #midterms #Trump #Iran #usa BBC News - Oil prices hit $100 for the first time since May - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oil prices hit $100 for the first time since May
The price of Brent crude rose more than 6% on Thursday as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.
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#justice #google #EU #digitalsovereignty BBC News - Google fined €890m by EU for favouring its own apps over rivals - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google fined €890m by EU for favouring its own apps over rivals
It is the first major enforcement action against the tech giant under the EU's new digital rules.
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#google #justice #Europe #digitalsovereignty Wow! The EU 🇪🇺 has just fined Google 1 billion € for its business practices.
BBC News - OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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#plants #botany #history #art 🌱 Angelica archangelica syn. A.officinalis Origins N #Europe, spread to #Iceland 🇮🇸, #Greenland 🇬🇱 and introduced to #Yukon 🇨🇦. First catalogued 1753 in Species Plantarum A French delicacy, here's a recipe - READ THE HEMLOCK WARNING ☠️ - foragerchef.com/candied-ange...
#USA #Justice #Politics edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/p...
E. Jean Carroll officially receives more than $5M from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation judgment | CNN Politics
More than $5 million was transferred to E. Jean Carroll, a significant move in a protracted legal battle with President Donald Trump coming three years after a jury found he had sexually abused and de...
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#canada #guncontrol BBC News - Ex-Canada MP arrested after police seize 439 guns and antique cannon from his home www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Canada MP Inky Mark arrested after police seize 439 guns and antique cannon from his home
The 78-year-old is charged with a dozen offences. Police also said they found C$300,000 at his home.
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#resisters #USA #bluecrew BBC News - US judge voids Donald Trump's $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax audits www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge voids Donald Trump's 'improper' $1.8b IRS settlement that gave him immunity from tax audits
The judge said the suit was brought for 'improper purposes' and referred a Trump attorney for possible disciplinary action.
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#plants #history #botany #art 🌱 Tamarindus Indica - Tamarind Tree I've posted the Tamarind before but this is a far better plate, from Berg & Schmidt, Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen of 1899. And here's a short, interesting article from Oxford Herbaria - herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants40...
#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... CNN edition.cnn.com/2026/07/09/u...
Farage left fighting a trash can as the UK populist leader’s election gamble backfires | CNN
Nigel Farage resigned from the UK Parliament amid a controversy over undeclared financial donations but his tactic backfired
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/w...
Farage’s Act of Political Theater Risks Becoming Farce
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... South China Morning Post www.scmp.com/news/world/e...
Farage vs Binface: how UK hard-right leader’s poll gambit could backfire
Nigel Farage triggers a by-election for his own parliamentary seat – but his only rival may be man who wears trash can on his head.
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... And finally for today - The Straits Times www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...
British populist leader Farage’s election gamble could see him face one challenger – Count Binface
Britain's main political parties said they would not take part in the Clacton vote, dubbing it a “stunt”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... The Canadian Press www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/meet-count-b...
Meet Count Binface: The 5,000-year-old space warrior who wants to challenge Nigel Farage
Facing awkward questions about his finances, the anti-immigration politician dramatically announced that he’s quitting Parliament in order to run again, a move critics denounced as a ploy to dodge a
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... Australian Broadcasting Corporation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
'Leave him to me': Man dressed as bin only challenger against Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is facing intensifying scrutiny over his finances and millions of dollars' worth of donations. Here's how he got here.
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#Farage #Binface #Clacton #UKpolitics #ReformUK Tracking the UK's new political superstar... New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/w...
Farage’s Act of Political Theater Risks Becoming Farce
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