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Meg Howarth
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☀️ Campaigner. 🕊️⚖️ Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it 🕊️⚖️ In order to do so we must understand and change ourselves ☀️
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#JournalismMatters

*some people..seem to think we’re better off in a world in which our information is mediated by craven #billionaires. So there is a fight to not only save the #BBC from its enemies, but also to put it on an assured, long-lasting footing with proper resourcing. Time is short*.
prospectmagazine.co.uk Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 7h
Trump’s suit against the BBC should be seen for what it is: an attempt to rewrite history. It’s also a bid to fill his own pockets, discredit the work of professional journalists and chill news organisations, writes Alan Rusbridger
Trump’s attack on the BBC is a harbinger of much worse to come
The BBC has its problems—but they are nothing compared to the American billionaires who control much of US media
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🇨🇺 #Cuba 🇨🇺 #LestWeForget

🚨After #Washington’s successful military operation against #Cuba’s ally #Venezuela at the beginning of January, the #US administration is actively seeking #RegimeChange.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
No fuel, no tourists, no cash – this was the week the Cuban crisis got real
Diplomats in Havana are preparing for an alternative Trump tactic: the country being starved until people take to the streets and the US can step in
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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petergeoghegan.bsky.social
🔴 Tony Blair Institute privately pressed a top EU official working on rebuilding of Gaza to work with Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.

Fair to say Democracy for Sale isn’t sleeping at the moment!

New story up w/ Lighthouse Reports and Follow the Money

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
Revealed: Tony Blair’s Institute lobbied EU to work with Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza
TBI pushed bloc on US plan for Palestine but internal disquiet on “taboo topic” Gaza grows
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
💔 #MollyRusell 💔

Gov should listen to, eg, #IanRussell, Molly's father and founder @mollyroseorg.bsky.social and @breckfoundation.bsky.social

@emilythornberry.bsky.social @heathernstaff.bsky.social @islingtonsouth.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
February 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🚨 Objectively, #UK now has more control over legal #migration since the 1960s. Free movement has ended/entry is governed by domestic rules/enforcement capacity has been expanded. *BUT w/out a convincing narrative that goes beyond vague paeans to #diversity, UK will remain trapped in the doom loop🚨
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🎄 #ClimateMatters

🌊 Eventually...the tide [will] meet the work we’ve done so [the sand dunes] will just be swept away..that doesn’t mean we have to stop building them out, we will just start building them up 🌊

@andrewmisra.bsky.social @raymodraco.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tinsel to tidewall: discarded Christmas trees reused to protect Lancashire coastline
The trees also morph into sand dunes to protect homes on the seafront against rising sea levels and serve as habitat for rare species
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🚨 #MigrationMatters ➡️ #ImmigrationMatters 🚨

@heathernstaff.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @islingtonsouth.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#PunksEh...😉

#ICYMI ⬇️ #BrewDog:

🍺 Co-founder #JamesWatt [has] criticised taxes on the wealthy, speculating that he might delay his marriage to maximise #tax relief, and attending #NigelFarage’s b/day party🍺

@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BrewDog sale plan leaves some ‘equity punk’ investors steaming
About 220,000 people could be left empty-handed if a deal prioritises the company’s private equity backer
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
howarthm.bsky.social
#NatureMatters ➡️ #LandMatters
February 16, 2026 at 11:20 AM
howarthm.bsky.social
🇺🇦 #StandWithZelensky #Standpoint 🌻
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#NatureMatters ➡️ #birds ♥️
davepiperdj.bsky.social Dave Piper @davepiperdj.bsky.social · 1d
Until today, I had NEVER seen a kingfisher sitting still - and only ever TWICE, disappearing in a blue blur into the distance.

Until today. Manchester. Between the motorway and the Mersey!

#bird #photo #photography #birdphotography #birdoftheday #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2026
February 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
💉 #VaccinationMatters 💉 #PublicHealth

🚨 Last month, #WorldHealthOrganization @who.int declared #UK no longer considered to have eliminated #Measles, as transmission was re-established in 2024 🚨

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak
Cases reported in seven schools and a nursery in Enfield amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccination in capital
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#roads #London ➡️ #TransportMatters
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d
As #RoboTaxis are in #London news again this morning, let me highlight this excellent piece of viewing for a Sunday.
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 11d
With the un-consulted deployment of autonomous vehicles planned for London this year, it is well worth your time having a watch of this video from Dr Nick Reed who gives a very rounded appraisal of things from the UK perspective.

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February 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#HistoryMatters ➡️ #Europe
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the Financial Times launched an unusual competition. ft.trib.al/T9m7w1z
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🚸 #ChildrenMatter ➡️ #RefugeesMatter 🚸

🚨 Another govt #U-turn 🚨

💥 In 2020, #KeirStarmer signed a joint letter w/ #AlfDubs demanding then- #Conservative govt commit 2 family reunion 4 #ChildRefugees. But in Sep'25, his govt suspended family-reunion visas 😡

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#MorningSky
seawindowcraster.bsky.social SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 1d
15th February 2026 07.43
Early colour, about to be engulfed by grey clouds
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Reposted by Meg Howarth
timothysnyder.bsky.social
Refreshing to see criminal and journalistic investigations go forward in Norway. The scandal is meaningful and there is a meaningful response. All of us should do so well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Two senior Norwegian diplomats being investigated over Epstein links
Financial crimes squad investigate husband and wife in connection to alleged relationship with late sex offender
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
howarthm.bsky.social
#MediaMatters ⬇️
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🚨...government’s plan “a roadmap to nowhere” [with] no binding phaseouts, no clear timetable, and no commitment to match the #EU’s proposed #Pfas ban 🚨

#StopPress: Seems @ teamlabouruk has left this site 🤔 RSVP @labouruk.bsky.social

@emilythornberry.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
rachelsalvidge.bsky.social Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 2d
It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
howarthm.bsky.social
#EuropeMatters
pickardje.bsky.social Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 2d
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has skipped a meeting with allies on the war in Ukraine, stoking fears in European capitals that Washington’s interest in involving them in its efforts to end the conflict was waning

www.ft.com/content/fdd6...
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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watershed-i.bsky.social
"It is so important for carbon storage, for flood mitigation, for cleaning our water but also for our wildlife and the people who use these places and want to enjoy the wildness of them."

@yorkshirepeat.bsky.social reintroduce locally extinct moss to Dales:

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BBC News 'Rare moss species are fighting climate change' by Michelle Lyons and Grace Wood. Report about reintroduction of species of sphagnum moss into blanket bogs, and peatlands in the Yorkshire Dales, and at Marsden Moor between Manchester and Huddersfield. Sphagnum Austinii went extinct in Yorkshire and scarce on Marsden Moor during the industrial revolution as the species cannot endure exposure to the high levels of sulphur and lead released in the explosion of industrialisation. Plugs of the moss have been sourced from Scotland and cultivated in a nursery for planting out by the Yorkshire Peat Partnership who say the moss has been vital to peat formation in these regions for years & flourishing sphagnum moss is crucial to reducing wildfire risk.
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
#PFAs #PublicHealth
February 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Friends,
So thankful to everyone who has already donated!We’re very close to having the full amount!
Please consider donating to buy a vehicle to evacuate wounded 🇺🇦Defenders from the 104th Territorial Defense unit,currently in Sumy region

📷One of their previous vehicles destroyed by Russian strikes
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by Meg Howarth
pickardje.bsky.social
The head of Dubai-based logistics group DP World has left his post after revelations over his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein piled pressure on the state-backed company to take action

www.ft.com/content/548f...
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem transformed Dubai-based group into one of the world’s largest logistics operators
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM