GlynB

GlynB

@glynb.bsky.social

Birmingham UK. Likes: allotments, drawing and trees. Happiest when muddy. #TheArchers

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The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Radio 4 ExtraRadio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy ...

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The death of Radio 4 Extra is a very, very sad day. I am genuinely upset by this decison.

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Jane@localnotail.bsky.social

"Voters had not been informed sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas. Evidence that they tried to interfere with the 2019 general election. We also know that they have tried to stoke tensions and unrest in the wake of horrific events"

Now that Brian and Adam are back, will someone PLEASE end the family conspiracy of silence about Clonkgate. It's driving me nuts. #TheArchers

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The social care issue is fundamentally simple: do we carry on with a lottery where one-in-ten random families lose their life savings (and it definitely could be you), or do we all contribute towards that bill in some way?

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I saw this post and wanted to address it. If you look at social media today, you’ll see good, empathetic people admitting they are losing hope. They look at climate change, rising authoritarianism, and corporate greed and feel entirely powerless. If you feel this way, I want

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Finally some real action on the divisive and unhealthy outbreak of nationalist flag measles in Birmingham since the summer of 2025 Really good to see this community focus from our coalition Council. Well done to all the Brummies United and especially South Brum deflag crews for pushing for this ✊♥️

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social

Birmingham City Council has applied to the High Court for an injunction, including an interim injunction and a power of arrest, relating to the unauthorised attachment of flags to street furniture and highway infrastructure across Birmingham. 1st hearing 8 Sept www.birmingham.gov.uk/FlagsAttachm...

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Tonight BBC radio 4 ran an hour-long advert for “suicidal empathy” (the idea and book) on the Moral Maze, describing its author simply as a Canadian professor, without mentioning his enthusiasm for Great Replacement ideology nor calls for civil war in the UK. That does not seem ok.

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social

Turned on the radio this morning and today’s headline news was Reform’s plan to cut £50billion from welfare spending, quoting Reform’s claim that the current system is “suicidal empathy”. The BBC is again calmly reporting fascist ideas as if they mainstream.

This programme is based around the story of one individual child. Apart from being unscientific, how could he knowingly consent? What could be the consequences for his social life? His future? Seriously unethical. #Channel4 #thegreatadhdmyth

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An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables

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Solar panels on football stadiums make perfect sense. The next question: how long until we see parking lots everywhere covered with solar canopies too? Generate power. Provide shade. Charge EVs. #Solar #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #ESG balkangreenenergynews.com/solar-power-...

balkangreenenergynews.comSolar power to energize European football, UEFA teaming up with SolarPower EuropeThe Union of European Football Associations and SolarPower Europe have partnered to advance sustainability in European football

Raspberries! Thrive in light and shade. Easy to propagate. Few diseases. No need to net them. Crop year after year. No thorns. No need to bend double to pick. And delicious.

I'm paying attention to which plants are coping with the drought. Rosemary, lavender, bronze fennel, all the salvias, echinacea, helianthemum, mesembryanthum, agapanthus, euphorbia...

I'm old enough to remember that it was touch and go whether George would survive. Yet not one single person in the clonkgate loop thinks of going to the police? #TheArchers

Just managing to keep the allotment on life support. What could I grow that would cope with 3 months of rain followed by drought? #allotments #growingveg

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#Morocco is finding a clever way to produce #cleanenergy while protecting one of its most valuable resources: water. By installing floating #solarpanels on reservoirs and dams, the country is allowing the same surface to generate electricity while helping reduce water evaporation during dry periods