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Author. 'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award 'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize https://linktr.ee/markdudleyauthor

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I have caught glimpses before, but repositioned the camera and caught this the other night.

15.02.2026 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at todayโ€™s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch ๐Ÿ˜ญ. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21682    ๐Ÿ” 7595    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 542    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1260
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Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster ๐ŸšจOur BBC is under attack ๐Ÿšจ We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...

38d.gs/bbc_o_eaio

14.02.2026 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services arenโ€™t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services arenโ€™t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

13.02.2026 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
โ€˜Redshanks Alightingโ€™
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

13.02.2026 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 318    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Save Our Red Squirrels: Enforce Protections & Prioritise Habitat in UK Woodlands Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

c.org/ZBTwB2NQKj

12.02.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first.

They won't even put Britain first.

They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.

12.02.2026 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 838    ๐Ÿ” 262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Lord of the Rings film set? No, it's Kingley Vale.

The reserve contains one of the finest yew forests in western Europe, including a grove of ancient trees which are among the oldest living things in Britain.

Pure magic.

๐Ÿ“ธ: Chris Doyle

13.12.2025 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse

09.02.2026 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6964    ๐Ÿ” 3603    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

10.02.2026 06:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24853    ๐Ÿ” 5067    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

06.02.2026 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8988    ๐Ÿ” 3022    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 85
waterfalls going through some woods

waterfalls going through some woods

Floods, 2021

07.02.2026 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 575    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have a similar point of view...

07.02.2026 06:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 198    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Keir Starmerโ€™s position has not improved, but it has stabilised a bit because Labour MPs have looked into the abyss, and the abyss has looked back and said โ€œyou remember that the HMRC investigation into Angela Rayner is still ongoing, right?โ€ Then theyโ€™ve looked at the abyss some more and it has continued: โ€œand you do know that Wes Streeting has a much closer personal and political connection to the disgraced Peter Mandelson than Keir Starmer?โ€

The abyss, growing quite chatty at this point, has added: โ€œand come on, Shabana Mahmood is not going to win a leadership election. Labour members are not going to pick the border-tightening home secretary, are you nuts?โ€

Keir Starmerโ€™s position has not improved, but it has stabilised a bit because Labour MPs have looked into the abyss, and the abyss has looked back and said โ€œyou remember that the HMRC investigation into Angela Rayner is still ongoing, right?โ€ Then theyโ€™ve looked at the abyss some more and it has continued: โ€œand you do know that Wes Streeting has a much closer personal and political connection to the disgraced Peter Mandelson than Keir Starmer?โ€ The abyss, growing quite chatty at this point, has added: โ€œand come on, Shabana Mahmood is not going to win a leadership election. Labour members are not going to pick the border-tightening home secretary, are you nuts?โ€

I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character

06.02.2026 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 587    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

The United Nations have warned that in less than 2 years we are heading to a fresh water crisis which will likely result in water rationing. AI use is accelerating this. The makers of AI wonโ€™t stop cos theyโ€™ll be last to be hit by the water crisis. Theyโ€™ll watch as we fight for vital resources.

06.02.2026 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Obsessing over water supplies & worried that there's no captain on this ship. Nobody knows the true picture over who's using the critical resource, and the global picture is pretty dire. I've pulled my latest articles together to try to make sense of it watershedinvestigations.com/dry-taps-flo...

05.02.2026 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Ew.

06.02.2026 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read mine!
Out March 3rd

31.01.2026 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic talent ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

20.01.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call โ€œsymbolic compliance.โ€

Thatโ€™s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

26.01.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20851    ๐Ÿ” 8670    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 268    ๐Ÿ“Œ 717
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Painted in 1913, Paul Nash gave this picture the ultimate simplicity of a title, 'A Drawing.' The elm trees marked the boundary of his family's home at Wood Lane House, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire. Trees always held a spiritual quality for him.

26.01.2026 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

#AllMinnesotansNow

25.01.2026 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump A German soccer federation executive committee member says itโ€™s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

23.01.2026 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18954    ๐Ÿ” 4958    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1168    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1534

Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the USโ€™s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
โ€œStayed a little back, off the front lines โ€œ!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.

22.01.2026 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2134    ๐Ÿ” 956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.

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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

20.01.2026 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18928    ๐Ÿ” 6492    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 530    ๐Ÿ“Œ 668
Rowan Atkinson from Love, Actually - "Would you like it gift wrapped?"

Rowan Atkinson from Love, Actually - "Would you like it gift wrapped?"

20.01.2026 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Never Leaving This Place
10โ€x10โ€ Oil
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Available on my website.

18.01.2026 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 256    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Silver Birch #trees #woodland #treeclub

19.01.2026 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 931    ๐Ÿ” 75    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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