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XR Glasgow member and vegan. Climate justice is social justice. #ActNow @Loll1pops on the other place

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EL Miller @elmiller.bsky.social · Nov 16

Please sign and share ✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis

Communicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels 2) the implications of going beyond...

petition.parliament.uk

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14h

NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.

I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.

www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...

Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

www.sureserve.co.uk

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

The duopoly’s corporate coup over the UK via free zones and the likes of Blackrock is accelerating.
Don’t people understand why the MSM aren’t covering this?
Secondary legislation embedded in free zones means zero Parliamentary debate, zero public consultation, zero press notification!

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 8d

Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands.

See for yourself.
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find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...

Blackrock - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14h

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas. Growing evidence of permanent shift Without adequate sea ice formation, their melting rates will accelerate, with the potential to cause extreme global sea level rise.
#climate
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 12h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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EL Miller @elmiller.bsky.social · 12h

I’m keen to know what you think, my advice would be to lower your expectations 🥰

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

They are SO CLOSE to the halfway point! 🍂

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 1d

We are in the fall spirit here! But more than anything else we're so grateful for all the donation to our winter hay drive. We are so close to the halfway point - can you help us reach it today!? ❄️ donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

photo of a sign standing on a lawn, backlit by the evening sun. The signpost is decorated with dried corn stalks with pumpkins and flowers and halloween signs at the base. The sign says "merrymac farm sanctuary".

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 23h

Big Atlantic waves - 30 ft offshore - will pile up along the Mid-Atlantic and New England Coasts with the help of 60 mph+ gusts! Nasty few days with significant coastal flooding. Be ready for flooding if you live near the shore! #storm #noreaster #ocean #waves

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13h

"Microplastics have been detected in the brains of dementia patients, and in arterial plaques from people with heart disease"

And the response of the plastics industry is......

....to massively ramp up plastic production

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 1d

Provisional data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had predicted.
Land, food & farming analyst: “We have now seen 3 of the 5 worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.
shorturl.at/6y4cn

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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sleepy or on a train 🚄 @urbanist318.bsky.social · 1d

After much consideration, I have joined the Greens! I was skeptical at first, especially with the promise of Your Party but the subsequent chaos before founding and the results Zack Polanski and his team have been delivering have shown me that Green is the way forward! 💚

A message from the green party sent to new members after joining.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

The fight to end the Badger cull continues.

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EL Miller @elmiller.bsky.social · 1d

For a man regularly on the receipt of death threats one would assume he’d be grateful for emergency medical supplies, given tampons were originally designed for bullet holes 🤷‍♀️

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

“The people outside looked from Tory to Labour, and from Labour to Tory, and from Tory to Labour again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

Apologies to George Orwell (Animal Farm)

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 2d

A new study of Finland's basic income experiment, where 2,000 unemployed people got paid basic income instead of typical unemployment income, revealed that average incomes went up by 9% to 11%, because their UBI didn't go away with employment, which we also already know slightly increased.

New study of Finland's basic income experiment reveals that UBI increased work incomes by around 10%

YouTube video by Scott Santens

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 2d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Americans are dying from extreme heat

Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories

They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways

Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social

#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

1/ "I was completely unaware of any statements that Nathan Gill made" says "stunned" Nigel Farage, who trotted out exactly the same Putin-friendly talking points as Nathan Gill.

Weird how many of Farage's close associates turn out to be deeply corrupt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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