Paul Overend
@pauloverend.bsky.social
Exploring a “spirituality” of simplicity, serenity, study, solitude, and silence by the sea.
💚 Pursuing flourishing in the autumn of life 🍂
🌱 A former priest and educator, now in https://sofn.uk/ 🦉
🍃 b. @ 321.59 ppm
💚 Pursuing flourishing in the autumn of life 🍂
🌱 A former priest and educator, now in https://sofn.uk/ 🦉
🍃 b. @ 321.59 ppm
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Paul Overend
@pauloverend.bsky.social
· Sep 5
What’s Your Birth Carbon?
How much have carbon dioxide levels increased during your lifetime? Start by seeing what levels were like during the year you were born, and learn what we can do to solve climate change.
www.nature.org
Today, #CO2 levels measured 425.65 ppm
I was born @ 321.59 ppm. (In Jan, I’ll be 60.)
In my life it has increased over 100 ppm - though the 60 years before I lived it had increased only 23.27ppm
What about you?
www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...
I was born @ 321.59 ppm. (In Jan, I’ll be 60.)
In my life it has increased over 100 ppm - though the 60 years before I lived it had increased only 23.27ppm
What about you?
www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...
A Joint Christian-Muslim Communique on Money and Cryptocurrency in the
Contemporary World wcrc.eu/faith-leader...
Contemporary World wcrc.eu/faith-leader...
Faith Leaders Reflect on Money, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Financial Technologies, and Economic Justice at Global Consultation in Kuala Lumpur - WCRC
In the face of widening inequality and a rapidly evolving economic landscape, faith leaders, theologians, and economists from around the world convened in Kuala Lumpur from October 2-4, 2024, for a gr...
wcrc.eu
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A Joint Christian-Muslim Communique on Money and Cryptocurrency in the
Contemporary World wcrc.eu/faith-leader...
Contemporary World wcrc.eu/faith-leader...
Here’s the climate leadership at COP30 👏
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here’s the climate leadership at COP30 👏
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🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨
We live in divided times. Religion is often seen as the problem.
But we see it differently. RE properly understood - as lifelong learning that goes beyond the school classroom - could help us heal our fractured society.
Follow along to find out more 🧵
bit.ly/4pbCPSv
We live in divided times. Religion is often seen as the problem.
But we see it differently. RE properly understood - as lifelong learning that goes beyond the school classroom - could help us heal our fractured society.
Follow along to find out more 🧵
bit.ly/4pbCPSv
Beyond the Classroom: Informal Religion and Worldviews Education in the UK
Hannah Rich’s report exploring the places and spaces where people of all ages learn about other faiths outside of the classroom. 13/11/2025
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨
We live in divided times. Religion is often seen as the problem.
But we see it differently. RE properly understood - as lifelong learning that goes beyond the school classroom - could help us heal our fractured society.
Follow along to find out more 🧵
bit.ly/4pbCPSv
We live in divided times. Religion is often seen as the problem.
But we see it differently. RE properly understood - as lifelong learning that goes beyond the school classroom - could help us heal our fractured society.
Follow along to find out more 🧵
bit.ly/4pbCPSv
Well done @goodlawproject.org / @goodlawproject.bsky.social 👏
EHRC accused of drafting controversial trans guidance in less than a day, court hears
EHRC drafted controversial interim trans guidance in less than a day, court hears
The EHRC is accused of spending less than a day drafting controversial guidance that called for trans people to be banned from gendered spaces.
www.thepinknews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Well done @goodlawproject.org / @goodlawproject.bsky.social 👏
Very grateful for the questions on low flying military aircraft noise by Steff Aquarone on Monday 3 November 2025!
Grateful for this from my MP - it is such a loud and aggressive noise.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Grateful for this from my MP - it is such a loud and aggressive noise.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Low-flying Military Aircraft - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Low-flying Military Aircraft' on Monday 3 November 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Very grateful for the questions on low flying military aircraft noise by Steff Aquarone on Monday 3 November 2025!
Grateful for this from my MP - it is such a loud and aggressive noise.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Grateful for this from my MP - it is such a loud and aggressive noise.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
24,000+ of us are saying NO to the Government’s tax breaks for oil & gas giants 💸 We need thousands more to make them listen. Join me by adding your name today: 38d.gs/djdv
End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
38d.gs
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
24,000+ of us are saying NO to the Government’s tax breaks for oil & gas giants 💸 We need thousands more to make them listen. Join me by adding your name today: 38d.gs/djdv
This will mean a great need for teachers able to teach RE and worldviews.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This will mean a great need for teachers able to teach RE and worldviews.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...
