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James Connelly
@jamescon.bsky.social
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Emeritus Prof, Hull. Writing Collingwood bio / Philosophical Idealism, Environmental politics & ethics, Elections/electoral systems / Minsters Rail Campaign /[email protected] / https://hull.academia.edu/JamesConnelly .. more

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h
The New York Post has been honest brokered.

The IPCC is lucky to have @frediotto.bsky.social as a coordinating lead author.
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 16h
Fiona Bruce shuts down Zack Polanski's attempt to press Zia Yusuf over Reform UK's links to Putin.

"Bribrary from Russia. Pretty serious for our national security."

"There's other things that the audience wants to talk about", Bruce responds.

Good on @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
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Reposted by Tom Griffin, Aurélien Mondon, James Connelly

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
bylinetimes.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting comments
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 1d
Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
www.insidehighered.com
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d
“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 2d
The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye
Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’
www.thetimes.com
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2d
2/ More info on the threat to the Protected Landscapes Duty: www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

Here's the joint letter I've signed along with 170 other green groups & environmentalists: www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2d
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com
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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 2d
Waste imperialism

"All EU plastic waste exports should be banned to anywhere outside the EU"

#ReduceConsumption

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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Schauinsland @soweitsogut.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Go #greens!
Under new leader Zack #polanski, Britain’s Green Party has become the fastest growing political party in #britain in terms of membership.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-young-women-joining-green-party-conference-gaze-refugees?
Natasha Walter: Why young women are going Green
As politics becomes increasingly xenophobic, the Greta Thunberg generation is flocking to join a party with both a strong stance on Gaza and refugee rights
www.thenerve.news
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JuanWild @juanwild.bsky.social · 2d
Zack Polanski on The News Agents(video)..
#Britain..#Greens youtu.be/CKIohf-BSq8?...
Zack Polanski grilled on the News Agents!
YouTube video by Zack Polanski
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 2d
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 3d
New commentary paper by our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social in @pnas.org on turning mass public support for proenvironmental goals into concrete actions:
"Limited environmental action may be explained by a lack of ability or opportunity, rather than a lack of caring"
@rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
Turning mass support for environmental goals into action | PNAS
Turning mass support for environmental goals into action
www.pnas.org
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Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, Steve Peers, Colin Murray , and 5 more

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 3d
This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 3d
And here is the percentage of the world's land area setting a new all-time monthly maximum temperature record in each decade:
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 3d
Around 78% of the world has seen all-time maximum monthly temperature records set since the year 2000, with 38% set in past five years alone. In a new analysis over at The Climate Brink I take a look at where and when records were set: www.theclimatebrink....
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams
Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams
The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
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James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 3d
The Conservatives can't even conserve spelling!
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 3d
Comment | Badenoch’s breaking of the climate consensus will have consequences

Kemi Badenoch’s decision to ditch the Conservative commitment to net zero will have implications for the costs of transition, argues @jillongovt.bsky.social

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/bade...
Badenoch’s breaking of the climate consensus will have consequences | Institute for Government
The Conservatives have lost their energy policy anchor.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
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Gareth Maddieson @oldmaddgaz75.bsky.social · 4d
Now what's she's done there is confuse freedom with toasted sandwich maker hasn't she ?!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 4d
If Michelle Mone has "no wish" to return to the Lords as a Tory peer, as reported this weekend, she should probably stop boasting about being a baroness
Her website landing page: Baroness Michelle Mone of Mayfair OBE
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 6d
Poison
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
www.theguardian.com
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 6d
Badenoch commits to leaving ECHR

Only 2 precedents exist: the Greek junta in 1967 & Vladimir Putin in 2022

Sharper response just to name them?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 6d
stuff like this gives me and extremely high amount of joy
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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 6d
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 6d
Yeah, I know fact-checking will convince no-one on her side of the argument, but kudos to the Grauniad for doing it anyway.
As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
www.theguardian.com
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 6d
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes
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