KateAL
@katieal.bsky.social
Nature Regeneration, Equity, LivingWage, Redistribution,
UBI, Upcycle♻️ Share, Inspire, Grow > People, Planet🌎Prosperity.
11yrs China, Jp, Asia
Founder SupplyESChange.com
Biz Human Rights, Enviro.
London Cornwall Aotearoa: Sea, Surf, Cycle.Was Councilr
UBI, Upcycle♻️ Share, Inspire, Grow > People, Planet🌎Prosperity.
11yrs China, Jp, Asia
Founder SupplyESChange.com
Biz Human Rights, Enviro.
London Cornwall Aotearoa: Sea, Surf, Cycle.Was Councilr
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KateAL
@katieal.bsky.social
· Jul 21
What can You Do for Palestinians in Gaza
Felt super sad today knowing 10,000s, 100,000s, perhaps 2 million Palestinian people are starving in Gaza (21 June 2025). So, it’s not enough, but I’ve written (below) this 5 things you…
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Maybe 100,000s are starving in Palestine, and it's not enough, but didn't feel right to do nothing (and yes hostages must be freed).
Had a go at 5 things we can maybe do to take action for #palestine and #gaza
Do what we can. Save lives.
causingchangeopenletterstomp.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/w...
Had a go at 5 things we can maybe do to take action for #palestine and #gaza
Do what we can. Save lives.
causingchangeopenletterstomp.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/w...
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767 firefighters, 400 police officers, 128 fire engines and 57 ambulances were deployed to tackle Wednesday's deadly fire at a Tai Po residential complex, the Fire Services Department has told reporters. At least 13 were killed and over a dozen people were injured in the blaze: buff.ly/RSwXkVU
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
767 firefighters, 400 police officers, 128 fire engines and 57 ambulances were deployed to tackle Wednesday's deadly fire at a Tai Po residential complex, the Fire Services Department has told reporters. At least 13 were killed and over a dozen people were injured in the blaze: buff.ly/RSwXkVU
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And by scrapping the ECO energy scheme the following will no longer be available to low-income households:
Cavity wall insulation
Loft insulation
Floor insulation
Internal wall insulation
Heat Pump installation
Solar PV (electricity only properties)
With no guarantees that you gas and electric […]
Cavity wall insulation
Loft insulation
Floor insulation
Internal wall insulation
Heat Pump installation
Solar PV (electricity only properties)
With no guarantees that you gas and electric […]
Original post on toot.community
toot.community
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And by scrapping the ECO energy scheme the following will no longer be available to low-income households:
Cavity wall insulation
Loft insulation
Floor insulation
Internal wall insulation
Heat Pump installation
Solar PV (electricity only properties)
With no guarantees that you gas and electric […]
Cavity wall insulation
Loft insulation
Floor insulation
Internal wall insulation
Heat Pump installation
Solar PV (electricity only properties)
With no guarantees that you gas and electric […]
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It’s more like the costs of DAC will not fall as much as hoped, further proving that no one will ever pay for it even if it’s technically proven to work (which it’s not). Therefore if we don’t reduce emissions, we’re totally screwed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It’s more like the costs of DAC will not fall as much as hoped, further proving that no one will ever pay for it even if it’s technically proven to work (which it’s not). Therefore if we don’t reduce emissions, we’re totally screwed.
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Any changes to council tax bands won't fix local authority finance. The real problem is that the government gives local authorities statutory duties, for example in social care or educational special needs, and then doesn't provide adequate statutory sources of funding.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Any changes to council tax bands won't fix local authority finance. The real problem is that the government gives local authorities statutory duties, for example in social care or educational special needs, and then doesn't provide adequate statutory sources of funding.
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For a start, many other countries tax the property owner rather than occupier, one of the many weird things about council tax which is a residential tax not a property tax. We could really do with property tax here, the closest we have is stamp duty, which also isn't great
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For a start, many other countries tax the property owner rather than occupier, one of the many weird things about council tax which is a residential tax not a property tax. We could really do with property tax here, the closest we have is stamp duty, which also isn't great
Bloody horrific. Can't believe how much I need to email my MP.
Why are they choosing the highest cost, worst impact approaches, succumbing to corporate lobbyists?
Why are they choosing the highest cost, worst impact approaches, succumbing to corporate lobbyists?
