Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
For equality, fairness, sustainability, humanism. Opposing over-exploitation of people & planet by the super-rich & rich. Bristol based. Open University Tutor, Environment, 25+ yrs. Green advocate 45+ yrs. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/
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Glenn Vowles
@enviroman.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Humanism means: using #evidence based #reason to form your views; developing your own and others wellbeing; being concerned for others; drawing meaning from connections and experiences, with other people, with the environment...
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'One hundred areas of the UK face #flooding overnight as heavy downpours continue to drench parts of the country, while the Met Office has issued yellow rain warnings for some areas.'
Urgent: adapt to #climatechange; prevent worse #climatebreakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Urgent: adapt to #climatechange; prevent worse #climatebreakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Flood warnings in place as UK braces for more rain
With more rain in the forecast, BBC Weather presenter Simon King looks at what's been causing the very wet year so far.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
'One hundred areas of the UK face #flooding overnight as heavy downpours continue to drench parts of the country, while the Met Office has issued yellow rain warnings for some areas.'
Urgent: adapt to #climatechange; prevent worse #climatebreakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Urgent: adapt to #climatechange; prevent worse #climatebreakdown.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
It's Greens vs Reform in the #GortonAndDenton by-election. Labour say otherwise but their tactics are dodgy.
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It's Greens vs Reform in the #GortonAndDenton by-election. Labour say otherwise but their tactics are dodgy.
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Jonathon - also a Nuclear Consulting Group member - arrested three times in 2025 for holding up that now-infamous sign (opposing genocide in Gaza and allegedly supporting Palestine Action!) as part of 'Defend Our Juries’, Lift The Ban campaign.
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SURREALISM IN THE UK vs. THE ALL TOO REAL IN GAZA
I was arrested three times in 2025 for holding up that now-infamous sign (opposing genocide in Gaza and allegedly supporting Palestine Action!) as part of Defend Our Juries’, Lift The Ban campaign. Ea...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Jonathon - also a Nuclear Consulting Group member - arrested three times in 2025 for holding up that now-infamous sign (opposing genocide in Gaza and allegedly supporting Palestine Action!) as part of 'Defend Our Juries’, Lift The Ban campaign.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/surrea...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/surrea...
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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
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A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
'Businesses risk extinction themselves unless they protect and restore the natural world, scientists across the globe are warning.'
#EcologicalEmergency #BiodiversityDestruction #WildlifeExtinction #Nature #LifeSupport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EcologicalEmergency #BiodiversityDestruction #WildlifeExtinction #Nature #LifeSupport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses
Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
'Businesses risk extinction themselves unless they protect and restore the natural world, scientists across the globe are warning.'
#EcologicalEmergency #BiodiversityDestruction #WildlifeExtinction #Nature #LifeSupport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EcologicalEmergency #BiodiversityDestruction #WildlifeExtinction #Nature #LifeSupport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Poor judgement, poor leadership, poor governance. We need better. It's best for the country that PM Keir #Starmer resigns. Anas Sarwar is right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
Cabinet ministers back Starmer as Scottish Labour leader calls for PM to quit
Anas Sarwar says
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Poor judgement, poor leadership, poor governance. We need better. It's best for the country that PM Keir #Starmer resigns. Anas Sarwar is right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
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Every day it's becoming clearer and clearer:
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
And the Greens have plans to lower bills, protect the NHS and rebuild our public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
And the Greens have plans to lower bills, protect the NHS and rebuild our public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not only in the Manchester by-election, but across the country, it's becoming clear: it's Greens vs Reform.
And the Green Party will win ✅️
👀 Watch @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Laura Kuenssberg.
And the Green Party will win ✅️
👀 Watch @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Laura Kuenssberg.
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Every day it's becoming clearer and clearer:
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
And the Greens have plans to lower bills, protect the NHS and rebuild our public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
And the Greens have plans to lower bills, protect the NHS and rebuild our public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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#GoodNews
#Ecocide Bill - setting a standard - is progressing through the Scottish Parliament.
As so often, the smaller nations on these isles leading the way
www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
#Ecocide Bill - setting a standard - is progressing through the Scottish Parliament.
As so often, the smaller nations on these isles leading the way
www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
Ecocide Scotland Bill
www.parliament.scot
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#GoodNews
#Ecocide Bill - setting a standard - is progressing through the Scottish Parliament.
As so often, the smaller nations on these isles leading the way
www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
#Ecocide Bill - setting a standard - is progressing through the Scottish Parliament.
