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Walking Buffalo (George McLean) age 92, near Morley, Alberta in 1962. “Did you know that trees talk? Well, they do. They talk to each other, and they'll talk to you if you listen. . . I have learned a lot from trees.” At age 92, the Stoney-Nakoda… 📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada

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Stolen from elsewhere, the point is valid...

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Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Geordie beaches 1000wordsmag.com/sirkka-liisa...

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Put a date in your diary for the return of Ariana Tikao, who will be playing Māori music & reading ‘Kōauau 1933.5.6’ – a brand new spoken word piece about the taonga puoro (singing treasures) in the collections. Tuesday 29 July, 1-2pm. Free lunchtime performance, no booking required. bit.ly/4eevNrV

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Photographer Nick Hedges (1943-2025). His work for the charity Shelter between 1968-1972 helped galvanise societal change.

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Thank you @gregwhitmore.bsky.social for this tribute and record of our Dad, Nick Hedges. He would have been very honoured.

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New Brighton, 1983-85 from ‘The Last Resort' by Martin Parr.

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We're delighted by the supreme court ruling... but won't build on it because of the very claims the ruling quashed? Sorry @marycreagh.bsky.social but this makes absolutely no sense.

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Truly disheartening to see Mary Creagh seemingly equate wild camping with the erosion of landowner rights and damaging to nature in the house of commons. Properly done, it is neither.

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this is an actual sheep that existed. AI will never come close to creating a fleece like this

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If you use chatgpt you're stupid. It's confirmed

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Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied

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Let's knock Friday right out the park

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If this doesn’t pass it will simply reinforce the impact of social inequality on the terminally ill. Those with money can go to Dignitas, those without must suffer a prolonged and painful death. I’ve always been of the view that, with safeguards, people should be able to choose to die with dignity.

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Working Men's Club, Sunday morning, painting by Bill Hindmarsh (ex-miner, b.1942 in Durham). #NorthernArt

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I literally cannot remember the last time I agreed with a Daily Express front page. Terribly strange feeling.

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We seem to have stepped through a time portal back to the 1970s.

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New Brighton, 1983-85 from ‘The Last Resort' by Martin Parr.

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Ice cream parlour in New Brighton from The Last Resort by Martin Parr. It is a series which always polarises opinion and I’ve expanded on this in the Alt Text. Love him or hate him there’s no doubt that Parr has been one of the most influential photographers of his generation. #Photography

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Morning all. Photographer Martin Parr “Tenby is the best. It’s like a postcard." Beach scene of the Welsh town of Tenby 2018.

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Hoping MPs support Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill. UK citizens are entitled to same assistance at end of life as others. US states offer a good precedent.

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In 1979, when Hot Chocolate’s PR people were designing the sleeve for the band’s Hottest Hits compilation, some Ad Man had a lightbulb moment and invoked the Malteser as shorthand for Errol Brown’s bald pate. A masterstroke. www.johnmedd.com/2025/06/ever...

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Morning. As we’re all working for the fat cats now, here’s a fat cat for you to take into the weekend. Have a good one. xx #cats

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"It would be a catastrophically unwise decision for humanity to abandon a key step in training young brains simply because they can now clack a few keys and produce something that sounds intelligent even as they never become intelligent." www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-...

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We made friends with this beautiful lady today, in the shadow of the Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. One for @chrisgpackham.bsky.social ‬

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Seems that my Rebellion! book and exhibition on protest as an essential part of our cultural identity will be very timely.

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The Forbidden City under the snow, Beijing, 1957 by Marc Riboud.

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Great feedback from our book club evening - thanks Ben👍

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Activists’ arrests must be reviewed after government drops anti-protest law, writes Katy Watts of @libertyhq.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/protest-l...

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Comments from the visitor book in the Outsiders touring exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing.

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MoH in Belfast, our trip so far. Our mission has been to make sure the Dying Homeless Project is doing justice to people who are dying whilst experiencing homelessness in Northern Ireland. thanks so much to all here for a warm welcome especially colleagues at NMNI for hosting us ❤️

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It would seem the BEST part of writing a book is having readers engage with your book, & I am finally, thankfully, at that stage. So, here are some early reader comments! And as always, if you're in the UK, you can pre-order the book here uk.bookshop.org/a/15919/9781... #Books #Scotland #Book

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With a combination of scrolling, e-bikes and AI young people are going to destroy their bodies and their minds. It’s a ticking time bomb for a future health crisis.

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Perhaps those of us who avoid using tools like this can make a virtue of our "low background" creativity, like pre-atomic steel.

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Seems that my Rebellion! book and exhibition on protest as an essential part of our cultural identity will be very timely.

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Being hyper-vigilant and a photographer means I see hundreds of beautiful photos a day… and take maybe 3. The rest I just sigh at, frame them in my mind, then walk past like a tortured artist with a full memory card and no energy 😅

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The government's Crime and Policing Bill is at Report Stage in the House of Commons. Yet scarcely anyone is alert to the implications of Sections 114 & 115, which (as everywhere's close to a place of worship), greatly increase police powers to shut down protest. Please tell MPs and friendly peers.

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The Forbidden City under the snow, Beijing, 1957 by Marc Riboud.

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