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chilternbirder.bsky.social
Hanging on to my old social media name although the birding these days is largely very low carbon through my living room window. Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things. 🧑‍💻 www.folkphotos.uk
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 394 Silvius panicellos cumulat...ver nondum adest, et mures nolunt esurire! (Silvius is piling up bread rolls - it's not yet Spring, and the mice don't like to go hungry!)

All you need to know is that Zelensky is willing to sacrifice power for the sake of his country and Trump is willing to sacrifice his country for the sake of power.

Service 1. Bovingdon diversion. 24/25/26 Feb 09.30 - 16.00. 24th - 26th Feb 2025 After Bovingdon Airfield buses will continue on Chesham Rd and by pass Bovingdon Village due to Green Lane closure. Same in reverse from Hemel Hempstead. The closest stop to serve Bovingdon Village is Vicarage Lane

UK members in NHS & universities are already seeing impacts on changes to scientific & medical data relating to protected characteristics https://buff.ly/3QsEFix We encourage people to also share examples of UK impacts on climate science https://buff.ly/3XbOsgE #FactsMatter

Today is #Shropshireday and also the Feast of St Milburga. The daughter of Merewalh, king of the Magonsaete and second abbess of Wimnicas (Wenlock) She ruled over a community of both Monks and Nuns. Following her death around 716, she was soon venerated as a saint. #Shropshire #History #Folklore

🚨 | PROTECT WELSH NATIONAL OPERA @equityuk.bsky.social & @wearethemu.bsky.social are fighting for sustainable funding to save a Welsh national treasure. ☑️ Write to your MPs & MSs ☑️ Sign the petition ☑️ Support the campaign #WNOBalch #WNOProud youtube.com/shorts/P6xuf4yy4q8

An RNLI topper on this E VIII R box in Tobermory - remembering not all heroes wear capes... #WeekHforHeroes #AlphabetChallenge #postboxsaturday

Please remember to drive with caution on the Littlington Rd between Exceat near seaford and Alfriston village frog and Toad migration has started also beware or volunteers in the carriageway

Keep reposting. US attempting to block apparently

We've said goodbye to twitter, as @royalhistsoc.bsky.social is very right in weening #SkyStorians off that platform now it's in the state it's in. We'd still love to rival our followers number that we had on there here though... 🥺

A list of hashtags Or... A challenge for @theduncanmackay.bsky.social ?? 🤣

Protest klaxon 📣📣📣 @webstermedieval.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social @llantwit.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social musiciansunion.org.uk/news/join-ma...

porcus volare temptat (The pig is trying to fly). porcellus perplexus est (The piglet is confused). porcellus: quid facis, tata? (Piglet: what are you doing, Daddy?) porcus: vespa sum! (Pig: I'm a wasp!) #ilcd25 #ilcd2025

Veers dangerously to the right.

More big news! My band Culverake are heading into the studio in March to make our debut album. But it’s an expensive business and we need your support. We have 30 days to raise £3000. Please help if you can.

Yep, time Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, and any other nation that wants to join in, to group the US with Russia and North Korea as hostiles. Necessary diplomatic ties only. Lets move on rather than get dragged down into the mire by Trumpism.

Excited to be running a brand new gig series in Sheffield. Launch ceilidh this coming Sunday (22nd) at Shakespeares. 1st gig - James Fagan/Jill Pidd 2nd gig - John Kirkpatrick/Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote Gigs at Alder Bar, Sheffield Doors: 7:30pm Start: 8pm Tickets: £16 Linktree in thread

In a refreshing change from my awful previous Tory MP down in Hampshire, I just got a really positive reply:

Due to HS2 works on the Small Dean viaduct near Wendover this weekend, 22/23 Feb, there will be no @chilternrailways.bsky.social trains between Marylebone #Amersham and #Aylesbury. Buses run between Amersham and Aylesbury.

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 393 #ilcd25 #ilcd2025 Silvius in diē specialē interest, de instrumentis lusoriis ad fabricationem (Silvius takes part in a special about toys for building). duas significationes verbi "lego" monstrat (He points out the two meanings of the word 'lego' in Latin).

‘These subjects play a central role in fostering a sense of global citizenship and nurturing respect for cultural diversities.’ www.change.org/p/save-our-r...

The Thames always comes up with the perfect metaphor for the state of everything right now. So please enjoy these stunning 15th/16th century sewage pipes. Made of elm & preserved by the tides, these would have once deposited the shit & piss of medieval & post medieval Londoners into the Thames 1/

The next Folk Education Development Day @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social is on Saturday 15th March. The focus will be on disability inclusion. There will be opportunities available for all to participate in dance and discussion. www.efdss.org/whats-on/66-....

If you're birding deer-rich areas or doing @btobirds.bsky.social heathland surveys, you need be #LymeDeiseaseAware! I contracted Lyme disease from a tick bite in Thetford Forest in February 1997. #LymeDisease season is already on us, its not just summer. #birdingWales #birdingScotland #UKbirding

On 10 July 2025, two big cricketing rivals meet at an iconic venue 🏏 No, not England vs. India at Lord's. We mean Iceland vs. Ukraine in Warsaw. The match is for Ukrainian humanitarian causes – and to support @icelandcricket.bsky.social's push for ICC membership. Watch this space for updates 🇮🇸🏏🇺🇦

Join us today at the Chesham library to learn about your local chalk stream and why we should protect them! https://bit.ly/4gk7KHi

I regret to say there has been a lot of foolishness on some sections the left about #Ukraine, echoing Russian and far-right talking points. (Just as shamefully, the same people supported Assad in Syria). Now is the time to put that foolishness aside. We should all stand with Ukraine.

iocus bellorum stellariorum /Minimi (A Star Wars/Minimus joke). Luccus: haec est Ala X mea (Luke: this is my X-wing). Rufus: sed alas IV habet (but it has four wings). #ilcd25 #ilcd2025

@economist.com, you've been banned. A badge of honour.

Remember the kerfuffle when President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy consulted an astrologer? Well, seems rather quaint now in comparison with Trump world ...

Now in the Folk London shop: Ships and Shanties, the new album from the legendary HogEye Men, singing their hearts out unaccompanied on sea songs new and old. CD: folklondon.co.uk/product/the-... Download on Bandcamp: folklondon.bandcamp.com/album/ships-...

We've been made aware fraudsters are circulating fake offers on social media platforms, claiming to provide bus travel at unrealistically low prices. Please be careful and protect yourself. ✅ Verify Offers ✅ Avoid Suspicious Links ✅ Report Scams bbc.in/40ZcYTc

Archaeological translation of detecting speak: 1) "He then dug a further two feet (61cm)" = he dug in situ #archaeology. 2) "we are preserving history" = we are trashing context. 3) "museums, which did not wish to claim them" = museums, who couldn't afford them... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ukraine peace plan latest The new Private Eye is out now

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Second of three #cartoons from the previous @privateeyenews.bsky.social - new issue out today - and I'm happy to say it's a silly one. #dolphins #dentist #cartoon

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Update on the Middlewick ranges: the move to get this ecologically sensitive site out of the local plan on the advice of Natural England and after years of campaigning has been stymied by delaying tactics. Local Tory and Lib Dem councillors are directly to blame. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Some of the icons in the exhibition at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social, written on ammunition boxes in #Ukraine. #Woodensday

CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals. Read more👇 www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government – Byline Times

Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks. We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

Anyone who uses the term 'DEI' in British politics is clearly importing their culture war labels from America. 'EDI' is the much more common version here in my experience. Going to start my campaign for British language for British culture wars.