Maria C
@mariac1969.bsky.social
Loves: just being | poetry | mother nature | cows | Ireland | family | I really miss my dog. Leftie, not neoliberal. No DMs please.
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Maria C
@mariac1969.bsky.social
· Nov 14
It’s nice to be here @bsky.app. Here’s a poem for troubled times 🌳🍂🌲🍁
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Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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Great to see momentum continuing to grow for introducing the #NaturalHistory GCSE - it just needs green light from government! A brilliant way to help restore nature, improve young people’s physical & mental health & fill the green skills gap.
Launch natural history GCSE in England now, campaigners urge Labour
Environmentalists say new course could be delayed until 2030 because it is viewed as Conservative party initiative
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great to see momentum continuing to grow for introducing the #NaturalHistory GCSE - it just needs green light from government! A brilliant way to help restore nature, improve young people’s physical & mental health & fill the green skills gap.
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We are living through the death of #democracy and the onset of #TechnoFeudalism
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How can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave behind?
accidentalgods.life/living-throu...
#AccidentalGods
#Podcast
#NeverGoingBack
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How can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave behind?
accidentalgods.life/living-throu...
#AccidentalGods
#Podcast
#NeverGoingBack
Living through the Death of Democracy: Manda's thoughts on love, liberty and the continued existence of complex life on earth
We are living through the death of democracy and the onset of Techno-Feudalism. But this is not a time when linear systems can hold and feudalism was nothing if not linear. So how can we be part of a ...
accidentalgods.life
January 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We are living through the death of #democracy and the onset of #TechnoFeudalism
.
How can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave behind?
accidentalgods.life/living-throu...
#AccidentalGods
#Podcast
#NeverGoingBack
.
How can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave behind?
accidentalgods.life/living-throu...
#AccidentalGods
#Podcast
#NeverGoingBack
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Ava-Santina, "Don't you love that we've been told that for the past 5 or 6 years that the thing we need to be most frightened of are what pronouns people are using" @AvaSantina
"And then someone actually does a Nazi salute behind the President's podium on life television and we're fine with that"
"And then someone actually does a Nazi salute behind the President's podium on life television and we're fine with that"
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ava-Santina, "Don't you love that we've been told that for the past 5 or 6 years that the thing we need to be most frightened of are what pronouns people are using" @AvaSantina
"And then someone actually does a Nazi salute behind the President's podium on life television and we're fine with that"
"And then someone actually does a Nazi salute behind the President's podium on life television and we're fine with that"
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
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For United fans, Denis Law was nothing less than the King. A wonderful player and a wonderful man, and a scorer of goal after goal after goal in the 1960s.
A Ballon d'Or winner, iconic goal scorer, and treasured part of our club's history, Denis embodied everything we hold dear.
A Ballon d'Or winner, iconic goal scorer, and treasured part of our club's history, Denis embodied everything we hold dear.
January 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For United fans, Denis Law was nothing less than the King. A wonderful player and a wonderful man, and a scorer of goal after goal after goal in the 1960s.
A Ballon d'Or winner, iconic goal scorer, and treasured part of our club's history, Denis embodied everything we hold dear.
A Ballon d'Or winner, iconic goal scorer, and treasured part of our club's history, Denis embodied everything we hold dear.
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RIP Denis Law 🏴
The last of the ‘United Trinity’
The last of the ‘United Trinity’
January 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
RIP Denis Law 🏴
The last of the ‘United Trinity’
The last of the ‘United Trinity’
Friends! I’m in need of a good chuckle. Anyone point me in the direction of decent UK comedians / funny sorts I should follow on here? #bluesky #makemelaugh #funny #comedians #fridayfunny
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Friends! I’m in need of a good chuckle. Anyone point me in the direction of decent UK comedians / funny sorts I should follow on here? #bluesky #makemelaugh #funny #comedians #fridayfunny
Will this catch on in the UK? 🤞
January 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Will this catch on in the UK? 🤞
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How many more wake-up calls do we need? We don’t have long to stop catastrophic damage to the natural world we love and rely on. The Climate and Nature Bill will be voted on next week - there's no excuse for politicians of any party not to vote for it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
How many more wake-up calls do we need? We don’t have long to stop catastrophic damage to the natural world we love and rely on. The Climate and Nature Bill will be voted on next week - there's no excuse for politicians of any party not to vote for it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How do we become the change we need to see in the world?
What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?
accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast
#ClimateEmergency
What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?
accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast
#ClimateEmergency
Avoiding Burn Out, Fall Out, Drop Out (and Freak Out) with Dan McTiernan
Our guest today shares straightforward practices that any of us can do to help us with grounding, attunement, opening and integration so that we can be the nodes in the web of life. This is key: we ne...
accidentalgods.life
January 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
How do we become the change we need to see in the world?
What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?
accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast
#ClimateEmergency
What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?
accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast
#ClimateEmergency
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Leaders of more than a dozen trade unions have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to back a new bill that will require the UK to set more ambitious targets to tackle climate change, LabourList reports
labourlist.org/2025/01/clim...
labourlist.org/2025/01/clim...
Revealed: 17 union chiefs urge PM to support backbench climate bill – LabourList
Union leaders have written to Keir Starmer calling on him to back a new bill that will require the UK to set more ambitious climate…
labourlist.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Leaders of more than a dozen trade unions have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to back a new bill that will require the UK to set more ambitious targets to tackle climate change, LabourList reports
labourlist.org/2025/01/clim...
labourlist.org/2025/01/clim...
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
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Caroline Lucas, "We keep being surprised by these phenomenon.. Floods in Valencia.. Hurricanes that hit the US"
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Caroline Lucas, "We keep being surprised by these phenomenon.. Floods in Valencia.. Hurricanes that hit the US"
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
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As horrific fires rage in LA, news comes that world has breached 1.5 degree limit on global heating. When will political leaders join the dots & take urgent far-reaching action? Leave all new fossil fuels in the ground & prioritise building resilience - home retrofits, flood defences & much more
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather…
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As horrific fires rage in LA, news comes that world has breached 1.5 degree limit on global heating. When will political leaders join the dots & take urgent far-reaching action? Leave all new fossil fuels in the ground & prioritise building resilience - home retrofits, flood defences & much more
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper criticises the previous Tory government for failing to implement any of the 20 recommendations from a 458-page, 7-year independent report into child sexual abuse which interviewed 7,000 victims, considered 2 million pages of evidence and led to 61 reports/publications
January 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper criticises the previous Tory government for failing to implement any of the 20 recommendations from a 458-page, 7-year independent report into child sexual abuse which interviewed 7,000 victims, considered 2 million pages of evidence and led to 61 reports/publications
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FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year, with a median hourly rate of £1298 per hour. 29 hours work = £37,430, the median full time worker’s annual pay.
11.30 am Monday 6 Jan.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
11.30 am Monday 6 Jan.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year
Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year, with a median hourly rate of £1298 per hour. 29 hours work = £37,430, the median full time worker’s annual pay.
11.30 am Monday 6 Jan.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
11.30 am Monday 6 Jan.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
January 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
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“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Prime minister Keir Starmer
January 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Prime minister Keir Starmer
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
A delightful puzzle from the Prof 🌟
January 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A delightful puzzle from the Prof 🌟