Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈
@annieingarden.bsky.social
Community psychologist; grandmother; educator; facilitator; mentor; ex-director DClinPsy Exeter & Plymouth; Playback actor; XRPsychologist; climate; poetry; childhood; health. Roots in NE England; Devon.
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THE ROS WILEY TRIBUTE GARDEN
A landscape for life The Garden House KEITH WILEY WRITES: The starting point for the Canyons area had been a 25ft high rampart to block out the view of the road and adjoining stables. This, of cour…
wileyatwildside.com
And Rebecca Elson’s words are now carved in stone at the most beautiful garden of memories and dreams: Wildside, in Devon. 3/3 wileyatwildside.com/tribute-gard...
Brilliant news just out. Unanimous not guilty verdict for 6 medics who cracked the glass of fossil financier JP Morgan, raising the alarm about climate harm on the eve of the hottest day in 2022. Thank you to our @healthxr.bsky.social health champions & to the jury who understood. 💚 healthforxr.com
Health for XR – Climate Crisis = Health Crisis
healthforxr.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Brilliant news just out. Unanimous not guilty verdict for 6 medics who cracked the glass of fossil financier JP Morgan, raising the alarm about climate harm on the eve of the hottest day in 2022. Thank you to our @healthxr.bsky.social health champions & to the jury who understood. 💚 healthforxr.com
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In writing this, I focused on a chapter of his that concerned something I knew a bit about. I was flabbergasted. I then discovered that other people had produced similar takedowns of chapters about their own specialisms. I came to the conclusion that he's a charlatan. 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
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
In writing this, I focused on a chapter of his that concerned something I knew a bit about. I was flabbergasted. I then discovered that other people had produced similar takedowns of chapters about their own specialisms. I came to the conclusion that he's a charlatan. www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
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We need more stories that help people learn from what’s working.
Not just what’s going wrong.
Not just what “has to happen by 2050.”
Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on.
Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.
Not just what’s going wrong.
Not just what “has to happen by 2050.”
Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on.
Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
We need more stories that help people learn from what’s working.
Not just what’s going wrong.
Not just what “has to happen by 2050.”
Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on.
Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.
Not just what’s going wrong.
Not just what “has to happen by 2050.”
Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on.
Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.
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BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
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It’s beyond insane that the BBC World Service might end in 7 weeks when its funding runs out. A beacon of information, education and UK soft power - Ministers would be crazy not to find money to support it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It’s beyond insane that the BBC World Service might end in 7 weeks when its funding runs out. A beacon of information, education and UK soft power - Ministers would be crazy not to find money to support it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
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The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.”
archive.md/2026.02.1...
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February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
UK folk (and beyond): If you only read one thing, what’s left of tonight or tomorrow or next week, please read this. ⬇️
"Germany learned from history. Britain? We're acting like it could never happen here..."
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
Reform UK and Germany's AfD: why is Britain asleep at the wheel? - West Country Voices
Let me tell you what’s happening in Germany right now – and why the UK should be paying very close attention. In Germany: The AfD is under heavy surveillance. In May 2025, Germany’s domestic intellige...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
UK folk (and beyond): If you only read one thing, what’s left of tonight or tomorrow or next week, please read this. ⬇️
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"Germany learned from history. Britain? We're acting like it could never happen here..."
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
Reform UK and Germany's AfD: why is Britain asleep at the wheel? - West Country Voices
Let me tell you what’s happening in Germany right now – and why the UK should be paying very close attention. In Germany: The AfD is under heavy surveillance. In May 2025, Germany’s domestic intellige...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"Germany learned from history. Britain? We're acting like it could never happen here..."
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/reform-uk-an...
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The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms
Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
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An amazing human being: not only courageous but also doing so much good for aspiring artists. The aftermath of Emin's cancer surgery certainly puts mine into perspective, and I love how unflinchingly honest she is. One of the best things from The Guardian of late - hurrah for Charlotte Higgins.
