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JuneSim63 💚
@junesim63.bsky.social
Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England. Native of Hull.

#Socialism #Politics #Cats #Gardening #ClassicalMusic #Environment #GreenParty

She/Her

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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Brazen defiance of the International Court of Justice.

A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Even with everything else going on, this should still register as truly shocking, if not surprising. Bulldozing a UN building whose sole purpose is to distribute lifesaving food and medical aid.

What kind of regime does this?

(The question is rhetorical, I know the answer)
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament

Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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A 'gotcha' without fail levelled at those of us advocating for rewilding is: "But where will our food come from if a proportion of farmland is given back to nature?"

The answer is simple: we move back towards more plant-based diets.

Good for our health, nature, and the climate.
New UCC paper shows how low beef and sheep systems are for net digestible protein per hectare: they produce protein for 2–3 people per ha, versus ~23 for milk and ~40 for legumes. That’s ~15× more digestible protein per hectare from legumes than beef.
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Remember; this is all about the Epstein Files.
January 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' is naked colonialism.

And it's not just designed for Gaza.

It's a template for naked American theft and self-enrichment.

New column 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? | Owen Jones
Blair, Putin, Erdoğan, Orbán: the names of those invited to serve say it all. And it’s about so much more than Gaza, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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A human rights NGO has filed a request for UK sanctions against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn has lodged the request with the Foreign Office on behalf of the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK.

acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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That sound you hear is the body of the US hitting the floor after completing hegemonic suicide.
Macron: "What we need is more Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe in some key sectors to contribute to our growth."
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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British Geological Survey map of areas with potential for fracking exploration, side by side with protected land areas (such as National Parks, SSSIs) shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. Currently, there's a moratorium on fracking in the UK. Reform has pledged to permit fracking if elected.
2/3
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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The Shingles vaccine is linked to slowing biological aging and reducing inflammation academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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👉NEW -- UK secrecy over US bases amid new military build-up

by Dania Akkad & Mark Curtis

As Trump appears to be preparing to attack Iran and Greenland, the UK refuses to give basic details about the US military presence in Britain
www.declassifieduk.org/uk-secrecy-o...
UK secrecy over U.S. bases amid new military build-up
As Trump appears to be preparing to attack Iran and Greenland, the UK refuses to give basic details about the US military presence in Britain
www.declassifieduk.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Lutnick at Davos: "Why are you going to do solar and wind? Why would Europe agree to be net zero in 2030 when they don't make a battery? They don't make a battery! So if they go 2030, they are deciding to be subservient to China." (Get a load of the looks on the other panelists' faces)
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Dismissing the UK getting serious about re-aligning with the European single market as "foolish" and "utopian" is going to help confidence in the UK economy, investment and growth just how?

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
giftarticle.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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This headline leaves out the key points:

Closer alliances with Europe. We are becoming the weak link against Donald Trump.

A defence strategy not dependent on the USA.

And ending the billions wasted on Trident - which doesn't work & leases the warheads from...the USA.
EXC: Zack Polanski tells us Britain should consider closing US military bases, leave Nato and denuclearise, as he begins to flesh out the Greens’ foreign policy.

Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski
Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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A new customs union with the EU isn’t a “simple fix”.

It’s complex - but necessary.

Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.

(FT interview)

www.ft.com/content/73c8...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Podcast with the Guardian where we talk about defence, cost of living and wealth taxes.

And why voting Green on 7th May is how we can start to make hope normal again.

www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Ditch Nato and dump Trump: Zack Polanski’s foreign policy – podcast
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk to the Green party leader Zack Polanski on Donald Trump, Greenland and rejoining the European Union
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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The Video Trump Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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The political point of all this, in Minneapolis and elsewhere, is to distract the Republican base from the fact that Trump cannot actually deport 14 million people as he promised. Terror and violence against some immigrants and their liberal allies is an entertaining substitute for the impossible.
Not gonna quote tweet Bouie, but he is illuminating something I was also wondering: what is the actual goal of Miller and ICE in Minneapolis beyond terror and violence? Cleansing the Somali community? Running every immigrant out of town? Turning the city into a ghost town? None of this will happen
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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86% of our UK arms imports come from the United States.

We are far too reliant on Donald Trump - he is unpredictable and dangerous.

Stop hoping it's going to go away. Time to stand up to the bully and to rebuild our relationships outside of the USA.

youtu.be/fDr9nrIywHI?...
Trump's tariffs are 'a tantrum' and 'completely unacceptable', says Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Ceasefire? What ceasefire?
Zeteo shows the statistics of violations since Trump declared phase two of his sham 'ceasefire'.

#Gaza #Israel #Genocide

zeteo.com/p/tracking-i...
Tracking Israel’s ‘Ceasefire’ in Gaza: These Numbers Show the Genocide Isn’t Over
Three months later, as 'phase two' of Trump and Netanyahu's so-called 'peace deal' begins, these horrific statistics tell a different story.
zeteo.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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👇👇👇👇👇

Vance’s funder and Musk ally, Peter Thiel, is funding a startup (Praxis) that is trying to take over Greenland to turn it into a techbro oligarchy mining colony.

The thug who Trump named as ambassador to Greenland is also tight with Thiel and tied into Praxis.
'I went to Greenland to try to buy it': Meet the founder who wants to recreate Mars on Earth | TechCrunch
Praxis co-founder Dryden Brown wants to build a city in Greenland that emulates what a community on Mars could be like.
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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#Chile has declared a state of catastrophe as #wildfires killed already 18 people.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5P Aerosol Index map shows a huge smoke plume of more than 1200 km, fueled by strong winds and extreme heat. #ClimateEmergency #incendioforestales
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM