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...
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"Smallholder farmers produce 60% to 80% of coffee, but received just 0.36% of the funds needed to adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis in 2021"
If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM
"Smallholder farmers produce 60% to 80% of coffee, but received just 0.36% of the funds needed to adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis in 2021"
If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Is fascism coming to Britain? youtu.be/0t_qlCR-NVQ?...
Is fascism coming to Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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February 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Is fascism coming to Britain? youtu.be/0t_qlCR-NVQ?...
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We've got a chance right now to revitalise our waning democracy. We must take it. We need PR. NOW. The bill has some great stuff in it...it lacks that crucial piece of the democratic jigsaw. @labour4pr.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social
westcountryvoices.co.uk/britains-rar...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/britains-rar...
Britain's rare shot at real electoral reform - West Country Voices
Easily missed in the sea of political chaos that is Westminster today, there is a diamond in the rough: Britain actually has positive elections legislation on the docket in Parliament. Imagine that. I...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We've got a chance right now to revitalise our waning democracy. We must take it. We need PR. NOW. The bill has some great stuff in it...it lacks that crucial piece of the democratic jigsaw. @labour4pr.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social
westcountryvoices.co.uk/britains-rar...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/britains-rar...
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‘Political pressure’ on CPS to charge activists
“If the director of public prosecutions and CPS are willing to so blatantly go against both a High Court ruling and the public interest, questions need to be asked about where this pressure is coming from?”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...
“If the director of public prosecutions and CPS are willing to so blatantly go against both a High Court ruling and the public interest, questions need to be asked about where this pressure is coming from?”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...
‘Political pressure’ on CPS to charge activists
MINISTERS are applying political pressure on the CPS to prosecute Palestine Action supporters after the High Court ruled that the Home Office acted unlawfully when it banned the direct action group un...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
‘Political pressure’ on CPS to charge activists
“If the director of public prosecutions and CPS are willing to so blatantly go against both a High Court ruling and the public interest, questions need to be asked about where this pressure is coming from?”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...
“If the director of public prosecutions and CPS are willing to so blatantly go against both a High Court ruling and the public interest, questions need to be asked about where this pressure is coming from?”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The real wealth creators in this country are cleaners, teachers, nurses, the people who keep our economy moving.. austerity is a really bad move & ultimately what this country needs is investment" 🎯
February 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The real wealth creators in this country are cleaners, teachers, nurses, the people who keep our economy moving.. austerity is a really bad move & ultimately what this country needs is investment" 🎯
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BREAKING: ALL OF THE FILTON24 ACQUITTED OF AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
The Filton24 defendants have been formally acquitted of aggravated burglary, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today offered no evidence for the charge.
Support the Filton24 here:
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The Filton24 defendants have been formally acquitted of aggravated burglary, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today offered no evidence for the charge.
Support the Filton24 here:
chuffed.org/project/filt...
February 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
BREAKING: ALL OF THE FILTON24 ACQUITTED OF AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
The Filton24 defendants have been formally acquitted of aggravated burglary, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today offered no evidence for the charge.
Support the Filton24 here:
chuffed.org/project/filt...
The Filton24 defendants have been formally acquitted of aggravated burglary, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today offered no evidence for the charge.
Support the Filton24 here:
chuffed.org/project/filt...
Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/rig...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
February 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/rig...
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party is promising to sweep 'Anti-British", "anti-white" elements out of our universities and schools. Doing so, he is copying the Nazi playbook of 1933. If you're not worried now, you should be. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
First they came for the intellectuals
My concern about Rupert Lowe MP's Restore Britain polotical party dominated too much of my day yesterday.
We made a video that reflected the sentiment in my blog post from yesterday morning. That is ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party is promising to sweep 'Anti-British", "anti-white" elements out of our universities and schools. Doing so, he is copying the Nazi playbook of 1933. If you're not worried now, you should be. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
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Feeling gloomy about our current president?
Here are 5 ways to fight back against his cruel agenda. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=jwUjHmAZZcU9h4Ti
Here are 5 ways to fight back against his cruel agenda. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=jwUjHmAZZcU9h4Ti
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
People are constantly asking me — what can I do?Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical step
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February 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Feeling gloomy about our current president?
Here are 5 ways to fight back against his cruel agenda. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=jwUjHmAZZcU9h4Ti
Here are 5 ways to fight back against his cruel agenda. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=jwUjHmAZZcU9h4Ti
The care, courage & responsibility of these 6 medics matter hugely. And thanks too to the jury, who in reaching a unanimous verdict showed that ordinary people, randomly selected, can decide with humanity in an increasingly authoritarian world. Respect & thanks to all. 💚❤️
🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The care, courage & responsibility of these 6 medics matter hugely. And thanks too to the jury, who in reaching a unanimous verdict showed that ordinary people, randomly selected, can decide with humanity in an increasingly authoritarian world. Respect & thanks to all. 💚❤️
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This verdict will get a tiny fraction of the coverage of recent Palestine Action acquittals.
But it is also important.
Juries are refusing to convict peaceful protesters who want to prevent genocide & climate catastrophe, despite - or because of - growing authoritarianism from government.
But it is also important.
Juries are refusing to convict peaceful protesters who want to prevent genocide & climate catastrophe, despite - or because of - growing authoritarianism from government.
🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This verdict will get a tiny fraction of the coverage of recent Palestine Action acquittals.
But it is also important.
Juries are refusing to convict peaceful protesters who want to prevent genocide & climate catastrophe, despite - or because of - growing authoritarianism from government.
But it is also important.
Juries are refusing to convict peaceful protesters who want to prevent genocide & climate catastrophe, despite - or because of - growing authoritarianism from government.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
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.”
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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.