MountainBec
@mountainbec.bsky.social
Views expressed are, by default, subjective and encompass my perspective that everything is political. Short form platforms and language take time to reveal complexity, I work to hold the and, and the both. Covid is airborne. Expect typos. 😷
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Critical reflection alone is like painting only in red — and then judging people by how well they paint in red.
When we add compassionate, appreciative and creative reflection - we get the whole palette.
More ways of seeing, understanding and imagining what could be different.
When we add compassionate, appreciative and creative reflection - we get the whole palette.
More ways of seeing, understanding and imagining what could be different.
Currently existing in a bowl of sunshine and delight encircled by cloud. Birds are delighted with the weather.
October 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Currently existing in a bowl of sunshine and delight encircled by cloud. Birds are delighted with the weather.
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Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran has now cost the world $3 Trillion. For what? So corrupt old white men can stay in power and deflect from their crimes.
October 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran has now cost the world $3 Trillion. For what? So corrupt old white men can stay in power and deflect from their crimes.
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Whatever you think of the plague outbreak in Russia…. There’s no harm in wearing a mask
Disabled people have been begging you to mask back up for years
We’ve been warning of the resurgence of Ugly Laws and mask bans
We’ve been saying that pandemics give rise to fascism
Wear a mask. Save a life.
Disabled people have been begging you to mask back up for years
We’ve been warning of the resurgence of Ugly Laws and mask bans
We’ve been saying that pandemics give rise to fascism
Wear a mask. Save a life.
October 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Whatever you think of the plague outbreak in Russia…. There’s no harm in wearing a mask
Disabled people have been begging you to mask back up for years
We’ve been warning of the resurgence of Ugly Laws and mask bans
We’ve been saying that pandemics give rise to fascism
Wear a mask. Save a life.
Disabled people have been begging you to mask back up for years
We’ve been warning of the resurgence of Ugly Laws and mask bans
We’ve been saying that pandemics give rise to fascism
Wear a mask. Save a life.
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To Jewish members of the Green Party:
Assurances, from the motion proposers, that they had no intention for Jewish members to feel targeted for their beliefs or associations have been clear.
And if anyone else does try to use it in this way, I will be there for you with my solidarity and support.
Assurances, from the motion proposers, that they had no intention for Jewish members to feel targeted for their beliefs or associations have been clear.
And if anyone else does try to use it in this way, I will be there for you with my solidarity and support.
October 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
To Jewish members of the Green Party:
Assurances, from the motion proposers, that they had no intention for Jewish members to feel targeted for their beliefs or associations have been clear.
And if anyone else does try to use it in this way, I will be there for you with my solidarity and support.
Assurances, from the motion proposers, that they had no intention for Jewish members to feel targeted for their beliefs or associations have been clear.
And if anyone else does try to use it in this way, I will be there for you with my solidarity and support.
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ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM.
A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
October 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM.
A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
Every morning is a mixture of loveliness and climate concern. Needing rain as we do. Listening to magpies, jacks, crows and Robins as I walk.
October 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Every morning is a mixture of loveliness and climate concern. Needing rain as we do. Listening to magpies, jacks, crows and Robins as I walk.
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My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
October 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights.
Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant.
It’s not a moral failing.
It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant.
It’s not a moral failing.
It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
October 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights.
Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant.
It’s not a moral failing.
It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant.
It’s not a moral failing.
It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
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“We don’t want the tech billionaires post-human reality. We want this world. The soil between our toes.”
Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
October 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“We don’t want the tech billionaires post-human reality. We want this world. The soil between our toes.”
Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
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“ME/CFS patients are deeply inconvenient.”
George Monbiot on how people with #MECFS need long term support, but governments and insurers have an incentive to “brush it away” and dismiss patients leaving them “massively mistreated, maligned” and “blamed for their illness”.
George Monbiot on how people with #MECFS need long term support, but governments and insurers have an incentive to “brush it away” and dismiss patients leaving them “massively mistreated, maligned” and “blamed for their illness”.
October 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
“ME/CFS patients are deeply inconvenient.”
George Monbiot on how people with #MECFS need long term support, but governments and insurers have an incentive to “brush it away” and dismiss patients leaving them “massively mistreated, maligned” and “blamed for their illness”.
George Monbiot on how people with #MECFS need long term support, but governments and insurers have an incentive to “brush it away” and dismiss patients leaving them “massively mistreated, maligned” and “blamed for their illness”.
October 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Honestly instead of learning new techniques to hack my nervous system I'd like to live in a equitable life-affirming society that didn't push me into fight or flight hour after hour. You?
October 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Honestly instead of learning new techniques to hack my nervous system I'd like to live in a equitable life-affirming society that didn't push me into fight or flight hour after hour. You?
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October 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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I just don't get it 🤔
I've been offered a Free Flu Vaccination on the NHS - URGENTLY. I.e. within 4 days of receiving the email. Because I am judged as being at high risk from the Flu.
But the SARS virus that gave me blood clots, a Pulmonary Embolism AND Long Covid isn't as much of a threat to me?
