@malcyates.bsky.social
50 years ago, every field in the UK had several, if not hundreds, of Lapwings. They are fairly much only seen on nature reserves now.
A whole flock of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) thousands in the polder of Eemnes, a beautiful sight when they are all startled by a bird of prey 💚
#birds #lapwings #kievit #nature #photography 📸
#birds #lapwings #kievit #nature #photography 📸
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
50 years ago, every field in the UK had several, if not hundreds, of Lapwings. They are fairly much only seen on nature reserves now.
....and yet the msm news presenters still rejoice in the unnaturally dry and warm weather that we are seeing.
So far this Spring, we've only had 23% of the average rainfall. 😱 Soon be hearing the words...... #drought #hosepipeban
May 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
....and yet the msm news presenters still rejoice in the unnaturally dry and warm weather that we are seeing.
This just shows how controlling our msm is. I have yet to see any mention of any protests or Town Hall meetings in any of the msm reporting in the UK. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This just shows how controlling our msm is. I have yet to see any mention of any protests or Town Hall meetings in any of the msm reporting in the UK. Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
The ultimate in #greenwashing
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The ultimate in #greenwashing
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My article for BBC Online about Pres Trump, NATO, and Ukraine:
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books
Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.
www.bbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My article for BBC Online about Pres Trump, NATO, and Ukraine:
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
How's it going ? Not at all well. Although it was obvious that it would be like this with the 2022 act. Especially galling is the way the farmers closed London and had no police interference, while thinking about protesting about climate breakdown brings a huge penalty. It's wrong, it's so wrong.
The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
How's it going ? Not at all well. Although it was obvious that it would be like this with the 2022 act. Especially galling is the way the farmers closed London and had no police interference, while thinking about protesting about climate breakdown brings a huge penalty. It's wrong, it's so wrong.
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
Yay. If you know, you know.
February 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yay. If you know, you know.
It is remarkable how we thought in the 50s, 60s, 70s we were starting something, and in the subsequent 50 years we've lost so much choice, influence and control. Not to mention biodiversity loss in parallel, too.
1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better?
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It is remarkable how we thought in the 50s, 60s, 70s we were starting something, and in the subsequent 50 years we've lost so much choice, influence and control. Not to mention biodiversity loss in parallel, too.
Well. It is. Isn't it.
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Well. It is. Isn't it.
Brilliant 😄
February 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Brilliant 😄
This is quite an important thread.
February 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is quite an important thread.
Here's a different view : which is better, a controlled area affected radiation pollution, or a whole planet affected by gaseous pollution ?
Yes, this is about as simple a question as it gets to, but it is a valid one.
Yes, this is about as simple a question as it gets to, but it is a valid one.
1. I know this will cause me trouble, but it dismays me to see fellow environmentalists dismissing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) out of hand, in some cases clearly before they have understood the technologies involved or their potential uses. 🧵
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Here's a different view : which is better, a controlled area affected radiation pollution, or a whole planet affected by gaseous pollution ?
Yes, this is about as simple a question as it gets to, but it is a valid one.
Yes, this is about as simple a question as it gets to, but it is a valid one.
What a great view.
February 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What a great view.
I love discoveries like this. Logically, we know that something had to survive, but it's great to find the evidence.
Fossil bird skull suggests Antarctic waterfowl survived Cretaceous mass extinction www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fossil bird skull suggests Antarctic waterfowl survived Cretaceous mass extinction
Early waterfowl showed a pursuit-diving lifestyle enabled by enhanced jaw muscles.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I love discoveries like this. Logically, we know that something had to survive, but it's great to find the evidence.
Oh, and album I love too : and especially this track.
I played this track for my [late] brother once, and he told me it was done with a sequencer.
Me: "This was 1967. There was no such thing a a sequencer."
open.spotify.com/track/63M8OH...
Me: "This was 1967. There was no such thing a a sequencer."
open.spotify.com/track/63M8OH...
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict
Pink Floyd · Ummagumma · Song · 1969
open.spotify.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Oh, and album I love too : and especially this track.
I love Robert Wyatt : I have to be in the mood, but it's always worthwhile.
#AToZAlbumCoverObjects
K kitchen
Hope I don't get into trouble for this one. Hopefully there are enough kitcheny things in this outdoor cooking scenario.
And he is singing about soup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgW...
K kitchen
Hope I don't get into trouble for this one. Hopefully there are enough kitcheny things in this outdoor cooking scenario.
And he is singing about soup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgW...
January 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I love Robert Wyatt : I have to be in the mood, but it's always worthwhile.
I used to love the RSS feed scrolling along the bottom of my screen. Yeah, let's make it popular again.
oh I miss RSS
January 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I used to love the RSS feed scrolling along the bottom of my screen. Yeah, let's make it popular again.
This deserves a wider audience. Oh, and I'm not in the US.
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:38 PM
This deserves a wider audience. Oh, and I'm not in the US.
Question : why is it that so many #photographers here seem to be posting picture after picture within a few minutes of each other ? Is it in an attempt to gain exposure, or just hack me off so that I unfollow ? #shoutingintothevoid.
December 1, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Question : why is it that so many #photographers here seem to be posting picture after picture within a few minutes of each other ? Is it in an attempt to gain exposure, or just hack me off so that I unfollow ? #shoutingintothevoid.
What a hopeful, and sad, interview today, with @maryannehobbs.bsky.social on @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social and @massiveattack420.bsky.social . I fear it's too late, but I'm very heartened by knowing there are rhose6 who are doing a lot to alleviate the actions of those who aren't.
November 29, 2024 at 11:32 AM
What a hopeful, and sad, interview today, with @maryannehobbs.bsky.social on @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social and @massiveattack420.bsky.social . I fear it's too late, but I'm very heartened by knowing there are rhose6 who are doing a lot to alleviate the actions of those who aren't.
1st thought : what a lucky man to be that close to a polar bear that appreciates the help. 2nd thought : what's happened to its mum, and why is it drifting on lose ice ?.
November 19, 2024 at 9:19 AM
1st thought : what a lucky man to be that close to a polar bear that appreciates the help. 2nd thought : what's happened to its mum, and why is it drifting on lose ice ?.