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Katharine Norbury

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Curious, walker, swimmer, thinker; anam cara. WOMEN ON NATURE @Unbounders THE FISH LADDER @BloomsburyBooks Shortlist @WainwrightPrize #neurodivergent @UnitedAgents

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Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... I’m not sure if this is even possible but as somebody somewhere said “you can have clean water and you can have privatised water but you can’t have clean privatised water”.

03.03.2026 05:52 👍 124 🔁 76 💬 3 📌 9

Wonderful x

04.03.2026 15:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And then there’s “the storm drain” argument that doesn’t take account of the fact that the weather has been changing for years. The investors must have their profits!

04.03.2026 10:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Has it helped? Is raw sewage dumping in rivers and seas an issue? England and the North Wales coast are drowning in the stuff though you’d never know from reading the government websites. I assume they release the stuff when they know no-one’s testing though the visuals are beyond dispute!

04.03.2026 10:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

@zackpolanski.bsky.social …

04.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👍🏻

04.03.2026 08:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@kathyburke.bsky.social It has over 10,000 signatures already! 100,000 and they’ll debate it in Parliament. 🌊

04.03.2026 07:27 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

“Threat from Iran conflict spreads across Middle East in 72 hours.

In less than three days, the conflict ricocheted beyond the original targets in Iran, Israel and Iraq to threaten some 300 million civilians across more than a dozen nations.”

Via @washingtonpost.com

03.03.2026 16:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much for giving this your support Marsha. 🙏

03.03.2026 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@cathobbs.bsky.social #DirtyBusiness #thameswater @marshadecordova.bsky.social

03.03.2026 15:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@casparhenderson.bsky.social I imagine you have already come across this Caspar? #DirtyBusiness

03.03.2026 15:04 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Matthew Rhys and Kerri Russell as 1980s Russian spies Philip and Elizabeth.

Matthew Rhys and Kerri Russell as 1980s Russian spies Philip and Elizabeth.

The Americans.

03.03.2026 14:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

George W Bush’s use of the word “crusade” a walk in the park compared to the above.

03.03.2026 12:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hubris. I think it’s called hubris.

03.03.2026 07:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... I’m not sure if this is even possible but as somebody somewhere said “you can have clean water and you can have privatised water but you can’t have clean privatised water”.

03.03.2026 05:52 👍 124 🔁 76 💬 3 📌 9

500 more in the last half hour!

02.03.2026 21:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think that’s his “what are you going to do about it?” expression.

02.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And everyday their parents fail to lift their eyes from their mobile phones. A generation of un looked at children.

28.02.2026 21:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Wow! Woke and it was already light! The last day of the month and the year marches on!
Exciting times ahoy, early(ish) birds! Have a wonderful day in this gorgeous time of the year!

28.02.2026 07:38 👍 73 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1

It’s wonderful xx

28.02.2026 09:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Silhouette of pony in distance with sea and hills behind

Silhouette of pony in distance with sea and hills behind

At 60 degrees north Spring can take it's time reaching #Shetland. We will have to wait for the hills to fill with flowers and the evening light to return. For now I will enjoy the stark beauty of our winter landscapes and welcome the new warmth in the sun.

27.02.2026 16:35 👍 176 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 0

Congratulations Nicola. Great review. 🥂

27.02.2026 18:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Given that around 15% of the population are regarded as being neurodivergent (myself included) it surely constitutes a version of normal. Different strokes for different folks as they used to say and yes, I love the RC liturgy, because it can be learned by heart to enable freedom for contemplation.

27.02.2026 13:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pedley Street Bridge in London’s East End with street art, graffiti and anti-climb fence.

Pedley Street Bridge in London’s East End with street art, graffiti and anti-climb fence.

A thin place: Pedley Street Bridge.

26.02.2026 16:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you will follow suit.

25.02.2026 15:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Actually that was “food for thought” but another executive function of the phone decided to change it anyway. What a world we live in.

25.02.2026 15:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good for thought. Thank you.

25.02.2026 15:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Gosh that went by fast. Happy birthday 🎈

22.02.2026 09:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Orange fungus on fallen branch on forest floor.

Orange fungus on fallen branch on forest floor.

Life

20.02.2026 22:47 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

“Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if we do not move them, they die. The brain needs to be used, so our intelligence must also be exercised a little so as not to lose this capacity.”

Pope Leo on why priests shouldn’t use AI to write homilies. Hurrah.

20.02.2026 18:47 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1