Lu Curtis
@lfmcurtis.bsky.social
Climate Activist. Gardener. Photographer. Permaculturist. Practitioner in social and therapeutic horticulture. London.
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Will Farage, Musk etc be condemning white people in general for the actions of this violent white person, and advocating rage or violence in response? Will the BBC be laundering their 'legitimate concerns' about those white folks?
Alina Burns, 19, of Lynton Road in Bristol, admitted attempting to murder Mohammed Mahmoodi, outside a barber's shop in Bristol. Burns approached Mahmoodi from behind and swung the axe at his neck. He was able to wrestle the weapon away from her before she could strike him again.
Neo-Nazi teenager jailed for attempting to murder man with an axe
A 19-year-old approached the victim from behind and swung an axe at his neck.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Will Farage, Musk etc be condemning white people in general for the actions of this violent white person, and advocating rage or violence in response? Will the BBC be laundering their 'legitimate concerns' about those white folks?
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NEW REPORT: Today we publish Unprotected Nature, a report revealing Natural England's failure to designate any new protected sites.
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’
Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
NEW REPORT: Today we publish Unprotected Nature, a report revealing Natural England's failure to designate any new protected sites.
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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FUN FACT. Reform UK’s slogan is one word away from that of France’s Vichy regime in WWII, which was “work, family, country” (they never specify which country).
Do you know what happened to Pierre Laval, Vichy’s leading Nazi collaborator?
Do you know what happened to Pierre Laval, Vichy’s leading Nazi collaborator?
April 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
FUN FACT. Reform UK’s slogan is one word away from that of France’s Vichy regime in WWII, which was “work, family, country” (they never specify which country).
Do you know what happened to Pierre Laval, Vichy’s leading Nazi collaborator?
Do you know what happened to Pierre Laval, Vichy’s leading Nazi collaborator?
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From the Government's National Security Assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse: “the UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock: a wholesale change in consumer diets would be required”. Keeping quiet about that... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
From the Government's National Security Assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse: “the UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock: a wholesale change in consumer diets would be required”. Keeping quiet about that... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wow, pretty stark to see this graph of how the media are pushing net zero scepticism... just when we really really need the opposite.
@carbonbrief.org
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January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Wow, pretty stark to see this graph of how the media are pushing net zero scepticism... just when we really really need the opposite.
@carbonbrief.org
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@carbonbrief.org
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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This must add to the case for a nationally televised @nebriefing.bsky.social. Be interesting to see what if any coverage it gets in the news when the BBC etc will be paying attention to Davos, Greenland etc.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This must add to the case for a nationally televised @nebriefing.bsky.social. Be interesting to see what if any coverage it gets in the news when the BBC etc will be paying attention to Davos, Greenland etc.
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Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1/4 Do you know what a SLAPP suit is?
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
1/4 Do you know what a SLAPP suit is?
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Israeli officers and soldiers have revealed they’ve been ordered to deliberately shoot at unarmed Palestinians trying to get aid.
That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving.
There are few crimes more depraved.
That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving.
There are few crimes more depraved.
June 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Israeli officers and soldiers have revealed they’ve been ordered to deliberately shoot at unarmed Palestinians trying to get aid.
That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving.
There are few crimes more depraved.
That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving.
There are few crimes more depraved.
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A TIMELINE OF A GENOCIDE
Under siege for 75 years
Together with Palestine Action, we have compiled a Timeline of a Genocide detailing colonialism, dispossession, and the decades-long genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Under siege for 75 years
Together with Palestine Action, we have compiled a Timeline of a Genocide detailing colonialism, dispossession, and the decades-long genocide of the Palestinian people.
1/4
June 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A TIMELINE OF A GENOCIDE
Under siege for 75 years
Together with Palestine Action, we have compiled a Timeline of a Genocide detailing colonialism, dispossession, and the decades-long genocide of the Palestinian people.
1/4
Under siege for 75 years
Together with Palestine Action, we have compiled a Timeline of a Genocide detailing colonialism, dispossession, and the decades-long genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Shocking stats in today's FT: "England faces driest year this century."
April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…
April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…
May 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Shocking stats in today's FT: "England faces driest year this century."
April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…
April rainfall more than 50% below average across most of the country…
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?
The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
www.newyorker.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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As usual, all about hard defences
Bugger all being done to reforest uplands, unstraighten rivers, manage retreat from coastlines and other measures designed to tackle the CAUSES OF FLOODING in a #climate changed UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bugger all being done to reforest uplands, unstraighten rivers, manage retreat from coastlines and other measures designed to tackle the CAUSES OF FLOODING in a #climate changed UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK must spend £1.5bn a year on flood defences to protect public, experts warn
Researchers cite £2.4bn annual cost of flooding and say a third of England’s critical infrastructure is at risk
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
As usual, all about hard defences
Bugger all being done to reforest uplands, unstraighten rivers, manage retreat from coastlines and other measures designed to tackle the CAUSES OF FLOODING in a #climate changed UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bugger all being done to reforest uplands, unstraighten rivers, manage retreat from coastlines and other measures designed to tackle the CAUSES OF FLOODING in a #climate changed UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BREAKING NEWS: Thames Water executives citizen’s arrested at their offices this morning.
It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives.
Follow for updates.
#CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives.
Follow for updates.
#CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
March 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Thames Water executives citizen’s arrested at their offices this morning.
It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives.
Follow for updates.
#CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives.
Follow for updates.
#CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
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On climate protest, a superb point from @richarddenniss.bsky.social. If protest wasn't effective, govts wouldn't try to ban it. And as much as politicians like to talk about parliamentary logjams, as soon as fossil capital is threatened, they mobilise with extraordinary rapidity and efficacy.
February 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On climate protest, a superb point from @richarddenniss.bsky.social. If protest wasn't effective, govts wouldn't try to ban it. And as much as politicians like to talk about parliamentary logjams, as soon as fossil capital is threatened, they mobilise with extraordinary rapidity and efficacy.
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🚨 BREAKING! 🚨
LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less)
EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government.
Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k...
#SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney
LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less)
EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government.
Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k...
#SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney
February 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 BREAKING! 🚨
LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less)
EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government.
Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k...
#SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney
LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less)
EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government.
Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k...
#SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney
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NEW: Explosive new revelations from ex MI6 spy.
Why *did* Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election?
Finally some answers..
Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote.
"Money changed hands"
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Why *did* Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election?
Finally some answers..
Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote.
"Money changed hands"
1/
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Follow the Money
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP8 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Explosive new revelations from ex MI6 spy.
Why *did* Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election?
Finally some answers..
Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote.
"Money changed hands"
1/
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Why *did* Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election?
Finally some answers..
Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote.
"Money changed hands"
1/
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems.
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
January 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems.
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
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The irony of it all. . . . .
January 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The irony of it all. . . . .
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We need to make work pay.
January 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We need to make work pay.
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If you think slowing or stopping #climate change is too expensive, you have it backwards.
Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn
Some of the most expensive properties in the US have been wiped out by the fires.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If you think slowing or stopping #climate change is too expensive, you have it backwards.
Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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They weren't prepared. Nor are we.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
‘We’re still in survival mode’: anger persists in Valencia weeks after floods
Wreckage from Spain’s worst natural disaster this century may have been cleared but life for many remains in disarray
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:35 AM
They weren't prepared. Nor are we.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models
- Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
#ClimateCrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/4c5d...
- Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
#ClimateCrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/4c5d...
Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models
Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
www.ft.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models
- Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
#ClimateCrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/4c5d...
- Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures
#ClimateCrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/4c5d...