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Remember Ukraine this Easter. Designs from my Mum's ancient collection, by Luba Perchyshyn (apologies if that's a Soviet-era russified spelling).

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Sadly for Britain, Andy Burnham is not the leader of the Labour party which, under its actual leadership has moved it to the Thatcherite right economically, and increasingly far right culturally. The LibDems are now the party of the centre left.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPatterns Another of nature’s patterns #birds

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Wishing all you lovely followers a very #HappyEaster! May it be full of giant eggs, birdsong, cute bunny rabbits in flowery dresses, magical stamps, and definitely hope. #AxelScheffler 🥰🥚🐣🐦🐰🌸💌

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Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt

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Predator... A link to our prehistoric past. Early afternoon. Hector The Great Blue Heron, showing off his hunting skills. Standing 4 1/2 ft tall, with a wingspan of 6 1/2 feet wide, he is truly an impressive creature. 📸🇨🇦 #GreatBlueHeron #Photography #Wildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Canada

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We love Bluesky don’t we?

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I need everyone to stop and admire this Louisvillian's extravagant commitment to tulips.

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📣 New Quake it Up video looking at the top Quaker quotes! What did I choose? Would you agree? Also bear witness to my inability to count to eleven! My Top Quaker Bible Quotes youtu.be/o2W5cOu4ByM

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#MorningPrayer We wait, Lord. We heard your cry, “It is finished” and we wait. We saw your body sealed into the tomb and we wait. We heard your promise that this Temple, though destroyed, will rise again and we wait. Keep us watchful, faithful, ready for what the morning brings.

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How to cross thin ice, #polar #bear edition: spread out wide to distribute weight and reduce pressure. This clever move helps avoid breaking the fragile surface. A survival tactic perfected in the Arctic #physics

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In today's #SixOnSaturday... Honesty, the fragrant Narcissus 'Winston Churchill,' fresh red foliage of Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lady in Red,' Upside down turtles (or Bleeding Heart), Bluebells & Daphne 'Pink Eternal Fragrance' onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/s... 🌱

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Ok let’s go with a last image from Mont Saint Michel… Captured last week to. Sometimes you just get lucky with conditions 😉 #photography #history #landscape #art #montsaintmichel

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Please keep sharing this. And feel free to rip the video and then re-upload it to wherever you like!

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Good Friday 📍 @wincathedral.bsky.social #CofE

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This Robin followed me for a bit yesterday flying from tree to tree as I walked. Beautiful little guy. #birdphotography #EastCoastKin

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'Bluebells', machine embroidered artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #womensart

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A heron in the shallows of the duck pond in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow. #glasgow #wildlife #urbanwildlife #kelvingrovepark #glasgowparks #heron #birdphotography

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Fan Sunset Mazatlan Mexico. Almost every evening a different fantastic show. Some more subtle than others and some beyond really capturing in a single photo. #sunset #mazatlan #mexico #photography #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #landscape

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Starling bird mimicking human speech with extreme precision 🐦

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People want institutions to stand up www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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GM and happy Easter to those that celebrate. I will be enjoying an extended weekend break with absolutely nothing planned. Meanwhile, today's image comes from the New Forest, taken this time, three years ago. #photooftheday #newforest

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Work is being mad again, here is my small consolation of some pink purslane, spotted when I escaped for 20 minutes wander down the lane at lunchtime.

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In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

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I'm really sorry, but we just need to stop doing this. Your wood-burning hygge leads directly to people's deaths - other people's and perhaps your own. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Fuck Trump, all praise to the penguins!

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If you took advantage of the Interrail spring sale (or if you just want to find out what Interrail is all about) we have this helpful explainer on our website: flightfree.co.uk/post/how-to-... Using Interrail is our TOP TIP for keeping travel costs down. Keep an eye out for future sales!

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Which US brands can I boycott in protest at Trump? www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/co...

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NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

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Good morning Wednesday! Finding the light..... #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPattern #Nature

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A #CommonStarling, sporting its colors

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View from a Train, by Geoff Butterworth. Rochdale as in the 1960s, copied from an old black-and-white photograph. #NorthernArt

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Blue Hour at Bamburgh, March 2024, by north-east photographer Sophie Henderson.

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