Karen Taylor Burge
@karentb.bsky.social
Philanthropist - delivering teacher training to monastic and migrant community schools in Myanmar and on the Thai border. Upgrading education standards to alleviate poverty.
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As those extinctions accelerate and the climate crisis makes the world even more hostile to life, what we must do has never been clearer: make and meet our urgent climate targets, and protect and restore our natural world.
We’ll keep doing that right here in London.
We’ll keep doing that right here in London.
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
As those extinctions accelerate and the climate crisis makes the world even more hostile to life, what we must do has never been clearer: make and meet our urgent climate targets, and protect and restore our natural world.
We’ll keep doing that right here in London.
We’ll keep doing that right here in London.
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It’s something we share with countless other incredible lifeforms, all fascinating and worthy of celebration.
Globally, more than 47,000 species are believed to be under threat of extinction.
Globally, more than 47,000 species are believed to be under threat of extinction.
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
It’s something we share with countless other incredible lifeforms, all fascinating and worthy of celebration.
Globally, more than 47,000 species are believed to be under threat of extinction.
Globally, more than 47,000 species are believed to be under threat of extinction.
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Some opposed our work to put nature at the heart of London. I sincerely hope that David Attenborough’s ‘Wild London’ has changed their minds.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Some opposed our work to put nature at the heart of London. I sincerely hope that David Attenborough’s ‘Wild London’ has changed their minds.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
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I do think this is probably also why young people are now more likely to insist they're overtaxed.
As an experiment my boss and I worked out our Net Pay/Gross Pay and my student loan means I'm astonishingly close % wise despite him earning around twice what I do.
It's just not a sensible system.
As an experiment my boss and I worked out our Net Pay/Gross Pay and my student loan means I'm astonishingly close % wise despite him earning around twice what I do.
It's just not a sensible system.
Essentially Plan B is just an income tax hike, applied in a really haphazard way, at the wrong point in most people's lifecycle.
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I do think this is probably also why young people are now more likely to insist they're overtaxed.
As an experiment my boss and I worked out our Net Pay/Gross Pay and my student loan means I'm astonishingly close % wise despite him earning around twice what I do.
It's just not a sensible system.
As an experiment my boss and I worked out our Net Pay/Gross Pay and my student loan means I'm astonishingly close % wise despite him earning around twice what I do.
It's just not a sensible system.
The epitome of tragedy.
Two years ago today, Israel executed Hind Rajab with 335 bullets.
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The epitome of tragedy.
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Two years ago today, Israel executed Hind Rajab with 335 bullets.
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Two years ago today, Israel executed Hind Rajab with 335 bullets.
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
First, they murdered her family.
Then they killed her.
Then they executed the paramedics who tried to save her.
She was only 5 years old.
“I’m so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?”
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i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
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📢"Ending this crisis requires sustained international pressure, meaningful accountability, and concrete humanitarian, political, and technical support for those in #Myanmar and the millions forced to flee." www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
Myanmar: Junta Atrocities Surge 5 Years since Coup
Myanmar’s military junta has committed widespread repression and abuse in every facet of life in the country since seizing power on February 1, 2021.
www.hrw.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
📢"Ending this crisis requires sustained international pressure, meaningful accountability, and concrete humanitarian, political, and technical support for those in #Myanmar and the millions forced to flee." www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
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Great piece on why this Labour Government's failure has primarily been a moral one
My Trade Secrets today, in which it's fair to say I go off on one.
The Labour party is famously "a moral crusade or it is nothing". On aid, immigration and trade they're going for the latter option, with betrayals of principle both repugnant and pointless. 1/n
The Labour party is famously "a moral crusade or it is nothing". On aid, immigration and trade they're going for the latter option, with betrayals of principle both repugnant and pointless. 1/n
The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade
[FREE TO READ] The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade
as.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Great piece on why this Labour Government's failure has primarily been a moral one
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Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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🚨 Applications for our Research Training Programme *close tomorrow*!
This 12-week programme is aimed at recent graduates from a Black, Asian or other Minority Ethnic group.
Please share with candidates who might be interested! ⤵️ buff.ly/3z4e2KL
This 12-week programme is aimed at recent graduates from a Black, Asian or other Minority Ethnic group.
Please share with candidates who might be interested! ⤵️ buff.ly/3z4e2KL
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🚨 Applications for our Research Training Programme *close tomorrow*!
This 12-week programme is aimed at recent graduates from a Black, Asian or other Minority Ethnic group.
Please share with candidates who might be interested! ⤵️ buff.ly/3z4e2KL
This 12-week programme is aimed at recent graduates from a Black, Asian or other Minority Ethnic group.
Please share with candidates who might be interested! ⤵️ buff.ly/3z4e2KL
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[Trump] is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics.
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
[Trump] is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics.
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
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A timelapse of the enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest in Chicago yesterday (Sun Jan 25, 2026).
They’re trying to tell you it’s a Minneapolis story, that protests are small and confined.
They’re lying.
(🎥 Craig Shimala)
They’re trying to tell you it’s a Minneapolis story, that protests are small and confined.
They’re lying.
(🎥 Craig Shimala)
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 AM
A timelapse of the enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest in Chicago yesterday (Sun Jan 25, 2026).
They’re trying to tell you it’s a Minneapolis story, that protests are small and confined.
They’re lying.
(🎥 Craig Shimala)
They’re trying to tell you it’s a Minneapolis story, that protests are small and confined.
They’re lying.
(🎥 Craig Shimala)
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Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
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The obscene riches being accrued by hedge fund execs show a financial system in crisis, writes Alan Rusbridger
One man paid himself £500m last year—in what world is that morally okay?
The obscene riches being accrued by hedge fund execs show a financial system in crisis
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The obscene riches being accrued by hedge fund execs show a financial system in crisis, writes Alan Rusbridger
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Trump’s Minnesota crackdown darkens further. Tonight on Legal AF, Ben and Popok expose escalating federal force, a killed U.S. protester, and threats to journalists and civil liberties. Trump faces global rejection, looming accountability, and a Supreme Court setback. LIVE at 8pm ET. Tune in below.
LIVE: Trump INVASION inside USA ESCALATES + SCOTUS HEARING | Legal AF
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Trump’s Minnesota crackdown darkens further. Tonight on Legal AF, Ben and Popok expose escalating federal force, a killed U.S. protester, and threats to journalists and civil liberties. Trump faces global rejection, looming accountability, and a Supreme Court setback. LIVE at 8pm ET. Tune in below.
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This just highlights how important the video testimony is of the brave Minnesotan civilians observing. It is crucial resistance - without those videos we'd be even more lost.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This just highlights how important the video testimony is of the brave Minnesotan civilians observing. It is crucial resistance - without those videos we'd be even more lost.
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🔴 ‘My Every Move, Thought or Feeling Was Being Tracked and Monitored Just for the Mail to Make Money Out of It’
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/24/d...
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/24/d...
Daily Mail Trial: ‘My Every Move, Thought or Feeling Was Being Tracked and Monitored Just for the Mail to Make Money Out of It’
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
bylinetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🔴 ‘My Every Move, Thought or Feeling Was Being Tracked and Monitored Just for the Mail to Make Money Out of It’
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/24/d...
As Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Harry give evidence at the Mail trial, some wider themes and personalities emerge beyond the claims of illegality
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/24/d...
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Zack Polanski nails the art of politics in one sentence, which also explains why Labour under Starmer is dismally failing to engage the electorate.
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Always read @mashagessen.bsky.social.
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Always read @mashagessen.bsky.social.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.