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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 1h

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#gazachildren
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all nature people and orgs, please consider adding your name to Naturalists for Palestine.

It's essential we recognise that ecocide and genocide are two sides of the same coin, and resist both.
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Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 1d

Starlings!
(Sound up)
#starlings

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful early autumn day in the garden and still lots of insects around. It helps having late flowering plants and wildflowers. Bristly ox-tongue and asters still going strong, as well as scabious and ice plants. Ivy flowers are just coming out.
#wildflowers
#insects
#gardeningforwildlife

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 4d

And this beautiful anthology launches today. Congratulations to @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers and to all involved in this beautiful book! You can buy it here. #poetrysky #booksky#naturewriting www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

The Book of Bogs

This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

www.littletoller.co.uk

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 2d

This arson attack took place in Sussex where I live.
Solidarity with the Muslim community.
The Green party’s co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, said police needed to “urgently seek clarity” on the motives of the attack & whether it also constituted an act of terrorism

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Suspected arson attack at East Sussex mosque investigated as hate crime

Fire at mosque in Peacehaven on Saturday night left front entrance damaged and a car burnt out

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #UKfungusday 🍄🍄‍🟫
So many interesting varieties to search for in the woods!
#autumn
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 4d

Important thread, please share.

Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · 4d

We are all implicated in this UK-backed genocide & ecocide, against our wishes.

We must all stand up for the better world we wish to enjoy and share.

#N4P #Naturalists4Palestine

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Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

naturalistsforpalestine.org

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful surf and clouds around with #stormamy #worthing

White surf spray being blown in the wind

Close up of surf and spray against rocks

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Lugg Meadow, the UK’s largest remaining Lammas meadow, is under threat from housing plans. A rare habitat, rich in wildlife and tradition, could be irreversibly damaged.

🚫 We’ve objected to the proposal. Now it’s your turn.
👉 Have your say: https://loom.ly/-yNvG6g

A wide meadow filled with bright yellow wildflowers under a blue sky with scattered white clouds, bordered by green trees in the distance. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

A Eurasian curlew standing in a grassy field, showing its long, downward-curved bill and mottled brown plumage. Photo credit: Bahadir Yeniceri

Close-up of a cluster of small white flowers from a narrow-leaved water-dropwort plant, with green blurred foliage in the background. Photo credit: Nahhan.

Close-up of bright yellow buttercup flowers in a meadow, with a soft-focus background of more yellow blooms. Photo credit: Chris Harris.

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 5d

Gorgeous!
#fungi
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

www.theguardian.com

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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 5d

‘The truth is simple: Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality … We are organising. We are growing. This is our moment. We need you to help us seize it.’ Brilliant from @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 5d

Welcome!

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6d

We are deeply saddened by & condemn the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.

Acts of violence have no place in our society. Politicians & the media must ensure their actions in the following days don't stoke division further.

We must focus on the humanity that connects us all.

Image reads: living free from violence is a human right. everyone has the right to practise their religion or belief, and visit their place of worship without the fear of being attacked.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 6d

Is your work included?

The Society of Authors is creating a list of members who are included on this list to help us gauge how many UK members are affected. If you have found your work listed, please consider recording your details with us.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 6d

A searchable works list has been released to identify the authors’ works that were stolen by US Corporation Anthropic, to train its AI models. It includes UK authors whose works were copied without their permission or payment.

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds great, but it’s disappointing that you don’t accept self-published novels. You could be missing some great stories!
#climatefiction

Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 7d

Tragic 😢
The wildlife there have existed for thousands of years and the wall will sever populations in half, preventing prevent animals – including the endangered jaguar – from migrating to find food and mates, which could mean their eventual extinction.
#ecocide

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Border wall slicing through Arizona wildlife corridor begins construction: ‘A show of force for nothing’

The 30ft-high wall between the US and Mexico will cut through one of the last unbroken grasslands in the west, leaving residents alarmed over the potential impact on wildlife and water use

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 7d

A wonderful poet. RIP #brianpatten
“I was one of the last children to read at my primary school. There was quite a violent, tense background at home … such claustrophobia. I just started writing to get things down, since there was no one to speak to.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79

His poetry often explored love and relationships and he wrote books for children including Gargling With Jelly

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t make this one but have been on others. You’re not alone.

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 9d

Not great photos but think these were a pair of stonechats on the seedheads at the West Parade greenspace #Worthing. Never seen any here before. Shows that #rewilding even small areas works.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 10d

Lots of varieties of fungi around in Nore Wood, West Sussex.
Love the white Porcelain fungus, they’re so shiny and translucent.
#fungi
#autumn
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 10d

Happy #WorldRiversDay !
The beautiful river Arun on a hot day in summer. Flowing through Sussex, it’s one of the fastest flowing rivers in England.
If you’re lucky you might see a white-tailed eagle 🦅 flying overhead.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@riveractionuk.bsky.social

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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 10d

Check out this fantastic photo, taken at an Insure Our Survival campaign action last year.

It has been shortlisted in the British Photography Awards 2025 🎉

🗳 Vote here to back the image and boost climate campaigning: www.britishphotographyawards.org/2025-shortli...

Please share widely 💚

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

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