Sam Buca
Sam Buca
@sambuca45.bsky.social
Fire chiefs warn about the dangers of throwing away lithium batteries into household rubbish bins🔥🔥🪫
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#recycling
#fire
#firesafety
#batteries
Fire warning for unwanted Christmas electronics
Fire chiefs warn of the risks posed by incorrect disposal of lithium batteries.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Land-based salmon farming is an environmental and ethical disaster:
⚠️ Drains the ocean of wild fish, stolen from coastal communities for salmon feed
⚠️ Devours water and energy
⚠️ Risky tech with frequent failures, pollution, mass die-offs
⚠️ Causes suffering on an industrial scale

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December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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What is land-based salmon? It’s industrial fish farming in tanks.

Salmon – born to swim through rivers and seas – are now crammed into sterile tanks under artificial lights inside factories.

From wild rivers to prison tanks. It’s absurd and cruel. (2/5)
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🚨 Land-based salmon is the next brutal frontier of factory farming

Our new briefing #FishOutOfWater exposes how this dystopian technology drives ocean depletion, animal suffering and climate harm.

Read more 👉 foodrise.org.uk/fish-out-of-... #PullThePlug #StopFactoryFish (1/5)
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.

In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.

Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.

No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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I’m doing a second auction for Patch, a local charity that provides food, cloths and toys for people in poverty. At Christmas time they gift toys to kids who’ve had a referral. What could be more in the spirit of Christmas? This little wren is up for auction to raise money for toys. Please dig deep
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Human cost of the Post Office scandal.

Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.

A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.

No one charged.
My husband would still be alive if he'd received Post Office compensation
The widow and daughter of Jonathan Armstrong tell the BBC about the toll the Horizon scandal took on his health.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Construction sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic, survey suggests

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Construction sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic, survey suggests
Some analysts said the score was a mere fluctuation in the run-up to the Budget.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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With Christmas just around the corner, check out our eco-friendly tips for the festive season. From gifts to decorations, from food to Christmas trees, we've got you covered! https://foe.uk/8ev61
21 eco-friendly Christmas tips | Friends of the Earth
From community celebrations to eco-friendly Christmas gifts that are good for the planet, our top tips should bring plenty of festive joy to the holiday season.
foe.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.

The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Despite Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, the skilled Attallah family of artisan potters continue working in their damaged workshop, preserving a craft and heritage that has survived for generations.
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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'That equates to travelling around the equatorial circumference of the earth six and a half times.'

@henryriley1.bsky.social reveals that the UK's climate tsar has racked up over 150,000 air miles in a year, costing the taxpayer over £100,000.
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.

40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.

Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.

It's a scam.
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration
Creditors are proposing to inject cash and write off some of the troubled water company’s record debt as its customers struggle to afford rising bills
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Very bad flu’ season this year and no sign of it peaking.

1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.

Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Bidding has now reached £300
It’s the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and it’s to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Baby bank says affordability of formula is a 'constant' pressure | UK News | Sky News share.google/pOtblROLq0Mz...
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Baby bank says affordability of formula is a 'constant' pressure
Two years on from revealing the extreme measures families are resorting to in order to feed their babies, national correspondent Tom Parmenter explains why the pressure of affordability is 'constant'.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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📮Take back our 500 year old Royal Mail 📮

Buy back this national asset from its Czech billionaire owner

Use the profits to reduce outrageous stamp prices and improve service

Until 11.59pm tonight @ofcom.bsky.social is listening to YOU - take action on link below

weownit.org.uk/act-now/end-...
End the Royal Mail privatisation experiment now
Ofcom is consulting on stamp prices. It is time to demand that they end Royal Mail privatisation.
weownit.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This government has made opportunity and social mobility a major focus - but so far, their time in government has seen the early years gap widen.

In her latest article, @beckymontacute.bsky.social sets out how Gov't must focus on low-income children.

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‘School readiness is rising – but so is the gap between poorer kids and their peers’ – LabourList
This government has made opportunity and social mobility a major focus, aiming to “break down barriers to opportunity” and “give children the best start in…
labourlist.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Led by Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org and Democracy for Sale @petergeoghegan.bsky.social investigation of Labour MP Ben Howlett on @itvnews.bsky.social - clip below ⬇️

Story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

🔗 Full @rohitkachrooitv.bsky.social segment on IG instagram.com/reel/DR1SqqXjFtL
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Our latest investigation, in collaboration with Democracy for Sale 👇

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Especially in a world where the climate crisis will bring (and is bringing) global shortages of drinking water.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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BP’s plan was to make 160,000 tones of Hydrogen from fossil gas, creating 2 million tonnes of CO2 which needs to be safely stored - but the worst part is probably this - the use of 5 billion litres of water per year. An insane amount of water.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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This is good news. Blue Hydrogen only makes sense if you’re an oil company looking for life after fossil fuels - we don’t need to make Hydrogen from fossil gas, we can make it from water.

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December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM