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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 9h

How much longer will the BBC, ITV, Sky, C4 and C5 hide AMOC collapse from the British people?

Campaigners were at City Hall today to demand London Assembly members start planning for the UK being plunged into a far colder, drier climate which would decimate agriculture. 🧵

AMOC campaigners with the AMOC bomb outside London's City Hall

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 1d

"The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away"

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 1d

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

The greatest threat to our democracy, freedom, and human rights is not Farage. It is the overwhelming majority of the British news media.

They promote Farage, and they protect Farage.

If they carry on like this, we will soon have no democracy.

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Tom Jensen @absurdistworld.bsky.social · 2d

How about joining Xander for a planet-destroying Viking cruise, Chris? www.facebook.com/ClassicFM/vi...

58K views · 487 reactions | Fancy winning the voyage of a lifetime on a majestic Viking ship, for an 8-day Viking Shores & Fjords voyage? By entering, you’ll be supporting Classic FM’s official chari...

Fancy winning the voyage of a lifetime on a majestic Viking ship, for an 8-day Viking Shores & Fjords voyage? By entering, you’ll be supporting Classic FM’s official charity Global's Make Some...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...

Contrary to Reason

Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them

www.monbiot.com

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 4d

Processed meat increases cancer risk but where’s the warning? If we label cigarettes, why not bacon?

It’s time to put lives before corporate profit. Demand clear labels now.

Sign the petition 👇

Sign the Petition

Put Cancer Warnings on Processed Meat

www.change.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7d

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6d

In memoriam...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 8d

💰 PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE

⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9

PPE Medpro must repay £122m for breach of contract | Good Law Project

The company Michelle Mone landed on the Tories’ unlawful VIP Lane has 14 days to repay £122m for gowns supplied during the pandemic and never used.

goodlaw.social

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 10d

Europe on road to hell
More than 80% of protected habitats are in a poor or bad state, with “unsustainable” consumption and production patterns driving loss of wildlife
EU’s “carbon sink” declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Jensen @absurdistworld.bsky.social · 8d

At least AI-generated actors won't be appearing on stage... or will they? www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5S-...

Controversy over AI-generated actress, Tilly Norwood

YouTube video by CBS Mornings

www.youtube.com

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Tom Jensen @absurdistworld.bsky.social · 10d

No wonder so few people know or care about the devastating impact of meat on our planet.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 10d

Russia's attempt to put one of its puppets into power in Moldova has failed. We must ensure it experiences the same failure in the UK.

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 14d

*Reminder that 3C warming above preindustrial global temp averages means billions die.

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING 🌍🌡📈
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!

Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

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The Play Podcast @theplaypodcast.bsky.social · May 12

The core themes of conformity and group think in Ionesco’s absurdist satire, ‘Rhinoceros’, remain as frighteningly relevant as ever.
Omar Elerian, who directed the play at the Almeida, joins me to explore Ionesco’s classic.
www.theplaypodcast.com/095-rhinocer...
📷 Sopé Dirisu by Andy Gotts

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Actors and Writers London @actorsandwriters.bsky.social · 16d

Anthony Shrubsall directs Peter Saracen, Hélène Le Bohec, Simon Brandon, Megan Stander & Alexander Jonas in "Fatal Floor", three plays by Richard Fitchett, Liam O’Grady & Wally Sewell, at the Bread and Roses Theatre on 3rd and 4th October.

lambethfringe.com/events/fatal...

FATAL FLOOR | Lambeth Fringe | Performing Arts Festival | Sept - Oct

Much-loved Off West End Performing Arts Festival curated by The Bread and Roses Theatre. Some of the best and most crowd-pleasing theatre, comedy, works in progress, drag, spoken word, experimental p...

lambethfringe.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 16d

If we are going to talk about deportations, then let's deport Farage to Russia, the country he has loyally served for some twenty years.

Please repost if you agree.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 18d

This is in line with the govt's commitment to climate action, in much the same way me eating a massive fucking cake every day is in line with my commitment to lose weight.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18d

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 17d

Even one hot dog a day raises cancer, diabetes, and heart disease risk.

No Safe Dose: Processed Meat Is a Health Hazard

Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 17d

In 2019, Netenyahu said, “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,”

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 17d

Disaster for the planet, for local residents and for wildlife as Gatwick second runway is approved. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

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

www.theguardian.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26d

Kura Te Waru Rewiri, New Zealand artist, academic and educator of Māori heritage who uses traditional symbols within her artworks #WomensArt

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