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Beware! For example what Q codes you use and links you click on. This retired Chief Inspector from the Met clicked on one at a Parking meter. Easily done. Scammed by your neighbour's company: How UK homes are fronts for global scam network www.itv.com/news/2025-06...

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China installed 93 GW of solar capacity last month, almost 100 solar panels every second 🤯 "And between January and May, China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind, enough to generate as much electricity as Indonesia or Turkey." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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My dear friend and podcast partner Mick Wall suffered a heart attack ten days ago. In addition, he and his wife Linda are being evicted from their home. I've set up a crowdfunder that explains everything. Please spread the word if you can, thank you! www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.

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Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

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Appalling 🤬👇 Shame on anyone who supports this animal abuse.

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Freedom of Information request reveals truth behind the smokescreen of glamour at Ascot. Statistics show 317 #horses from the racing industry were sent to slaughter in England in first 5 months of 2025. 186 of these were just 5 years old or less #HorseWelfare www.animalaid.org.uk/317-horses-w...

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J.R.R. Tolkien

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My rainbow is overdue.

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Farewell Mick Ralphs, who was enough of a gent to follow me back at the other place when he had an active account (which made me feel well chuffed, I can tell ya)

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RIP Sgt Mohammed Hussain, who died on Friday aged 100. Born in Rawalpindi in pre-partition India, he joined the Army aged sixteen in 1941, fighting in Italy from 1943-45, and later settling in Berkshire where he marked his 100th birthday last month.

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Fortunately had no intention of going to the US in its present state but this seals it.

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It's OK tho cos of all the extra streams www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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This is very poor tbh. Hoped for better, but unsurprised.

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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social a bit late to the party. Lesser Water Parsnip I think. Near Storwood, Pocklington Canal East Yorkshire.

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Well played.

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I beg your pardon… (musical reference for the elderly)…

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Lightwell, West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire, 16 June 2025.

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Looked for the original, but very much enjoyed the energy of this version I’d not seen before. #Topical youtu.be/Iy4MbNaYlcE?...

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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

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If you are in Scotland please write to your MSP to demand that the sea area be reserved for floating wind rather than carbon caputre and storage. www.scotsman.com/news/politic... Floating wind is sustainable, CCS is a failing half-measure. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/floating-w...

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Now this is my kind of article! Seaside Shelters: Will Scott's wonderful photographs of a bygone era Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Will Scott has travelled throughout the UK to lovingly chronicle the definitive collection of Britain's seaside shelters. www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...

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#stunday Poolbeg chimneys seen through swimming shelter at golden hour #eastcoastkin

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In these troubling times, you need a photo of this baby sandhill crane. #birder Photo by Matt Felperin (Macaulay Library).

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A carpet shop owner in #Cambridge has taken to using a horse and cart so he's not fined when crossing Mill Road bridge Full story: www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/john-ba...

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