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Here’s something I wrote about how, when lockdown began in March 2020, I thought of Edwin Muir’s great poem “The Horses” (and still do) someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/we-would-n...

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This image somehow captures the scope of the damage done to a generation deprived of play, immersed in predatory tech. This is a McDonald's Play Place in Franklin, TN. Two screens with a chair.

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The US has stopped enforcing anti-money-laundering rules that prevented Russia oligarchs from moving their money to the US. www.icij.org/inside-icij/...

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As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”. The man is a fraud.

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" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people" - Shamsia Hassani Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay

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What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄

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Young people, teachers, parents: Action for Conservation, where I'm a founding trustee, runs free Summer Camps to inspire 12-16 year olds to a lifelong love of nature & conservation. They’re really fun. Applications now open: www.actionforconservation.org/camp Pls help spread the word/RT!

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Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

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“We Finns know Russia. Russia shares a land border with 14 countries. Only one of them has constantly remained an independent democracy through the Second World War and the Cold War, and that's Finland” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Several NIH people have now told me they believe DOGE folks are jumping on their Zoom orientation and high-level calls. They don't put their cameras on and don't ID themselves. If you have intel on this, i'm at asteinindc.09 on signal

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You probably read this weekend the government was watering down the workers rights bill. Having looked at the amendments, there’s no weakening of anything, in most cases it’s been toughened up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The renowned German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, increasingly disturbed by President Trump's embrace of Russia and other policies, said that he was canceling an eight-city U.S. tour and that he was unlikely to perform again in America unless the government reversed course. @nytimes.com

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Jeez. So much for free speech in America

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What the actual fuck?! America, something must be done!

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Last month, the Trump administration placed a $1 spending limit on most government-issued credit cards that federal employees use to cover travel and work expenses. It's paralyzing federal agencies www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

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The speed at which things are now unravelling is terrifying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.

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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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Thinking about how NATO fighter jets have been flying over where I live all my life, I wrote about two poems which describe the unnerving nature of this peacetime experience someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/the-jets-f...

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I missed this (Feb 6). Trump DOJ shut down “Taskforce Kleptocapture” that seized Russian oligarch super yachts. <surprised pikachu face> www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

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The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here theblue.report

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youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

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Dr Seuss in 1941 knew what was going on.

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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today. So ditch the Post and support independent journalism: Zeteo.com/subscribe

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French lower house votes through wealth tax. A 2% minimum tax rate on the wealth of individuals whose net worth exceeds €100m. It is not yet law. UK needs to do similar to reduce inequalities. Instead govts penalise low/middle income families and make poor pay more for crumbling infrastructure.

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Darren Grimes was born in 1993

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Not all heroes wear capes 🤣🔥

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I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

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Not content with extending the Castle St works by a year, National Highways has withdrawn its £1m contribution towards the proposed South Blockhouse visitor attraction in Hull leaving the project in limbo. Part of national NH cutbacks, as I understand it.

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Speaking at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump made several false or misleading claims about Ukraine and the war. Here's what the facts actually say. 🧵 1/4

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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but this is good.

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Been thinking about this speech a lot lately. One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time. youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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We revealed Nigel Farage’s voting record to his constituents in Clacton. They weren’t happy.

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How can this photo not make you smile? It fell out of a book on Monday when I was arranging the wall of books at my exhibition. So it must have been travelling around the country - on show but unseen - for 7 years now! But who are you, little fella? I hope you’re still smiling

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this

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Archaeologist (part time) National Trust Salary: £29,297 pa (£36,621 FTE) Closing Date: 16/02/25 Location: Attingham Park, Atcham, Shrewsbury, SY4 4TP www.bajr.org/job-ad/archa...

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“When we see the hazel catkins turn yellow, we know that spring is not far off” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

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