Dorothy Stein
@dorothystein.bsky.social
climate, environment, tech, data. Co-founder @salamandernews.org independent local news for Lewisham, SE London. London's only local news co-op.
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Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
MSF urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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We demand immediate hospital care now for Qesser Zuhrah.
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We demand immediate hospital care now for Qesser Zuhrah.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
MPs laugh as meeting with families of hunger strikers is rejected
MPs laugh as meeting with families of hunger strikers is rejected
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
MPs laugh as meeting with families of hunger strikers is rejected
MPs laugh as meeting with families of hunger strikers is rejected
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24-year-old Lewisham hunger striker Jon Cink is at day 41.
Calls for @elliereeves.bsky.social MP to act
and urge Justice Secretary David Lammy to intervene
www.salamandernews.org/calls-ellie-...
Calls for @elliereeves.bsky.social MP to act
and urge Justice Secretary David Lammy to intervene
www.salamandernews.org/calls-ellie-...
Calls for Ellie Reeves MP to act as Lewisham hunger striker 'at very high risk of death'
Supporters of hunger striker Jon Cink are calling for Ellie Reeves to take urgent action to support her constituent.
www.salamandernews.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
24-year-old Lewisham hunger striker Jon Cink is at day 41.
Calls for @elliereeves.bsky.social MP to act
and urge Justice Secretary David Lammy to intervene
www.salamandernews.org/calls-ellie-...
Calls for @elliereeves.bsky.social MP to act
and urge Justice Secretary David Lammy to intervene
www.salamandernews.org/calls-ellie-...
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Both the aviation and the wood burning (Ecostove) industry are exploiting the government's legislation blind spot
says @peteknapp.bsky.social
says @peteknapp.bsky.social
Ultrafine particles can enter the brain through the nose.
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
Heathrow expansion: government is ignoring harms of 'ultrafine' air pollution
Department of Transport assurances on air quality are empty if it fails to monitor the type of air pollution produced by jet engines, which disperses across nearby communities. Ultrafine particles ca...
www.salamandernews.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Both the aviation and the wood burning (Ecostove) industry are exploiting the government's legislation blind spot
says @peteknapp.bsky.social
says @peteknapp.bsky.social
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Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
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Me, in The Guardian today:
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me, in The Guardian today:
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
Murals with words 'Free Marwan' starting to appear across London ..
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Global ‘Free Marwan’ campaign calls for Palestinian political leader’s release
Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solution
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Murals with words 'Free Marwan' starting to appear across London ..
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The exploitation and reality for NHS outsourced cleaners, canteen & domestic staff
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to live
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to go sick
Shame on @iss.world paying below the London living wage
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
#londonlivingwage
#sickpay
#agendaforchange
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to live
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to go sick
Shame on @iss.world paying below the London living wage
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
#londonlivingwage
#sickpay
#agendaforchange
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The exploitation and reality for NHS outsourced cleaners, canteen & domestic staff
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to live
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to go sick
Shame on @iss.world paying below the London living wage
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
#londonlivingwage
#sickpay
#agendaforchange
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to live
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to go sick
Shame on @iss.world paying below the London living wage
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
#londonlivingwage
#sickpay
#agendaforchange
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"Europe’s hydrogen plans reek of green colonialism, offering little tangible benefit to host countries like South Africa, robbing communities of their available resources to transition to clean, safe energy"
Yegeshni Moodley, groundWork South Africa, statement co-author @groundworksa.bsky.social
4/5
Yegeshni Moodley, groundWork South Africa, statement co-author @groundworksa.bsky.social
4/5
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Europe’s hydrogen plans reek of green colonialism, offering little tangible benefit to host countries like South Africa, robbing communities of their available resources to transition to clean, safe energy"
Yegeshni Moodley, groundWork South Africa, statement co-author @groundworksa.bsky.social
4/5
Yegeshni Moodley, groundWork South Africa, statement co-author @groundworksa.bsky.social
4/5
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November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Janet Daby I beg you!
Lewisham residents appeal to their MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crises.
Lewisham North tops league table for climate vulnerability.
#NEB @janetdaby.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/janet-daby-i...
Lewisham residents appeal to their MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crises.
Lewisham North tops league table for climate vulnerability.
#NEB @janetdaby.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/janet-daby-i...
