Mark in Devon
@markindevon.bsky.social
Green/socialist
"Posting is how I remove bothersome thoughts from my head and put them in other people’s"
"Posting is how I remove bothersome thoughts from my head and put them in other people’s"
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Welcome to the new normal.
Widespread fires across the UK, running out of fresh water and next - food shortages.
In the meantime Labour are going to drill for more oil to bring about societal collapse just that little quicker.
That quiet retirement your saving for isn't going to happen.
Widespread fires across the UK, running out of fresh water and next - food shortages.
In the meantime Labour are going to drill for more oil to bring about societal collapse just that little quicker.
That quiet retirement your saving for isn't going to happen.
August 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Welcome to the new normal.
Widespread fires across the UK, running out of fresh water and next - food shortages.
In the meantime Labour are going to drill for more oil to bring about societal collapse just that little quicker.
That quiet retirement your saving for isn't going to happen.
Widespread fires across the UK, running out of fresh water and next - food shortages.
In the meantime Labour are going to drill for more oil to bring about societal collapse just that little quicker.
That quiet retirement your saving for isn't going to happen.
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This is a major step forwards👇👇
Please share. Please tell your friends.
Please share. Please tell your friends.
Climate breakdown isn't just an environmental issue - it's fast becoming a national security crisis.
Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.
Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.
July 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is a major step forwards👇👇
Please share. Please tell your friends.
Please share. Please tell your friends.
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There's no avoiding the conclusion, however much dust the UK government throws into the air. By providing weapons, rhetorical and diplomatic support to the Israeli government as it has committed genocide in #Gaza, Keir Starmer and his ministers *are* complicit in this great crime.
July 16, 2026 at 7:18 AM
There's no avoiding the conclusion, however much dust the UK government throws into the air. By providing weapons, rhetorical and diplomatic support to the Israeli government as it has committed genocide in #Gaza, Keir Starmer and his ministers *are* complicit in this great crime.
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Not only would this criminalise the use of Gaelic in Scottish elections, it would threaten to jail anyone who uses British Sign Language in a campaign video.
At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible & threaten their political opponents.
At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible & threaten their political opponents.
July 15, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Not only would this criminalise the use of Gaelic in Scottish elections, it would threaten to jail anyone who uses British Sign Language in a campaign video.
At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible & threaten their political opponents.
At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible & threaten their political opponents.
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After Zia Yusuf accuses critics of endangering Reform politicians with violent language, he is read a list of quotes where he called Reform's opponents "lunatics who deserve extinction", "sick arsonists" and "traitors" who will face a "reckoning".
He says these are in "a totally different category"
He says these are in "a totally different category"
July 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
After Zia Yusuf accuses critics of endangering Reform politicians with violent language, he is read a list of quotes where he called Reform's opponents "lunatics who deserve extinction", "sick arsonists" and "traitors" who will face a "reckoning".
He says these are in "a totally different category"
He says these are in "a totally different category"
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Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m.
Cost of postage stamps rocketing
RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020.
Ofcom continues to reduce targets.
Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.
Cost of postage stamps rocketing
RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020.
Ofcom continues to reduce targets.
Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.
Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m despite profits slide
Martin Seidenberg, chief executive of parent company IDS, handed payouts after takeover of UK postal service
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m.
Cost of postage stamps rocketing
RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020.
Ofcom continues to reduce targets.
Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.
Cost of postage stamps rocketing
RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020.
Ofcom continues to reduce targets.
Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.
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When reality surpasses fiction!
Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming.
Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming.
Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
June 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
When reality surpasses fiction!
Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming.
Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming.
Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention
Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to Palestinians
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Reeves’s reckless gamble with financial stability www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05... Just as we face another financial crisis, Rachel Reeves is seeking to loosen banking regulation, massively increasing the risk to deposits and the state, which will pick up the cost.
Reeves’s reckless gamble with financial stability
Sky News is reporting that Rachel Reeves has signed off on proposals to loosen the bank ring-fencing regime, with a formal announcement expected as early as Monday.
Her planned reforms, to be included...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Reeves’s reckless gamble with financial stability www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05... Just as we face another financial crisis, Rachel Reeves is seeking to loosen banking regulation, massively increasing the risk to deposits and the state, which will pick up the cost.
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May 13, 2026 at 8:21 AM
"Analysis suggested that on just 27% of the vote, Reform UK would win 48% of the seats at the next election.
And this will be for one reason: our electoral system.
There is no way Reform UK could, on current trends, win a general election under proportional representation."
And this will be for one reason: our electoral system.
There is no way Reform UK could, on current trends, win a general election under proportional representation."
May 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"Analysis suggested that on just 27% of the vote, Reform UK would win 48% of the seats at the next election.
And this will be for one reason: our electoral system.
There is no way Reform UK could, on current trends, win a general election under proportional representation."
And this will be for one reason: our electoral system.
There is no way Reform UK could, on current trends, win a general election under proportional representation."
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Keir Starmer's intention to restrict peaceful protest even further is punishment for crimes the great majority of protestors hate and reject. By suggesting that support for Palestinians is an attack on British Jews, he conflates British Jews with the state of Israel, which is wrong and dangerous.
May 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Keir Starmer's intention to restrict peaceful protest even further is punishment for crimes the great majority of protestors hate and reject. By suggesting that support for Palestinians is an attack on British Jews, he conflates British Jews with the state of Israel, which is wrong and dangerous.
