Natural Rights Theory: Samuel Samson's goal was to prevent political ideology from distorting what is/is not a natural right. Ms. Lafourcade: reported them [Sarah Rogers] to the French government on the grounds of potential foreign interference...
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Seal swimming through seaweed.
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they need daily checking and the squirrel needs to be killed, so yes more management time and the messiness of killing.
yes there is that...
If we’re supposed to turn swords into plowshares, we ought also to turn cannon into bollards.
It’s so important to know your bollard history.
#WorldBollardAssociaton
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Our first cuckoos have been reported over the weekend and we heard our first at the Ramsey Heights nature reserve this morning. So exciting!
@wildlifebcn.org
#cuckoo #birdwatching
It's a good question. For all parties.
Doesn't look like an instant death, otherwise the squirrel would be immediately under the tree. Assume in a grey squirrel only area.
Are other creatures at risk from it? If you set a non lethal trap you know what you have got.
Trying not to start a debate about grey squirrel control...
Having been enjoying my first Orange-tips, Peacocks, Holly Blues and Speckled Woods of the year in the last few weeks, in various lovely gardens packed with wildlife friendly plants, I simply have to ask… what kind of dystopian plastic crap is this!?
I ought to write to my Senedd members, or rather the candidate lists: an election soon in Cymru/Wales, agriculture & environment are devolved, so writing to my MP not the best way.
Mallard Hide at Teifi Marshes could be renamed Curlew Hide, I & others call it that @wtsww.bsky.social
We’ve just been told about something special happening in the village of Wooldale, near Huddersfield and we had to share it.
Carole Grogan, a lover of Curlews, has transformed her village’s telephone box for World Curlew Day.
If you’re nearby, do pop in and show your support!
Refugees 2013 – 200 x 140cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Room once full of sounds 2024 – 175 x 120cm, oil on canvas
I will be showing flower paintings at my Belgian gallery this year
I'm interested in the fact that their wealth could end homelessness and poverty in the UK, not where they spend a Sunday.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
A sign: CHICKENS & DUCKS! PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEAD
Can’t believe they let farmyard birds keep dogs as pets
A dandelion plant with a dozen flowers open
It’s dandi time, look forward to the seed time and watching gold and bull finches eating them
#spring #gwanwyn #dantyllew
Sir Benfro Pembrokeshire
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Read it and weep.
Sitting on the sofa with G&T, but a conflicted partner, who would normally support Glamorgan BUT he’s from Yorkshire! “His” two teams are playing each other. Cricket has been missed glad to see it back.
projects that could boost economic growth have been delayed or cancelled. Families across Wales are being squeezed by the cost of living. Energy bills are too high, thanks to mad Net Zero targets. Small businesses are under pressure. Politicians in Cardiff Bay say there is "no money" to fix the problems that affect everyday life. And yet under Labour and Plaid there always seems to be money for the wrong priorities. While communities struggle and local people feel ignored, hotels and homes are used to house illegal immigrants. Wales needs a government that puts the people of Wales first. At Reform UK we believe the people of Wales deserve better. We have a plan to fix Wales (see over). We will cut income tax in Wales, so that working people keep more of what they earn. We all know Keir Starmer is unpopular, but that is a Westminster problem. In Wales the real issue Reform UK has emerged as the real challenger to Labour and Plaid. Real change will not come from the parties that created the problems. It must come from a new movement determined to restore competence and common sense to government. That is why I am delighted to introduce the man who will lead our campaign in Wales, Dan Thomas. Dan brings the kind of leadership Wales needs. With a strong background in business, he understands how to create opportunities and solve problems. In the Senedd elections on 7t May, you have a chance to put the failed political establishment behind you and turn Wales around. With your support, Dan Thomas and Reform UK Wales can deliver real change. Your postal vote will arrive soon. Please use it to vote for Reform UK. لم الم Nigel Farage Leader of Reform UK
a Re Form election letter:
"While communities struggle & local people feel ignored, hotels & homes are used to house illegal immigrants."
That's not true, they are people waiting on asylum applications. AND Westminster deal with all that, not the Senedd
#SeneddElections #Etholiadau'rSenedd
雨上がりで
しっとりと。
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
@botanical.bsky.social
道端のスミレ
可憐な花姿に似合わずアスファルトの隙間からこんもり出てくる逞しさ。
子供の頃からスミレ好き。
@botanical.bsky.social
タンチョウソウが咲きました
@botanical.bsky.social
I'm glad to see this appreciated, it's a photo I particularly like!
#WindowsOnWednesday The Duke
The Joy of Wall Furniture with #WindowsOnWednesday Carshalton
View up the side wall of a tall building. The wall itself is rendered and has an abstract, geometric pattern cut into it, made up of interacting vertical and horizontal lines at different intervals. There is a series of narrow windows running up the wall. They extend out of the wall. They are lit from within. The sky above is clear and pale blue but muted because it is twilight.
An old phone pic from a night out in Manchester in 2016.
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#WallsOnWednesday #WednesdayWalls #WindowsOnWednesday #Architecture #UrbanPhotography #PhonePic #ECK #EastCoastKin #Manchester
the glow on the wall is gorgeous
