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This is how we should see these magnificant animals, not hauled up on a boat or in fillets on a slab. We should no more catch or kill this rare and stunning megafauna than we should trap or kill tigers or whales. Here are some more of Rupert’s photos from yesterday, with his kind permission.
October 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
This is how we should see these magnificant animals, not hauled up on a boat or in fillets on a slab. We should no more catch or kill this rare and stunning megafauna than we should trap or kill tigers or whales. Here are some more of Rupert’s photos from yesterday, with his kind permission.
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
October 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Blue on silver and brown
Worth not cutting back all seed heads in your green space in Autumn as insects just love resting, roosting or even mating on them!
#belesstidy4life
Worth not cutting back all seed heads in your green space in Autumn as insects just love resting, roosting or even mating on them!
#belesstidy4life
September 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Blue on silver and brown
Worth not cutting back all seed heads in your green space in Autumn as insects just love resting, roosting or even mating on them!
#belesstidy4life
Worth not cutting back all seed heads in your green space in Autumn as insects just love resting, roosting or even mating on them!
#belesstidy4life
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A man builds an IED.
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
October 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
A man builds an IED.
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
He sets it off in a busy public street.
Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom.
It's a miracle nobody is injured.
And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
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On the train back from London after the best evening ever! Still pinching myself… and beaming from ear to ear about my beautiful medal.
Thank you SO much @btobirds.bsky.social for this most unexpected and wonderful award. And thank you again for all the amazing things you do…
Thank you SO much @btobirds.bsky.social for this most unexpected and wonderful award. And thank you again for all the amazing things you do…
Congratulations to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social our winner of the Dilys Breese Medal 🎉We’re pleased to award Brigit this medal for using her online platforms to encourage nature interaction and conservation in an accessible manner, and her enthusiasm in participation and promotion of BTO surveys!
October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
On the train back from London after the best evening ever! Still pinching myself… and beaming from ear to ear about my beautiful medal.
Thank you SO much @btobirds.bsky.social for this most unexpected and wonderful award. And thank you again for all the amazing things you do…
Thank you SO much @btobirds.bsky.social for this most unexpected and wonderful award. And thank you again for all the amazing things you do…
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Starmer promised Britain we would stay out of Trump's reckless war. Instead Trump's bombers are taking off from British soil using information gathered from British based listening stations. Burnham has let this continue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What we know about RAF Fairford incident and counter-terror probe
Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Starmer promised Britain we would stay out of Trump's reckless war. Instead Trump's bombers are taking off from British soil using information gathered from British based listening stations. Burnham has let this continue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
September 27, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change
It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change
Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change
Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures rise
Hummingbird hawk moths - often mistaken for small birds - are being spotted in the West Midlands.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change
It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change
Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change
Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Very surprising to see this claim from the UK Govt on data centres and carbon targets when they (1) very clearly have not accounted for growing data centre emissions in their carbon budgets and (2) by their own admission don't know how much water data centres are using.
September 28, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Very surprising to see this claim from the UK Govt on data centres and carbon targets when they (1) very clearly have not accounted for growing data centre emissions in their carbon budgets and (2) by their own admission don't know how much water data centres are using.
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The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
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September 25, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
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So, this has made my day, in fact, my week so far:
Can't say how much I love this.
As a child brought up in poverty, I didn't own a book until I was 11 yrs old.
Mum valued education. Took us to public library every week. Dad was functionally illiterate. School libraries were great, too.
Books have been central to my life. Share the joy if you can x
As a child brought up in poverty, I didn't own a book until I was 11 yrs old.
Mum valued education. Took us to public library every week. Dad was functionally illiterate. School libraries were great, too.
Books have been central to my life. Share the joy if you can x
It's #buyastrangerabook day!
And @kimep.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Alom Shaha's awesome book Why Don't Things Fall Up?
So, if this is something you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only
And @kimep.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Alom Shaha's awesome book Why Don't Things Fall Up?
So, if this is something you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only
September 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
So, this has made my day, in fact, my week so far:
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Fox sits in gold and brambles
as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting the shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat,
the trees speak of change and hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
#AutumnEquinox teaches the spirit to let go.
#Autumn🍂
as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting the shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat,
the trees speak of change and hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
#AutumnEquinox teaches the spirit to let go.
#Autumn🍂
September 23, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Fox sits in gold and brambles
as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting the shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat,
the trees speak of change and hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
#AutumnEquinox teaches the spirit to let go.
#Autumn🍂
as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting the shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat,
the trees speak of change and hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
#AutumnEquinox teaches the spirit to let go.