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Bloody horrific. Can't believe how much I need to email my MP.
Why are they choosing the highest cost, worst impact approaches, succumbing to corporate lobbyists?
Why are they choosing the highest cost, worst impact approaches, succumbing to corporate lobbyists?
Extremely annoyed to read that DeMinimus loophole won’t be closed a few more yrs #budget. “Logistics firms including RoyalMail, DHL Express & Evri raised concerns about the operational impact of scrapping the rule...The Treasury appears to have bowed to this ” internetretailing.net/rachel-reeve...
Rachel Reeves delays decision to scrap de minimis tax break, frustrating UK retailers - InternetRetailing
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK’s controversial de minimis rule will remain in place until March 2029.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Extremely annoyed to read that DeMinimus loophole won’t be closed a few more yrs #budget. “Logistics firms including RoyalMail, DHL Express & Evri raised concerns about the operational impact of scrapping the rule...The Treasury appears to have bowed to this ” internetretailing.net/rachel-reeve...
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Adapt, our buildings are not made for this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Adapt, our buildings are not made for this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why do companies have the perverse psychology that if they made 1 billion last year, they have to make 2 billion this year, and 4-billion the next, and on and on...
It's disgusting. Bad for the planet, bad for society, bad for people's sanity.
It's disgusting. Bad for the planet, bad for society, bad for people's sanity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Why do companies have the perverse psychology that if they made 1 billion last year, they have to make 2 billion this year, and 4-billion the next, and on and on...
It's disgusting. Bad for the planet, bad for society, bad for people's sanity.
It's disgusting. Bad for the planet, bad for society, bad for people's sanity.
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You should be spending no more than 20% of your net pay on housing and WHY AREN'T YOU BUYING UP ALL OUR BOOMER HOMES WE BOUGHT FOR $5000 AND WANT TO SELL FOR $1,500,348.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You should be spending no more than 20% of your net pay on housing and WHY AREN'T YOU BUYING UP ALL OUR BOOMER HOMES WE BOUGHT FOR $5000 AND WANT TO SELL FOR $1,500,348.
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Device "hoarding" is a complete propaganda term. No one is hoarding devices; they're keeping devices for longer because they work just fine. Are people "hoarding" washing machines when they don't replace them every 2 years?
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Device "hoarding" is a complete propaganda term. No one is hoarding devices; they're keeping devices for longer because they work just fine. Are people "hoarding" washing machines when they don't replace them every 2 years?
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"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
AI is guzzling gas
Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
Sounds like the UK is about the close it's #deminimus rule which #shein etc used to flood markets "overseas retailers can send packages worth less than £135 to the UK without paying import duties, giving them an unfair advantage over UK firms, but this would end." Well Done @labouruk.bsky.social !
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sounds like the UK is about the close it's #deminimus rule which #shein etc used to flood markets "overseas retailers can send packages worth less than £135 to the UK without paying import duties, giving them an unfair advantage over UK firms, but this would end." Well Done @labouruk.bsky.social !
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My friends, free people of the world. We in Gaza are dying every day. No homes, no schools, no hospitals, no food, no life... You are our only hope for survival. Please, we need your help.
For the sake of my children, please donate and share this post.
gofund.me/2b22f43f5
For the sake of my children, please donate and share this post.
gofund.me/2b22f43f5
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My friends, free people of the world. We in Gaza are dying every day. No homes, no schools, no hospitals, no food, no life... You are our only hope for survival. Please, we need your help.
For the sake of my children, please donate and share this post.
gofund.me/2b22f43f5
For the sake of my children, please donate and share this post.
gofund.me/2b22f43f5
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It’s always the people who took away our freedom of movement saying’why don’t you live somewhere else’. Irony is dead.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s always the people who took away our freedom of movement saying’why don’t you live somewhere else’. Irony is dead.
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It is here, I think, that you want to look for the origins of the uneasiness -- the bad vibe -- that is so common today. Much has been made of the fact that working-class white men have seen their place in the world thrown into question, but I think, in some sense, that's true of almost all of us.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It is here, I think, that you want to look for the origins of the uneasiness -- the bad vibe -- that is so common today. Much has been made of the fact that working-class white men have seen their place in the world thrown into question, but I think, in some sense, that's true of almost all of us.