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1. Every year, large areas of gorse in Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks are deliberately burnt. It’s an appalling act of vandalism, killing wildlife, preventing regeneration of crucial habitats, releasing toxic smoke and carbon. This thread is about why it’s happening. Pic from this weekend. 1/7
April 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM
1. Every year, large areas of gorse in Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks are deliberately burnt. It’s an appalling act of vandalism, killing wildlife, preventing regeneration of crucial habitats, releasing toxic smoke and carbon. This thread is about why it’s happening. Pic from this weekend. 1/7
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BRENNAN: The shooter had multiple weapons. You said he traveled from CA across the country by train. How did he do that?
BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive
BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms
BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on
BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive
BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms
BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on
April 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
BRENNAN: The shooter had multiple weapons. You said he traveled from CA across the country by train. How did he do that?
BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive
BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms
BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on
BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive
BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms
BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on
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Sadiq Khan tells me Keir Starmer was wrong to brand the Green Party as extremists and says the Prime Minister needs to do much more to win back voters from Zack Polanski's party, as Labour faces heavy defeats in next month's local elections
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/24/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/24/i...
‘I’m Sad, Angry and Worried’: Sadiq Khan Fears Labour Will Be Punished for Peter Mandelson Scandal in Local Elections
The London Mayor told Byline Times that Keir Starmer's "mistakes" were hurting the party as he urged the Prime Minister to do more to win back Labour voters who are switching to the Greens
bylinetimes.com
April 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Sadiq Khan tells me Keir Starmer was wrong to brand the Green Party as extremists and says the Prime Minister needs to do much more to win back voters from Zack Polanski's party, as Labour faces heavy defeats in next month's local elections
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/24/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/24/i...
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Alongside 120 organizations, we issued travel advisory warning those visiting the U.S. for the World Cup of potential civil liberties and human rights violations.
World Cup visitors to U.S. ‘vulnerable to serious harm’, civil rights organisations warn (Gift Article)
More than 120 groups have sent a travel advisory to potential visitors to the United States ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Alongside 120 organizations, we issued travel advisory warning those visiting the U.S. for the World Cup of potential civil liberties and human rights violations.
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“Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” & “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists & true patriots. They’re years ahead of their rivals in demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic & political” - great article from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇
Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
“Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” & “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists & true patriots. They’re years ahead of their rivals in demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic & political” - great article from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇
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In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon, butchering 25,000 people, mostly civilians, bombing 13 hospitals.
Ronald Dahl wrote about it in 1983, condemning Israel’s Nazi tactics & racist savagery.
43 years later, the slaughter is being ramped up, the terrorists emboldened by US-backed impunity.
Ronald Dahl wrote about it in 1983, condemning Israel’s Nazi tactics & racist savagery.
43 years later, the slaughter is being ramped up, the terrorists emboldened by US-backed impunity.
April 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon, butchering 25,000 people, mostly civilians, bombing 13 hospitals.
Ronald Dahl wrote about it in 1983, condemning Israel’s Nazi tactics & racist savagery.
43 years later, the slaughter is being ramped up, the terrorists emboldened by US-backed impunity.
Ronald Dahl wrote about it in 1983, condemning Israel’s Nazi tactics & racist savagery.
43 years later, the slaughter is being ramped up, the terrorists emboldened by US-backed impunity.
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I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵
April 14, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵
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1) Since Starmer became leader, Labour Party membership has dropped by over 50%. And falling.
2) since Zack Polanski became leader, GPEW membership has risen by over 200%. And climbing.
3) Now only 25,000 difference in membership numbers between them.
#GreenMenace
#HopeIsGreen
#GreensAreGrowing!
2) since Zack Polanski became leader, GPEW membership has risen by over 200%. And climbing.
3) Now only 25,000 difference in membership numbers between them.
#GreenMenace
#HopeIsGreen
#GreensAreGrowing!
April 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
1) Since Starmer became leader, Labour Party membership has dropped by over 50%. And falling.
2) since Zack Polanski became leader, GPEW membership has risen by over 200%. And climbing.
3) Now only 25,000 difference in membership numbers between them.
#GreenMenace
#HopeIsGreen
#GreensAreGrowing!
2) since Zack Polanski became leader, GPEW membership has risen by over 200%. And climbing.
3) Now only 25,000 difference in membership numbers between them.
#GreenMenace
#HopeIsGreen
#GreensAreGrowing!
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Trump is threatening to destroy Iran...
... While Keir Starmer is allowing him access to a US bomb depot in the UK countryside.
We filmed it 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/gJdM1...
... While Keir Starmer is allowing him access to a US bomb depot in the UK countryside.
We filmed it 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/gJdM1...
We filmed Trump’s bomb depot in the UK countryside
YouTube video by Declassified UK
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Trump is threatening to destroy Iran...
... While Keir Starmer is allowing him access to a US bomb depot in the UK countryside.
We filmed it 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/gJdM1...
... While Keir Starmer is allowing him access to a US bomb depot in the UK countryside.
We filmed it 👇
www.youtube.com/shorts/gJdM1...
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After the US brilliantly destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability, the remaining 0% seems to be putting up one hell of a fight.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images
Downing of fighter plane – the first shot down over Iran since start of war – prompts frantic US rescue effort
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
After the US brilliantly destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability, the remaining 0% seems to be putting up one hell of a fight.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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UK disability benefit cuts
New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit
to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month.
If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate.
Thousands will be pushed into poverty.
Cruel.
New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit
to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month.
If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate.
Thousands will be pushed into poverty.
Cruel.
'Benefits changes mean my son could lose out on £200 a month'
Charities say families are facing financial worries as changes to disability benefits come into effect.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
UK disability benefit cuts
New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit
to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month.
If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate.
Thousands will be pushed into poverty.
Cruel.
New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit
to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month.
If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate.
Thousands will be pushed into poverty.
Cruel.