'Janet Daby, I beg you' - Is your MP going to the National Emergency Briefing?
Over 1000 UK scientists have written to MPs urging them to attend the briefing on 27 November, which will highlight the accelerating dangers of climate and nature breakdown.
www.salamandernews.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Janet Daby I beg you!
Lewisham residents appeal to their MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crises.
Lewisham North tops league table for climate vulnerability.
#NEB @janetdaby.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/janet-daby-i...
Lewisham residents appeal to their MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crises.
Lewisham North tops league table for climate vulnerability.
#NEB @janetdaby.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/janet-daby-i...
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Gaza
vs.
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine
vs.
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Gaza
vs.
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine
vs.
Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine
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This is genuinely horrific.
Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families.
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Harming trans kids – Using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation
When puberty blockers were banned in June 2024, the legislation included a clause stating that those currently on blockers would not be medically detransitioned, and could continue care if adopted …
growinguptransgender.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is genuinely horrific.
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🟢 Climate change hits the poorest the hardest shows *Chapter 2.1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*
⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.
Read more in the report 🔗 wid.world/news-article...
⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.
Read more in the report 🔗 wid.world/news-article...
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🟢 Climate change hits the poorest the hardest shows *Chapter 2.1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*
⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.
Read more in the report 🔗 wid.world/news-article...
⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.
Read more in the report 🔗 wid.world/news-article...
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British Muslim Journalist to Be Freed From ICE Detention...Finally...all he seems to have been doing was #journalism while being #Muslim. zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
BREAKING: British Muslim Journalist to Be Freed From ICE Detention
Sami Hamdi was detained after Islamophobic influencers called for him to be deported. Turns out the Trump admin revoked his visa, and then arrested him for overstaying his visa.
zeteo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
British Muslim Journalist to Be Freed From ICE Detention...Finally...all he seems to have been doing was #journalism while being #Muslim. zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
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Spot on @arusbridger.bsky.social: I’d wonder why such close editorial scrutiny should have been entrusted to 3 key people who rejected journalism... Who would you trust more to be impartial on the Middle East—Robbie Gibb, Michael Prescott or Lyse Doucet? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Spot on @arusbridger.bsky.social: I’d wonder why such close editorial scrutiny should have been entrusted to 3 key people who rejected journalism... Who would you trust more to be impartial on the Middle East—Robbie Gibb, Michael Prescott or Lyse Doucet? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Why is Lewisham rolling out unproven expensive 'tech'? Filters built in roads to suck out car pollution, by a one man shop, w/o scientific evidence
Excellent story from @dorothystein.bsky.social on @salamandernews.org
www.salamandernews.org/unproven-unb...
#greenwashing #pollution #lewisham
Excellent story from @dorothystein.bsky.social on @salamandernews.org
www.salamandernews.org/unproven-unb...
#greenwashing #pollution #lewisham
Unproven and "unbelievable": why is Lewisham rolling out Roadvent?
The council plan to install the innovation at a highly polluted site near a school or nursery, but Salamander found no real-world evidence that it works.
www.salamandernews.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Why is Lewisham rolling out unproven expensive 'tech'? Filters built in roads to suck out car pollution, by a one man shop, w/o scientific evidence
Excellent story from @dorothystein.bsky.social on @salamandernews.org
www.salamandernews.org/unproven-unb...
#greenwashing #pollution #lewisham
Excellent story from @dorothystein.bsky.social on @salamandernews.org
www.salamandernews.org/unproven-unb...
#greenwashing #pollution #lewisham
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Mamdani pledges free buses, could London be next?
Free buses? Why not here, too! @farefreelondon.bsky.social response to Zohran Mamdani's election highlighted by @salamandernews.org. www.salamandernews.org/mamdani-pled...
Mamdani has pledged free buses for New York, could London be next?
"If New York City can consider making buses free, so can London and other big world cities", say campaigners Fare Free London.
www.salamandernews.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mamdani pledges free buses, could London be next?
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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The tribunal's message came as it released its genocide verdict following four days of public hearings in Istanbul.
Gaza Tribunal calls for ‘Israeli perpetrators and enablers’ to face justice
The tribunal's message came as it released its genocide verdict following four days of public hearings in Istanbul.
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The tribunal's message came as it released its genocide verdict following four days of public hearings in Istanbul.