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
An amazing human being: not only courageous but also doing so much good for aspiring artists. The aftermath of Emin's cancer surgery certainly puts mine into perspective, and I love how unflinchingly honest she is. One of the best things from The Guardian of late - hurrah for Charlotte Higgins.
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This comes as a shock, also with the feeling of a bad dream. The BBC World Service is the only station/channel I use with any regularity. The figures quoted here should speak for themselves. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This comes as a shock, also with the feeling of a bad dream. The BBC World Service is the only station/channel I use with any regularity. The figures quoted here should speak for themselves. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our weekly ten minute #sit/standforclimate in Teignmouth triangle, in Devon. Good conversations, as always.This is the heart of our planning & mutual encouragement @zero-hour.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Our weekly ten minute #sit/standforclimate in Teignmouth triangle, in Devon. Good conversations, as always.This is the heart of our planning & mutual encouragement @zero-hour.bsky.social
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My mother died this week. I’m not posting this for sympathy, although thank you. But I realised I was so extremely grateful for people who showed small kindnesses this week. People who let me out while I was driving to her deathbed. People who smiled when I got stuck at the self service supermarket.
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
My mother died this week. I’m not posting this for sympathy, although thank you. But I realised I was so extremely grateful for people who showed small kindnesses this week. People who let me out while I was driving to her deathbed. People who smiled when I got stuck at the self service supermarket.
Uk folk. Our public services shouldn’t be open to a secretive profit-hungry probably insecure US tech firm. I just signed the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive Palantir. So could you? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Uk folk. Our public services shouldn’t be open to a secretive profit-hungry probably insecure US tech firm. I just signed the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive Palantir. So could you? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
“Then vote Tory, vote anything, vote Green, but don’t let Reform get in……. Immigration is miniscule ….Britain could take care of people wanting to come here, Instead, we’ve got a country now that’s bordering on neo-Nazi rhetoric, which I find really abhorrent.” 💯 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Then vote Tory, vote anything, vote Green, but don’t let Reform get in……. Immigration is miniscule ….Britain could take care of people wanting to come here, Instead, we’ve got a country now that’s bordering on neo-Nazi rhetoric, which I find really abhorrent.” 💯 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The role of science for democratic societies has never been more important. Register for our upcoming scientific meeting on 16-17 March 2026 and explore the theoretical and practical consequences of treating science as a global public good: https://bit.ly/3Y42i4F
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The role of science for democratic societies has never been more important. Register for our upcoming scientific meeting on 16-17 March 2026 and explore the theoretical and practical consequences of treating science as a global public good: https://bit.ly/3Y42i4F
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The scientific evidence is clear. #ClimateChange poses serious risks to human health. To understand how climate change affects human health, and why limiting fossil fuel emissions is important, see:
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February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The scientific evidence is clear. #ClimateChange poses serious risks to human health. To understand how climate change affects human health, and why limiting fossil fuel emissions is important, see:
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
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After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.
Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected
After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.
tcnv.link
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.
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"Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel’s actions have broken international law"
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/d...
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Did Keir Starmer's Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel's actions have broken international law
bylinetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel’s actions have broken international law"
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/d...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/d...
Droughts and flooding - a new extreme rhythm which together account for a huge amount of the climate related harm we’re seeing in the world now, in the UK, and more extremely elsewhere . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain
A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Droughts and flooding - a new extreme rhythm which together account for a huge amount of the climate related harm we’re seeing in the world now, in the UK, and more extremely elsewhere . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
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Wales has passed sweeping homelessness reforms, promising earlier support and tougher obligations on public bodies to prevent crisis
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
Wales passes Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill
Wales has passed sweeping homelessness reforms, promising earlier support and tougher obligations on public bodies to prevent crisis
www.thecanary.co
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Wales has passed sweeping homelessness reforms, promising earlier support and tougher obligations on public bodies to prevent crisis
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
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I absolutely do not want Palentir to get sight of my health data. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed
Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I absolutely do not want Palentir to get sight of my health data. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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