As so often, the smaller nations on these isles leading the way
www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
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A group of hotel housekeepers went on strike for the first time in 40 years.
And won!
Organising works. Trade unions work.
This is the story of @uvwunion.bsky.social & the amazing Doris.
youtu.be/MyEH6W83kLI?...
And won!
Organising works. Trade unions work.
This is the story of @uvwunion.bsky.social & the amazing Doris.
youtu.be/MyEH6W83kLI?...
Everyone Deserves Equal Rights | Doris | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
A group of hotel housekeepers went on strike for the first time in 40 years.
And won!
Organising works. Trade unions work.
This is the story of @uvwunion.bsky.social & the amazing Doris.
youtu.be/MyEH6W83kLI?...
And won!
Organising works. Trade unions work.
This is the story of @uvwunion.bsky.social & the amazing Doris.
youtu.be/MyEH6W83kLI?...
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Abolish the Monarchy.
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Abolish the Monarchy.
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My latest #ChangeEverything email is out - geopolitics, finishing with at touch of #AttentionFracking - which is a great phrase!
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nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
February 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
My latest #ChangeEverything email is out - geopolitics, finishing with at touch of #AttentionFracking - which is a great phrase!
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
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Yet again a Labour minister lets the cat out of the bag. They are expecting to come third in Gorton and Denton.
Only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
Only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Yet again a Labour minister lets the cat out of the bag. They are expecting to come third in Gorton and Denton.
Only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
Only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
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"But beneath the discontent, analysts also point to a deeper ecological crisis. The country has been gripped by a severe drought for six consecutive years, and many cities including its capital #Tehran are on the verge of "water bankruptcy"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
Could ancient 'qanats' be the answer to Iran's water crisis? • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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February 8, 2026 at 7:02 AM
"But beneath the discontent, analysts also point to a deeper ecological crisis. The country has been gripped by a severe drought for six consecutive years, and many cities including its capital #Tehran are on the verge of "water bankruptcy"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
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Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...
Grazalema sufrió el segundo día más lluvioso jamás registrado en España, según la Aemet - malagaldia.es
La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) activó el aviso rojo -peligro extraordinario- el miércoles por lluvias muy abundantes en zonas de Cádiz (Grazalema
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February 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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For a few years it looked as if #EU climate and security policies were aligning; the bloc's #CBAM carbon border policy is an example of how this is unraveling ceobs.org/how-the-eus-...
How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation - CEOBS
Exempting military products from the EU’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) undermines the bloc’s climate and defence policies.
ceobs.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
For a few years it looked as if #EU climate and security policies were aligning; the bloc's #CBAM carbon border policy is an example of how this is unraveling ceobs.org/how-the-eus-...
Real Complacency on #climate and #nature threats from Kerry McCarthy MP (and the Starmer Labour Govt). The threats are not reasonably well reported on the news. @nebriefing.bsky.social @xrbristol.bsky.social
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February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Real Complacency on #climate and #nature threats from Kerry McCarthy MP (and the Starmer Labour Govt). The threats are not reasonably well reported on the news. @nebriefing.bsky.social @xrbristol.bsky.social
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From Heaven to Palantir HQ, from Yorkshire to our Bold Politics studio - great to have legendary journalist Simon Hattenstone follow me around.
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub
With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revo...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
From Heaven to Palantir HQ, from Yorkshire to our Bold Politics studio - great to have legendary journalist Simon Hattenstone follow me around.
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's what he saw in his report:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Great work @carolinelucas.bsky.social on #BBCAnyQuestions exposing the devious way the PM tried in Parliament to limit the disclosure of how he dealt with the Mandelson appointment.
The extent of documents we will now see are down to MPs forcing him to give in - NOT any noble instincts from him.
The extent of documents we will now see are down to MPs forcing him to give in - NOT any noble instincts from him.
February 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Great work @carolinelucas.bsky.social on #BBCAnyQuestions exposing the devious way the PM tried in Parliament to limit the disclosure of how he dealt with the Mandelson appointment.
The extent of documents we will now see are down to MPs forcing him to give in - NOT any noble instincts from him.
The extent of documents we will now see are down to MPs forcing him to give in - NOT any noble instincts from him.
