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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 11h

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-mayo...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Andy Collins @collinsarc.bsky.social · 2d

Just found my old notes from Matley 10/10/98 - no one had a decent camera then!

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 2d

The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.

Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.

Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Collins @collinsarc.bsky.social · 2d

Was struggling with this but then I realised I had seen it once in the New Forest in the 1990s! Southern Chestnut (I think!) - good for Southampton #teammoth

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 3d

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.

UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…

news.mongabay.com

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 4d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 3d

We are nature. Its best interests are our best interests. So it's pretty dim of our chancellor to again pit wildlife against people, boasting of 20,000 homes built despite "some snails" that "are a protected species or something". www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unsavoury lobbying here too.

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 6d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4d

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Andy Street is spot on. Birmingham is a brilliant city. Vibrant, diverse, wonderful.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 4d

“I’ll put it bluntly, Robert is wrong… it’s actually a very integrated place... Not the definition of a slum.”

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands 2017-24, responds to Robert Jenrick's comments on Handsworth.

#Newsnight

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 5d

There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them...

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 9d

On the same day the Conservatives blame net zero and renewables for high energy costs, a detailed new study explains how Spain's net zero and renewables have given it some of the lowest power prices in Europe. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

What can the UK learn from Spain breaking of the 'ruinous link' between gas and power prices?

Wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive gas and coal on Spain’s electricity prices by 75 per cent since 2019, new analysis finds

www.businessgreen.com

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 7d

"China is tying its economic future to the clean-energy sector. Last year solar power, electric vehicles (evs) and batteries were responsible for 10% of its gdp" - meanwhile America is tying its future to fossil-energy with inevitably bad economic prospects
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets

The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges

www.economist.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 9d

At Climate Week NYC, the message was clear: progress is underway. While none of us can do this alone, the number of people who are committed to tackling climate together is growing every day.

Read on Mailchimp: shorturl.at/yXmnn
Read on LinkedIn: shorturl.at/bssRq

Climate action can't wait

NYC Climate Week: The world leans in, the U.S. checks out, and how to SHIFT into action

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 12d

Nothing has changed. They just don't realise that the end is indeed nigh...

Reeves: "The protection of bats and newts has interfered with the UK’s ability to complete major infrastructure projects....pursuing economic growth must trump Labour’s net zero commitments."

Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 13d

This is utterly horrific. Literally blocking the ability of people to object to nature being trashed and destroyed. What a lovely govt we have!!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14d

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.

Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15d

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15d

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century.

A 14-point list from Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism essay - it's too long to replicate here so go find it online at https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 16d

The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 16d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

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