Deborah

Deborah

@rowan36.bsky.social

Love books, gardens, art, knitting. Northern accent living in South London. Ex civil servant and carer. Home-bird. She/her 💚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺

656 Followers 734 Following 39 Posts Joined May 2025
1 day ago

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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There is so much tenderness in these first spring flowers.

Ukraine is beginning to bloom, despite everything.

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2 days ago

#SpotTheScammer #SpotTheBot

@gisrid.bsky.social petite East Asian woman bot account uploading pics of scenery.
Word salad bio: "I like traveling, meeting friends and feeling different lives."

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3 days ago
While the article had attributed the claim to “an analysis” of government figures, the Committee considered that the newspaper had not taken due care over the accuracy of the headline, which set out as fact that “More than one million foreign nationals are receiving benefits”. This did not make clear that the assertion was an estimate, and was presented without qualification. The print headline, as well as the online headline and its subheadline, did not accurately reflect warnings on reliability of the data, and presented the figures as fact, rather than an interpretation of the statistics by a third party. The Committee also considered that care had not been taken over the accuracy of the article, which did not make clear that it was not reporting on people’s nationality at the time they were claiming benefits, but their nationality at the time they first applied for a National Insurance number, which may have been significantly earlier. Absent this clarificatory information, the article was misleading to attribute the number of foreign nationals currently claiming benefits in the UK to this specific dataset.

The full @ipso.co.uk ruling on my complaint against the Daily Telegraph.

The Telegraph (and the so-called "Centre for Migration Control, in fact just one random racist blogger) lied, and then doubled down on their lies.

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0100...

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3 days ago

A procurement crisis absolutely everyone saw coming but which the Department of Health and MoD will now have to tackle, with zero good outcomes – as they've both now signed contracts and have technical reliance on Palantir.

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3 days ago

A company being awarded UK Government contracts👇🏻

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3 days ago
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March 12, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Suspect killed after attack on Michigan synagogue, as Iran threatens Strait of Hormuz Simon's breaking news update for "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's LBC.

My live update on Iran's threat to the Strait of Hormuz, and also on today's attack on a Michigan synagogue. For "Tonight with Andrew Marr" on the UK's @lbc.co.uk

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/887328...

#iran #oil #hormuz #terrorism #trump #news

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3 days ago

I thought this seemed off but they are up against Reform in the local elections so I imagine they need to pick up Brownie points where they can.

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3 days ago

So many bots!

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4 days ago

#SpotTheScammer #SPotTheBot

@nicolekdips.bsky.social @maxinexuy.bsky.social @jolenehury.bsky.social @haisleystxi.bsky.social @carinaserhy.bsky.social @jancetredy.bsky.social @joybalsiio.bsky.social @ellamaedsi.bsky.social
bots "soaking up the sun & good vibes", using pics of the same woman

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3 days ago

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@hannahyerst.bsky.social @nadiaherf.bsky.social @hannahjasu.bsky.social
bots "soaking up the sun & good vibes", using pics of the same woman.

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4 days ago

A strong & brave intervention from Zubir Ahmed on the depressingly familiar discrimination and abuse Muslims face in public: online but also at work & on the streets. That Islamophobia is racism is shown his case: there can never be a good or British Muslim, even when they save people's lives

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4 days ago
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Are boots-on-the-ground next for US forces in Iran? Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/887251...

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5 days ago
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Good morning
Its the start of the mystery historics!
Ive been collecting unnamed abandoned narcissi for the last 5 years, hoping to either match them to a known variety or to a lost variety and i always appreciate help and suggestions
If you think you know please shout!
Have an amazing day 🌱🌸

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5 days ago
Six stained glass artworks in arched frames each  featuring birds, a hare or a planr

UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart

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5 days ago

If you’ve not watched her powerful speech in today’s HoC debate on jury trials, you must. I hope she gets all the protection & support she needs and will need…being in public life is brutal enough without having gone through this too.

