Danica Priest
@danicapriest.bsky.social
Marathon runner turned environmental campaigner trying to save Bristol’s biodiversity. 🌶️ opinions are my own #BeserkForDormice #SaveYewTreeFarm #WesternSlopes #Goodgym
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Danica Priest
@danicapriest.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Hi I’m Danica, if you don’t already know me from Twitter I’m an environmental and housing campaigner based in Bristol UK. I’ve dedicated the past 4 years to saving our Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCIs) which includes species rich grasslands like the Western Slopes and Yew Tree Farm
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Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
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I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
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November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Good thing on BlueSky is it’s free of ‘forest city’ lobbyists
Still just dreamt up by two yimby-concrete-the-land businessmen, seeking credibility and government ie taxpayer-funded legal-financial backing.
Call it out.
They can’t survive without government subsidies. In fact most on x can’t.
Still just dreamt up by two yimby-concrete-the-land businessmen, seeking credibility and government ie taxpayer-funded legal-financial backing.
Call it out.
They can’t survive without government subsidies. In fact most on x can’t.
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Good thing on BlueSky is it’s free of ‘forest city’ lobbyists
Still just dreamt up by two yimby-concrete-the-land businessmen, seeking credibility and government ie taxpayer-funded legal-financial backing.
Call it out.
They can’t survive without government subsidies. In fact most on x can’t.
Still just dreamt up by two yimby-concrete-the-land businessmen, seeking credibility and government ie taxpayer-funded legal-financial backing.
Call it out.
They can’t survive without government subsidies. In fact most on x can’t.
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If you care about wildlife and the environment, do take a minute to watch this. And please write to your MP. Thanks x
Got a minute?
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you care about wildlife and the environment, do take a minute to watch this. And please write to your MP. Thanks x
Got a minute?
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Got a minute?
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us.
Make sure you have the right facts.
Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.
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I was foolishly optimistic that a Labour government might not have been so seriously wrong about protections for nature and the environment.
They are bastards.
They are bastards.
The lords have caved already and the planning bill will now go back to the commons with no amendments. There’s now nothing stopping it going through unless Labour MPs magically gain a backbone which we know won’t happen. Goodbye nature. Goodbye endangered species 💔
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I was foolishly optimistic that a Labour government might not have been so seriously wrong about protections for nature and the environment.
They are bastards.
They are bastards.
The lords have caved already and the planning bill will now go back to the commons with no amendments. There’s now nothing stopping it going through unless Labour MPs magically gain a backbone which we know won’t happen. Goodbye nature. Goodbye endangered species 💔
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The lords have caved already and the planning bill will now go back to the commons with no amendments. There’s now nothing stopping it going through unless Labour MPs magically gain a backbone which we know won’t happen. Goodbye nature. Goodbye endangered species 💔
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Shame on the @theguardian.com for this totally uncritical, incurious puff piece on behalf of a former colleague that makes no effort to interrogate the people behind the imaginary, call out the AI slop, or really think beneath the surface at all.
share.google/mpqsLEBUrjbu...
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How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
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November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Shame on the @theguardian.com for this totally uncritical, incurious puff piece on behalf of a former colleague that makes no effort to interrogate the people behind the imaginary, call out the AI slop, or really think beneath the surface at all.
share.google/mpqsLEBUrjbu...
share.google/mpqsLEBUrjbu...
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Because, as per the thread, they are two grifters with connections to libertarian think tanks. Loads of architects, planners, landscape architects and all sorts are already doing this thinking and practice, this does not reference or collaborate in any way, it is simply clickbait slop.
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Because, as per the thread, they are two grifters with connections to libertarian think tanks. Loads of architects, planners, landscape architects and all sorts are already doing this thinking and practice, this does not reference or collaborate in any way, it is simply clickbait slop.
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"artist"
Lol. AI slop from crypto grifters.
Lol. AI slop from crypto grifters.
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"artist"
Lol. AI slop from crypto grifters.
Lol. AI slop from crypto grifters.
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I'm going to file this into the "grift that's never gonna happen beyond this render" bin.
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New city on Suffolk and Cambridgeshire border proposed - BBC News
The men behind the idea say it will be entirely filled with affordable homes.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm going to file this into the "grift that's never gonna happen beyond this render" bin.
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share.google/Dek6tc1VCeWH...
