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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22h

NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.

I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.

www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...

Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

www.sureserve.co.uk

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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 1d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 14h

We have an option to expand capacity at the National Emergency Briefing from 850 to 1,500.

It would be fantastic for even more influential people to hear from our top line-up and be part of a positive tipping point.

Know someone who should be there?
Please get in touch on [email protected].

National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 21h

Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

www.nebriefing.org

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 1d

Half a million marched in London in solidarity with the people of Palestine this weekend.
#FeePalestine

A photograph of huge crowds in Whitehall listening to speeches at Saturdays march for Palestine

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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 9h

Clarkson on Farage:

“Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 18h

TIME WE TOLD NIGE TO SLING HIS HOOK!

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

September #Arctic sea ice extent since the year 1850 - comparison now updated through 2025

I have a couple of other sea ice reconstructions on my website too: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of September Arctic sea ice extent for every year from 1850 through 2025. Two datasets are compared in this time series. The Walsh et al. 2019 reconstruction is shown with a solid blue line. The NSIDC Sea Ice Index v3 is shown with a dashed red line only for the satellite era. There is large interannual variability and a long-term decreasing trend over the last few decades.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Cactus Frank @cactusfranks.bsky.social · 22h

Great day with Kevin Knowles on the #Somerset Levels yesterday; at Westhay NNR a flock of Bearded Reedlings kept us on our toes (at times literally) for 40 minutes! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlifephotography #UKbirding

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ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 8h

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
make everything worse for everyone in the UK except billionaires
Why are they following Trump?

Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 10h

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 21h

This government wants to "build, baby, build" - but who really benefits? Property developers, or the rest of us? And what would 1.5 million new homes mean for the climate?

Read Anna Coote's blog on why we need a better way to tackle the housing crisis👇

neweconomics.org/2025/10/a-be...

A better way to tackle the housing crisis

How a universal basic services approach to housing could meet everyone's needs now and in the future

neweconomics.org

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Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 9h

Climate crisis, what climate crisis is that?Tarragona Province in NE Spain today.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

Let’s be honest: there have already been several bizarre moments from Trump this morning alone that would justify invoking the 25th Amendment.

He is a seriously unwell individual.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 3d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10h

Week-in, week-out, up and down the country, Liberal Democrats are winning in real elections.

We've gained seats from Reform UK, the Conservatives, Labour and the SNP. And we've won in Keir Starmer's and Mel Stride's backyards.

Liberal Democrats are the only party taking the fight to Reform UK.

Lib Dems vs Reform - Liberal Democrats are the only party taking on Reform UK and winning.

Bar chart showing the number of seats won by each party in local council by-elections since the English local elections on 1 May 2025, as of 10 October 2025. Source: Election Maps UK.

Reform: 47
Lib Dems: 32
Cons: 13
Lab: 12
Grn: 11

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 11h

Landowners/homeowners along the “Bristol Avon” or tributary/waterway (like the K&A canal): If you’ve got any invasive species (Knotweed, Bamboo, Balsam, Rhododendron, Cherry Laurel, Giant Hogweed/Rhubarb) Let @protect.earth know and we’ll remove it for voluntary donations. protect.earth/contact

Contact — Protect Earth

protect.earth

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ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 10h

Those two pots will have to go

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ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 12h

Shame it has all the usual irritations
Constant cuts from the subject back to the presenter
Don't need the music either
Only Attenborough gets it right

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ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 12h

It was lovely on the Embankment yesterday whule the Gaza deni was on
No motor traffic!

The Embankment in London with no motor traffic

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 18h

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 12h

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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@itvnews.bsky.social
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 13h

Seriously, folks, we are staring down the barrel of a #ClimateEmergency of our own creating.

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 18h

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

ianternet.bsky.social @ianternet.bsky.social · 12h

I thought the days were getting shorter

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 16h

"Nigel meets tens of thousands of people on an annual basis ultimately, he can't be held accountable for the actions of every single person who he comes in contact with."

-Zia Yusuf, head of Reform UK Department of Government Efficiency.

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 13h

The Government may be blocking a report on the threats to our nation from nature collapse, but the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis is going ahead.

Has your MP confirmed yet?
www.nebriefing.org

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