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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · 4d

@threeacresacow.bsky.social thanks for a great evening. Fully re-energised

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · 22d

So many people joining at the moment we can’t keep up with ringing them all to say Hi

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · Sep 9

Anyone else used to play a game called Connections?

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you. I agree with him. I feel a lot of what we do as TCV, in the community or with the Green Party and other voluntary roles is about countering this

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jul 25

Cartoon of a long dachshund. Caption: The Long Good Boy

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Zohran Mamdani set to become Democratic candidate in New York mayoral race

Campaigning on cost of living issues, Mamdani beat out ex-governor Andrew Cuomo and his $25m super PAC.

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Matt Rogan @mattrogan.bsky.social · Jun 15

Speaking of changes we want to see...

We in @greenparty.org.uk have our internal elections on right now. Join by 31st July to vote, and use your voice to steer us in a direction to keep fighting & demanding better!

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Jun 9

Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving the climate crisis. I'm backing the @makepolluterspay.bsky.social campaign to make the biggest polluters contribute their fair share towards tackling the crisis and protecting our communities and economy.

Carla Denyer MP stands alongside two people in front of a banner that says 'Make polluters pay for climate damage.'

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 8

🪸 On this #WorldOceanDay, let’s remember that coral reefs host incredible biodiversity, supply our food, and support our health and livelihoods, incl. through tourism, and are vulnerable to climate change, overfishing and pollution. 🧪🌏

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Farleigh Langridge @farleigh.bsky.social · Jun 7

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵

Person dressed as a knight with a trans flag and a cape with a trans flag shield that says “Trans Knights are human Knights”

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thought provoking day yesterday at AdFree Leeds workshop. Had been horrified that morning to see the May average CO2 ppm had hit 430 so when they wanted us to get crafty there was question of what topic

Victoria Smith - for Kirkstall, Leeds @tor1981.bsky.social · Jun 7

Arriving now at 430ppm. En route to climate breakdown.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 26

An apology to Keir Starmer:

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 22

Ironic really that the Rich List sits behind a paywall

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · May 20

It should be clear to everyone at this point that the only reasonable course of action is a military coalition of states to impose a no-fly zone around Gaza, physically stop Israel's genocidal slaughter, and rush aid in to prevent mass starvation.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · May 20

The slaughter is accelerating, Israel's genocidal meat machine is going berserk and Western leaders describe Israel's behaviour as "possibly in breach of International Law". Possibly? Possibly? Instead of cutting off all ties with Netanyahu they rap him with a warm lettuce...

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 9

Just this really. Simples

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · May 8

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Wanted: Evidence of rare oily-kneed beetles - BBC News

The Short-Necked Oil Beetle is on the verge of extinction but colonies have been discovered in the Hebrides .

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 8

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Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts

Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 8

Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix:

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · May 7

Important story by my Guardian colleague Sandra Laville www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 6

Just been to see the wonderful #RaveOnForTheAvon everything a film should be warm, funny, engaging, powerful, reflective and ultimately a call to arms

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · May 5

It's a concerted fossil fuel campaign to block or delay climate action in the UK, already hamstrung and framed negatively by Stormer and Peeves.

CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · May 5

📰 UK newspaper editorials attacking Ed Miliband have already surpassed 2024 levels in just four months of 2025 according to research from @carbonbrief.org.

Right-leaning papers have published 65 critical editorials, labelling him a "net-zero zealot" for his climate policies.

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Analysis: Attacks on Ed Miliband in UK newspaper editorials have already exceeded 2024 levels - Carbon Brief

UK newspapers have already launched more editorials attacking Ed Miliband in the first four months of 2025 than they did during the whole of 2024.

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 5

The dark Bermuda Triangle of

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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · May 5

Now there’s a legacy

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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more

This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...

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