Katharine Kite
@katharinekite.bsky.social
Ecologist - keen on things watery, fresh & salt #seabirds #waders #cetaceans #pollution - 1st priority #ClimateEmergency #EcologicalEmergency
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As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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This is something to be thankful for.
'Salmon everywhere' one year after Klamath River dam removals
A year after the tribal-led demolition of four dams, water temperatures are down, parasitic bacteria are down, and salmon are reaching "every nook and cranny" of their former range.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is something to be thankful for.
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Pretty sure this will make the UK the first major producer of oil and gas to do this. A few other countries have already but they produce negligible amounts.
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Pretty sure this will make the UK the first major producer of oil and gas to do this. A few other countries have already but they produce negligible amounts.
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Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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also they mostly aren't "peace talks," they are talks about how to re-open US/Russia business deals
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
also they mostly aren't "peace talks," they are talks about how to re-open US/Russia business deals
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This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
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I still can't believe these goddamn fools are trying to get into a patriotism dick measuring contest with a guy who was a combat pilot and an astronaut and space flight commander.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I still can't believe these goddamn fools are trying to get into a patriotism dick measuring contest with a guy who was a combat pilot and an astronaut and space flight commander.
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Claudio Barría explica las particularidades reproductivas de los tiburones y como afecta eso a su conservación.
#SARKO
#tiburonesyrayas
#SARKO
#tiburonesyrayas
February 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Claudio Barría explica las particularidades reproductivas de los tiburones y como afecta eso a su conservación.
#SARKO
#tiburonesyrayas
#SARKO
#tiburonesyrayas
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Some EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Some EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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And Being A Racist isn’t a political view that contributes to the business of government. You don’t meet these people where they are, you call them out
Nigel Farage is a racist, the people voting do so because he is a racist and because they are racists. Other parties shouldn't pander to racists, because racists are bad people. Focus on fixing people's problems.
Very tired of hearing about the racist who destroyed Britain with Brexit
Very tired of hearing about the racist who destroyed Britain with Brexit
Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And Being A Racist isn’t a political view that contributes to the business of government. You don’t meet these people where they are, you call them out
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I just wrote a @StopCambo letter: Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab
Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...
actionnetwork.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I just wrote a @StopCambo letter: Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
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I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
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Several non-London MPs pointed out to me that almost no one in their constituencies would be affected by the Mansion Tax.
It's a clearly redistributive policy - largely moving wealth from London to council areas outside the capital. Easy sell for Labour MPs outside London (prob. even within tbf).
It's a clearly redistributive policy - largely moving wealth from London to council areas outside the capital. Easy sell for Labour MPs outside London (prob. even within tbf).
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Several non-London MPs pointed out to me that almost no one in their constituencies would be affected by the Mansion Tax.
It's a clearly redistributive policy - largely moving wealth from London to council areas outside the capital. Easy sell for Labour MPs outside London (prob. even within tbf).
It's a clearly redistributive policy - largely moving wealth from London to council areas outside the capital. Easy sell for Labour MPs outside London (prob. even within tbf).
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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This is so deeply disappointing. I really despair. A dark day for the UK’s precious wildlife and habitats. We need to be urgently stepping up protections, not recklessly discarding them… 🦇 🌳
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
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A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill - @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill | The Wildlife Trusts
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles. Matt B...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is so deeply disappointing. I really despair. A dark day for the UK’s precious wildlife and habitats. We need to be urgently stepping up protections, not recklessly discarding them… 🦇 🌳
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
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Of course, no one seems willing to hold him accountable. A judge in Georgia has now dismissed the last remaining criminal case against Trump, effectively ending any effort to hold him criminally responsible for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Of course, no one seems willing to hold him accountable. A judge in Georgia has now dismissed the last remaining criminal case against Trump, effectively ending any effort to hold him criminally responsible for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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An arc of albatross taken on Saunders Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #albatross #falklandislands #nature #southatlantic #saundersisland #theneck #feathers #preening #eye #wings #flight
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An arc of albatross taken on Saunders Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #albatross #falklandislands #nature #southatlantic #saundersisland #theneck #feathers #preening #eye #wings #flight
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I don’t think this Telegraph contributor has actually watched the Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social that he’s attacking. He suggests Olusoga focuses only on atrocities such as Amritsar, when that massacre wasn’t mentioned, and gets the date range wrong, saying it ends with WWI.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don’t think this Telegraph contributor has actually watched the Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social that he’s attacking. He suggests Olusoga focuses only on atrocities such as Amritsar, when that massacre wasn’t mentioned, and gets the date range wrong, saying it ends with WWI.
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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There are recordings of Donald calling Georgia officials asking them to fabricate 11,870 votes so that he could steal the 2020 election. And when that didn’t work, his goons seized election equipment and tried to sabotage the results. Now no one is being held accountable for these heinous actions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There are recordings of Donald calling Georgia officials asking them to fabricate 11,870 votes so that he could steal the 2020 election. And when that didn’t work, his goons seized election equipment and tried to sabotage the results. Now no one is being held accountable for these heinous actions.
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Budget 2025
Cash ISA limit cut from £20,000 to £12,000, £8,000 more if invested in shares; over 65s can keep £20,000 in cash.
Example of how the state helps the City of London.
£8,000 in shares doesn't mean companies get more for investment. It is transfer from A to B. City gets commissions.
Cash ISA limit cut from £20,000 to £12,000, £8,000 more if invested in shares; over 65s can keep £20,000 in cash.
Example of how the state helps the City of London.
£8,000 in shares doesn't mean companies get more for investment. It is transfer from A to B. City gets commissions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Budget 2025
Cash ISA limit cut from £20,000 to £12,000, £8,000 more if invested in shares; over 65s can keep £20,000 in cash.
Example of how the state helps the City of London.
£8,000 in shares doesn't mean companies get more for investment. It is transfer from A to B. City gets commissions.
Cash ISA limit cut from £20,000 to £12,000, £8,000 more if invested in shares; over 65s can keep £20,000 in cash.
Example of how the state helps the City of London.
£8,000 in shares doesn't mean companies get more for investment. It is transfer from A to B. City gets commissions.