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Middle East Democracy Center @mideastdc.org · 17d

Alaa is FREE! 🕊️

We are relieved that he is out of prison and reunited with his family. It’s time for #Egypt to free all those unjustly detained. #FreeThemAll #AlaaIsFREE
mideastdc.org/publication/...

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APC @apc.org · 15d

#AlaaisFree

SMEX @smex.org · 15d

Sometimes the fight for human rights can be discouraging. SMEX has been part of the campaign to #FreeAlaa for more than 10 years. smex.org/break-the-si...

Today, we celebrate Alaa’s smile, knowing it will help us fight tomorrow. @freealaa.bsky.social

Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 17d

This photo of Alaa Abdel Fattah's smile by Mohamed El Raai is the most beautiful thing you could wake up to.

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GreenNet @greennet.social · 28d

Revealing article. Exactly how the 'junktanks' retain their influence needs even more delving.

Maybe the words 'growth' and 'deregulation' can be code for domination by rich/corporations, like 'freedom' and 'democracy' are sometimes used as code for domination by US rich/corporations.

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APC @apc.org · 29d

Routing for Communities #podcast

The fourth and final episode of this season is on @joinpeertube.org 👇

www.apc.org/en/podcasts/...

#Financing, #regulation and #publicpolicies in support of #CommunityNetworks

#4 How can we strengthen the community-centred connectivity movement?

We’re back! And this is the fourth and final episode of the second season. Throughout our first and second season together, we've heard about the experiences of community-centred initiatives that are ...

www.apc.org

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 29d

This week the DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs, is happening in London.

Our new campaigner, Laura, has joined the demonstrations on the ground. ✊

If you are in London, there’s still time to stand up against the arms trade. 👇

caat.org.uk/events/stopd...

CAAT - Protest, London: Stop the Arms Fair! vs. DSEI

Resist the World's Worst Arms Fair!

caat.org.uk

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 29d

❌ Record military spending blocks peace and climate action.

As the latest report of the UN Secretary General (citing SGR) warns: armed forces drive 5.5% of global emissions, all while starving health, education, and climate of funding.

www.undp.org/press-releas...
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www.undp.org

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 29d

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 on the climate & nature crisis for 850 politicians & influential people.

𝟵𝗮𝗺 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃

The science has advanced rapidly, with threats more immediate and severe than generally understood.

Has your MP confirmed yet?
Enter your postcode 👇

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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GreenNet @greennet.social · 28d

What's the source for this please? Is it yours?

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Brian Eno, musician, artist and member of @patmillsuk.bsky.social, joins the global call to #TaxTheSuperRich.
He warns that governments controlled by private wealth keep stacking the deck against the middle class — fuelling inequality, poverty, and distrust in democracy.
#FFD4 #FfD4People

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 30

In 2001, as the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, I warned that it could be used to ban non-violent protest groups and imprison those who support them. Government spokespeople and cheerleaders told me I was talking rubbish.
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...

Wrong T-shirt son? You’re nicked

The act which came into force this week could make terrorists of us all

www.monbiot.com

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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · Jul 2

We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys
Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel 'Woody' Woodhouse: In 2017, we did exactly what #PalestineAction did last week Our actions were extremely similar to theirs, and so were our aims.

novaramedia.com/2025/06/27/w...

We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys | Novara Media

In 2017, we broke into a BAE Systems airfield to stop jets from going to bomb Yemen, write Sam Walton and Daniel Woodhouse. Our lenient treatment exposes the Palestine Action ban for what it is: racis...

novaramedia.com

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 18

Websites should now be functioning correctly after an outage earlier on Sunday, caused by a faulty power supply affecting a database server.

Incoming email until 1255 BST on Sunday may have bounced. Apologies for the inconvenience caused by the outage.
greennet.social/@support

GreenNet Support (@[email protected])

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Extinction Rebellion UK @extinctionrebellion.uk · May 14

🚨 BREAKING: XR disrupt Europe’s top insurance conference in Manchester

We've crashed #BIBA2025 with 1 message:
Stop insuring climate collapse #InsureOurSurvival

A new report reveals 33 UK insurance firms still back #fossilfuels & just 5 invest over $6.5billion into climate-wrecking projects

Why⁉️

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · May 2

2025: setting all the worst records 🔥

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 6

If we survive in any form, there may be taboos about digging anything from rock.

Looking for an environmental equivalent to post-apocalyptic dystopias like Threads or Riddley Walker might suggest The Road. However, Dr Kate Marvel suggested Mad Max: Fury Road.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · May 2

Just 10 days left to get 100,000 signatures on this petition to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships – please sign and share govpetition.uk/700024

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship

Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

govpetition.uk

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 6

Thanks for this thread. Wish the meta-analysis were open access. A 1.5 °C threshold is about the warm limit of the Quaternary, so

Rate of change is important, and extinction risk of ocean carbon disruption could be even more catastrophic
news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-...

Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction

Today’s carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle with devastating consequences, according to a new MIT study.

news.mit.edu

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 6

Mad Max was a documentary.

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Fiona Atkinson @fionafromkendal.bsky.social · Apr 1

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis

Communicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels 2) the implications of going beyond...

petition.parliament.uk

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 6

And this one on fossil advertising too please, also with days left to run.
govpetition.uk/700024

(The fact a public information campaign is needed is further demonstrated looking at a petition that has reached 100k, which confuses carbon dioxide removal with aerosol injection.)

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship

Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

govpetition.uk

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 3

Is there a version of this video to download and post elsewhere, like Mastodon?

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 2

You write of a 'larger concern', but with respect seem to be missing the larger concern altogether.

There's a moral case to #MakePollutersPay
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
and a moral and economic case for #carbontax and #CBAM to ease transition.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWIn... (James Hansen)

Oxfam GB | The biggest climate polluters must foot the bill for a better future

Last year we came together to support communities in their successful mission to get world leaders to agree to a loss and damage fund. Now we urgently need the biggest fossil fuel polluters to pay int...

www.oxfam.org.uk

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 2

Exactly, stop the oily propaganda machine.

Concrete: reduce emissions from operations, make greener products and services, and work for global fossil cap @mikebernerslee.bsky.social #FossilFuelTreaty, #divest, #StopRosebank

But also start climate conversations:
greennet.social/@kathhayhoe@...

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GreenNet @greennet.social · May 2

You may do your best, but approving airport expansion and potentially new oil field development ( #StopRosebank ) is not a government doing its best. The whole world needs to co-operate on a global problem.
www.newscientist.com/article/2453...

Anyway, we don't want polluters confusing decisions.

Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

China's carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023, as figures suggest its output has plateaued so far in 2024

www.newscientist.com

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