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Mark Robins
@byhedge.bsky.social
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Semi-retired ecologist/nature restoration advocate. Not retired from working to restore nature. Enjoying loads of good projects in West Cork.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 1h
A couple of weeks ago I heard an Israeli Govt spokesperson on Piers Morgan’s show…

He said Israel had killed 20,000 Hamas terrorists

This week we learn:

18,457 children confirmed dead

55,000 children acutely malnourished

So a war on children as much as a war on Hamas.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 17h
Is meat the new oil? Five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance

By @cleoverk.bsky.social
www.sei.org/perspectives...
Is meat the new oil? Five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance
In this perspective, SEI Senior Scientist Cleo Verkuijl outlines lessons from fossil fuel governance that can guide transformation of the global food system.
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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 22h
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 12h
Labour Anti Nature Party.
Come May local elections... wipe out. And canvasers need not bother knocking.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18h
This insane plan would be hard to credit, except for the fact that it fits perfectly with this appalling government's sustained attack on nature and the environment

It must be fought, every step of the way

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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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 20h
Annual cost of Eton school fees: £53k

Average UK salary: £35k

Guess which one the right-wing press is more concerned about?
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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 9h
Google is spreading Israel’s propaganda for millions of dollars

Take two minutes to demand they end their complicity

substack.com/@ayubahmad/n...
Ayuba Ahmad 🇵🇸 (@ayubahmad)
Google is spreading Israel’s propaganda for millions of dollars. Take two minutes to demand they end their complicity.
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 8h
Well well ! ⬇️

Btw the EUs CAP has been stuffing small farms for decades.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h
“The rule change amounts to an immediate transfer of income from poor farm workers to the very rich, very large agribusinesses which dominate US farms.“
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Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers
Last week, the Trump administration pushed through a rule change that went largely unnoticed by the mainstream press. Under the new rules, H-2A workers — the only uncapped guest worker programme in th...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 18h
Dear EU,

Please don't cave in to these monsters.

"Unlike traditional trade negotiations, the US is not offering concessions in return. “It’s a one-way street,” said one EU official."
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal
Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans
www.ft.com
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 10h
Yup ⬇️

Does Humphries even know what the climate crisis is?
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d
'I don’t expect any Budget to sort out those crises, but I do expect a Budget to be put in context of the existential threat posed by climate change,' said Connolly in the Dáil this evening.
http://jrnl.ie/6838080
Catherine Connolly says there is no 'recognition' of climate emergency in Budget 2026
‘I don’t expect any Budget to sort out those crises, but I do expect a Budget to be put in context of the existential threat posed by climate change.’
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 11h
Clegg only cares about mega bucks.

His role in the Tory/LibDem government in the UK can never be forgiven/forgotten.
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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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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 13h
Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12h
Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 11d
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Chipmunk Whisperer 🌴🥥🏝️ @chipmunkwhisperer.bsky.social · 2d
Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 13h
FFS! ⬇️
Israel should never be forgiven…
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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 13h
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror
In Recent Weeks We Spoke by Video With Doctors Around the Gaza Strip. Through Virtual Tours of Medical Facilities, We Sought to Document the Situation in Which Thousands of Children Suffer From Severe...
www.haaretz.com
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 13h
We’ll find out when food prices go up, as they already have done owing to climate impacts…
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 15h
Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets.

Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
www.thetimes.com
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 13h
Pure malice from the beef lobby & their tame MEPs.

Petty, stupid but satisfying their culture wars brains.

MEPs have made themselves look completely stupid. Nothing better to do than this?
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 13h
Amazing - 1500 postcard sized works of art - for sale for Palestine ⬇️.

Check the details at: palestinepostcardproject.com
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16h
This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14h
“A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism,” says Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh

Ditto Shepherds pie

Feel free to add your own below 👇

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Veggie burgers’ could be off the menu as MEPs vote to ban plant-based food terms
Vote is victory for MEPs who want to strengthen position of farmers in food supply chain
www.theguardian.com
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 14h
Shame on MEPs for going anywhere near this culture wars nonsense.

No better things to do with their time…

(Peanut butter, hot dogs, etc…).
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 14h
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‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods
Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’
www.theguardian.com
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14h
Arguing against this vote, “the Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh…said consumers were unlikely to be misled. ‘A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism.’”

See also: peanut butter, hot dogs themselves…
‘Veggie burgers’ could be off the menu as MEPs vote to ban plant-based food terms
Vote is victory for MEPs who want to strengthen position of farmers in food supply chain
www.theguardian.com
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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 18h
Well well ! ⬇️
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Rod Schoonover-Rey @rodschoonover.bsky.social · 18h
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New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk
The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 18h
Marilda Dhaskali, Senior Agriculture and Land-use Policy Officer, BirdLife Europe: “Today the EU parliament chose, once again, to set farming and farmers up for total failure. We call on Member States and the European Commission to immediately stop this dangerous rollback for nature."
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