I’ll link to the direct speech in my next post.

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5 days ago
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Russia's deportations of Ukrainian children amount to crimes against humanity, UN inquiry finds A U.N. investigation ​found on Tuesday that Russia's deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children since Moscow's full-scale ‌invasion in 2022 amounted to crimes against humanity.

Russia's deportations of Ukrainian children amount to crimes against humanity, UN inquiry finds reut.rs/47o9ugY

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5 days ago

This is very important and a major pet peeve of mine. If you don’t know what you’re doing- and if you learned on the internet, then sorry, you don’t know what you’re doing- please leave old gravestones well enough alone.

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5 days ago
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This year, I'm running the London Marathon to raise money for @panspandasuk.bsky.social and Fife Carers Centre.

Training for a marathon is certainly challenging, but knowing it will help raise funds for these organisations has kept me motivated.

Any donations are much appreciated: buff.ly/0iyGEs3

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6 days ago

Cor, sure would feel great right now if we were self-sufficient in renewable energy, and laughing at all the rubes reliant on global oil supplies. We'd have a bit of a swagger in our step today.

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1 week ago
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Wild about Weeds: Garden Design with Rebel Plants (signed copy) | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens Gardening Book of the Year 2019 - The Times 10 Best Gardening Books of Spring 2020 - The IndependentBest Gardening Books of the Year - Gardens IllustratedBest Gardening Reads of 2019 - Daily MailTop G...

Just a reminder this spring, if you’d like to grow wildflowers or work out what some are in your garden, my book Wild about Weeds is a good intro to some of my faves. How to sow and grow them, how to control their spread and use in design. www.jackwallington.com/product/wild...

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6 days ago
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Fake image of Iranian children’s funeral shared online by MP – Full Fact In the aftermath of a missile strike on a school that Iran said killed hundreds of people, a fake image of a funeral has been shared online, including by the Your Party MP Zarah Sultana.

A viral image that appears to show the funeral of Iranian schoolchildren isn't real.

It’s true that a missile struck a school in the region, but this image is fake. There are several signs that it was made with AI.

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6 days ago

oh cool, we're at the "I have this knot of anxiety in my chest which I can't do anything about because it's entirely due to the overall geopolitical situation" stage again, nice, happy Monday everyone

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1 week ago
Scammer: Good morning lady bee
Me: What do you want?
Scammer: Nothing lol why are you acting like I am doing something wrong by texting you to comprehend you about what been happening too you or ain’t know good about that’s huh tell me so I know my place
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Me: Don't you know how to use Google Translate?

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@traceadkins5838.bsky.social yet another idiot impersonating US country singer Trace Adkins & stupid enough to send me an unsolicited DM.

www.instagram.com/traceadkins/

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1 week ago

If you haven't cut back dead stems yet, this is probably the weekend to do it. Link below to follow what I do with leaving dead stems on the ground.

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1 week ago

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1 week ago

Okay, so I am definitely going to have to go freelance, at least for a while. So, if anyone has any advice on actually building up and finding freelance policy and comms works, including providing media and advocacy training, campaign planning and strategy please let me know.

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1 week ago

#SpotTheScammer #SpotTheBot

@dehfgtnterh.bsky.social @gnfgngf.bsky.social @RandomListOfLetters handle bot profiles, created & updated within minutes of each other. @cdvfsvbfs.bsky.social and @fdebshn.bsky.social were in the same group, already suspended.

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1 week ago

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@mythicaltoasty.bsky.social @linouille.bsky.social @marzenaozga.bsky.social @murzynator.bsky.social @nekogod122.bsky.social
petite East Asian women bot accounts, updated March 5 within 7 minutes. @ocassiau.bsky.social & @gotanericktion.bsky.social suspended, same group

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1 week ago

Love this! Thinking of growing from seed which I have not been successful at previously so timely advice 💚

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