While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart
I have suffered from a very strong feeling of late, which is that it is becoming very hard to escape the theatre of political distraction right now.
The lights are bright, the noise is relentless, and...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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#Booksky #Books #Nonfiction #Religion #Evangelicals #USPolitics #Christianity
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Wow. Great read. Highly recommend.
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Wow. Great read. Highly recommend.
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
#Booksky #Books #Nonfiction #Religion #Evangelicals #USPolitics #Christianity
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Wow. Great read. Highly recommend.
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Wow. Great read. Highly recommend.
Reposted by Paul Overend
Here's a good book for you, Jake
Watch "John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show" on YouTube
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...
Watch "John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show" on YouTube
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...
John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here's a good book for you, Jake
Watch "John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show" on YouTube
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...
Watch "John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show" on YouTube
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...
Reposted by Paul Overend
Rosebank can't go forward.
The development would be outrageous climate vandalism.
It would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
The development would be outrageous climate vandalism.
It would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Rosebank can't go forward.
The development would be outrageous climate vandalism.
It would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
The development would be outrageous climate vandalism.
It would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
This shows that @labourlewis.bsky.social has more in common with Greens‘s vision than Labour!
Zack Polanski on renationalising water companies,
"Shareholders can't say stock not worth anything then expect payment to renationalise"
"Shareholders can't say stock not worth anything then expect payment to renationalise"
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This shows that @labourlewis.bsky.social has more in common with Greens‘s vision than Labour!
Responses from customers invited!
consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...
consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...
Consultation on strengthening penalties for water company offences
- Defra
- Citizen Space
This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.
consult.defra.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Responses from customers invited!
consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...
consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...
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My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark.
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark.
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Ecoliberation Theology Seminar
Thursday 6th November
7pm-8:30pm
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Can looking with an ecoliberationist lens give us practical and ethical insights to guide our action?
Explore how liberation theology can help us navigate the climate crisis.
#climatejustice
Thursday 6th November
7pm-8:30pm
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Can looking with an ecoliberationist lens give us practical and ethical insights to guide our action?
Explore how liberation theology can help us navigate the climate crisis.
#climatejustice
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ecoliberation Theology Seminar
Thursday 6th November
7pm-8:30pm
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Can looking with an ecoliberationist lens give us practical and ethical insights to guide our action?
Explore how liberation theology can help us navigate the climate crisis.
#climatejustice
Thursday 6th November
7pm-8:30pm
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Can looking with an ecoliberationist lens give us practical and ethical insights to guide our action?
Explore how liberation theology can help us navigate the climate crisis.
#climatejustice
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I was recently interviewed by Prospect about theological diversity among British Quakers. You can read the full article here.
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
share.google
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I was recently interviewed by Prospect about theological diversity among British Quakers. You can read the full article here.
A symbol of the american constitution (which should not be taken to read that the president is above the law and can destroy as he wants?) If this had been done on 9/11 it would have been an act of terrorism undermining democracy ! - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
East Wing of White House reduced to rubble as part of Trump’s ballroom construction
Despite president’s promise to preserve it, the eastern section of the building is now completely destroyed
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A symbol of the american constitution (which should not be taken to read that the president is above the law and can destroy as he wants?) If this had been done on 9/11 it would have been an act of terrorism undermining democracy ! - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Late in coming across this, but it’s worthy food for thought! “The dominant culture at the beginning of this millennium would have us abandon the poor to their fate and consider them unworthy of attention, much less our respect.”
A challenge to contemporary politics!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
A challenge to contemporary politics!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te of the Holy Father Leo XIV on Love for the Poor (4 October 2025)
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR [ Multimedia ] _____________________
www.vatican.va
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Late in coming across this, but it’s worthy food for thought! “The dominant culture at the beginning of this millennium would have us abandon the poor to their fate and consider them unworthy of attention, much less our respect.”
A challenge to contemporary politics!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
A challenge to contemporary politics!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
#FoodSecurity is the intersection of social justice - #Foodpoverty #FoodInequality ; public health - Diet-related #HealthInequality ; climate change - #sustainability ; national security; seasonal #MigrantLabour & European #Post-Brexit relations. Thanks for raising it @zackpolanski.bsky.social 👏
Lower bills.
