Frances with an e
@frmq.bsky.social
Former associate lecturer with the Open University, environmentalist, walker, singer and dog woman
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Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
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This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
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When an extreme event hits a place that has no built resilience, that place, is more often than not taken below a tipping point from which complete recovery is not possible.
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
Fifty days on, Jamaica struggles to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa’s unprecedented destruction
Fifty days have passed since Hurricane Melissa ravaged Jamaica, leaving behind an unprecedented trail of destruction.
news.un.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When an extreme event hits a place that has no built resilience, that place, is more often than not taken below a tipping point from which complete recovery is not possible.
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
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Also... it's Christmas.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Also... it's Christmas.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
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Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
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🚨 “There remains appalling and preventable levels of hunger in Gaza.” Our reaction to the latest report from @theipcinfo.bsky.social, the global Integrated Food Security Classification. Read more: bit.ly/BlockedAid
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨 “There remains appalling and preventable levels of hunger in Gaza.” Our reaction to the latest report from @theipcinfo.bsky.social, the global Integrated Food Security Classification. Read more: bit.ly/BlockedAid
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
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I presume that this is not the culture that is “not equally valid” that Kemi Badenoch was referring to, no?
December 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I presume that this is not the culture that is “not equally valid” that Kemi Badenoch was referring to, no?
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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This was a Reform UK campaign image from the local elections, criticising councils for increasing council tax, and cutting services.
Guess what?
Reform UK are:
⬆️ Raising Council Tax (up to 10% in one case)
⬇️ Cutting Services
#HypocritesUK
Guess what?
Reform UK are:
⬆️ Raising Council Tax (up to 10% in one case)
⬇️ Cutting Services
#HypocritesUK
December 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This was a Reform UK campaign image from the local elections, criticising councils for increasing council tax, and cutting services.
Guess what?
Reform UK are:
⬆️ Raising Council Tax (up to 10% in one case)
⬇️ Cutting Services
#HypocritesUK
Guess what?
Reform UK are:
⬆️ Raising Council Tax (up to 10% in one case)
⬇️ Cutting Services
#HypocritesUK
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Ah yes,
Boris Johnson—the genius who kick-started Brexit (a movement largely driven by stopping immigration) by pushing migration to record highs,
has this to say 👇🙄
Boris Johnson—the genius who kick-started Brexit (a movement largely driven by stopping immigration) by pushing migration to record highs,
has this to say 👇🙄
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ah yes,
Boris Johnson—the genius who kick-started Brexit (a movement largely driven by stopping immigration) by pushing migration to record highs,
has this to say 👇🙄
Boris Johnson—the genius who kick-started Brexit (a movement largely driven by stopping immigration) by pushing migration to record highs,
has this to say 👇🙄
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I presume Tump doesn't necessarily hope to win he just wants to bully media organisations to treat him preferentially.
In other news the Epstein files are due to be released today. I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this? I suspect very little. Trump's plan will have worked if true.
In other news the Epstein files are due to be released today. I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this? I suspect very little. Trump's plan will have worked if true.
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I presume Tump doesn't necessarily hope to win he just wants to bully media organisations to treat him preferentially.
In other news the Epstein files are due to be released today. I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this? I suspect very little. Trump's plan will have worked if true.
In other news the Epstein files are due to be released today. I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this? I suspect very little. Trump's plan will have worked if true.
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Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
😡
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Wow @thetimes.com, that’s impressive
An entire article about “freak heat” in the Dolomites causing mayhem amongst skiers without once mentioning climate change…🤷🏼♀️
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An entire article about “freak heat” in the Dolomites causing mayhem amongst skiers without once mentioning climate change…🤷🏼♀️
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1/5
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wow @thetimes.com, that’s impressive
An entire article about “freak heat” in the Dolomites causing mayhem amongst skiers without once mentioning climate change…🤷🏼♀️
🧵
1/5
An entire article about “freak heat” in the Dolomites causing mayhem amongst skiers without once mentioning climate change…🤷🏼♀️
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m
In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
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As the government launches its new policy over violence against women and girls, we go to Nigel Farage for Reform’s response.
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As the government launches its new policy over violence against women and girls, we go to Nigel Farage for Reform’s response.
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It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
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They literally couldn’t be bothered to even show up to discuss the VAWG strategy today. bsky.app/profile/sara...
A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They literally couldn’t be bothered to even show up to discuss the VAWG strategy today. bsky.app/profile/sara...
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A third of 16-18 year olds girls say in surveys that they experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. There are several hundred rapes reported in schools every year.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Of course it has! Now, can we take her Baroness status away? She is a disgrace! 😡😡
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Of course it has! Now, can we take her Baroness status away? She is a disgrace! 😡😡
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Farage is a traitor.
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Farage is a traitor.
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It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...