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I'd rather call it #PostGrowth, but whatever you call it, the public has no problem understanding that the economy should work for people and planet, rather than us all working ourselves and trashing the environment for "the economy"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies
Contrary to concerns from politicians and commentators that degrowth is broadly unpopular,
the core degrowth proposal received substantial support from UK and US participants
in this study, regardless...
www.thelancet.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I'd rather call it #PostGrowth, but whatever you call it, the public has no problem understanding that the economy should work for people and planet, rather than us all working ourselves and trashing the environment for "the economy"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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#Biodiversity - under pressure around the globe
"Less than 10,000 breeding pairs left in the wild... climate change and intensive commercial fishing have sharply reduced fish stocks."
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"Less than 10,000 breeding pairs left in the wild... climate change and intensive commercial fishing have sharply reduced fish stocks."
edition.cnn.com/world/africa...
Africa’s only penguin species is starving: Is there still hope? | CNN
Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ef...
edition.cnn.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
#Biodiversity - under pressure around the globe
"Less than 10,000 breeding pairs left in the wild... climate change and intensive commercial fishing have sharply reduced fish stocks."
edition.cnn.com/world/africa...
"Less than 10,000 breeding pairs left in the wild... climate change and intensive commercial fishing have sharply reduced fish stocks."
edition.cnn.com/world/africa...
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No, brain is nothing like a computer, or to put it other way, a computer is nothing like a brain.
A lot to #Unlearn from 20th-century thinking.
"Smuggles confidence into biology, where change is slower, messier and often incomplete"
aeon.co/essays/what-...
A lot to #Unlearn from 20th-century thinking.
"Smuggles confidence into biology, where change is slower, messier and often incomplete"
aeon.co/essays/what-...
What the metaphor of ‘rewiring’ gets wrong about neuroplasticity | Aeon Essays
The metaphor of rewiring offers an ideal of engineered precision. But the brain is more like a forest than a circuit board
aeon.co
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
No, brain is nothing like a computer, or to put it other way, a computer is nothing like a brain.
A lot to #Unlearn from 20th-century thinking.
"Smuggles confidence into biology, where change is slower, messier and often incomplete"
aeon.co/essays/what-...
A lot to #Unlearn from 20th-century thinking.
"Smuggles confidence into biology, where change is slower, messier and often incomplete"
aeon.co/essays/what-...
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I’ve known Helen for years - we’ve worked together, campaigned together, stood for election on a shared platform of people first and community first action.
I know she will be an excellent District Councillor, she is already an excellent Parish Councillor and a Community Leader in her own right.
I know she will be an excellent District Councillor, she is already an excellent Parish Councillor and a Community Leader in her own right.
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I’ve known Helen for years - we’ve worked together, campaigned together, stood for election on a shared platform of people first and community first action.
I know she will be an excellent District Councillor, she is already an excellent Parish Councillor and a Community Leader in her own right.
I know she will be an excellent District Councillor, she is already an excellent Parish Councillor and a Community Leader in her own right.
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One more Musk fantasy.
"Datacentres on earth are constantly maintained – component failure is normal. Shipping components to space is complex and expensive, and you would have to be innovative regarding how components are fitted.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Datacentres on earth are constantly maintained – component failure is normal. Shipping components to space is complex and expensive, and you would have to be innovative regarding how components are fitted.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
One more Musk fantasy.
"Datacentres on earth are constantly maintained – component failure is normal. Shipping components to space is complex and expensive, and you would have to be innovative regarding how components are fitted.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Datacentres on earth are constantly maintained – component failure is normal. Shipping components to space is complex and expensive, and you would have to be innovative regarding how components are fitted.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Follow the #DirtyMoney, if you can...
"Money was disappearing fast over last nine months of Maxwell’s life. To what extent he still had money was impossible to find, because it was offshore, in Liechtenstein, and all that.”
#Corruption
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
"Money was disappearing fast over last nine months of Maxwell’s life. To what extent he still had money was impossible to find, because it was offshore, in Liechtenstein, and all that.”
#Corruption
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
At last we know where Ghislaine Maxwell got her money from
A confidential bank report in the Epstein files reveals that her fortune came not from him but from secret trusts created by her father
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Follow the #DirtyMoney, if you can...
"Money was disappearing fast over last nine months of Maxwell’s life. To what extent he still had money was impossible to find, because it was offshore, in Liechtenstein, and all that.”
#Corruption
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
"Money was disappearing fast over last nine months of Maxwell’s life. To what extent he still had money was impossible to find, because it was offshore, in Liechtenstein, and all that.”
#Corruption
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...