Fund the NHS.
Invest in our communities.
My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼
youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...
Fund the NHS.
Invest in our communities.
My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼
youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...
Zack Polanski on populism, patriotism and poverty
YouTube video by The News Agents
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#FoodSecurity is the intersection of social justice - #Foodpoverty #FoodInequality ; public health - Diet-related #HealthInequality ; climate change - #sustainability ; national security; seasonal #MigrantLabour & European #Post-Brexit relations. Thanks for raising it @zackpolanski.bsky.social 👏
Josh Appignanesi gives an account of a business-led dystopian #COP29, in the techno-utopian Dubai last year. Yet he’s surprisingly hopeful:
- ‘If we didn’t have COP, what instead?’
- ‘International meetings are a good thing as the post-war settlement unravels.’
Shelly’s poets.org/poem/ozymand...
- ‘If we didn’t have COP, what instead?’
- ‘International meetings are a good thing as the post-war settlement unravels.’
Shelly’s poets.org/poem/ozymand...
NEW EPISODE:
Ahead of #COP30 film maker Josh Appignanesi
tells us what it's like for an eco activist to attend one.
His new film 'Colossal Wreck' previews next week.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podfollow.com/byline-podca...
Ahead of #COP30 film maker Josh Appignanesi
tells us what it's like for an eco activist to attend one.
His new film 'Colossal Wreck' previews next week.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podfollow.com/byline-podca...
Byline Podcast: Inside The COP Climate Summit
Film maker Josh Appignanesi takes us inside the COP Climate Summit in conversation with Adrian Goldberg. Josh's new film, "Colossal Wreck' about his participation in Cop 29 in Dubai last year, is b...
podfollow.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Josh Appignanesi gives an account of a business-led dystopian #COP29, in the techno-utopian Dubai last year. Yet he’s surprisingly hopeful:
- ‘If we didn’t have COP, what instead?’
- ‘International meetings are a good thing as the post-war settlement unravels.’
Shelly’s poets.org/poem/ozymand...
- ‘If we didn’t have COP, what instead?’
- ‘International meetings are a good thing as the post-war settlement unravels.’
Shelly’s poets.org/poem/ozymand...
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social writes here on the posthumous distortion of Kirk’s political project, and his emerging hagiography.
Ich habe für @republik.ch über Kirk geschrieben, die posthume Verzerrung seines politischen Projekts und seine entstehende Hagiographie. Mit Einordnungen von @bildoperationen.bsky.social zur Bildsprache von KI-produziertem Märtyrer-Content, @antheabutler.bsky.social und @bradleyonishi.bsky.social.
Charlie Kirk: Der «Märtyrer», der die Rache befeuert
In den USA wird der christliche Nationalismus zu einem Kampfmittel gegen die Opposition.
www.republik.ch
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social writes here on the posthumous distortion of Kirk’s political project, and his emerging hagiography.
A recent 20 minute discussion starter for the @seaoffaithnetwork.bsky.social - Exploring Human Flourishing as Secular Spirituality - linking to spirituality as understood by the late Don Cupitt. sofn.uk/event/explor...
youtu.be/Hkhf_94ol5k?...
youtu.be/Hkhf_94ol5k?...
SOF In Conversation September 2025
YouTube video by Sea of Faith Network
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A recent 20 minute discussion starter for the @seaoffaithnetwork.bsky.social - Exploring Human Flourishing as Secular Spirituality - linking to spirituality as understood by the late Don Cupitt. sofn.uk/event/explor...
youtu.be/Hkhf_94ol5k?...
youtu.be/Hkhf_94ol5k?...
David Rothkopf notes that Erika Kirk and Vice President Vance’s ‘message was unmistakable: The future of MAGA is Christian nationalism.’ A worrying future of Christofascism, I think!
www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-mov...
www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-mov...
The MAGA Movement Is Ready to Dump Donald Trump. Here’s His Replacement
The future of MAGA is Christian nationalism. And that calls for a heavenly figure at the helm.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
David Rothkopf notes that Erika Kirk and Vice President Vance’s ‘message was unmistakable: The future of MAGA is Christian nationalism.’ A worrying future of Christofascism, I think!
www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-mov...
www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-mov...