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I interviewed psychologist John Jost about this. He was curious why history contains so many long periods in which massive groups of people are oppressed by relatively tiny groups -- when, on a purely physical basis, the oppressed could overwhelm oppressors at any time. They just tend not to. Why?
Why social change is so excruciatingly difficult
When we look across the broad sweep of human history, what needs explaining is not times of rebellion and upheaval, but the much more common periods of unjust rule facing little resistance. Why do peo...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I interviewed psychologist John Jost about this. He was curious why history contains so many long periods in which massive groups of people are oppressed by relatively tiny groups -- when, on a purely physical basis, the oppressed could overwhelm oppressors at any time. They just tend not to. Why?
England and obsequiousness to the Monarchy explained.
Although interestingly my experience with many chinese friends was of them studying hard to get out of a social order they couldn’t justify. And many from NewZealand!
Although interestingly my experience with many chinese friends was of them studying hard to get out of a social order they couldn’t justify. And many from NewZealand!
This need for a legible social order expresses itself in what social psychologists call "system justification." We have a propensity to justify & defend the social order we are born into-- *even if we are at the bottom of that order* --because a system that makes sense is preferable to uncertainty.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
England and obsequiousness to the Monarchy explained.
Although interestingly my experience with many chinese friends was of them studying hard to get out of a social order they couldn’t justify. And many from NewZealand!
Although interestingly my experience with many chinese friends was of them studying hard to get out of a social order they couldn’t justify. And many from NewZealand!
Trusty @bravebrowser not letting me connect to instagram as "Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.instagram.com (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). "
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November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
"From 15thC, English landownrs began to fence off commons –land shared w communities – as it became more valuable for agri. This encourgd myth: that townppl shld be kept out of country to preserve it. Infact..the grtst threat..(is)within’ @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
geographical.co.uk/culture/revi...
geographical.co.uk/culture/revi...
Review: The Lie of the Land
Guy Shrubsole's latest book on land stewardship and the work of individuals and communities working to restore communal ownership
geographical.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"From 15thC, English landownrs began to fence off commons –land shared w communities – as it became more valuable for agri. This encourgd myth: that townppl shld be kept out of country to preserve it. Infact..the grtst threat..(is)within’ @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
geographical.co.uk/culture/revi...
geographical.co.uk/culture/revi...
Pakistani is paying Qatar to divert 24 ships of LNG gas that it had earlier contacted to receive,.. amid what officials describe as “demand destruction” in gas..surplus LNG volumes.
propakistani.pk/2025/11/11/q...
How will we get more Solar installed in the UK?
propakistani.pk/2025/11/11/q...
How will we get more Solar installed in the UK?
Qatar Agrees to Divert 24 LNG Cargoes; Pakistan to Pay Price Difference
Pakistan and Qatar have agreed to divert 24 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes next year as domestic demand continues to weaken, particularly from the
propakistani.pk
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Pakistani is paying Qatar to divert 24 ships of LNG gas that it had earlier contacted to receive,.. amid what officials describe as “demand destruction” in gas..surplus LNG volumes.
propakistani.pk/2025/11/11/q...
How will we get more Solar installed in the UK?
propakistani.pk/2025/11/11/q...
How will we get more Solar installed in the UK?
Coops: Spain #solar.Environmntlsts long advocatd energy communities;.. panels on gov bldg, warehouse, sport facilities rooftops.... now– taking off..thx to gov support..
bring cheap electric to households fuel poverty who cannot afford upfront cost of install” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
bring cheap electric to households fuel poverty who cannot afford upfront cost of install” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Coops: Spain #solar.Environmntlsts long advocatd energy communities;.. panels on gov bldg, warehouse, sport facilities rooftops.... now– taking off..thx to gov support..
bring cheap electric to households fuel poverty who cannot afford upfront cost of install” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
bring cheap electric to households fuel poverty who cannot afford upfront cost of install” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Similarly, the economic costs of climate change have risen, but the slower we are to act, the greater the risk of really major economic disruptions becomes, particularly through properties becoming impossible to insure or mortgage, or catastrophic losses in insurance markets.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Similarly, the economic costs of climate change have risen, but the slower we are to act, the greater the risk of really major economic disruptions becomes, particularly through properties becoming impossible to insure or mortgage, or catastrophic losses in insurance markets.
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