juliedo.bsky.social
@juliedo.bsky.social
Climate emergency. Nature crisis. Activist. Enjoys cycling, photography, birding & wildlife, dressmaking. Grandmother. Retired engineer/engineering manager. Arrived at 311.8ppm.
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EXCLUSIVE
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Liberty Investigates‘ latest story with @theguardian.com
@pscupdates.bsky.social
@ijan-us.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Liberty Investigates‘ latest story with @theguardian.com
@pscupdates.bsky.social
@ijan-us.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts
Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Liberty Investigates‘ latest story with @theguardian.com
@pscupdates.bsky.social
@ijan-us.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Liberty Investigates‘ latest story with @theguardian.com
@pscupdates.bsky.social
@ijan-us.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
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“If Labour pits its housing targets against nature, it will find itself in a battle with the very thing that gives people a deep sense of pride and personal joy - when both feel in short supply.”
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Pitting Nimbys against Yimbys is a bad idea
Popular political assumptions misread the public by attacking nature as the block to building more housing
www.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“If Labour pits its housing targets against nature, it will find itself in a battle with the very thing that gives people a deep sense of pride and personal joy - when both feel in short supply.”
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
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Despite mass arrests and draconian laws and fines, Georgians still take to the streets every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
Day 388 of nonstop protests in Tbilisi.
Day 388 of nonstop protests in Tbilisi.
December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Despite mass arrests and draconian laws and fines, Georgians still take to the streets every day in 8+ cities. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
Day 388 of nonstop protests in Tbilisi.
Day 388 of nonstop protests in Tbilisi.
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A large crowd in Tbilisi tonight, on day 388 of nonstop protests in Georgia.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A large crowd in Tbilisi tonight, on day 388 of nonstop protests in Georgia.
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This is one of the most shocking and obscene things I have ever heard
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US military to stop shooting live animals to train medics for the battlefield
Defense department will still allow stabbing and burning, and ‘weapon wounding’ on animals to test weapons
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is one of the most shocking and obscene things I have ever heard
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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7 years after XR first called for urgent climate action, a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and citizen-led decision-making, none of those demands has been met.
While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.
While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.
December 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
7 years after XR first called for urgent climate action, a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and citizen-led decision-making, none of those demands has been met.
While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.
While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.
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The area being proposed for deep sea mining in the Marianas is more than 10x the size of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and larger than the state of New York
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The area being proposed for deep sea mining in the Marianas is more than 10x the size of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and larger than the state of New York
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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MOST of the year? WTF?
Why is it OK to shoot this marvellous animal at all?
And what sort of monster would delight in this?
British nature is depleted enough as it is
Ban shooting anything in the UK - ALL THE TIME
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why is it OK to shoot this marvellous animal at all?
And what sort of monster would delight in this?
British nature is depleted enough as it is
Ban shooting anything in the UK - ALL THE TIME
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 1:44 PM
MOST of the year? WTF?
Why is it OK to shoot this marvellous animal at all?
And what sort of monster would delight in this?
British nature is depleted enough as it is
Ban shooting anything in the UK - ALL THE TIME
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why is it OK to shoot this marvellous animal at all?
And what sort of monster would delight in this?
British nature is depleted enough as it is
Ban shooting anything in the UK - ALL THE TIME
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Those Brexit benefits pile up (Literally) : Long queues of travellers have formed at the Port of Dover, which are being blamed on IT issues at 🇫🇷 border controls
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Port of Dover Christmas getaway delays due to IT issues in Calais
The Port of Dover says earlier problems in Calais are causing processing delays of up to one hour.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Those Brexit benefits pile up (Literally) : Long queues of travellers have formed at the Port of Dover, which are being blamed on IT issues at 🇫🇷 border controls
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Absolute chaos"
Images of the port show a long line of vehicles queuing at standstill
30k cars expected
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Well, bugger me. Turns out our prison service is totally dependent on foreign workers too.
Another victim of the idiotic anti-immigrant posturing of our politicians.
😡😡😡
Another victim of the idiotic anti-immigrant posturing of our politicians.
😡😡😡
BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, bugger me. Turns out our prison service is totally dependent on foreign workers too.
Another victim of the idiotic anti-immigrant posturing of our politicians.
😡😡😡
Another victim of the idiotic anti-immigrant posturing of our politicians.
😡😡😡
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TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROTEST RIGHTS
Our fundamental right to protest is under threat. We must act urgently to protect it.
Email the House of Lords today and tell them to SCRAP anti-protest laws in the Crime and Policing Bill:
https://secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/180398/action/1
Our fundamental right to protest is under threat. We must act urgently to protect it.
