bid47.bsky.social

bid47.bsky.social

@bid47.bsky.social

Former research bioscientist now part-time librarian and sailor.

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Meg
@roaringmeg.bsky.social

If you decorate the outside of your house for #Halloween please don’t use this fake spider webbing. It’s fatal to bird life.

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Emma Mitchell
@silverpebble2.bsky.social

I created this photo using recent research so it relaxes your brain when you pause to look at the details. As I'm sometimes too unwell to post here (not good mental health due to PMDD & recovering from a breakdownA) it would help so much if you could maybe RT my photo. Many thanks 🌿

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klassmi.bsky.social
@klassmi.bsky.social

Replying to @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

Protect marine life by removing ghost nets, dangerous fishing gear, eat less fish, and create more Marine Protected Areas #MPA 🐋 🐟

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Replying to @photodave.bsky.social

Lies, cheating, falsification is considered to be a badge of honour. It attracts business, delivers profits whilst toothless regulators ape the three unwise monkeys. See this report. Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn.

thebureauinvestigates.comDeloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn by faking documentsThe Big Four firm spent years fabricating corporate papers that helped the sanctioned oligarch conceal assets and dodge tax

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Beware of finance industry lobbying. It hired PwC (the firm that delivers dud audits) to produce a report, claiming that UK banks face highest rates of tax. The report included taxes not borne by banks. Omitted countries that levy higher rates of taxes. Integrity never gets in the way of profits.

theguardian.comIs London really the most-taxed city? Banks accused of cherrypicking dataLobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners

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Kevin Wilbraham
@kpw1453.bsky.social

An early 12th century corbel from Wimborne Minster in Dorset of Moses, with the Ten Commandments in hand. 📸 My own #StoneworkSunday #WimborneMinster

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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klassmi.bsky.social
@klassmi.bsky.social

In September, jurors found #Meta liable for violating New Mexico's consumer protection laws when the political consulting firm #CambridgeAnalytica used #Facebook user data to generate targeted political ads in the 2016 general election. #Fakebook abcnews.com/Business/met...

abcnews.comMeta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for violating consumer protection lawsA judge ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the social media giant liable for violating consumer protection laws.
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Wow!

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

Dolphin stampedes are also sometimes referred to as “super pods” or “megapods”. They can gather up to thousands of dolphins. This one was filmed off the coast of San Diego. [📹 taylor.parent] Repost of @GoodNewsMVT: Original post

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Schrödinger's bat
@euderma44.bsky.social

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The tree covers an area of around 8,000 square meters (2 acres) and has become its own forest – as the tree spread, branches that contacted the ground took root, forming a dense, interconnected canopy. Photo credits: blog.blablacar.com.br (aerial), expedia.com (below canopy)

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Sarah Murphy
@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

Not bombshells. Entirely on brand “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism” from an appalling, extreme and racist party, led by an appalling, extreme and racist man. The apples are all rotten because the tree is. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.ukThe bombshells from the undercover sting operation which plunged Reform into crisisThe party has been accused of ‘appalling behaviour’ and ‘extreme racism’ following staggering revelations
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Astounding!

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social

“The Curta” calculator designed by Curt Herzstark while imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. #peppergrinder #calculator en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta

bid47.bsky.social
@bid47.bsky.social

Enduring greatness. Canadian bear.

Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

A.A. MILNE, his son Christopher Robin, and the real Winnie The Pooh — in 1926. The first collection of his stories was published 100yrs ago today. (Milne was inspired watching his son play with a stuffed teddy he called "Edward Bear” & also by an American black bear named "Winnie" at London Zoo)

bid47.bsky.social
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Indonesia now, where next, Clacton?

klassmi.bsky.social@klassmi.bsky.social

People are worried about how the huge, windowless buildings might change their neighbourhoods, the constant hum of machines, the security lights that could stay on all night, and the pressure this puts on water and energy resources. #AI 🤖 www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comThe island where locals say data centres are taking their water"Not a single drop has come through our taps for the last three months," a local tells the BBC.
bid47.bsky.social
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Excellent litany.

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.