I've been offered a Free Flu Vaccination on the NHS - URGENTLY. I.e. within 4 days of receiving the email. Because I am judged as being at high risk from the Flu.
But the SARS virus that gave me blood clots, a Pulmonary Embolism AND Long Covid isn't as much of a threat to me?
October 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I just don't get it 🤔
I've been offered a Free Flu Vaccination on the NHS - URGENTLY. I.e. within 4 days of receiving the email. Because I am judged as being at high risk from the Flu.
But the SARS virus that gave me blood clots, a Pulmonary Embolism AND Long Covid isn't as much of a threat to me?
I've been offered a Free Flu Vaccination on the NHS - URGENTLY. I.e. within 4 days of receiving the email. Because I am judged as being at high risk from the Flu.
But the SARS virus that gave me blood clots, a Pulmonary Embolism AND Long Covid isn't as much of a threat to me?
Building up my fantasy #CelebrityTraitors cast. Borrowed one idea.
So far:
Lesley Manville
Mackenzie Crook
Nish Kumar
Daley Thompson
Victoria Coren Mitchell
David Mitchell
Bob Mortimer
Other ideas taking shape
So far:
Lesley Manville
Mackenzie Crook
Nish Kumar
Daley Thompson
Victoria Coren Mitchell
David Mitchell
Bob Mortimer
Other ideas taking shape
October 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Building up my fantasy #CelebrityTraitors cast. Borrowed one idea.
So far:
Lesley Manville
Mackenzie Crook
Nish Kumar
Daley Thompson
Victoria Coren Mitchell
David Mitchell
Bob Mortimer
Other ideas taking shape
So far:
Lesley Manville
Mackenzie Crook
Nish Kumar
Daley Thompson
Victoria Coren Mitchell
David Mitchell
Bob Mortimer
Other ideas taking shape
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UK: COVID Cases and Hospitalisations Rising in England
🔸Test positivity increasing from 5.9% to 7.0% and hospital admissions up nearly 50%
🔸London recorded the largest rise in COVID hospital admissions, up 79%
🔸More than half of positive tests were the XFG “Stratus” variant
🔸Test positivity increasing from 5.9% to 7.0% and hospital admissions up nearly 50%
🔸London recorded the largest rise in COVID hospital admissions, up 79%
🔸More than half of positive tests were the XFG “Stratus” variant
October 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
UK: COVID Cases and Hospitalisations Rising in England
🔸Test positivity increasing from 5.9% to 7.0% and hospital admissions up nearly 50%
🔸London recorded the largest rise in COVID hospital admissions, up 79%
🔸More than half of positive tests were the XFG “Stratus” variant
🔸Test positivity increasing from 5.9% to 7.0% and hospital admissions up nearly 50%
🔸London recorded the largest rise in COVID hospital admissions, up 79%
🔸More than half of positive tests were the XFG “Stratus” variant
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Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling
Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
October 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling
Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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It'll be wild when Michael Sheen reveals he's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors
It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors
October 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It'll be wild when Michael Sheen reveals he's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors
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#FOTW Daily Post 2
Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above
#FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above
#FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
October 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
#FOTW Daily Post 2
Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above
#FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above
#FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
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The Covid wave in England continues to grow very fast. As of 27 September, 1 in every 234 people were infected, up 31% on the previous week. We are now recommending that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions, including a PPE mask, in ALL indoor places.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
October 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The Covid wave in England continues to grow very fast. As of 27 September, 1 in every 234 people were infected, up 31% on the previous week. We are now recommending that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions, including a PPE mask, in ALL indoor places.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
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Watch the full video (24 mins)
David Tuller interview with George Monbiot:
youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?...
George Monbiot’s recent article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
David Tuller interview with George Monbiot:
youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?...
George Monbiot’s recent article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
YouTube video by David M Tuller
youtu.be
October 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Watch the full video (24 mins)
David Tuller interview with George Monbiot:
youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?...
George Monbiot’s recent article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
David Tuller interview with George Monbiot:
youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?...
George Monbiot’s recent article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Great to take out the team from Arne Moors today. The sea walls have now been breached & the site looks terrific. Massive well done to RSPB, Natural England, EA & Kier. Please note that the site currently has no public access & is only viewable by BoPH boats or via Hydes Heath at RSPB Arne.
October 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Great to take out the team from Arne Moors today. The sea walls have now been breached & the site looks terrific. Massive well done to RSPB, Natural England, EA & Kier. Please note that the site currently has no public access & is only viewable by BoPH boats or via Hydes Heath at RSPB Arne.
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social top tip say 'but' less 'and' and more. @andyburnham.bsky.social says 'but' where often 'and' would create a much more positive dynamic. By the way covid and flu are airborne and respirator masks do work.
October 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social top tip say 'but' less 'and' and more. @andyburnham.bsky.social says 'but' where often 'and' would create a much more positive dynamic. By the way covid and flu are airborne and respirator masks do work.
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🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday.
On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis.
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis.
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
hopenothate.org.uk
October 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday.
On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis.
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis.
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...