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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 29d

“I urge all policymakers to attend.” Prof Michael Mann👇

Please enter your postcode here www.nebriefing.org to check if your MP has confirmed for the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov, and email them if not.

Understanding the threats & solutions is the first step to protecting the public.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Sep 12

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · 2d

This highly acclimated prize is steeped in blood and destruction. The award was made by the donation of moneys made from the sale of explosives perfected by Alfred Nobel.

Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by one of the worst war criminals of the 20th century.

The year was 1973.

His name was Henry Kissinger.

This is his thread of shame.

#RedHotHistory

Henry Kissinger towards the end of his life

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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 3d

The planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, but we’ve run out of time to discuss that I’m afraid.

#bbcqt @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 3d

It’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! 🌍

Every year, migratory birds take on seriously epic journeys.

From our UK coasts and wetlands, to the forests of West Africa, we’re working to protect and restore the habitats they rely on along their routes.

Read more: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 3d

It is utterly surreal this is not being treated as a bigger story.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 3d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 4d

Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e

Scientists Responsibility Summit
Berlin
11. October 2025 9:00-18:00
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin
https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 5d

Africa is skipping the polluting and planet-wrecking fossil fuel era entirely.

Solar grids and clean tech at massive scale mean that once-dark village are glowing with renewable light.

The future isn’t coming from the West — it’s rising in the South.

Smiling children with a mini solar grid in Africa

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · 5d

There is no misfortune of a bad education system it is by design. The misfortune is being borne poor and not have the privilege of a good education.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · Sep 9

The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️

#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 9d

Police to get new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to #Gaza

So the government plans to curtail the #humanrights of British citizens to protect a foreign state committing #genocide

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · 10d

This is what happens when poorly educated people think they understand science. Climate science is not a linear thing so it requires a wholistic approach, something that is not taught in schools as it’s only a recent addition to the science modality.

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · 10d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · 18d

To little too late, maybe if he hadn’t spooked the world away from American markets they wouldn’t be in such hardship.

Then again are they in climate related food crisis caused by the “weather’ that’s not changed due to fake science of #GlobalWarming To much and then not enough water or sunshine.

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 22d

Why do American billionaires keep bankrolling this stuff?

The cartoon says it all.

They say they want to defend “Western civilization”.

What they really want to defend is their own wealth and power.

They need us fighting each other - not them.

Rupert Murdoch sits atop a giant pile of cookies and says to a work in high vis, who has one cookie, "Careful mate - that foreigner wants your cookie!"

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 22d

➡️ Charlie Kirk
➡️ “Tommy Robinson”
➡️ The PR machine defending the Israeli government
➡️ The war on climate science

What have they got in common?

Their funders - a small clique of American billionaires. 💰

It sounds like a conspiracy theory - but it’s true. 🧵

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 22d

Another dreadful climate-wrecking decision by UK government. It will mean 100,000 more flights a year at a time when we urgently need to reduce air travel and preferably go #flightfree

#climatecrisis

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

www.theguardian.com

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · Sep 11

They wheel out the ghouls to remind the rest of us how much worse it was. The truth is it’s emblematic of how much worse it’s become because they can’t even do something different. The names change but the government stays the same, same platitudes, same mindset, same sorry examples of humanity.

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · Sep 10

Why does this happen?

Efficiency lowers costs → more people buy more.

The money saved gets reinvested in other sectors → growth expands.

Feedback loops mean consumption outpaces savings.

It’s Jevons’ Paradox on a global scale.

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · Sep 10

Technology makes us more efficient, so emissions fall right?

WRONG - because of the rebound effect which explains why emissions just keep rising even as tech becomes more efficient. 🧵

A graph of carbon emissions against energy efficiency, demonstrating the rebound effect: "We LED lights will reduce your electricity bills to a quarter of what they were. Now you can afford to light three new billboards!"

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · Sep 10

🚨Last weekend, Reform UK held their party conference in Birmingham, and as expected, it was a magnet to a range of conspiracy theories and wild, fringe ideas. 🧲

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...

Inside Reform's conference: conspiracy theories galore – HOPE not hate

Walking around Reform UK’s conference on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September, one thing was clear: the party is utterly unfit to govern. Most peculiar...

hopenothate.org.uk

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tomorrow 10 Sept protest against the visit of genocidal Israeli president Herzog.

5.30pm Chatham House, St James Square, SW1 where he's speaking

7pm Downing St where he visits Starmer

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CrowZen @crow22.bsky.social · Sep 9

The NHS is not a cash machine for Private Equity companies. Stop outsourcing ABs invest in all our future not the profit margins of a few pension funds ands equity firms. #BringItBackInHouse #No_Outsourcing_in_our_NHS

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Sep 9

NHS becoming a shell doling out contracts to private sector.

Cataract surgery contracts have profit margins of 32% - 43%, leaves less for other NHS services.

Govts won't expand NHS capacity.

Neighbourhood Health Centres to be handed to private sector.

State sponsored profiteering.

How successive government have created a new rentier economy

Governments appease corporations and the super-rich by following the old policies which benefit a few.

leftfootforward.org

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 8

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Sep 8

Did we just get a Banksy?

New Banksy showing judge hitting protester with gavel appears on High Court.

metro.co.uk/2025/09/08/n...

'New Banksy' showing judge hitting protester with gavel appears on High Court

It's already been boarded up.

metro.co.uk

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · Sep 8

Start today.

Talk to friends, family, neighbours.

Organise. Join a movement.

Yesterday’s test alert must never become tomorrow’s terrifying reality.

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