@alsoldebiel.bsky.social
From the Pyrenees foothills to the big skies of Lincolnshire 🇪🇸🇬🇧
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If I was a mayor, or ran a city’s transportation dept, I’d be meeting frequently with the local police chief/deputy chiefs, explaining the MANY public interest reasons why we want as many people as possible riding bikes, and how their approach to bike theft, ticketing, etc makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If I was a mayor, or ran a city’s transportation dept, I’d be meeting frequently with the local police chief/deputy chiefs, explaining the MANY public interest reasons why we want as many people as possible riding bikes, and how their approach to bike theft, ticketing, etc makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
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"Parents no longer feel the need to have larger families as a hedge against tragedy. Instead, they can invest more in fewer children, ensuring better education, health, and opportunities for each. This ‘quality over quantity’ shift isn’t just pragmatic – it’s a marker of progress."
Why falling birth rates might be the wake-up call we need
A quiet revolution may be required to reverse economic policies causing this attack on humanity’s advancement
bylines.scot
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Parents no longer feel the need to have larger families as a hedge against tragedy. Instead, they can invest more in fewer children, ensuring better education, health, and opportunities for each. This ‘quality over quantity’ shift isn’t just pragmatic – it’s a marker of progress."
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“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk,” Kim Cobb told @bloomberg.com about NCAR, given its cutting-edge work on extreme weather and across fields including machine learning and AI.
Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Administration Aims to Dismantle Key Climate Research Hub
The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science hub in Boulder, Colorado, which the Trump administration says strayed from its mission decades ago by taki...
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk,” Kim Cobb told @bloomberg.com about NCAR, given its cutting-edge work on extreme weather and across fields including machine learning and AI.
Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AOC: “President Trump ran on a promise to the American people that ICE would go after the worst of the worst — What we have seen is that ICE is not overwhelmingly going after criminals — In fact, over 70% of people currently detained in detention facilities do not have a criminal record”
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
AOC: “President Trump ran on a promise to the American people that ICE would go after the worst of the worst — What we have seen is that ICE is not overwhelmingly going after criminals — In fact, over 70% of people currently detained in detention facilities do not have a criminal record”
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🚨 Nature under threat as controversial exemptions for smaller sites get the go-ahead
📣 “This is the same short-term politics that got us into this mess in the first place... but we are ready to fight for British nature.”
www.edie.net/biodiversity...
📣 “This is the same short-term politics that got us into this mess in the first place... but we are ready to fight for British nature.”
www.edie.net/biodiversity...
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 Nature under threat as controversial exemptions for smaller sites get the go-ahead
📣 “This is the same short-term politics that got us into this mess in the first place... but we are ready to fight for British nature.”
www.edie.net/biodiversity...
📣 “This is the same short-term politics that got us into this mess in the first place... but we are ready to fight for British nature.”
www.edie.net/biodiversity...
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Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."
Europe’s longest urban cable car unveiled in Paris 17 years after initial proposal
The innovative new project will connect the south-eastern region of the city which is poorly served by public transport
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."
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“What disturbs us is less what happened years ago, hurtful as it was, but rather your refusal to acknowledge your past behaviour or apologise for it”
If Farage was made to acknowledge his past behaviour or apologise for it, his career would have ended years ago.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If Farage was made to acknowledge his past behaviour or apologise for it, his career would have ended years ago.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegations
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“What disturbs us is less what happened years ago, hurtful as it was, but rather your refusal to acknowledge your past behaviour or apologise for it”
If Farage was made to acknowledge his past behaviour or apologise for it, his career would have ended years ago.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If Farage was made to acknowledge his past behaviour or apologise for it, his career would have ended years ago.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
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British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
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It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely
When push comes to shove Labour will sell out anyone to protect their jobs and the white colonialist infrastructure the UK is built on
www.thecanary.co
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
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Do you have a Smart Meter? If so is it fully working or have you got/had issues. Please take our survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90964266/...
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Do you have a Smart Meter? If so is it fully working or have you got/had issues. Please take our survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90964266/...
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
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PEFC is facing criticism for certifying Indonesian firm IFP despite extensive recent deforestation in orangutan habitat.
NGOs say loopholes like “partial certification” enable greenwashing, allowing deforestation-linked timber to enter global supply chains, including the EU.
NGOs say loopholes like “partial certification” enable greenwashing, allowing deforestation-linked timber to enter global supply chains, including the EU.
Green labeler PEFC under fire for certifying Indonesian firm clearing orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — A major global forestry certification body is under scrutiny for endorsing one of Indonesia’s largest recent deforesters, raising concerns that consumers may be misled about the origins of…
news.mongabay.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
PEFC is facing criticism for certifying Indonesian firm IFP despite extensive recent deforestation in orangutan habitat.
NGOs say loopholes like “partial certification” enable greenwashing, allowing deforestation-linked timber to enter global supply chains, including the EU.
NGOs say loopholes like “partial certification” enable greenwashing, allowing deforestation-linked timber to enter global supply chains, including the EU.
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Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK found 12 food items were at risk of a “cocktail effect”, meaning several pesticides mixed together increase the toxicity level of the chemicals.
www.the-independent.com/new...
www.the-independent.com/new...
The worst supermarket fruit and veg for pesticides
One sample of grapes contained at least 16 different pesticides
www.the-independent.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK found 12 food items were at risk of a “cocktail effect”, meaning several pesticides mixed together increase the toxicity level of the chemicals.
www.the-independent.com/new...
www.the-independent.com/new...
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Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
One of the first white-tailed eagles to fledge in England for hundreds of years has vanished in suspicious circumstances, alongside two more “devastating” disappearances of the reintroduced raptor.
Police are appealing for public help as they investigate the disappearances, which is a setback to the bird’s successful reintroduction. Their disappearance is being investigated by several police forces and the National Wildlife Crime Unit. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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Nick Thomas-Symonds MP announces that the UK is rejoining Erasmus+. 🎉
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP announces that the UK is rejoining Erasmus+. 🎉
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
"It will open up world class opportunities for students, teachers, youth workers, sports sector professionals and communities of all ages."
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I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
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A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries.
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
@swinda.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
@swinda.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Experts warn ongoing concern with Atlantic Ocean will be direct threat to dozens of nations: 'Consequences for at least 1,000 years to come'
"A huge responsibility for the decision makers of today."
www.yahoo.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries.
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
@swinda.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
@swinda.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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"These efforts aren’t just adaptation. They’re acts of resistance."
Mountain communities in Peru on the frontlines of climate breakdown fight back.
Mountain communities in Peru on the frontlines of climate breakdown fight back.
Resistance is a river
Corruption, illegal mining, and lack of action threaten Peru’s mountain communities as glaciers disappear.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"These efforts aren’t just adaptation. They’re acts of resistance."
Mountain communities in Peru on the frontlines of climate breakdown fight back.
Mountain communities in Peru on the frontlines of climate breakdown fight back.
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'Craig Bennett, the chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts, described the proposed changes as “the worst environmental regression seen in decades” and accused the Government of “abandoning the nature promises that it was elected on”.'
inews.co.uk/news/green-s...
inews.co.uk/news/green-s...
Green space the size of Snowdonia could be lost under Labour planning reforms
The head of the National Trust has accused the Government of 'scapegoating' nature ahead of an expected weakening of biodiversity protections in the planning system
inews.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
'Craig Bennett, the chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts, described the proposed changes as “the worst environmental regression seen in decades” and accused the Government of “abandoning the nature promises that it was elected on”.'
inews.co.uk/news/green-s...
inews.co.uk/news/green-s...