#Autumn🍂
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The two most revealing questions one can ask about American politics and foreign policy today are:
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
September 19, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The two most revealing questions one can ask about American politics and foreign policy today are:
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
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…especially if you’ve already been noticing the IPCC leaning heavily on carbon dioxide removal in their future scenarios despite the unpromising trajectory of current efforts.
September 21, 2026 at 12:25 PM
…especially if you’ve already been noticing the IPCC leaning heavily on carbon dioxide removal in their future scenarios despite the unpromising trajectory of current efforts.
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Every day at Kaluku, battle commences over the fresh water hose – and Mwinzi was always one of the fiercest contenders. Then small Korbessa made 'hose wars' her own, winning through sheer persistence – and these days, with the boys in Ithumba, she guards it from Kaluku's newcomers.
September 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Every day at Kaluku, battle commences over the fresh water hose – and Mwinzi was always one of the fiercest contenders. Then small Korbessa made 'hose wars' her own, winning through sheer persistence – and these days, with the boys in Ithumba, she guards it from Kaluku's newcomers.
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Never to see mom again.
Is he a male calf who will be killed with days, or sent to a veal farm & slaughtered before he's lived 26 weeks?
Is she a female calf, to be raised as a dairy cow? A constant cycle of pregnancy & calving for 5 years, worn out at that point & slaughtered.
Do you care? 🐮
Is he a male calf who will be killed with days, or sent to a veal farm & slaughtered before he's lived 26 weeks?
Is she a female calf, to be raised as a dairy cow? A constant cycle of pregnancy & calving for 5 years, worn out at that point & slaughtered.
Do you care? 🐮
#Dairy calf prison camp 👺The tags are a death sentence 👺The calf will be slaughtered ..or the calf will first do forced labor..and will be murdered later in the slaughterhouse. #DairyKills #DitchDairy TODAY #GoPlantbased NOW
September 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Never to see mom again.
Is he a male calf who will be killed with days, or sent to a veal farm & slaughtered before he's lived 26 weeks?
Is she a female calf, to be raised as a dairy cow? A constant cycle of pregnancy & calving for 5 years, worn out at that point & slaughtered.
Do you care? 🐮
Is he a male calf who will be killed with days, or sent to a veal farm & slaughtered before he's lived 26 weeks?
Is she a female calf, to be raised as a dairy cow? A constant cycle of pregnancy & calving for 5 years, worn out at that point & slaughtered.
Do you care? 🐮
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There is no challenge. No questioning. Just a blanket airing of views from a man with vested interests and frankly bigoted views. Dreadful stuff from BBC. And where the hell is Nandy?
September 19, 2026 at 8:05 AM
There is no challenge. No questioning. Just a blanket airing of views from a man with vested interests and frankly bigoted views. Dreadful stuff from BBC. And where the hell is Nandy?
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"This is yet another example of the corrosive revolving door between politics and big business lobbying that has no place in public life."
@sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir.
@sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir.
September 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"This is yet another example of the corrosive revolving door between politics and big business lobbying that has no place in public life."
@sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir.
@sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir.
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Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
September 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
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Inspired by @shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social Remarkably Bright Creatures, I created a presentation for @snoislelibraries.bsky.social that will be showcased at the Lynnwood Library tonight about real cephalopods all around the world. Come meet GPOs and everything ocean tonight at 6:00 PM, it’s FREE!
September 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Inspired by @shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social Remarkably Bright Creatures, I created a presentation for @snoislelibraries.bsky.social that will be showcased at the Lynnwood Library tonight about real cephalopods all around the world. Come meet GPOs and everything ocean tonight at 6:00 PM, it’s FREE!
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Folks don't hate the NFL enough, tbh
The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February)
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
The truth about ICE and the New England Patriots jets (Go Seahawks)
The best reason to hate the New England Patriots is where their team planes have been.
gillianbrockell.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Folks don't hate the NFL enough, tbh
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NEW: Papers have now been filed for this case. But we still need support for the crowdfunding. Please do share and please donate.
Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...
Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...
UK Government scraps chemical safety laws - so we're going to court
George Monbiot, Georgia Elliott-Smith and Steve Hyndside are Fighting Dirty, using the law to stop harmful pollution in its tracks.
Find out more and follow our work at https://fightingdirty.org/
www.crowdjustice.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
NEW: Papers have now been filed for this case. But we still need support for the crowdfunding. Please do share and please donate.
Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...
Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...
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"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
September 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
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Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
September 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.