Email the House of Lords today and tell them to SCRAP anti-protest laws in the Crime and Policing Bill:
https://secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/180398/action/1
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROTEST RIGHTS
Our fundamental right to protest is under threat. We must act urgently to protect it.
Email the House of Lords today and tell them to SCRAP anti-protest laws in the Crime and Policing Bill:
https://secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/180398/action/1
Our fundamental right to protest is under threat. We must act urgently to protect it.
Email the House of Lords today and tell them to SCRAP anti-protest laws in the Crime and Policing Bill:
https://secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/180398/action/1
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The NHS has problems because since the 1980s it has been slowly privatised.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The NHS has problems because since the 1980s it has been slowly privatised.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
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The only way to get back on track to the Paris Accords — which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2.0 C — is to pull the “Emergency Brake” climate solutions.
Towards the top of the list is curbing methane emissions as quickly as possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Towards the top of the list is curbing methane emissions as quickly as possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The only way to get back on track to the Paris Accords — which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2.0 C — is to pull the “Emergency Brake” climate solutions.
Towards the top of the list is curbing methane emissions as quickly as possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Towards the top of the list is curbing methane emissions as quickly as possible.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My friends, I don't want to rush to Mars or the moon to theoretically have the energy and materials to prop up extractive capitalism for another century or so.
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My friends, I don't want to rush to Mars or the moon to theoretically have the energy and materials to prop up extractive capitalism for another century or so.
Today's #birdoftheday is #LongLegsAndNeck so here is a lovely stork that graced me by foraging in front of me for some time in the #Camargue in June. #birds
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today's #birdoftheday is #LongLegsAndNeck so here is a lovely stork that graced me by foraging in front of me for some time in the #Camargue in June. #birds
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How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order – Byline Times
How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order
Documents show Jeffrey Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of Silicon Valley founders with strategic influence on the mod...
bylinetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order – Byline Times
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This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
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“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
goodlaw.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
goodlaw.social/8f6640
goodlaw.social/8f6640
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Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The media response has been insufficient.
If the media won’t Tell The Truth then we will for them.
Many of these people, all aged 30 or under have been on hunger strike for over a month:
Amu Gib - Day 46
Heba Muraisi - Day 45
Teuta Hoxha - Day 39
Kamran Ahmed - Day 38
Lewie Chiaramello - Day 24
If the media won’t Tell The Truth then we will for them.
Many of these people, all aged 30 or under have been on hunger strike for over a month:
Amu Gib - Day 46
Heba Muraisi - Day 45
Teuta Hoxha - Day 39
Kamran Ahmed - Day 38
Lewie Chiaramello - Day 24
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The media response has been insufficient.
If the media won’t Tell The Truth then we will for them.
Many of these people, all aged 30 or under have been on hunger strike for over a month:
Amu Gib - Day 46
Heba Muraisi - Day 45
Teuta Hoxha - Day 39
Kamran Ahmed - Day 38
Lewie Chiaramello - Day 24
If the media won’t Tell The Truth then we will for them.
Many of these people, all aged 30 or under have been on hunger strike for over a month:
Amu Gib - Day 46
Heba Muraisi - Day 45
Teuta Hoxha - Day 39
Kamran Ahmed - Day 38
Lewie Chiaramello - Day 24
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Young people are risking their lives for Palestine.
Qesser Zuhrah is on day 46 of hunger strike, is very sick and literally dying.
HMP Bronzefield is currently denying her an ambulance.
Call them 0178442560 and demand an ambulance for Qesser.
If you are near the prison, join the people outside it.
Qesser Zuhrah is on day 46 of hunger strike, is very sick and literally dying.
HMP Bronzefield is currently denying her an ambulance.
Call them 0178442560 and demand an ambulance for Qesser.
If you are near the prison, join the people outside it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Young people are risking their lives for Palestine.
Qesser Zuhrah is on day 46 of hunger strike, is very sick and literally dying.
HMP Bronzefield is currently denying her an ambulance.
Call them 0178442560 and demand an ambulance for Qesser.
If you are near the prison, join the people outside it.
Qesser Zuhrah is on day 46 of hunger strike, is very sick and literally dying.
HMP Bronzefield is currently denying her an ambulance.
Call them 0178442560 and demand an ambulance for Qesser.
If you are near the prison, join the people outside it.
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We join the many urgent calls on the Justice Secretary David Lammy and the British government demanding emergency medical assistance is granted for Qesser Zuhrah, who is detained at HMP Bronzefield and now 46 days into a hunger strike.
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We join the many urgent calls on the Justice Secretary David Lammy and the British government demanding emergency medical assistance is granted for Qesser Zuhrah, who is detained at HMP Bronzefield and now 46 days into a hunger strike.