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Lisa Marriott
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Dilettante, nature loving, optimist. NHS disciple and “woke leftie”
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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 6d
I take it you are unaware that it is possible to grow crops under solar panels. I don't know if this solar farm had panels as tall as double deckers, but at least one of national significance is. Growing veg and solar don't have to be in conflict.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will farming under solar panels take off?
Farming under solar panels is still in the early stages in India, but will it catch on?
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Lea 💚🧵🛠️📊🥧🇺🇦🇵🇸 @leamusi.mendeddrum.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
https://fixthenews.com/p/315-shell-shocked-a-new-era-of-global-d49?publication_id=4861955&post_id=176456904&isFreemail=true&r=5awkey&triedRedirect=true

World #health is improving!

US #politicalviolence is declining!

And other #goodnews.
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315: Shell-shocked. A new era of global health. GenZ ✊🏾 One Piece. Mega-batteries. School is cool.
Hidden stories of progress from around the world.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15h
Good quality housing: what the UK could learn from the Dutch

Affordable, sustainable, climate-adapted housing that matches regional and national needs is desperately required everywhere

By Professor Juliet Lodge

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Good quality housing: what the UK could learn from the Dutch
Affordable, sustainable, climate-adapted housing that matches regional and national needs is desperately required everywhere
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Kate de Selincourt @katedes.bsky.social · 4h
I don't personally think it's fair to deprive British people of our engineers, nurses, teachers, doctors, carers - not to mention our husbands and wives....
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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 8h
Quite astonishing that the Conservatives now have MPs calling for revoking people's right to live in the UK.

Until now only the far right have proposed that.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h
Katie Lam has made a video - focusing on not giving new ILR grants to people who don't have it

But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 5h
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘They can’t dismiss Leo so easily’: how the pope has confounded conservatives
As pontiff prepares for visit of King Charles, the contours of his papacy are slowly becoming apparent
www.theguardian.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6h
The draft legislation is crackers. It would fail immediately if we stayed in the ECHR but it disappears the human rights act. if passed after that it would involve mandatory loss of ILR for up to 400,000 people + refusal of 2-3 million others, though without no credible means to identify or remove
jdportes.bsky.social Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14h
Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 5h
Or, to be more precise, all this in large part because of rolling climate crisis. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/41...
The climate theory of everything
A personal essay on how the climate crisis is reshaping everything and why COP28 matters much more than you think
www.businessgreen.com
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 15h
As always, it’s worth imagining how this would be described if it was the exact same thing but happening in Kenya or South Africa
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h
BREAKING

President Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Any settlement will ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.

Full Story: nyti.ms/3WNm2sv
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING 🚨: Equinor has admitted the Rosebank oil field would result in 249 million tonnes of CO2.

That's more than the combined annual emissions of Ireland, Belgium and Greece.

But Equinor says that's not their problem. They profit, everyone else pays the price.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 20h
Did you know that two-thirds of Gen Zs and Millennials are anxious about climate change and over half research a company’s environmental impact before taking a job? In today's blog we go into why sustainability is a non-negotiable in securing great talent👇
https://tinyurl.com/rewilding-britain-blog
Photo of a young woman smiling while holding a sign in a group of people at an environmental march. Credit: Alex Lester
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee

The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation

Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now

www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 18h
Climate impacts one of the biggest factors in food price inflation. This is not a problem that is easy to fix. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520711...
Climateflation: Study shows how extreme weather is to blame for rising food prices
Household staples such as butter and coffee are driving food price inflation, with extreme weather continuing to drive up cost of living, new ECIU analysis warns
www.businessgreen.com
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 18h
Punchy stuff from Ed Miliband on the benefits of net zero. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520708...
Ed Miliband touts UK's growing green economy as 'a brilliant antidote to despair'
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary urges green businesses to ignore the 'siren voices' that are railing against the net zero transition
www.businessgreen.com
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We Mean Business Coalition @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social · 18h
“Businesses are moving, not because of rhetoric or ideology, but because clean energy now underpins competitiveness.”

In @businessgreen.bsky.social our Chair Sir Ian Cheshire says the UK’s #NetZero economy is growing 3x faster than the rest, but ambition still outpaces delivery.

bit.ly/47B9Hhh
Politics may be loud, but business is clear: Britain's future is already net zero
Britain can make climate leadership the backbone of economic growth, but policy needs to clear the path, writes Sir Ian Cheshire
www.businessgreen.com
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 20h
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h
Do it!
Spain restarts push to kill daylight saving time in EU
Brussels proposed ending seasonal time changes in 2018, but seven years later everyone’s still winding their clocks back and forth.
www.politico.eu
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Lisa Marriott @lisaamarriott.bsky.social · 17h
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Studies Confirm Brain Games Don't Work. Here's What To Do Instead.
Skip the games and try these proven strategies for genuine cognitive enhancement
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d
Suggest you jump in on this poll.

—> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...?

And share…
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 1d
🚀 Temu’s profits have skyrocketed, but their tax bills…
Well, they look like they came from Temu.

How are they, and others like them, getting away with it? 🕵️🧵 1/12
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 1d
"By moving to plant-rich diets we could not only reduce our emissions from the food system by 61 to 75% (in high-income countries), we’d also save a huge amount of land - in the UK potentially an area almost the size of Scotland - and it would be healthier for us."
oxmartinschool.bsky.social Oxford Martin School @oxmartinschool.bsky.social · 5d
🍺🍷 What does climate change mean for your pint of beer or glass of wine?
Professor Paul Behrens from our Future of Food Programme shares five insights on how it’s transforming what we eat and why it matters this #WorldFoodDay.
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Oxford professor: Five facts you need to know about climate change’s impact on food #worldfoodday
🍺 Beer prices could double🪳 Pests could wreak havoc on crops🌱 Switching to a plant-rich diet could save land almost the size of Scotland@OxMartinSchool's ...
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 2d
1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d
Good news for the King.

There is precedent for stripping a royal title from a troublesome family member: Henry VIII decreed that his daughters were no longer Princesses

One wrinkle: He did so by declaring them illegitimate.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d
Some good news/

Home Office evaluation of the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund - pilot schemes to help employment, housing and integration for newly recognised refugees.

Substantially improved employment outcomes & had positive fiscal impacts.

www.gov.uk/government/p...
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