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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There is no separation between the various ecological emergencies and the Climate Emergency. We lose ecosystems, ultimately we are gone; we fail to arrest and reverse human created Climate Change, we will eventually be gone. SEE: theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There is no separation between the various ecological emergencies and the Climate Emergency. We lose ecosystems, ultimately we are gone; we fail to arrest and reverse human created Climate Change, we will eventually be gone. SEE: theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
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About 70% of all 1500 described bat species feed on insects and spiders, this includes all 18 UK resident bat species. However in tropical countries some bat species help to pollinate plants, including crop plants, others also spread plant/tree seeds and hence helping with reforestation.
When you think of bats, you probably don’t think of pollination - but bats are crucial pollinators, and the key to creating a certain drink! 🍸
See an (adorable) bat covered in pollen and learn why a world without bats would be a world without tequila in this week’s Surprising Science. 🦇
See an (adorable) bat covered in pollen and learn why a world without bats would be a world without tequila in this week’s Surprising Science. 🦇
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
About 70% of all 1500 described bat species feed on insects and spiders, this includes all 18 UK resident bat species. However in tropical countries some bat species help to pollinate plants, including crop plants, others also spread plant/tree seeds and hence helping with reforestation.
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Can we balance #biodiversity targets with socio-economic needs? With good policy and planning it’s possible, says a new study. environment.ec.europa.eu/news/can-we-...
Can we balance biodiversity targets with socio-economic needs? With good policy and planning it’s possible, says a new study.
The key to balancing future food and fuel needs with ambitious EU targets to restore habitats and protect threatened species is good policy and integrated planning, with burdens shared across member s...
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Can we balance #biodiversity targets with socio-economic needs? With good policy and planning it’s possible, says a new study. environment.ec.europa.eu/news/can-we-...
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Nature not a “blocker” to housing delivery, MPs find in new @commonseac.parliament.uk report committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Nature not a “blocker” to housing delivery, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament
Nature is not a “blocker” to delivering new housing, but rather a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods, MPs argue in a report published today.
committees.parliament.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nature not a “blocker” to housing delivery, MPs find in new @commonseac.parliament.uk report committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Last week Labour MPs rejected an amendment that would protect chalk streams from development. Here’s why are chalks streams are so important and why development puts them at risk ⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last week Labour MPs rejected an amendment that would protect chalk streams from development. Here’s why are chalks streams are so important and why development puts them at risk ⬇️
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The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do.
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Biodiversity policy & advocacy - Bat Conservation Trust
The government published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill in March 2025, this outlined its proposals for reforming the planning process. Although th...
www.bats.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do.
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
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Today I voted for protecting nature.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today I voted for protecting nature.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
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New report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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"Fish were killed when they were impinged on filter screens, entrained through the cooling system, & scalded by hot water. Evidence indicates that for more than 40 yrs, such slaughter & habitat degradation contributed to the decline of...important fish species"
www.riverkeeper.org/our-work/cam...
www.riverkeeper.org/our-work/cam...
Beyond Indian Point
Monitoring the shutdown of a nuclear power plant on the banks of the Hudson that killed billions of fish each year
www.riverkeeper.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Fish were killed when they were impinged on filter screens, entrained through the cooling system, & scalded by hot water. Evidence indicates that for more than 40 yrs, such slaughter & habitat degradation contributed to the decline of...important fish species"
www.riverkeeper.org/our-work/cam...
www.riverkeeper.org/our-work/cam...
We are the majority
🌳52% of British people say environmental standards should be maintained even if it means building fewer homes.
🌳Only 20% think environmental standards should be weakened to build more houses
Build baby build isn’t winning votes
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
🌳52% of British people say environmental standards should be maintained even if it means building fewer homes.
🌳Only 20% think environmental standards should be weakened to build more houses
Build baby build isn’t winning votes
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
New report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense
www.rspb.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are the majority
🌳52% of British people say environmental standards should be maintained even if it means building fewer homes.
🌳Only 20% think environmental standards should be weakened to build more houses
Build baby build isn’t winning votes
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
🌳52% of British people say environmental standards should be maintained even if it means building fewer homes.
🌳Only 20% think environmental standards should be weakened to build more houses
Build baby build isn’t winning votes
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.
EPA Proposes Changes to Make PFAS Reporting Requirements More Practical and Implementable, Reducing Regulatory Burden | US EPA
EPA released a proposal to improve the scope of its PFAS reporting regulations under TSCA to make them more practical and implementable and reduce unnecessary, or potentially duplicative, reporting re...
www.epa.gov
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.
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The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and
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Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...